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Paying obeisance and expressing eternal gratitude to the Family Deity & Guru for new lease of life and preventive care.
Returning to Dharwad after my successful treatment of cancer at HCG Cancer Specialist Centre, Bangalore after about 8 months turned out to be a matter of relief, joy and triumph. We were back at our home “Aashraya”, where I had almost said “Adieu”, but in the heart of hearts, I had the confidence to transform it into “Au revoir”. It was indeed a wonderful feeling we had on our homecoming. The satisfaction of settling down with peace and restored health was sinking in. Before embarking on the plan of post remission care, I wanted to first express my gratitude and pay my obeisance to the unseen hand of our family deity Kuladevata Halaganesha, who had supported and protected me throughout my cancer battle and ensured my safety. The least I could do was to go to Halagani village and invoke all other Gods there, and pray by presenting ourselves. We visited Halagani along with our relatives, who had prayed for my well being.
The Pooja at the Halaganesha Temple on the day we reached Halagani was conducted with the whole village being invited to the Prasadam, as it was done for our Kulkarni family of Bableshwar. I was asked to enter into the sanctum sanctorum of the temple and sit over there, which I could not due to chronic back pain, but managed to crawl inside, and join all others squatting down for the special prayer. The Pooja was over after two hours, and I was the first to crawl back from the sanctum sanctorum, without any problem. Everyone was stunned, and so was I equally, but pleasantly surprised to see that I not only crawled and came out, but I could stand up easily, without anyone’s help despite my physical difficulty.
This was the first proof of the faith and belief in the energy that was emanating from the sanctum sanctorum. I slowly bowed down and knelt in front of the door to the sanctum sanctorum from where I could see the idol of Halaganesha.
As for offering obeisance and gratefulness to Guru Raghavendra Swamy, instead of doing so by going to Mantralaya, I went to the Raghavendra Swamy Mutt located at Malmaddi in Dharwad. It gave me a sense of relief and peace, while I prayed and received blessings. While I was in the course of complete remission in my cancer, I noted that Oncologists and associated Doctors were saying that relapse of cancer is a side effect of the main Chemo, which every cancer survivor has to face or fight with. Thus, cancer survivors have to initially go through a state of anxiety and uncertainty as a follow up measure during the first two years, and subsequently for a period of three years, till the total post treatment period of five years is over.
I accordingly decided to muster my energy to cross this line. Thus, I resolved to reach this goal post of being a cancer fighter, howsoever, difficult it may be.
I thought of the parting instructions given by HCG Oncologist Dr. Radhey Shyam in this context. He had very clearly told us that his responsibility extended beyond the eighth Chemo cycle, and had advised me to take eight more Chemo cycles of Rituximab, one in every 3 months. More particularly, he had told us about the
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Moving on, pursuing and embracing new life, post remission.
H.S. Kulkarni 65
Paying obeisance and expressing eternal gratitude to the Family Deity & Guru for new lease of life and preventive care.
Returning to Dharwad after my successful treatment of cancer at HCG Cancer Specialist Centre, Bangalore after about 8 months turned out to be a matter of relief, joy and triumph. We were back at our home “Aashraya”, where I had almost said “Adieu”, but in the heart of hearts, I had the confidence to transform it into “Au revoir”. It was indeed a wonderful feeling we had on our homecoming. The satisfaction of settling down with peace and restored health was sinking in. Before embarking on the plan of post remission care, I wanted to first express my gratitude and pay my obeisance to the unseen hand of our family deity Kuladevata Halaganesha, who had supported and protected me throughout my cancer battle and ensured my safety. The least I could do was to go to Halagani village and invoke all other Gods there, and pray by presenting ourselves. We visited Halagani along with our relatives, who had prayed for my well being.
The Pooja at the Halaganesha Temple on the day we reached Halagani was conducted with the whole village being invited to the Prasadam, as it was done for our Kulkarni family of Bableshwar. I was asked to enter into the sanctum sanctorum of the temple and sit over there, which I could not due to chronic back pain, but managed to crawl inside, and join all others squatting down for the special prayer. The Pooja was over after two hours, and I was the first to crawl back from the sanctum sanctorum, without any problem. Everyone was stunned, and so was I equally, but pleasantly surprised to see that I not only crawled and came out, but I could stand up easily, without anyone’s help despite my physical difficulty.
This was the first proof of the faith and belief in the energy that was emanating from the sanctum sanctorum. I slowly bowed down and knelt in front of the door to the sanctum sanctorum from where I could see the idol of Halaganesha.
As for offering obeisance and gratefulness to Guru Raghavendra Swamy, instead of doing so by going to Mantralaya, I went to the Raghavendra Swamy Mutt located at Malmaddi in Dharwad. It gave me a sense of relief and peace, while I prayed and received blessings. While I was in the course of complete remission in my cancer, I noted that Oncologists and associated Doctors were saying that relapse of cancer is a side effect of the main Chemo, which every cancer survivor has to face or fight with. Thus, cancer survivors have to initially go through a state of anxiety and uncertainty as a follow up measure during the first two years, and subsequently for a period of three years, till the total post treatment period of five years is over.
I accordingly decided to muster my energy to cross this line. Thus, I resolved to reach this goal post of being a cancer fighter, howsoever, difficult it may be.
