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Post Date : Friday October 5 2007

Name: Doug Wray
Date: May 1, 2006
Diagnosis: Multiple Myeloma Stage III
Contact: rdwray@gmail.com

POLY-MVA SURVIVOR TESTIMONIAL


I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA , STAGE III, ON MAY 1ST, 2006. I HAD AN IGG ANTIBODY READING OF 7369. A BONE BIOPSY CONFIRMED MY DIAGNOSIS. ADDITIONALLY, X-RAYS CONFIRMED I HAD THREE COMPRESSION FRACTURES IN MY SPINE AND LESIONS ON MY UPPER ARM BONES AND MY RIB CAGE.

I WAS IMMEDIATELY STARTED ON A COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY OF DOXIL, VELCADE , AND DECADRON. I RECEIVED THIS IV EVERY FOUR DAYS. I DID THIS FOR THREE MONTHS, UNTIL JULY 31ST,2006 . I HAD HEARD OF POLY-MVA AT A CANCER CONTROL CONVENTION I HAD ATTENDED IN 1999, AND PURCHASED A BOOK ABOUT THE PRODUCT. WHEN I RETURNED HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL, I FOUND THE BOOK, READ IT, AND CALLED THE AMARC OFFICE TO INQUIRE ABOUT GETTING THE PRODUCT. ON MAY 15TH,2006 I STARTED USING POLY-MVA. I FOLLOWED A PROTOCOL AND INJESTED 12 TSP PER DAY UNTIL JULY 1ST,2006 . BY THEN MY IGG ANTIBODY READING WAS 2094 AND I WAS FEELING BETTER. MY ONCOLOGIST HAD REDUCED THE CHEMOTHERAPY BY ONE-HALF AFTER MY FIRST MONTH BECAUSE OF MUSCLE NEUROPATHY.THE NEUROPATHY DIMINISHED AFTER TWO WEEKS. ON JULY 1ST,2006 I INCREASED MY POLY-MVA TO 16 TSP PER DAY. Why?......BY AUGUST,2006 MY IGG ANTIBODY READING WAS NORMAL…BELOW 1440.

ON NOVEMBER 11,2006, MY ONCOLOGIST DECLARED ME TO BE IN COMPLETE REMISSION. I HAVE CONTINUED TO USE POLY-MVA AT 4 TSP PER DAY SINCE.

I HAD BEEN URGED TO DO TWO MORE MONTHS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND THEN HAVE A STEM CELL TRANSPLANT. I DECLINED THIS ADVICE BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE WIPED OUT MY IMMUNE SYSTEM COMPLETELY.

AS OF JUNE,2007 I AM DOING VERY WELL AND TAKING NO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS..MY BLOOD WORK IS NORMAL.

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