HANNAH BRADLEY (ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA BRAIN CANCER SURVIVOR) DR. BURZYNSKI / ANTINEOPLASTON PATIENT
Hannah Bradley was featured in my 2nd documentary, BURZYNSKI: CANCER IS SERIOUS BUSINESS, PART II.
From an Oct 20, 2013 article from The Telegraph.
“I was a salesperson when I was diagnosed with cancer. I ate on the run. I smoked. I had no real symptoms or warning signs. One night in February 2011 I had a grand seizure while I was asleep: arms up in the air, body shaking. My partner, Pete, called an ambulance, and I was rushed to hospital, unconscious. Eventually a CT scan showed a brain tumour, which turned out to be very aggressive, anaplastic astrocytoma.
I have no memories of that time, from the night of the seizure to coming around from the eight-hour operation to remove the tumour two months later. Looking back now, I was quite naive. I thought that once the surgery was over, the tumour would be gone.
Then I needed six weeks of radiotherapy, so I did that, thinking this would make me better. It was gruelling – my hair fell out, I had quite a few seizures – then, at the end, a scan showed I still had the remnants of this very aggressive tumour. The life expectancy for people with tumours like this was 18 months.
All this time, without me knowing, Pete had been looking into things, searching, talking to anyone and everyone who could possibly help. One name kept cropping up: Dr Burzynski.
At his clinic in Houston he has developed a treatment using anti-cancer compounds he discovered and now manufactures – and is treating aggressive tumours, especially ones in the brain. He’s controversial. The medical community claims his work is unscientific and unproven.
My oncologist didn’t want me to go – he wanted to monitor the tumour and maybe give me more radiotherapy in the future. But that was like containing it, not getting rid of it, and the treatment hadn’t worked so far. Dr Burzynski seemed to be my only hope of getting rid of the cancer for good.
The treatment wasn’t cheap (about £200,000). Of course we didn’t know 100 per cent whether it would work, but I had to believe in something; I wanted to be positive. Pete launched a campaign – friends and family gathered around, held events, our local radio station supported us – and in two months we already had £100,000, enough to start treatment. I’m still so thankful for all that support.
In December 2011 I flew with Pete to the Burzynski Clinic. The medication is administered directly into your body through a Hickman line 24 hours a day. We were there for seven weeks, and scans showed that in that time the tumour had reduced by 11 per cent. I was absolutely overjoyed.
Pete and I learnt how to prepare and administer the treatment ourselves and it carried on in Britain for another 18 months. It’s not an easy option. My blood was checked twice a week, and I was scanned every six weeks at a private hospital. Most importantly, it seemed to be working. The tumour kept getting smaller, and in January this year it was all gone. I’m now off the treatment but still being monitored.
Dr Burzynski isn’t a miracle worker. There are well-publicised cases of families raising money for children to be treated at the clinic but the children still tragically dying. People have posted on our website that it doesn’t work, but I’m convinced that, if we hadn’t found him, I wouldn’t be here today.
I wouldn’t turn my back on conventional medicine, but I would advise anyone in a situation like mine to look into other options – there could always be another way. If this whole thing has taught me anything, it’s that.” A cookbook by Hannah is available at teamhannah.com
BURZYNSKI: CANCER IS SERIOUS BUSINESS, PART II – directed by Eric Merola
An inspiring journey with an appropriately wonderful outcome. Congratulations, Hannah!
I will talk with you about my daughters case and try and help you, are you in the UK?
Thanks
R
Was Hannah one of the lucky few or is common with his treatment? My 9 yr old son was just diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma grade 3. The said they don’t operate b/c it’s so woven throughout his brain and into his thalamus. There is no hope. Radiation only stops it from growing for a time and the risk of secondary cancer is high bc it’s so weaved in. I’d love to know your thoughts. Thanks
Hi Michelle,
I got your comment in my blog. I have personally known two people with AA Grade III to get better using Antineoplastons (ANP), both women in their 20s.
I am not a doctor, only a filmmaker who has been following this story for many years. ANP isn’t a magic bullet, but when it works, it works. People usually know it is working within the first 6 weeks of therapy. AA Grade III has been a much easier tumor type to conquer for ANP, as it’s “fast growing” and for whatever reason, fast growing tumors react better than slow ones. I’m sure the doctors have mentioned that AA Grade III can progress into Glioblastoma Grade IV, which is much harder to fight.
After you get past the massive negative propaganda campaign on the internet, and get past everyone telling you “not to go to Burzynski” – the next hurdle is working with their clinic to see about getting your son ANP, and then the cost. Most insurance doesn’t cover the therapy, and it can be costly – around $12,500 for first month and about $6-$8K for each month.
I can’t tell you what to do, but from where I am sitting, if I myself had this tumor type I’d go get ANP as my first choice.
Burzynski Clinic (713) 355-5697
I hope this helps.
Eric
PS: This is a follow up I did recently with Hannah Bradley: http://merolaproductions.com/eric-merola-hannah-bradley-burzynski-movie/