I thought of the parting instructions given by HCG Oncologist Dr. Radhey Shyam in this context. He had very clearly told us that his responsibility extended beyond the eighth Chemo cycle, and had advised me to take eight more Chemo cycles of Rituximab, one in every 3 months. More particularly, he had told us about the
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risks and dangers of not doing the follow up Chemotherapy cycles.
According to him, some of the patients, who are drained out by
the time they complete the recommended Chemotherapy Cycles of
treatment, would, or at the most, take a few more Chemo cycles of
the prescribed follow up programme, and leave half way through.
This could be either because of strain or drain on their finances, or
perhaps due to their over confidence. And such patients are prone or
vulnerable to relapse; and hence he had advised me not to leave the
follow up plan midway.
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Moving on, pursuing and embracing new life, post remission.
It is well known and accepted that cancer is a life changing event,
and perhaps a phenomenon to the survivors. By emerging out of the
Hospital as a cancer battle winner becomes a high point in life of
cancer patients.
Once all the tests are cleared by cancer survivors, the real challenge
starts. Because of cancer, their entire life is turned off, and they have
to now pick up the threads again, having attained complete remission.
Whatever medical treatment is recommended as follow up or preventive
care is just 25 % of the part of their life that has to be taken care of. But
the remaining part such as regular diet and food intake, schedule of work
and plan of activities for being fit and active, would undergo a change.
Their personality and outlook get changed because of the cancer effect.
The cancer survivors will have to reset their bio-clock from what
it was before. Their wake up time, morning schedules like exercises
meditation, yoga and walking would have to change. Looking at life
would also change. One may become mellowed, philosophical, spiritual
and religious in life, having undergone an unparalleled event, which
is no different from the trauma or chill of a near death experience.
Hence, the need is to move on, and embrace the new life ahead.
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Opportunity of sharing Story of Winning Cancer Battle at a National Seminar.
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Thus, the question or challenge before me was how to be active
and remain occupied apart from the compulsions of resetting my
bio-clock and rescheduling my activities and work, which cancer
survivors are usually confronted with. I thought of planning and doing
things, activities and work of my choice and liking, while doing my
professional work cum business to a limited extent, besides pursuing
my drawing and painting hobbies. All these activities being volitional
and of a honorary nature, would be at my terms without expecting
anything, but giving me a sense of satisfaction, and away from the post
cancer remission mundane.
Among several activities and proposals that came to my mind, I
hit upon the thought of firstly developing guidelines for aftercare of
cancer survivors, and secondly, pursuing a plan of travelling and visiting
tourist places and shrines during this period.
Opportunity of sharing Story of Winning Cancer Battle at a National Seminar.
Coincidently, one of the earliest opportunities I got to come out
during the post remission period was of sharing my story of fighting
and winning the cancer battle at a National Seminar on Management of
Cancer. This professional event was organised by Indian Society of Health
Administrators, with my friend and colleague J.S. Pant, as a Seminar Co-
ordinator. It was held on 23rd September 2012 at the Taj Vivanta Hotel,
Bangalore. I was invited to the Seminar along with three other cancer
battle winners to narrate our success stories. The objective of bringing
cancer battle winners on the stage was not only to enable delegates to
appreciate the saga and triumph of cancer patients in their battle against
the disease, but to felicitate and honour them for their inspiring example.
I was indeed overwhelmed to be one of the four honoured cancer
battle winners at this all India professional event ; the other three being
Dr. Keerti Tewari, a Medical Doctor and Civil Servant ; Mr. V. Amar
Bhaskar, a top executive with IBM ; and Mr. Shiva Kumar, an Advocate
and Consultant ; with all of them being from Bangalore. It gave me a
degree or sense of satisfaction, recognition and elation for sharing my
story of winning battle against cancer at a national seminar.
Back in Dharwad, I started looking for some good Doctor for
my follow up of preventive care consisting of eight Rituximab IV
Injections that I had to take for the next two years ; that is four per
year, with one in every three months. There is a Cancer Hospital at
Dharwad, where most cancer patients in and around Dharwad come
for treatment. It is attached to the Karnataka Govt. Cancer Research
Institute, situated at Navanagar, Hubli. We met a senior Oncologist
in Dr. A.C. Deka at this Hospital, who examined me, and agreed to
have the post treatment preventive care with Chemo cycles duly and
effectively arranged.
We then came to know that a visiting Medical Oncologist to this
Hospital was Dr. Kiran Kattimani, who had earlier worked with HCG
Cancer Centre at Bangalore, and knew Dr. Jagannath Dixit as well as
Dr. Radhey Shyam well enough, and I thought there will be some kind
of continuity in my follow up treatment. As Dr. Kattimani had wide
experience of attending to cancer survivors personally and effectively,
I decided to go with him for my preventive care.
Dr. Kiran Kattimani was known to administer the IV Rituximab
Chemo to his patients at Sushruta Hospital, Hubli to which he was
attached. The Chemo preventive care was going to take about 3 to 4
hours for each session. Here too, I used to take Chemo for three hours
sitting only, because I did not like being seen as sick, when I was fit and
healthy. Dr. Kattimani was helpful and considerate ; he even saw to it that
patients are not burdened with avoidable medicines and procedures. By
the way, he got the incentivised discount on Rituximab injections for me.
