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Ginger testimonial?

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You may be interested that I have been contacted by a person that is currently trying ginger.  The testimonial has been posted.

http://geocities.com/cure.cancer/
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16702 tn?1234090645
Unlike some of the responses you got, I am very enthused about what you have to say about Ginger and would like to contact you directly.
Please email me at:
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I apologize to Terrin2 for any emotional upset I may have caused.  No amount of after the fact suggestions no matter how well intentioned can change the past.  I am sorry.

In my burst of euphoric enthusiasm I may have rubbed some of you the wrong way.  I am sorry.

I don
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158061 tn?1202678326
they couldn't use it without obtaining informed consent for an expermential usage of a substance.  So probably not.  I don't know what they would have used.  Maybe some chemotherapy
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135691 tn?1271097123
I took offense to the notion that you imply Terrin took too low a dose of ginger to help her...that's why her cancer came back. So, what your saying, is that if she had taken the correct amount, she would not be dealing with her recurrence right now? I think that's a really loaded startement to make, especially on this forum. I know that researchers have found that applying ginger directly on to tumors in a petri dish made the cancer cells die...I have yet to hear of how ingesting the amounts you suggest, which could potentially be harmful, have had any positive, scientifically proven results in the fight against ovarian cancer. I'm glad that there are researchers out there who are exploring alternative methods to fight this disease, but again, just because you believe in something as strongly as you do, doesn't make it truth. I would hope everyone would take everything they read here and on the internet, with a grain of salt. Terrin, there are so many women who do everything "right" and their cancer still comes back...
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I certainly appreciate your offering the information on ginger, as many of us are tyring it.  But it would be remissive, crazy, stupid, dumb, and inexcusably opptimistic for any one who posts here to read that ginger can "cure" cancer, and believe by taking it, they, too will be fine.  If that were the case, we could all forgo the miserable chemo (with its side effects) and just go to the Natural Food counter and purchase a life time supply.  We all get so wrapped up with any glimmer of hope that comes on the horizion, and that is perfectly natural. I myself, prefer something that is told to me by my incologist with the suggestion/indication that what she is telling me to do will actually help me achieve a "cure" or a "remission".  This is a dreadful disease.  We all read terstimonials daily of success stories - which can and do happen - and that is so good for the soul.  But popping 1000 mg. of ginger every day and saying this will do the trick?  No thanks.....the mice in the lab might be dropping like flies, but I have to be a bit more diligent about my medical care.  Best wishes to everyone today.......Spring is right aorund the corner!  Prayers to all - Judie :)
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167426 tn?1254086235
For me to believe that Gingerol is a "cure"  I would have to have it "screamed" at me by leaders in the medical field.  It is entirely possible that it helps, but without actual proof I will not make a statement like that.  Leslee is trying it and keeping a record as she does with everything since her dx.  It will take thousands of "cures"  to validate such a statement. If ginger is the answer for some, and this information is being "held back" by those that profit from Cancer,  then we do indeed need to find out and  correct the situation.  I truely believe that there are enough reputable researchers out there, all over the world, that any discovery will be made public,  with a great deal of fan fare. Progress is being made and  we all just have to hold tight and aide the work being done,
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I wish I was pathetic, and that there was not any scientific evidence that ginger does anything.  Then I could stop this and get on with my life.  I am a scientist.  There are many scientific papers about ginger and compounds from ginger showing good results in vitro and in animal studies.  I have had both prostate and colon cancers, both cured with ginger.  I had an Aunt that died from ovarian cancer.  And in her memory I have pledged to myself to make an effort to do whatever I can to stop cancer.  If you think that makes me a pathetic, interfering, insensitive, crackpot, put yourself in my position.  I have contacted doctors, oncologists, cancer organizations, the media, and yes even cancer researchers that are doing work with ginger.  Progress is being made, but it is so so slow.  How many years will it take before the human trials are completed?  How many people will die?  My aunt made it to ten years before all treatments, including the experimental trials, did not work anymore.  I wish my aunt had that little glimmer of hope available when she reached the end of the road.  I have no intention to be mean or disrespectful, I don't sell anything, I don't make any money, I just want to offer an option.  God saved me from cancer by accidentally introducing me to ginger, and this is in my mind how I can pay back the favor.

