Background: My daughter, Charlotte, has had Crohn's/ulcerative colitis since 11 y.o. She is 30 y.o. now. 5 years ago we were offered a treatment called Remicaide that listed as a side effect "cancer". My daughter never got any relief of her bowel problems and within a year she had a cancer tumour in her colon near her spleen. She had a colostomy which left only about 4 inches of rectum. She has an ostomy bag on her belly for waste. In Oct of 2006 we received the news that she had a cancer reoccurrence--an inoperable tumour on the rectal stump and that she had a year to live w/o chemo and only two years if she took chemo. She did not want to take chemo/radiation so we launched into Naturopathic treatments---lipoic acid I.V., peroxide I.V., acupuncture, shiatsu, anti oxidants, Chinese mushrooms, multi vits., etc etc. When these didn't work after 6 mos., she did three 2 week rounds of Capecitabain. Discontinued that after the side effects started--sore hands, feet, mouth sores. The tumour has progressed until now she is extremely thin and has a tummy that looks like she is very pregnant but it is just tumour and fluid. She has had one paracentesis to remove fluid recently but it just came right back. She is very uncomfortable from the pressure on her organs and is on Morphine patches and injections to deal with the pain.

She is a beautiful young woman who has never smoked or abused alcohol/drugs. She had good health despite the Crohn's until we got into this cancer nightmare.

July 25 -first dose of Na DCA 500 mg (she weighs 125 lbs so that is near the 10 mg/Kg dosage)dissolved in water and sipped throughout the day
July 26 -second dose, this time drank it down all at once on the advice of the pharmacist. He recommends that we keep it encapsulated as he has prepared it. Tomorrow she will swallow it and chase it with warm herbal tea. We'll get ph test strips and some of the vitamins he recommends, too. Will keep you posted.
Please feel free to give us input. Unfortunately, I find it very hard to sort through all the postings here to get specific protocols and treatment plans. I appreciate your help.