During one of the eight follow up Chemo cycles, I was sitting on
the chair by the side of a bed at Sushruta Hospital, with the Rituximab
Chemo trickling drop by drop in my body, and I was reading my favorite
Book, “Savitri” by Aurobindo. At that time, Dr. Kattimani happened to
drop in. Even before he could say anything, I asked him impulsively,
‘How are you Doctor ?’ Dr. Kattimani burst into laughter, and said,
“This is the first time in my life as a doctor, that a patient
is asking me how I am, whereas I came here to attend our patient”.
He further said :“Looking at your spirits, I feel the monkey on
your back has run away long back, and you do not have to worry
about your shoulders”.
1. Food Habits :
(b) Take 2 dates before going to bed. This will enable you to maintain high levels of Hb, and act as good sleep inducing agent.
3. Change Bio Clock :
Incidentally, and as God willed, I completed the 8th follow up
Rituximab IVs successfully within two years of my attaining remission,
without any kind of side effects or reactions. Once, all the preventive
Chemo Cycles were over, I was advised to take a PET Scan. The PET Scan
showed no presence of any malignancy, and the SUVs at all points were
nil. Thus, both Dr. Deka and Dr. Kattimani were very pleased and happy
about my health status. They advised me that after this virtual final Test, I
had to get myself tested once in six months only, till I complete the period
of five years from remission. With this, the second phase of treatment was
over, and I entered into the third and final Observation Phase.
Guidelines for Aftercare of Cancer Survivors.
Simultaneously, I began identifying, studying and trying out
the different as well as the unexplored or less known modalities of
containing and overcoming cancer from among the alternative
medicines or holistic science. I found that there are good options in
the complementary and alternative medicines, which contribute to
preventing relapse or recurrence of cancer of different types. From
the ones available, and that I heard of, I studied, tested and used them,
I experienced the salutary and positive effect they had on me, as a
cancer survivor. I found out, realised and noted that a cancer survivor
opting for alternative medicines, would have to change and accept four
critical paths or areas for maintaining health and remaining free from,
or unaffected by, cancer. These are :
1. Food Habits :
One has to select the food, the fruits and the greens that give added
strength, immunity, blood chemistry enhancement and add the much
required Laetrile / Amygdalin element in the body bio to enable you
to fight recurrence or relapse of cancer.
The following should be generally part of cancer survivor’s food
palette :
1. All types of Millet Foods
2. Fruits generally having pulp in yellow, orange or red in colour
3. Green vegetables, carrots, tomatoes, berries and guava to be taken.
2. Herbal Support :
Once the conventional treatment is over, cancer survivors need
herbal nutritional support for improvement in the following areas :
Blood Quality improvement : With the Hb % and CBC chart having
become poor immediately after the conventional treatment, sufficient
attention is required to be given for improving the Hb percentage and
platelet count.
To attain these results, the cancer survivors need to take:
150 ml of Wheat Grass Juice in the morning on empty stomach
Crush 5 Neem Leaves, 5 Tulsi (Black Basil) Leaves and 5 Bel leaves,
and gulp them early in the morning.
Along with the above two herbal intake, one has to take herbal
Kashaya of Simarouba Gluca in the morning:
Make it a regular daily habit to Chew 7/8 Apricot Seeds / Apple
Seeds / Papaya Seeds before breakfast, afternoon lunch and evening
dinner. (Apricot Kernels, Apple Seeds, Berry Seeds, Papaya Seeds
contain higher quantity of Laetrile)
Adapting and getting used to these food habits would facilitate in
improving blood chemistry, enhancement of immunity, developing
appetite, in addition to providing the much needed antibiotics to fight
infections.
Apart from the above, add the following items to your daily schedule:
a) Take one teaspoon of Honey + 1⁄2 teaspoon of baking soda (mixed
well) every day before going to bed. This will augment the alkalizing
effect to your blood Ph, which should be above 7 and below 9.
(b) Take 2 dates before going to bed. This will enable you to maintain high levels of Hb, and act as good sleep inducing agent.
3. Change Bio Clock :
This is best done by tuning your Bio Clock to synchronize with
optimum levels of availability of :
a) Oxygen in the atmosphere
b) Exposure to sunlight for increasing Vitamin D level in your system.
a) Oxygen in the atmosphere
b) Exposure to sunlight for increasing Vitamin D level in your system.
It is relevant to note that air in the atmosphere contains 40 % more
of oxygen between 4. 00 am and 6.00 am early morning.
Nature Walking at the above time interval would facilitate physical
exercise, relaxation to mind and higher levels of oxygen in the blood
circulation system.
4. Meditation :
After the morning walk for about one hour, select a silent and
peaceful place in your house, and do any type of meditation for about
20 minutes.
Welcome Change by travelling to Tourist Places and
Pilgrim Centres, starting with Visit to Vaishnodevi Shrine
In the first quarter after the Chemotherapy treatment was over, my
brother Jayakumar and I along with our spouses decided to visit the
Vaishnodevi shrine. It was rainy season, but we were keen to be there in
the Himalayas to visit the Devi Temple, and enjoy the rain in the hills.
We took flight from Mumbai to Delhi, and onward to Jammu via
Srinagar.. From Jammu we reached Katra by Taxi, and stayed overnight
at a Hotel there. Next day early morning we decided to climb the hill
with the help of Pallaki Carriers. Intermittently, we went by foot, and
the journey became enjoyable, with rain and cold wind, which added
to the thrill. After having Darshan, we returned to Katra base Hotel,
and decided to visit some more places the next morning.
