[vijayabharathi_c]

Breast milk helps fight multiple myeloma

by vijayabharathi_c on Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:11 am

Breast milk helps woman reduce cancer (multiple myeloma) levels:

A woman who has drunk a glass of breast milk a day since being diagnosed with cancer believes it is saving her life.

Jenny Jones has had a daily 400ml dose of milk from an anonymous donor after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, or bone marrow cancer, seven months ago ...

While the unusual treatment has not been prescribed by her doctor, her decision has been supported by doctors at John Flynn Private Hospital and the Mater Hospital in Brisbane where she is treated.

Mrs Jones, 62, said her cancer levels when she was diagnosed in December were "dramatic". But after a month of daily doses of breast milk she said her levels had reduced significantly.

The mother-of-three admits she is also following standard cancer treatments including oral chemotherapy."

"Breast is best for fighting cancer as woman turns to breast milk for treatment," The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia), June 28, 2012 (link to article).

[Cheryl G]

Re: Breast milk helps fight multiple myeloma

by Cheryl G on Wed Dec 24, 2014 11:46 am

Here's another news story with anecdotal evidence that human breast milk may have anti-myeloma properties. A woman in the UK has been giving her breast milk to her father, who initially was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, but later also was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Although the battle with prostate cancer seemed to be a tough one, the myeloma surprised us all. When he re-started the myeloma treatment that had previously stopped working effectively, something amazing started to happen. In January 2014, my Dad started drinking 2fl. oz of breast milk a day, his protein levels stopped increasing.

My sister-in-law kindly donated some breast milk too so my Dad was able to increase what he was drinking to 3fl. oz a day, and in the same month his protein levels started to drop. Some months they dropped by 0.5 and sometimes by 1.0 or a little more, but they were falling. Now they are at an all-time low. We all believe the milk has played a huge part in this drop ...

The haematology doctors were quite dismissive of alternative therapies saying there was no proof, but said it would do no harm.

He has now dropped to having only half an ounce of breast milk per day and his protein levels have increased slightly, but a kind friend of mine who is expecting her third baby very soon has kindly offered to supply breast milk to my Dad, so perhaps very soon he will be drinking 2fl. oz again."

"I gave my father my breast milk to help treat his terminal cancer", International Business Times UK, Dec 24, 2014 (link to article)