Four years ago, on our 30th wedding anniversary, a blood sample was taken from me.   A biopsy soon proved that I had cancer.  Following the urologist’s advice, I was planning for the recommended surgery. 

Because of the biopsy I would have to wait about six weeks before the surgery could be performed.  During this waiting period, on the internet, I extensively explored cancer especially my own prostate cancer.  It wasn’t long before I discovered that there was considerable disagreement among medical professionals about how to treat cancer.   

The more I read, the more I found myself attracted to examining carefully the claims and recommendations of doctors promoting alternative medicine.  Their focus appealed to me.  The conventional approach of directly attacking the cancer using surgery and or chemo/radiation is not only invasive but often very debilitating.   Alternative medical professionals believe treatment ought to focus on enhancing and strengthening one’s immune system instead.   

Almost without exception, friends and relatives admonished me to stay away from alternative medicine.  My death threatening condition prompted numerous individuals to accuse me of being imprudent or rash or irresponsible to my family for seriously exploring alternative medicine.  Despite this almost universal opposition, in my heart I felt a peace and an attraction to choose alternative medicine.  Admittedly my choice was a ’lonely road’ that prompted me to seek more earnestly God’s will. 

In December of 2003, after an interview with a radiation specialist, I knew it was time to decide a direction for my treatment.  As I considered my choices, I felt alternative medicine and not conventional ‘solutions’ was the right direction to go.  In February 2004 I began the Cantron program. But it was another eight months before I expanded from simply taking Cantron to adding the  recommended supplements to my Cantron regime. 

After a year had passed since the urologist urged me to move swiftly to address the cancer, I reflected upon the situation.  Having chosen to strengthen my immune system instead of directly attacking the cancer, I discovered, as time went by, that some of my ordinary pattern of sicknesses was recurring less often.  Now it has been almost four years since we discovered I had cancer.  Throughout my life, I have experienced periodic colds and fevers.   However during these past four years periodic colds and fevers have diminished.  It has been during this same period of time that I introduced alternative medicine into my daily diet.  

No one, including my immediate family, can see any evidence of my health declining.  Despite this fact, there is still enormous skepticism among friends and acquaintances about alternative choices.  Since contracting cancer, I have witnessed the decline as well as the death of several friends and a young relative all of whom clung to mainline medical ‘solutions’. 

When I discover friends or relatives that contract cancer, I usually send to them my own testimony.  Unfortunately, rarely does anyone who has contracted cancer respond.  No individual diagnosed with cancer has seriously inquired about alternative choices.   However, there are many individuals, after discovering they have cancer, who seriously examines alternative medical choices.  These individuals can be met at cancer support groups that promote alternative medicine or many of these individuals can simply be called on the telephone.  At the cancer support meetings, one meets individuals who have embraced an alternative choice and testify to the remarkable results they have experienced. 

What is painful to observe is the extraordinary results individuals experience with alternative medical choices and the tragic lack of awareness of these realities among the general population.  So many people die from cancer and yet those of us who are overcoming our cancer with alternative medicine can’t help but wonder why so few individuals who contract cancer ever seriously consider alternative medicine.  From the testimonies of those who have successfully taken alternative medicine, one can’t help wondering how many of those who have died adhering to conventional ‘therapies’ might still be alive if they had embraced alternative medicine. 

Another sad experience is the response of medical professional who know next to nothing about alternative medicine.  I have yet to meet a medical professional who has even heard of the Cantron program.  Despite their lack of knowledge, their predictable response is skepticism.  Is this a sign of openness?   Dr. Benjamin Rush, the Surgeon-General of George Washington's armies and signer of the Declaration of Independence cautioned that the time would come “when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship....” if the founding Fathers didn’t put medical freedom into the Constitution. 

Our prayer is that individuals who discover they have cancer do not let the fear that typically accompanies this revelation rule their choices.  It is important to pray, earnestly seeking the Lord’s direction.  However, along with prayer, we need to have the courage to read, reflect and talk to people who choose alternative medicine instead of mainline medical ‘therapies’.  We need to be willing to examine the claims of alternative medical professionals and the testimonies of those who have had the courage and patience to embrace alternative medicine.  Such a decision could well mean the difference between living and dying.                              

Joe Campbell                                                               Date: 07-11-07