We went to a place called Dhansar Baba Cave. Initially, I thought I
could not reach this place. From the Hilltop where we were, we could
not even see the cave; but when we enquired with a shopkeeper there,
we were told that the cave was just about 12 steps down the slope. We
decided to climb down, but as we proceeded we found that we had
to cover 225 steps to reach the cave, which was just above the bank of
river Tavi.
Initially, Jayakumar told me to rest half way, and he would go down
and return. But I decided to take the test, and see the cave, nothing could
stop me. We ultimately climbed down. It was worth the effort; there was
a small waterfall where ice was gradually melting, with droplets falling on
the Shivalinga below. This was happening for ages non-stop. A wonderful
sight. I said Jai Cancer Baba ! And started climbing to the top. Believe it
or not, I was the first to reach the top. So much for my determination
and endurance. I must say it was a wonderful feeling of having truly won
the race with the monkey on my back, at my 70 plus age.
This outing definitely helped me to have a welcome change from
the thought of cancer care all the time.
As cancer survivors, we must enlarge, escalate and extend our activities as well as involvements in several areas and things other than the routine, which definitely would help in preventing any possibility of cancer making a comeback. Mind remains fresh and positive as long as you engage it in new things, new places and new activities. Our journey continued and we were at Jammu for two days. Visited most of the temples and historical places.
As cancer survivors, we must enlarge, escalate and extend our activities as well as involvements in several areas and things other than the routine, which definitely would help in preventing any possibility of cancer making a comeback. Mind remains fresh and positive as long as you engage it in new things, new places and new activities. Our journey continued and we were at Jammu for two days. Visited most of the temples and historical places.
When I found that the travel and tour programme helped me
in diverting my mind from the tenacious fight against cancer post
remission, and opening of fresh windows to do so many good things in
life, I decided to have such touring and travelling on an ongoing basis
for the period of five years after my cancer remission.
Our next outing or tour was to the Gir Forests in Gujarat, and visit
to Dwarkanath Temple at Dwaraka. We stayed at Mahindra Holiday
Homes during our Gir visit, and enjoyed the complete visit inside the
forest to have a first glimpse of the Gir Lions roaming free in the open.
Dwaraka visit was a religious tempered one. We visited Dwaraka
and the surrounding places.
Porbunder was another location which we covered, where we saw
the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi. Within striking distance thereof,
we visited the enchanting places Sudama Temple and Sandeepani
Ashram, where we had real quality time out.
Thus, the second visit further reinforced my belief that such tours
not only enlarge our horizons, but help in relaxing, which have a direct
impact on our mind for being more positive, and less stressed.
This programme was followed by our trip to Sri Lanka. It was
for seven days of relaxation and education. The Buddhist culture
impressed us so much when we saw the relics of Buddha in the
Buddha Temple.
The place where Sita was kept as a prisoner, the Ashok Vana and the
Hanuman Temple were all enchanting.
Our next visit was to Mauritius, where we had lot of watersports to
enjoy. Attention to cleanliness and hygiene on the one hand, whereas
according primacy and priority to education did impress us very much.
Similar was our exciting and exhilarating experience in our trips to
other north eastern Asian countries Bali and Malaysia.
The main purpose of stressing that cancer survivors have to tour
and travel is to enable them to fly free and enjoy; turn it into positivity;
and bring them closer to spiritualism. Then, one will be successful in
joining the mind and the body, since coordination of mind and body is
very important in fighting any type of inner enemy.
Researchers have linked positive emotions, especially the awe we
feel when touched by the beauty of nature, art and spirituality - to
lower levels of inflammatory cytokines, which are proteins that signal
the immune system to work harder.
I had decided to travel around the world; enjoy and celebrate life as
much as possible during the course of my five year marathon period
for finally emerging as being totally free from cancer. At every stage I
had to ensure that the defeated cancer in me remained tired, weak and
disabled. The complementary and alternative medicines as well as their
methods helped me a lot in enhancing my endurance. I was constantly
on the move, as I wanted to cover more and more places and locations,
thereby seeing and enjoying much much more.
During the earlier part of our marathon journey in a little
over four years after attaining complete remission, we covered the
Himalayan region, Vaishno Devi, Dhansar Baba, Gir Forest, Dwaraka,
Porbunder, and finally visited Srilanka, Mauritius, Bali and Malaysia.
And to make sure that my health condition was good enough, I used
to get myself checked twice in a year. I found that my Blood Tests,
X Ray, Ultrasonography and at times PET Scans were well within the
normal range.
Our visit to South Africa and Kenya was the extreme test of my
planned preparedness and immunity cum endurance levels at one shot.
I decided to visit South Africa as also the neighbouring Kenya, taking
a much longer journey comprising almost 28 hours of flight time
between Mumbai and Port Elizabeth via Nairobi and Johannesburg !
We reached Port Elizabeth after a very long and tiresome journey, but
yet ready to take up more. The same evening we had to visit the Port
before retiring. The next part of our programme was visiting Blaukrans
Bridge, where we had the excitement of doing bungee jump of 220
meter deep down the valley.
