Day 3       7:50 AM

Me: Thanks for the advice!

DCM: Hang in there. When it's over u will be very happy

Me: I'm sure I will be! Thank you.

DCM: Prob the longest 2 weeks ever

Me: ... It'll take longer than that won't it?

Day 3       7:24 AM

DCM: Mount Armsuvius
Me: Do you think I should come in to have more put on, or should we wait till this one is completely done. 
DCM: That will prob be enough.  
DCM: Let me know if u feel tenticles branching to ARM. 
Me: Yes starting to feel "ghost pain" in other areas of the arm. Also... Should I clean this now or let it go. I haven't bathed that spot since you put the salve on. 
DCM: Ok to shower. A little water will be ok. When u wet it will juice it up as it allows nodule to get another shot of herbs
It is now attached. Try not to touch cause that makes pain flare up.
When it mounds up protect it so it does not get bumped or snagged on something. That would really hurt.
Hv u taken any ibu yet? 
Me: Oh believe me I know... accidentally bumped it yesterday coming around a corner.... Moth3r! F@cker It's definitely "tender". Yes... Acetomenophen. 
DCM: U can cover with gauze pad 
Me: Thanks 
DCM: Dampen with a couple drops of water then cover. Will give a charge to nodule.
Let me know if u hv a prob
Working as it should just a large one

Day 2       7:40 PM

 

Me: Update....2-12 (19:40) Starting to get angry now. Sensitive to the touch, and burning more intense. Otherwise ok though.

Day 1       8:41 PM

Me: Second quessing if we have enough of the black salve on this thing.
Seems like an awfully small amount considering the size of the mass beneath the skin.

Me: Another angle 
DCM: Can always hit it again later, Looks good 
Me: Ok... That's good to know. 
DCM: How is pain/burning? 
Me: It's funny, it hadn't burned At all last night. Just started again maybe 10 minutes ago. 
DCM: Keep taking herbs regularly 
Me: Still taking herbs. 
DCM: Sinking on in there? 
Me: Yes...is starting to go below the level of the skin! White area has gotten much larger today. 
DCM: Take ibu (ibuprofen)if too intense, Interesting isn't it? 
Me: VERY.... I'm kinda excited! 
DCM: Good thing we met :) 
Me: Amen! & thank you!! 
DCM: My pleasure. I get excited too, Let me know if u hv a prob 
Me: Will do. Thanks for your replies.

The following is a collection of pictures and cell phone texts between myself and DCM after the first application of Black Salve referred obsessionally as BS.

 My Black Salve Cancer? Story

 

From November of 2008 to Late 2009 I was unemployed due to the Plant closing as a result of the economic downturn and collapse of the housing market. After 5 months of not working, I had become increasingly discontent with weight that I had put on being inactive, and I needed a physical outlet to discharge the angst I was feeling due to a frustrating job search. After watching the P90x infomercial for the 5th time I decided to give it a try. Near the end of 2009 I was completing a first round of P90x and feeling more energy and more fit than I had been in my 20's. I started running again, after learning to love it back in 1981, during long weekend Company runs with Jack Hamilton, our Battalion Commander at Fort Bragg. It wasn't unusual to go on 10 to 20 mile runs, with us beginning the start of the run having no clue as to how far we would go, earning him the nickname 'Mad Jack. Nevertheless it was during those runs that I got to experience the endorphin rush that many runners refer to as the 'runner's high'. I wanted more cardio in my workout so this seemed like a no-brainer.

