"I would like to see doctors learn more about natural products like IP6"

Lisa B. of Chicago was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 35. An athletic person, who worked as a personal trainer, she confronted the disease head on with confidence. Following breast cancer surgery in January, 2003, she went through a series of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. By the end of the summer her recovery was progressing nicely. However, in early September she began experiencing severe headaches. A brain scan showed a tiny spot that her doctor thought was insignificant. An MRI conducted two weeks later revealed that Lisa had cancer in the lining of her brain and in her spine-a condition known as Leptomeningeal Disease. Within three days of this diagnosis, Lisa was placed in intensive care. She eventually lapsed into a coma, and became paralyzed. A feeding tube was inserted to provide her with nourishment. Doctors, once again, administered radiation to combat the cancer, but it didn’t seem to help. After consultation with other hospitals, they began a more aggressive treatment with chemotherapy and a new cancer drug, Temodar. They told Lisa’s mother, Joan, that her daughter could expect to survive three to six months with this treatment, and that most people usually die once they go into a coma. Joan insisted that doctors also treat her daughter with an alternative therapy, IP6, (Inositol Hexaphosphate plus Inositol), a powerful antioxidant derived from Vitamin B that promotes healthy cell function. Joan had first learned of IP6 when her mother contracted lung cancer. In addition to her mother’s conventional treatment with chemotherapy, Joan made sure her 78-year-old mother got healthy doses of IP6. Her mother beat the lung cancer and is still living today at age 84. While doctors were not optimistic about Lisa’s recovery, she soon began to show signs of improvement. Much to their surprise, she emerged from the coma, and began to show dramatic signs of improvement. An MRI conducted at the end of October showed no signs of cancer. Today, she is home and walking again-although slowly. She appears to be on the road to a complete recovery. Her doctors find her recovery hard to explain, but Joan feels that IP6 played an important role. “I would like to see doctors learn more about natural products like IP6 that don’t have the side effects of heavy drugs,” she says. ‏‏‎