The most challenging event was still to come. The Congo Caves of
six halls covered approximately 650 steps. Our Guide and my brother
looked at me in stark disbelief, and wondering whether I would prefer
to wait down the hill till they finished the visit. But my mind was not
willing to this proposition. Neither wanted to go back, nor gave up, I
decided to submit myself to the test and challenge. I wanted to climb
and visit all the six halls of Congo Caves.
I remember during the previous visits, I had tested my body
endurance by climbing 250 steps at Dhansar in the Himalayas, and 300
steps at Malaysia. Now I raised the level to 650 steps to beat my earlier
records. It was no doubt tough and challenging.
Thrilling experience. With God’s grace, I completed the climb, and
visited the six halls of the caves with all others. The act of climbing
down had left my guide exclaiming that hardly anybody of my age
dares to do it.
The next course of our action plan was a real surprise and
unbelievable : befriending the wildest. Not even the dreaded cancer
can be as dangerous and frightening. Instead of describing the live
thrill, I would prefer my unusual speaking photo, caressing the wildest
of the wild animals in the collections at the end of this Part:One of
this book.
Our next outing was more dangerous, but full of thrill and
challenge. This was Masai Mara National Park, where we spent four
days in the deep jungle amidst wild life. Daily morning we started
by 5 am, and would be on the move till 7 pm taking many rounds
of the forest hundreds of kilometers in search of wildlife --- African
Elephants, Zebras in thousands, Giraffes, Lions, Leopards, Wild Bisons,
Rhinos and much much more. Life for us was on the wire during those
breathtaking and wondrous moments...
We returned to our pavilion at Dharwad after completing the
marathon, with the last lap of our tour being amidst the wildlife in
South Africa and Kenya. I got a total health check up done along with
the recommended lab tests as advised by our family doctor, which
showed me in the best of health and renewed vigour. Hip, hip, hurrah!
Transformative Journey of Cancer Battle
Winner to Guiding Others in Containing
and Managing Cancer, with Hopestar
MANTRA,supported by illustrative cases.
I must say the cancer in me has taught some lessons. For,
I went through the trials and tribulations as a cancer patient
under conventional or mainstream medicine; took the crucial
Chemotherapy treatment, and ultimately attained complete
remission. However, I silently and helplessly faced and experienced
the devastating impact of cancer treatment on my health and
condition physically, mentally and financially. Then, I had to
come to terms with the cumulative side effects of Chemotherapy.
While conventional medicine attempts to treat and address
cancer, the treatment by itself does not offer or assure of cure
or lasting solution, but at best it would be complete remission.
However, it comes with a caveat : aftercare and preventive
treatment are absolutely necessary, without which there
is a probability of relapse or recurrence of cancer. Thus, the
question of cancer patients becoming totally free from the
dreaded disease has remained academic or surreal. In such a
scenario, the expression or word ‘cure’ may not be appropriate
or forthcoming with respect to cancer. At best, as Oncologists say,
cancer can be managed or controlled.
Even in my case, it was said that since my prognosis was good,
I stood good chance of coming under the category of manageable
cases. If the treatment modality or method works, the relief or
recovery is a distinct possibility. Otherwise, the system gives up, and
the patient will not know where to go. This apart, conventional or
mainstream treatment is neither affordable nor acceptable to large
sections of the society, particularly the poor, the indigent and the
lower middle class. Only those who can afford, or who are covered
by hefty insurance, or opt for Govt. health schemes or subsidy
from social organisations go in for conventional treatment. But
what happens to the rest - the large majority of the poor and
lower middle class, who will even find it hard to meet the costs of
cancer diagnostic tests. Thus today, only those who cannot afford
or those who have been turned away by Cancer Hospitals with
conventional medicine approach complementary and alternative
medicines.
Against this background and scenario, I embarked on the
journey of exploring, learning and pursuing the complementary,
alternative and integrative medicines or modalities of treatment for
addressing and fighting cancer at low or affordable cost, and without
having to suffer the collateral damage that is usually associated with
conventional medicine. In my relentless search and quest for an
option or alternative modality to conventional medicine for fighting
and managing cancer, I found more and more people affected
with cancer willing to look for affordable or optional treatment
modalities, which do not cause collateral damage to the human
body and mind.
A Comparative chart of Features / Factors in
Conventional Medicine vis-a-vis Alternative
Medicine in Treatment of Cancer is presented here
Sl.
No
Criteria Conventional
Treatment Methods
Alternative
Treatment
Options
1.
Why patients do not
approach alternative
treatment options
directly once diag-
nosed for Cancer?
Treatment methods are
well established. Visi-
bility of the system is
good, big hospitals, ad-
vertisements in print
and visual media etc.
Majority of the pa-
tients do not know
that alternative med-
icines exist at the
time of diagnosis.
Silently practiced by
local healthcare prac-
titioners in remote
places. Not adver-
tised. No books. No
scientific data.
2 Pathological and
Radiological inves-
tigations
Pathological (including
hormonal and marker
studies) and radiolog-
ical investigations are
resorted to confirm the
broad clinical diagnosis
and thereafter specific
diagnosis.
Practitioners of al-
ternative systems de-
pend on symptoms
and signs to diagnose
malignant conditions.
Referrals for modern
pathological or radio-
logical tests, basic or
advanced are far and
few because diagno-
sis is basically clinical
one, & practitioners
are not formally
trained in the systems.