January of 2010 I finally secured a job. I continued to run a 5K every day after work at a nearby lake popular with runners and college kids out for a stroll. One evening after finishing a run I noticed some severe left hip pain during the nearly 1 hour drive home. I didn't give it much thought, and it was much better, but still sore the next day. I just figured I needed to do a longer stretch before running at the end of the day. My job requires me to be semi active and semi desk-bound, a recipe I have since found out is terrible for those with back problems. The day after having the hip pain from my run I was assisting our dock crew. I jumped up on the back of the flatbed to help move some straps. I was feeling great...like a kid again, and instead of letting myself down easily, I jumped off the back of the truck, probably not the smartest move for a 50 year old man, with a known degenerated L5 disk, no matter how good I was feeling. I felt fine at the time, but 30 minutes after going back to the office and sitting, the back began to stiffen up. For three months I experienced some of the worst pain in my life. I had to stop exercise of any kind, as the pain of putting pressure on the left leg in particular was so intense I spent these months on crutches. I went to a Chiropractor, having found relief with one in the past, but this guy was terrible so I quit going. At the insistence of my wife, whose sister had found relief with an acupuncturist, and a recommendation of an aunt who knew one who visited her gym once a week offering advice and performing amazing demonstrations, I decided to give it a try.

Around the First Week of February 2012 I decided to visit this doctor who likes to refer to himself as a 'Doctor of Chinese Medicine' to get acupuncture treatments to relieve the symptoms I was continuing to feel from my injury. some numbness, pain, and weakness in my left foot and leg, associated with what I believe are one or more possible conditions:

1. Sciatic nerve irritation from L5 lumbar deterioration
2. Sciatic nerve impingement in the piriformis muscle...piriformis syndrome.
3. Leg length discrepancy, coupled with nerve damage due to low B-12 absorption because of daily treatment with proton-pump inhibitors because of my GURD.
4. One or more combinations of the above.
5. Who knows!!

During my second visit to the Doctor of Chinese Medicine (herein referred to as DCM) he noticed a large growth on my left arm which had grown from the size of a small pea to the size of a golf ball over the course of the last nine years.

I explained that my General Practitioner doctor had noticed it during a visit many years before, and after a cursory examination, concluded it might be scar tissue that had built up around a splinter of unknown origin. During my third visit, While DCM was doing some 'Cupping' on my back, he asked if he could put a small amount of something called 'black salve' on it. Shortly

afterward it began to tingle and sting. After about 5 minutes he asked if I was feeling anything. I told him it was burning, he explained that  that was not a good sign. The salve he said only attacked cancer cells and left normal healthy skin intact. While in the office he showed me the website of Bill O'Leary a 48 year old Australian, living in Phuket Thailand and his Black Salve Skin Cancer Story. http://billolearyphuket.com/ArticleView.asp?ArticleID=33

 I decided then and there to let the black salve, work it's magic, and allow God to restore me to health following the path he had allowed me to find myself on.

What follows is a day by day, blow by blow account of where I have been, with this treatment up to where I am today in the course of my third round of treatment. Let me start by saying that the medical community, the government, including the FDA do NOT approve of this treatment. They would prefer the conventional approach of treating the symptoms of my problem, rather that the root cause in order to keep the repeat customers and the money they bring!
I am not afraid of the potential scarring. There are several ways that I can mask it if necessary, my favorite being an tattoo that I've had an idea for a couple of years. I have faith that the scarring will be minimal. The body has incredible restorative powers that I believe are there regardless of age.

Before we begin...a little about Black Salve itself:

This all natural herbal-based compound contains the following ingredients:  Red Clover, Graviola, Burdock Root, Chaparral, Bloodroot, and Zinc Mineral Salts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cansema 
Black salve is a popular alternative cancer treatment. The product is commonly classified as an escharotic—that is, a topical paste which burns and destroys skin tissue and leaves behind a thick, black scar called an eschar. Escharotics were widely used to treat skin lesions in the early 1900s, but have since been replaced by safer and more effective treatments such as Mohs surgery. Escharotics such as Cansema are currently advertised by some alternative medicine marketers as treatments for skin cancer, often with unsubstantiated testimonials and unproven claims of effectiveness. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration listed Cansema as a "fake cancer cure" and warned consumers to avoid it.

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I have spent a much longer amount if time away from the blog since starting work than I wanted but a long recoup from a spinal injury, a serious illness with my mother,and a current battle, and cure for a cancerous growth on my arm have left me with much too say, and I need the cathartic relief that I know getting things off my chest and down on 'cyber paper' will bring...,much more to come soon!