I have read the article regarding leukoplakia. I am one of the sufferers of leukoplakia or lichen planus. None of my family doctors able to finalize whether it is leukoplakia or lichen planus. I have 2 small white spots on my tongue and white leisons on cheeks. There are sensitive only to the spicy food. I used to take a very spicyfood. But now I am unable to eat not even a little bit spicy food. I do not have any habits such as smoking, alchohol etc. I do not know, why I got this? even I underwent the blood and saliva test which shows no bacteria etc.

I even visited a dentist, he said nothing to worry and he did not even wanted to take bipsy for testing. More over he advised that to take a lotion needs to apply on this and this will disappear. I applied for more than 1 week. I can see only little bit change on white spot of tongue. But my cheeks shows the same leisons.

What do you think about this? what do you want me to do? are you ok after following those tips?

Thanks
Rao

The “cold” that I had been fighting did not improve. I went to my doctor and learned it was a sinus infection. A ten day supply of Amoxicillin appeared to cure the infection, but a slight cough and slight sore throat remained. I felt the sore throat was more allergies than anything else. So I just drank lots of water and gargled with month wash several times a day. A week trip to the Sacramento valley in the spring just made the throat sorer, thus increasing my suspicion that it was allergies. But the very sore throat, on the left side of my throat, (same side as the Leukoplakia ), was causing me some concern. Make that a great deal of concern. I was having difficulty determining if the sore throat was connected to the Leukoplakia.
Returning home revealed that the Leukoplakia had gotten worse. Just as it had each time I went on a trip. But this trip I had taken my asparagus, my flaxseed and my chocolate with me, still when I returned home and checked my mouth there were three small white spots in my month. Each much smaller than a pin head, but certainly a reversal of what had been happening prior to my trip.
The only difference in my food had been the Aloe Vera juice and the cottage cheese mixture. Drinking the Aloe Vera juice burned my mouth and throat, much like an antiseptic burns. But, once more, the combination of cottage cheese diet (several times a day), asparagus (twice a day), Aloe Vera juice (once or twice a day), chocolate drink (three or four times each day), and 50,000 units of beta carotene each day, reduced the small bright white spots to the point of blending with the now very faint spot of Leukoplakia, which was now less than a third the original size. My sore throat was also gone. I feel that the combination of the cottage cheese mixture and the chocolate was the biggest help on reducing the size and color of the Leukoplakia. Indeed, once more, I checked the size and color of the Leukoplakia, drank the chocolate, holding it in my mouth for several seconds before swallowing, and the bright white spots were gone within ten minutes.
There was so little discomfort I decided to brush my teeth with tooth paste for the first time in several months. When the Leukoplakia was first discovered the tooth paste burned so much I had decided to brush with mouth wash. But now the tooth paste caused very little discomfort.
We appear to be making progress. Hopefully, time and continued treatment will eliminate the Leukoplakia.

It has now been one year since I started the chemotherapy. The doctors continue to see me every quarter. All tests look good. Perhaps more importantly, I feel good. I told my physical therapist that I did not remember feeling this good, and she told me the mind was the first to go. Never expect a break from your physical therapist. Mine told me that the PT after her name did not stand for physical therapist; it stood for pain and torture.

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Those of you who have read my book know that doctors often give Rituxan as part of the chemo treatment. The doctors generally supply the patient with a pamphlet which explains the dangers of Rituxan. The pamphlet I received explained that many people had a reaction to Rituxan, some even to death. The doctors know this, because the pharmaceutical sales people tell them. Apparently the pharmaceutical sales people do not tell the doctors that the only people who have ever died from Rituxan are elderly women who have a respiratory illness at the time of treatment. I write this because my pamphlet did not go into that detail; I discovered that bit of information due to my contacts and individual research.

When my friend told me of her cancer diagnoses I explained all of the above information. However, she had not even read the information the doctor had given her. I do not know if she even read the information. However, she did have the first chemo treatment the following Monday. She died the following Thursday.

It has been said that no one is going to consider managing your money as important as yourself. I feel you must consider managing your health with even more importance.

Interestingly Mayo Clinic has recently done a survey that indicated lack of vitamin D may contribute to high blood pressure.

My doctor also said he had recently read a report that in 40 percent of the CT scans, the radiologist found something that was unrelated to the reason for the test. My doctor appeared to be a bit skeptical of that figure. He said he did not know if the radiologist was trying to develop another income stream or if they were afraid of the possible liability.

In my case they reported a mass, somewhat thicker than water, and my doctor wanted to check the previous films.

When I asked him what it could be, he said it could be a shadow, or they could be looking through two layers of tissue instead of one, or it could be a layer of fat. He made no mention of cancer.

So we will wait for the review of the previous films.

In the mean time I will be a bit more diligent at eating my cottage cheese mixture, however, since writing my book I have learned that yogurt is an excellent substitute for cottage cheese and it is easier to mix. So I often have my yogurt mixture instead of ice cream. Yes, I know it is a sacrifice, but I like enjoying good health.

This brings up a very interesting point. At my last doctors appointment my doctor told of a case that a woman had a spot on her lung. The radiologist suggested a series of CT scans over a 2 1/2 year period, at the end of the period there was no change in the size of the spot so the radiologist gave her a clean bill of health. Less than six months later the lady was back with inoperable lung cancer. Her son asked if it was possible that the number of tests caused the cancer. My doctor felt that was a possibility.

For this reason, I suggested a PET scan. My current doctor, a very good MD, who does not treat cancer patients, said he did not have a great deal of faith in PET scans. He did not feel they were ready for prime time and only orders them if suggested by the radiologist. As a result he only sees one or two PET scans per year.

Which brings up a another interesting point, my second oncologist, a very good oncologist, who treats cancer patients all the time, sees hundreds of PET scans each year, thinks the PET scan is an excellent tool. This is the same oncologist that ordered the PET scan five years ago.

So we now have a situation where a mass, identified over five years ago by an excellent oncologist as being cancer free, is now being questioned by an MD who does not treat cancer patients, who wants to keep performing tests to identify if it is cancerous.

My current doctor says there are no right or wrong answers, it is just a decision that I must make.

What decision would you make?