3 Treatment modali-
ties,
Chemotherapy
Radio Therapy
Surgery
Other Modalities
Treatment modality,
one or more, are cho-
sen depending on the
organ affected, and
progress of the disease.
Ayurveda
Yoga
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Herbal
Acupressure
Naturopathy
4 Treatment Aggressive and some-
times invasive. Various
modes of administra-
tion of drugs.
Oral administration
of medicines, taking
healing foods, press-
ing acupoints, and a
slow process.
5 Side effects Considerable side ef-
fects due to chemo
drugs and radiotherapy
also acting on normal
tissues,
No known or re-
ported side effects,
mainly because med-
icines taken orally &
medicinal foods con-
sumed.
6 After effects After effects may re-
main for an extended period.
Zero after effects;
none reported.
7 Treatment cost Extremely high and
expensive unless sub-
sidized. Many patients
sell their assets or bor-
row to meet treatment
costs unless supported
by health insurance.
Affordable and low
because medicines,
practices and healing
foods sourced from
traditional methods
and natural sources
8 Duration of treat-
ment.
Generally chemothera-
py and radiotherapy are
cycle and dose specific.
Duration varies from
case-to-case basis, de-
pending on treatment
modality.
Cannot be specifi-
cally laid down. in
chronic cases, it is
variable and some-
what slower
10 Relief offered Relief possible when
diagnosed early and
treated to become dis-
ease free. In advanced
cases, the treatment is
palliative.
In most cases, pa-
tients approach alter-
native options only
after failure of con-
ventional treatment.
This is primarly be-
cause data does not
exist on management
of malignancies. Al-
ternative systems are
considered as a “last
resort”!
11 Cure If the patient remains
free from disease, then
it is complete remis-
sion, but for practi-
cal purposes, cancer is
controlled and man-
aged.
Not specified. How-
ever, feel good factor
arising from proper
functioning of all sys-
tems in the body is
the norm.
12 Survival rate Depends on type of
malignancy, organ af-
fected, and at what
stage the disease was
detected. Not assessed
13 Development of
system of treatment
Well organized, re-
search conducted on
scientific lines and re-
corded. Conferences
conducted regularly for
updates.
AYUSH and Foun-
dation for Revival of
Local Health Tradi-
tions (FRLHT) are
promoting the cause,
but support system is
not active. Only gen-
eral qualified Vaidya
or Homeo doctors
treat malignancies.
14 Research, Preserva-
tion, and protection
Well organized. Formu-
lations are protected by
strict patent laws pro-
viding financial security
for the Pharma com-
panies who have de-
veloped the molecules.
Scientifically developed
and tested drugs re-
leased only after suc-
cessful clinical trials.
Traditionally devel-
oped. Many a time
handed down from
families, and practised
by word of mouth.
The seeds for the birth of Hopestar Mantra were sown during my
cancer treatment, and materialised post remission and thereafter. I
found out, observed and realised that complementary and alternative
system of medicines provided an effective, affordable and better
option or solution for combating and managing cancer of different
types, without causing collateral damage. Thus I strenuously pursued,
tried and explored the combination of various steps and processes,
including specific protocols of herbal medicines and healing foods,
which would eventually alleviate the cancer condition and pain in
the patients.
Now, as Hony. Cancer Guide (HCG), helping people to contain
and manage cancer with Hopestar MANTRA.
It has since been a turning point in my cancer saga and journey.
I have finally succeeded in formulating a recipe or solution to
containing and managing cancer with Hopestar as the Mantra. This
simple mantra called Hopestar MANTRA describes the steps, processes
and protocols envisaged therein, which have been applied, tested and
tried on a number of cancer patients with favourable outcome and
results. It addresses and neutralises the side effects and reactions. Simply
affordable. Worth trying, testing and experiencing the difference. The
complete Hopestar MANTRA for containing and managing cancer is
brought out in Part Two of this Book.
I have since been helping and guiding the cancer affected or
concerned persons from Karnataka and outside, by recommending
them the option and applicability of Hopestar MANTRA for treating
and managing cancer of different types. Most of them have responded
favourably, while living a pain free life and are experiencing the feel
good factor. As HCG, i.e., Honorary Cancer Guide, the author can be
reached / contacted at the undernoted address :
H.S. Kulkarni, ‘Aashraya’, 3rd Main, 6th Cross, Kalyanagar,
DHARWAD 580 007; E-mail : hsk@supplyasolutionsindia.com ;
Mob : 9980 955 622
Illustrative Cases of Cancer Affected Persons, who
have responded favourably to the Hopestar MANTRA
as Alternative Medicine / Modality of Treatment
1. Mr. Dhanya Kumar Khobare, aged 74, Businessman, Hubli.
Diagnosed as having Renal Cell Carcinoma of Left Kidney.
During January 2016, I was informed by Mrs. Khobare that her
husband Dhanya Kumar, whom I had known from our engineering
college days, having undergone surgery of his kidney cancer, and
sought my help. My wife Nalini and I visited them at their house in
Hubli. I noted that his condition was as under :
1. Being anaemic with Hb as low as 7-9%; 2. Loss of appetite and
taste; 3. Speech was incoherent, as his cancer had spread to brain; 4. Was
having bleeding in stool; 5. Was feeling isolated, and totally cut off from
any social interface.
