I began an extensive research process. I heard about a Chinese Qigong master who was having good results with people who had cancer, so I went to her 24 hour intensive, and began a qigong regimen that included intensive fasting. I felt better, lost a lot of weight (I'd been overweight) and was feeling pretty good. However, the white blood cell count was not lowering.

2001 - I figured since I was feeling better, I would try to work again. (I also needed the money.) Yet, I also sensed that I needed a very physical job after my years of a sedentary job editing video and doing a lot of computer work. I got a part time job at a local Kinko's so that I'd be on the move more, and as I'd suspected, it built up my stamina. At first I would come home dog tired, but as the weeks turned into months, I was able to sustain energy levels that I hadn't experienced for a number of years. Yet I could also feel a pain deep within my bones if I sat around too long after I got home.

I Discover Coral Calcium
While at this new job, I had time to continue my research into the human body and into the interaction with nutrients, minerals, and chemical interchanges. I felt an answer was looming just out of reach. In April of 2001, while researching new types of water filters, I found a little book that talked about the role of calcium in cancer. What I read in the book made sense to me, and after a few inquiries, I found a company that sold a product that I felt intuitively was going to be good for me. I contacted one of the distributors, who was extremely helpful, and I began taking coral calcium.

After only 5 days on the product, I went for my regularly scheduled blood test. The results were pretty impressive! For the first time in a year, my WBC blood count had dropped. It had been hovering around 30,000, and suddenly it registered 18,000! My doctor asked me what I'd been doing differently. I told him, and he dismissed it. As he walked out the door, he looked over his shoulder at me. "It can't hurt anything, though.... so why not keep it up." I did.

 

 

Each month when I went for my check up, the WBC blood cell count either stayed stationary or decreased. However, other parts of the blood panel were also moving in positive directions, and I was noticing major differences in my body. The lumps were slowly going down. My skin was clearing. My hair was growing in darker. The horrible body cramps I'd had were alleviated. I could sleep through the night without pain, and a particular problem I'd had with waking up in a jack-knifed position was gone. My endurance level increased, and I was feeling more like myself than I had in years.

Root Canal Therapy!
Somewhere during this timeframe my brother told me of a book that I am now certain contained the key to reversing my CLL. It was called Root Canal Cover-Up by George E. Meinig, D.D.S., F.A.C.D., one of the founding members of the American Association of Endontists (Root Canal Therapists). The book summarizes the 25 years of root canal research of  Dr. Weston Price, which was conducted in the early 1900s and covered up for 83 years.  (Add more info about Theory here)

While living in Chicago I had a fancy Michigan Avenue dentist who performed a not so fancy root canal on one of my teeth. I assumed it was ok.  Now almost two years later I had my doubts. After reading Dr. Meinig’s book, I decided that I could not take a chance and leave it in my mouth. I decided to have my single root canal filled tooth removed. I felt lucky I didn’t have any more than one to worry about.

I continued on coral calcium. As of November, 2001, my doctor began to show signs of taking what I was doing seriously. He asked a lot of questions, and determined that my improvement did not follow the normal progression of the disease. Since there was nothing else I was doing, he determined it – the coral calcium - was worth recommending to another of his patients who was about my age and had a similar case.

Since I was doing so much better, I continued to go for tests only every two months, and at the last one, my doctor told me that I could live with the levels as they currently were indefinitely. What started out as a "death" sentence was transmuted into a normal life!

Although I was not yet totally healed, my WBC levels as of April , 2001 were down to 15.6!  I consider that to be a pretty decent demonstration after having a high of 159.0 just two years before.

2002 –  In October I have been working at Kinkos for one year and I have had enough. I was able to obtain a position at a local non-profit organization where I still work today. Through this job I get Kaiser HMO insurance. After about a year I finally make contact with the Chief Oncologist. I tell her my story; that I have healed CLL. Of course she doesn’t believe me. She orders more blood tests. And over time these tests only go to provide additional proof of my on-going healing.

In 2003 she orders a full body CT Scan. It shows nothing serious. Over time my blood tests continue to get better. As of 2009, the tests are the best ever! Everything is now totally within the range of normal and it has been this way for many years except for some anemia. And now even that is normal!  

In 2009 I saw her again for a routine checkup. What does she want? Yet another CT Scan! I am holding off for now. I may have other health issues from time to time but not CLL!

Summary
I think we have to make sure we are not trapped in a mindset that believes only one way is possible. Medicine does not yet have the magic bullet that will cure this disease, and many of the regimens used to help it are harmful to the body as a whole. I am not against using the benefits of medicine, but I do think we need to recognize that its limitations do not have to be our own.

I plan to live a long and healthy life. I took the coral calcium for several years, and as I feel other things might enhance the quality of my life, I introduce them, too. If the medical community comes up with a magic bullet that cures this disease, I'll be the first in line. But until then, I'm acting as my own advisor. I'm learning about my body and its needs, partnering with medicine, and taking a view that answers don't always come from the expected sources.

Life is good!

Steven Freier

San Mateo, CA