But, by all means if the majority of the group feels that I am an irritating crackpot, I am willing to leave.  It is up to you.
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No one said you were a crack pot.  What you do, you do for the passion of finding a "cure", and perhaps I, myself, was being "protective" of anyone on here who I thought might jump in and say, "Hey, we found the answer".  I don't think that would have happened, but I guess it was my way of keeping things in perspective.  The memory you honor on behalf of your aunt, I both respect and admire.  The fact that she lasted for ten years, would have been testimony and hope enough for me to hear; AND, if ginger can some day be a proven addition to those treatments to ensure even better results, so be it.  Don't ever be leary to hang around this forum and offer advice and suggestions.  As you can see from our responses; we're pretty aggressive ladies who are fighting like hell for survival and don't object to speaking our minds.  That being said, we don't object to others speaking theirs, either.  Just be patient with us; we're works of art in progress!  I am glad that you were cured from both prostate and colon cancers with ginger, but I am still curious as to HOW and WHO actually validated this.
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135691 tn?1271097123
Ok, you are posting something that has absolutley no scientific proof. The person's testemonial was from someone who didn't even have ovarian cancer...how can you compare non-hodgekins lymphoma with ovarian cancer? People here are trying to battle an awful disease...when you come here and pretty much tell them that what they are doing to help themselves is worthless...I don't know, I just think that's a little ... pathetic? You think you have the secret to *cure* cancer?  Yeah, so do a bunch of other people on the internet. Just because you read it somewhere, doesn't make it true.  I don't know...I guess I come from the group of people who say "if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is". To each their own....
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167426 tn?1254086235
In the first place most of the ladies on here do have OVCA and are fighting it with every bit of strength they posess, don't think for one moment that if ginger was proven without a doubt to be the cure you say it is, that they would not insist on including it in their treatments.  But to suggest that it is a cure now is irresponsible because the human trials are not done. I had polio in 1952, researchers had been looking for a vaccine for many years,  Dr. Salk got it done 2 years after I contacted it. They now have a cervical vaccine,  In the 50+ years since I became a nurse I have seen many advances, transplants, artificial hearts, vaccines for childhood deseases, all you need to do is make a list of the deseases that have been wiped out.  In every section of history there have been deaths from bad deseases, small pox, plague, scurvy, polio, tuberculosis, now we have HIV and cancer to conquer, it will be done.  Every "cure" is done on an experimental basis, when you get more positives than negatives then a workable plan for a cure can be started. My daughter is doing the ginger in the doses that she feels she can handle.  In my way of looking at this, she is making herself a guinea pig.  One of the most important parts of the medical creed is "first do not harm" , We have all seen drugs put on the market that did cause harm, not enough tests were run on them before placing them out there.  I remember the drug thalidomide that caused multiple deformities in children,  in recent years many drug companies have been forced to pull drugs because of side effects. Although ginger is a natural herb, it still will need many positive results before any claims for a "cure" can be made.  My prayers go out to the researchers that are looking for that "cure",
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167426 tn?1254086235
The one thing that brings every one affected with OVCA together is the net, I knew very little about it when Leslee was dx last June, but with the help of this forum and extensive research on the net,  I have become better educated. We all know we are dealing with a killer desease and want to stay ahead of it when ever and how ever we can. You ladies do not give up easily ,  and with each post you make it helps someone. One of the biggest differences I can see is the information that is out there for everyone.  You go to your appointments much better informed to understand what is happening in your situation. When there is a cure it will be because of your insistance that it happen.
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158061 tn?1202678326
The ginger that was officially reported on, was directly put on cancer cells, it was not ingested by patients.  what happened when the ginger was sprinkled on, the cells died.  they are still studing this to see what it is in ginger that kills the tumor cells.  All the ginger we eat, unless it goes directly to the cells more that likely is psychological than physiological, if we think it works - maybe it will.  For me, it didn't work.
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167426 tn?1254086235
I am still wondering if the 3 washes { think it was saline solution} that were done before she was closed up after surgery,   would have contained ginger, what the results would have been.  Her surgeon told us that there were micro cells left and that is what the chemo is supposed to take care of. Here again I suppose it will take an experiment  to find this out, and I don't think any surgeon has tried it or we would have known.  Might just be an idea for those of you having more surgery to ask for an opinion on this. But in any case we wouldn't know the results for a long time to see if those pesky cells did die.
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I hope that Leslee will gradually increase the dosage up to an effective level.  Shorter periods of a higher dosage will be more effective.  If you look at the testimonial you will see that plain ginger root powder may work.  But I still prefer knowing what I am actually taking, so I want to see the amount of gingerol per capsule on the label.
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It is unfortunate that you took too low a dose of ginger to fight the cancer.  One gram a day of ginger root powder may calm your tummy but it will not touch the cancer.  We are only coming to realize lately that the cancer can be beat if high somewhat unpleasant doses of ginger are used.  At the high doses it appears quite effective, but must be used with caution.
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120574 tn?1240767840
I was 3C ovca.  Had carbo and Taxol 6 rounds, at the end of that still had a tiny nodule, turned out to be active.   Took ginger up to 1000 mg a day for 8 months.   My CA125 was as low as 2.3    Well the ninth month had a recurrence,  CA went up to 220.  Back on Carbo and Taxol again, in the 5th round now,  down to 5.7.   Of course to say, ginger did not stop the recurrence. .     The only thing I could say and not sure if the ginger had anything to do with it,  is that none of the cancer is in the organs.  but than again the only cancer prior to that was attached to the bladder,  which was gone after chemo.
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