Since his Kidney Cancer called as Renal Cell Carcinoma had
metastasized, he was under oral chemo protocol, 3 months after he
underwent surgery.
I did discuss with them, and apprised of the alternative medicine or
modality of treatment, which I had tried on myself, and even advised
several cancer patients, who had given appreciative feedback.
Both of them consulted their Oncologist, and got his nod before
starting the alternative treatment.
I advised them, as a first step, to immediately go to Narasipura and
meet Vaidya Narayan Murthy, and take the Herbal Powders he gives.
Till such time, I suggested them to go in for Simarouba Leaves which
I offered them sufficiently to last for 30 days.
Following the various steps, processes and procedures as outlined
in the Hopestar Mantra, Mr. Khobare started taking this Simarouba
Decoction prepared with the additives Cumin Seeds and Turmeric, as
the options available in the Protocol. On being further advised to take
Apricot Kernels as an additional requirement, he began consuming
them daily along with the Simarouba Decoction in the dosage of
2 -2 - 2. With a view to enabling Mr. Khobare to improve his Hb %, he
was advised to take Green Juice, Honey and Dates, as specified. This
arrangement was an interim measure to take care of his condition in
the intervening time till he visits Narasipura and meets Vaidya Narayan
Murthy.
To his relief, Mr. Khobare, within a period of 30 days found
improvement in his appetite and started feeling better. Gradually, he
was coming out of his mild depression.
Encouraged by the good improvement in his health condition,
Mr. Khobare visited Vaidya Narayan Murthy, and got Herbal Powder
for the next three months. Accordingly, he started taking the Herbal
Powders (Decoction) with Protocol of Apricot Kernels, Turmeric and
Cumin. He continued this programme for next three months.
The results were so positive and encouraging that his general health
improved, and he returned to near normal. Then, he started going for
regular walking and sun exposure. To further improve his depressed
condition, he joined Brahma Kumari Meditation Center near his
house and took up practice of Raj Yoga Meditation.
The combined effect of the herbal intake, walking and meditation,
which was nothing but applied Hopestar Mantra, turned out to be
remarkable in terms of his health condition and feel good factor within
a period of five months. He has thereafter started attending his Office
Work regularly.
He has since taken the PET Test, and the Report of which indicates
reduction in the SUV values. His Oncologist has said that the PET Report
discloses considerable improvement, and advised him to regularly consume
nutritious foods, while taking good rest. Thus, Mr. Khobare has shown a
significant improvement in his cancer condition and overall health,
He is, however, continuing the Alternative Modality of Treatment
comprising Simarouba Decoction, Kokum Juice, Wheat Grass Juice
and the Alkalizer.
2. Mr. B.K. Jorapur, aged 66, Chartered Accountant, Mumbai
Diagnosed as having Adeno Carcinoma of Left Lung
Mr. B.K. Jorapur, who was diagnosed as having lung cancer in Dec.
2015, contacted me in Feb. 2016, and explained his condition. By then,
he had taken 3 Cycles of Chemotherapy in Mumbai.
His condition as reported was not good, as he had the following
symptoms :
1. Having very severe side effects from Chemo; 2. Loss in Appetite;
3. Hb % was around 10; 4. Suffering from depression and Insomnia;
5. Had become weak and anaemic
With the consent of his Oncologist, Mr. Jorapur agreed to take
Hopestar Mantra as Complementary Medicine for his cancer condition.
Accordingly, I arranged for him the Herbal Powder combinations from
Vaidya Narayan Murthy of Narasipura, through his brother, who had
come to Dharwad. I also advised Mr. Jorapur to take simultaneously
Apricot Kernels in 4-4-4 dose schedule every day.
Thus, Mr. Jorapur began pursuing the steps and procedures described
in the Hopestar Mantra, while taking Green Juice and Gomutra along
with the above Protocol. He was advised to take 2 dates every day for
getting good rest, sleep and additional boost of energy.Since his cancer treatment was on, he was advised by his Oncologist
to continue taking some more chemo cycles, while Mr. Jorapur
was undergoing Complementary and Conventional Treatments in
tandem.
The Hopestar Mantra that Mr. Jorapur followed resulted in
improvement of his general health. Not only this, but side effects and
reactions typically resulting from Chemo cycles that he was taking
were duly contained.
Thus, his overall health improved, and his apprehension about side
effects or reactions such as nausea, loss of appetite and collateral damage
from further Chemo treatment also got allayed and disappeared.
He followed the Protocol recommended under Hopestar Mantra
religiously for six months, and finally got CT Scan done in mid-
December 2016. The Report showed several areas of significant
improvements in his carcinoma.
Mr. Jorapur has since been feeling good, and is in better health;
his appetite has improved, and is very active. He has started attending
office daily for 4 hours, travelling from Goregaon to Churchgate by
local train.
3. Mr. Vasant Nayak, aged 72, Retd. AC, HDMC, Dharwad
Diagnosed as having Intestinal Cancer in early 2015
Mr. Vasant Nayak was diagnosed as having intestinal cancer
when he underwent Surgery and Chemotherapy treatment. On
attaining complete remission, he was discharged from the Hospital
in December 2015.
