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My name is Tim Matson, and I have created this Website in honor of my mother, Joyce Matson.
 My mother was diagnosed with a primary brain tumor, grade III on January 26, 2000. Later on the diagnosis was questioned as a total of five tumors developed.
Our Radiation Oncologist stated that it was behaving as a Glioblastoma IV rather than a Astrocytoma III.
In February, she went in for a biopsy to determine what type of tumor she had. Something went wrong during the biopsy that left her paralyzed on her right side. She walked into the Hospital but left in a wheel chair. We had hoped the paralysis would be temporary but she remained paralyzed on her right side and could not move her right leg or right arm. Her tumors were inoperable due to the fact that they were located
deep in the Thalamus area of the brain. Her
prognosis was 3 to 6 months.
Over the next 3 months, my mother
received 38 rounds of radiation, underwent 1 Gamma Knife treatment & was put on the oral Chemotherapy, Hydroxyurea. As we would later find out, these treatments were not effective in slowing down the growth of the tumors in any
form or fashion. In May(about 5 months after
diagnosis), she experienced an episode of projectile
vomiting and was taken to San Diego Hospice were the Doctors told us to prepare for the end. We had lost all hope.
It was at this time a friend
of the family introduced us to Poly MVA. Like
most people, we were skeptical but we couldn't
give up searching for hope. We contacted Dr.
Al Sanchez(The CEO of the Advanced Medicine Information & Education Center) who provided us with literature containing Clinical research on Poly MVA along with phone
numbers of other families using Poly MVA. He
also encouraged us not to order the product until we had taken the information to our Oncologist. The families
we talked to were very positive about the results they were receiving and our Oncologist said the Poly only contained
Natural Ingredients so it wouldn't hurt to try.
My mom started on Poly-MVA on
June 10, 2000. On her 4th day on Poly, she was able
to move both her right arm and leg for the first time since her biopsy. We were ecstatic!! We didn't know what this meant but for the first time in a long time we had something that none of us can live without. HOPE!
Over the next several months each MRI showed decrease in Tumor Mass and a decrease in edema. We believed that through
prayers along with Gods blessing, my mother would beat this monster called Glioblastoma Multiforme IV. However,
in early November we met with the Radiation Oncologist to look at her most recent MRI. The Doctor started off by showing us the area where the 4 tumors had been located. I say, "had been located", because they were gone. He said that all that was left
was necrosis(dead tissue). But unfortunately he was not finished. A suspect area in the Brain
Stem, that he had pointed out as something to watch in the previous MRI, had grown in size. He told us, due to the location in the Brain Stem and the size it had grown since
the last MRI, my mother had less than a month to live.
She passed away at home surrounded by her Husband and her 5 Children 19 days later.
After a ten month battle we lost her on November
26, 2000. The prognosis had been that we would
lose her in May. We believe that although the Poly did not save her life it gave us six additional months.
Our Hospice nurses stated that they believed it had lengthened and given her a much better quality of life than
they normally see with their other brain tumor patients.They have encouraged us to continue our work with Poly-MVA
due to the results they witnessed. At the San Diego Hospice, my mom was referred to as the Miracle Lady due to the fact she left there two times each time with
the diagnosis of only days to live.
LESSONS LEARNED:
Avoid Brain Radiation which will
lead to the need for Steroids
We ask the question, why didn't Poly save her life when she improved so much and four of the tumors were
destroyed? In answer, she was on a very high level of Decadron for eight months. This reached 48mg. Research indicates that high levels of steroid use for prolonged periods can stimulate new tumor growth due to the fact that steroids suppress immune function..
Decadron-Dexamethasone
This steroid (Decadron-Dexamethasone) is the
same steroid given to organ
transplant patients(Liver, Lung, Heart etc) once they have received someone else's organ.
WHY DO HOSPITALS GIVE THIS STEROID
TO ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS ?
Because this steroid is known to eliminate the patients immune function so that the patient's
immune system will not reject the new organ.
If our medical community knows that this steroid
eliminates the patients immune function for organ transplant patients, why in the
hell are they giving the same steroid to Cancer Patients ?
A CATCH 22
Every time we tried to lower the dosage she would experience
Grand Mal seizures due to the brain swelling caused by the trauma from all of her 38
rounds of radiation treatment. We were caught
in a catch twenty-two. Once her brain had been
pummeled by 38 rounds of radiation, there was no going back. WE HAD TO CONTINUE
TO GIVE HER THE STEROIDS or she would die from the brain swelling. On the other hand, the Steroids
had eliminated her immune system completely and she had nothing left to fight the cancer.
How we wish we had found Poly-MVA
prior to getting her on high levels of steroids.
We were never warned of the dangers. The reports
from previous patients had indicated that Poly-MVA was not effective when very high levels of Decadron were in use so we are fortunate that she responded to the level she did.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER
We want other cancer patients to have the opportunity to
read about the positive experiences that people have had with Poly-MVA and to share critical information that will inform and protect new cancer patients from making the
mistakes we have made. We were not able to save
my mothers life BECAUSE WE JUST
DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER but we have found great joy in sharing what we have learned so that others will not go down the same path that millions and millions
of Americans like my mother have gone down.
We know and have found that information
brings knowledge, and knowledge brings intelligent decisions. It is our mission to share information about this fantastic treatment, Poly-MVA(Click here to learn: How Poly MVA works) & the 4 CORNERS PROTOCOL, so that
others may benefit from it also.
I would personally like to thank
all of the Cancer Patients who have shared their own personal stories. Their courage has been inspirational
to say the least. Their willingness to give back to other CANCER PATIENTS and THEIR FAMILIES who are desperately
looking for REAL HOPE, is what true giving is all about!
Sincerely,
Timothy P. Matson
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