we are a little closer to an actual decision.
For the past couple of week, my parents have been on cloud nine with the possibilities presented to us by our discovery of the Brazynski clinic. It was in viewing Brazynski's documentary, that we were all flooded with hope and the potential that his clinic might lead us to a cure.
My parents set out straight away to contact the clinic. They were thrilled to have an appointment with Brazynski a mere 5 days after contacting the clinic. They gathered medical files from MD Anderson and their family doctor and drove to the clinic to hand off all the necessary information.
The next step was for my Dad to transfer all of his savings into an accessible account to pay for the consultation and the treatment.... It was during this step that my internal warning light began flashing and I decided to do more thorough research. I guess what concerned me the most, is that my parent's savings is a mere pittance in comparison with many saving accounts. I am sure it must have been the years of private schools, college tuitions, medical bills, transferring overseas and then back again, and the hundreds and hundreds of times my Dad has been there to bail all of us out of our financial jams. I guess he just figured that the money was better off being used by one whom needed it, rather than letting it sit in an online account to collect virtual dust.
My findings on the Brazynski clinic were, at first, startling. I weeded through countless articles about the "quackery" of his studies. I was alarmed, but I knew that I couldn’t depend on the secondhand biased writings of people whose very mission it is to discredit people with new ideas.... so, I kept searching. What I was looking for were some real, TRUE, firsthand accounts of the treatment and how it worked. I found some who were against the treatment... and some who were for it. Apparently, the treatment actually worked for many who were on it. This seemed to be a good thing :).
Now, my focus shifted on to research of the treatment itself, as well as the out of pocket expense. What I found were numerous accounts of people reportedly paying $20-30,000 for a month's worth of treatment. Now, I am not sure if the amount paid was just for the initial month.... or if it was even an amount that varied by person. All I knew was that an amount such as that would wipe my parent’s savings clean in a very short amount of time .One thing I knew for sure, my parent’s insurance would not cover this treatment, and my dad would have to be on the treatment for an extended amount of time. THIS was a huge concern, but definitely not a deciding factor, because in our minds… no amount of money is too much for my Dad’s treatment.
What did end up being our deciding factor? PRACTICABILITY
How useful was this particular treatment going to be for our particular situation?
According to the research I did based on Brazynki’s studies; his specialization is in Brain tumors. He is currently in Phase III of his Antineoplaston treatment, which my dad would not qualify for because A) he is not suffering from a brain tumor and B) he has already received traditional treatment via chemo and radiation. That means that he would only qualify for phase I or phase II. In both of these phases, it seems that my Dad would be treated with predominantly traditional chemo meds. The question became… did we want to pay so much money for a treatment plan that was predominantly based on the same treatment he would get from a place like MD Anderson?
At the end of a long week that began with an overwhelming feeling of hope and the conviction that Dr. Brazynski’s treatment was THE ONE. My parents prayerfully decided to collect their files from the clinic and pour their hearts and money into another alternative source. Dr. Brazynski came out personally to give them back their files. I genuinely believe that his treatment leads to a cure for some, but we are still on a hunt for the treatment that God wills for us.
Our Search is
TO BE CONTINUED………
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