When he came in touch with me to seek guidance on the his post
remission care, his condition was as under :
1. Very weak;
2. Anaemic with Hb 8-9%;
3. No Appetite;
4. Insomnia;
5. Mild Depression
He opted for Simarouba Glauca Protocol as per Hopestar Mantra.
It is now almost one year that he has been religiously taking this
Treatment Protocol, combined with the other steps and procedures
stated in the Hopestar Mantra. His Hb as per his recent Blood Test is
12%, and the anaemic look on his face has disappeared. He has regained
his appetite, and is enjoying good rest as well as sleep. He goes on long
walks daily, and does mild exercises.
4. Mr. Chirag Mehta, aged 58, Businessman, Ahmedabad
Diagnosed as having Prostate Cancer
Mr. Chirag Mehta was afflicted with, and diagnosed as having
Prostate Cancer Stage II at an early stage.
He underwent surgery of Prostate, and was treated with
Chemotherapy Post Surgery, which cleared him of any trace of
malignancy, and he had complete remission. But, he was all the while
worried and apprehensive of possible relapse or revisiting of prostate
cancer, since his PSA (Prostatic Specific Antigen) level was higher than
the reference range.
Mr. Chirag Mehta came to know that I had Cancer of the Lymph
called non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, and that after remission I was
devoting time on finding alternative medicine / modality of treatment
for different Cancers.
He contacted me during 2014, and when I talked to him, he told
me of his doubts and fears of cancer relapse or recurrence, because
his PSA level or value was on the higher side. When we finally met, I
noted that his condition and symptoms were as under :
1. Higher PSA level;
2. Anaemic;
3. Nausea;
4. Insomnia;
5. Loss of Appetite;
6. Physically Weak;
7. Unable to travel often;
8. Sickly
He came to Dharwad during early 2015, and I took him to Vaidya
Narayan Murthy of Narasipura for getting herbal barks for his treatment.
Vaidya Narayan Murthy gave him a combination of 3 barks, and
explained the method and dosage to be followed. He was advised
to take Apricot Kernels 6-6-6 daily, along with Dates and Alkalizer
Protocol.
Following the steps and procedures under the Hopestar Mantra,
he has been taking the Protocol of herbal and nutritional intakes for
the last 8 months regularly, Mr. Mehta’s condition became stable and
normal, with his PSA level becoming less than 4.
His anaemic condition has improved, and appetite; he goes for regular
walks in the morning besides practising Transcendental Meditation.
5. Mrs. Sneha Kulkarni, aged 52, Hosayellapur, Dharwad
Diagnosis : Blood Cancer, and medically known as ‘Leukemia’
Initially, Mrs. Sneha Kulkarni underwent Chemo Therapy, but did
not continue after two cycles, due to severe pain, nausea and side effects.
She then approached us for advice and guidance to overcome and
manage her Cancer. When she reached me, she was very anemic with
alarmingly low RBC, and Hb %, loss of appetite, acute nausea, and
thereby developed depression and fever.
Mrs. Sneha Kulkarni was advised to go in for Hopestar Mantra with
the Protocol of Vaidya Narayan Murthy, for three months initially.
In addition, she was advised to take regularly Wheat Grass Juice for
improving her blood count.
Within three months her RBC improved and Hb count was within
10%, Encouraged by the favourable outcome, she switched over to the
specific Protocol of the Simarouba Glauca Decoction, along with the
rest of the Protocol fixed earlier. She is continuing with this programme
for the last four months, and is living normal life.
6. Mr. Kumarswamy Hiremath, aged 50, Madihal, Dharwad
Diagnosed as having Oesophagus Cancer Stage III
Upon diagnosis, Mr. Kumarswamy Hiremath was advised to take
Radiation as well as Chemotherapy treatment. Though he started with
conventional medicine treatment, he gave it up midway, as he could
not afford the high treatment cost.
When he came to me, I found his condition bad, due to difficulty
in eating food, as also want of food and mobility.
He was advised to take Vaidya Narayan Murthy’s Herbal Powder
Decoction Protocol with Curcumin and Turmeric. Further, he was
asked to take Kokum Juice, and Apricot Kernels in the form of 4-4-4
and follow the steps detailed in the Hopestar Mantra.
Mr. Hiremath has taken this treatment regularly for six months, and
his overall condition is improving. He is now able to eat semi solid
food such as dalia, ganjee, etc. and he has regained his voice. His general
health is back to normal, with improved appetite and rest.
Page - 90 The MANTRA for Winning Cancer Battle.
Signs and Symptoms of Cancer.
Early diagnosis will often significantly raise the success
rate in the battle against cancer. However, many cancer
symptoms are also common in other illnesses, leading doctors
to initially diagnose these illnesses, instead of cancer. While signs
and symptoms of cancer are described here below, typical signs
and symptoms of certain cancers are specially explained, which
should serve as a warning sign for catching cancer early, and
saving lives of the affected.
What are signs and symptoms in common diseases ?
Signs and symptoms are both indicative of injury, illness,
disease and disorders, which are signals that something is not
right in the body.
A sign is a signal that can be seen by someone else – maybe
a loved one, or a doctor, nurse or other health care professional.
For example, fever, fast breathing, and abnormal lung sounds
heard in stethoscope may be signs of pneumonia.
A symptom is a signal that’s felt or noticed by the affected
person, but may not be easily seen by anyone else. For that
Annexure I
H.S.Kulkani's Book is the source of all info.
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