Anna, the Patron Saint of Women with Breast Cancer, has Died
Dr. Patricia Codron, a 20 year breast cancer survivor who refused chemotherapy and radiation, known throughout the world as Anna, died in her sleep last friday. She fought the good fight and she almost won. But the cancer slowly invaded her bones and there was nothing I or the medical profession could do to stop it.
I first met Anna 5 or 6 years ago when she contacted me for help with her cancer. Her cancer was extremely slow growing for many years until her HMO, Kaiser, began harrassing her for her refusal to accept chemotherapy. They threatened to cut off her medical coverage unless she accepted their recommendations. Finally she agreed to be treated with Herceptin. She knew that Herceptin wasn't going to help her because it is only approved for use along with chemo drugs. But it got the Kaiser oncologists off her back.
When I met her, Anna had a hole in her chest 10 centimeters in diameter and 3 centimeters deep. Within a month, it would have eaten through her chest wall and killed her. This lesion was horrible to look at and it smelled even worse. When Anna's new oncologist, a woman, first saw the lesion, she immediately broke down in tears. Anna had to literally hold the poor woman up to keep her from collapsing.
I devised a topical formula that I felt might kill the cancer and promote new cell growth. One way or the other that hole had to be closed. In three months, 90% of the cancer had been killed and replaced with nice new pink tissue. The lesion no longer smelled nor did it bleed that much any longer. Eventually, the lesion completely closed, although lumps of cancer mass remained. The oncologists thought it was the Herceptin, but Anna assured them that it wasn't. She offered to tell them what was in our topical formula, but they expressed no interest. Should anyone be surprised?
Anna and I had many many arguments over the years, but we remained the best of friends until the very end. After my sister, Anna was my second best female friend. She was also the bravest person that I had ever met. She was the perfect Kurosawa Mouse. She didn't do anything without telling me. Our email correspondence was daily. Anna printed out all our emails and had them bound for me. I now have at least 15 bound volumes of our email correspondence.
Anna and I said goodbye 10 days before she died. She was becoming so weak that talking was difficult. We professed our love for one another and she thanked me for giving her 5 additional years. She also thanked me for saving the life of her sister-in-law Deanne who had a so-called terminal case of GIST, gastrointestinal stromal cancer. Deanne has been cancer free for 5 years and is now completely cancer free.
"I am not afraid, you know", she said. Of course, she wasn't afraid. She was Anna.
Anna will always live on in my heart, and in the hearts of many others around the world.
Read Anna's Story. It's a good read.
http://www.grouppekurosawa.com/cancer3print.htm
Goodbye my beautiful friend. You are a magnificent human being.
Steve
http://www.grouppekurosawa.com
I first met Anna 5 or 6 years ago when she contacted me for help with her cancer. Her cancer was extremely slow growing for many years until her HMO, Kaiser, began harrassing her for her refusal to accept chemotherapy. They threatened to cut off her medical coverage unless she accepted their recommendations. Finally she agreed to be treated with Herceptin. She knew that Herceptin wasn't going to help her because it is only approved for use along with chemo drugs. But it got the Kaiser oncologists off her back.
When I met her, Anna had a hole in her chest 10 centimeters in diameter and 3 centimeters deep. Within a month, it would have eaten through her chest wall and killed her. This lesion was horrible to look at and it smelled even worse. When Anna's new oncologist, a woman, first saw the lesion, she immediately broke down in tears. Anna had to literally hold the poor woman up to keep her from collapsing.
I devised a topical formula that I felt might kill the cancer and promote new cell growth. One way or the other that hole had to be closed. In three months, 90% of the cancer had been killed and replaced with nice new pink tissue. The lesion no longer smelled nor did it bleed that much any longer. Eventually, the lesion completely closed, although lumps of cancer mass remained. The oncologists thought it was the Herceptin, but Anna assured them that it wasn't. She offered to tell them what was in our topical formula, but they expressed no interest. Should anyone be surprised?
Anna and I had many many arguments over the years, but we remained the best of friends until the very end. After my sister, Anna was my second best female friend. She was also the bravest person that I had ever met. She was the perfect Kurosawa Mouse. She didn't do anything without telling me. Our email correspondence was daily. Anna printed out all our emails and had them bound for me. I now have at least 15 bound volumes of our email correspondence.
Anna and I said goodbye 10 days before she died. She was becoming so weak that talking was difficult. We professed our love for one another and she thanked me for giving her 5 additional years. She also thanked me for saving the life of her sister-in-law Deanne who had a so-called terminal case of GIST, gastrointestinal stromal cancer. Deanne has been cancer free for 5 years and is now completely cancer free.
"I am not afraid, you know", she said. Of course, she wasn't afraid. She was Anna.
Anna will always live on in my heart, and in the hearts of many others around the world.
Read Anna's Story. It's a good read.
http://www.grouppekurosawa.com/cancer3print.htm
Goodbye my beautiful friend. You are a magnificent human being.
Steve
http://www.grouppekurosawa.com
posted by Dr. Steve at 10:03 AM
1 Comments:
Dr. Martin, I'm very sorry to hear about this. Know that you are in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
Thanks for all you do.
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