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| My name is Elvina Johnson and in July '97 I was diagnosed with Osteogenic sarcoma, a form of bone cancer in my left femur. I was referred to the Children's Hospital in Melbourne where I underwent 2 months of chemotherapy, which caused major side effects to my body. I spent 95% of that 2 months either having treatment or in isolation neutrapenic suffering from low blood counts, horrible ulcers throughout my body and constant nausea and vomiting. |
| In October it was obvious that the chemotherapy could not save my leg and I had my left leg amputated. Five days after this operation I resumed intensive chemotherapy until the following April. Two weeks after completing my course of chemotherapy, a chest x-ray showed that I had relapsed with secondary cancers in my left lung. Surgery/ thorocotomy was performed the following day. In July '98, three months from surgery I had my first C.T scan on my lungs. The results showed that I had relapsed again with multiple metastasis (cancerous nodules) throughout both lungs. The Children's offered an experimental chemotherapy, which was being trialed at that stage, however they could not offer much of a chance as the cancer was at an advanced stage. I was reluctant to continue chemotherapy as the side effects for this protocol were severe and there was only 5% chance that it would work. At that stage I made the decision to cease treatment and enjoy myself travelling, as I knew that I was playing with minimal time. |
| After researching many treatments from around the world, I arrived at Microwave therapy by Dr. John Holt, as for the first time through every different treatment option, it all made sense what he was explaining. It was black and white and seemed back to the basics therapy. The next day we contacted Dr. John Holt in Perth and he sent some information to us. I was convinced that this treatment would help me. He agreed to treat me and we flew to Perth the next week. |
| We stayed in Perth for the month of August, where I had 15 treatments over three weeks, one per day. The treatment was completely different to what I expected. Being so used to the horrible side effects of chemotherapy and the constrictions it gave me, I was thrilled when there were no side effects with this treatment. At that stage I wasn't sure of what to think or expect but I developed the attitude that if all else fails, I had a great holiday in Perth and fantastic quality of life. Each treatment consisted of a quick infusion of a glucose blocking agent, which acted as a mock of natural glucose. Then I had a dose of insulin to lower my blood sugar and I then went under a small box, similar to the average x-ray machine. After an hour I was finished and ready to enjoy the day. The only side effects which I experienced during the 15 treatments were slight nausea during the first infusion, which passed in a matter of two minutes or so, and tiredness. |
| A C.T scan six weeks later showed that the galaxy of smaller tumors had gone leaving only 6 nodules left. No fluid had formed in the pleural spaces and there was no spread. A month later in October, I went back to Perth for a second course of treatment. As the first time I had an enjoyable holiday and found the treatment a breeze. This time I was quite confident in Dr. Holt and his practice. A follow-up scan in November showed that there was no change since the first treatment and that the six nodules were slightly less dense. Dr. Holt reviewed all the scans and believed that the nodules had possibly calcified, as there was no advancement. In February I had another scan and there was no change. The cancer had not spread, the pleural spaces were clear, and Dr.Holt once again upon review believed that he had effectively destroyed the cancer's energy field and that the nodules may be dead and had become calcified. |
| It is now August 2001, over 3 years since I first relapsed and a scan at the start of this year showed that there was no change and the cancer seems to be calcified. According to the scans three year's ago, I technically shouldn't be here today, yet thanks to Dr. John Holt I am healthier than ever before and continuing my life with a bright and optimistic future. |
| The only negative thing that I have to say regarding Dr. Holt's treatment is the whole controversy and politics surrounding this man's stunning medical career. Personally, I am appalled at the medical politics in society these days. We are involved in a pro-established political system, where we must follow conventional patterns or else we will be effectively silenced. I saw this happen to me first hand, where medical staff chose to turn their back on me, as I was not abiding by the old age law. On the other hand, some chose not to and to this day see the wonders that Dr. John Holt performs. And the sad fact to all of this is that we are threatened by anything that is not conventional, and we do not follow the path beyond that until at times it is too late. A large percentage of Dr. Holt's patients come to him after exhausting every conventional avenue. And then when they are given no chance or very little, they then decide that they have nothing to lose. I walked into that waiting room of Dr. John Holt's practice with 2 months to live, and walked out cured. In that same waiting room, I saw people from all over Australia and even the world sitting there on their last thread. People starting treatment sitting in wheelchairs, and at the end of their treatment, walking out pushing that very same wheelchair. |
| I was offered it all, every new magic chemotherapy potion, every avenue of surgery and I did my fair share of taking them all too. I have the scars to prove that, but what is more cutting is that I have the emotional scars of going through the conventional way and seeing my friends try one more potion and I saw their parents refuse to hear anything but the holy word of their oncologist. I also saw 12 children die because of that potion and only 3 live. And yet if Dr. Holt lost one patient in every hundred he is labeled as ineffective. Could you imagine the statistics if people began to come to this gifted doctor at the beginning? Instead of arriving for treatment, pumped full of chemicals and holding on by a thread? |
| I am only 22, and I haven't lived much of a life, but unfortunately I saw so many things that I shouldn't have at such a young age. But the one thing that I find the most intolerable is the injustices in our medical system. Doctors who use people as experiments and toss them away as numbers, and those same doctors with their big options having the ordacity to criticize and manipulate non-conventional treatments. This is the society we live in and we take part in it every day by not having the strength to follow our own instincts and not the word of our doctors. I am proud that I did not follow the professional opinion of my oncologist, because I know in my heart that I would not be here today telling my story. I am here today and I am healthy and alive and ready to live a bright and optimistic future - and I owe it all to Dr. John Holt. He is the man that saved my life and I will not stand down until finally some justice is done. |
| I have full confidence in Dr. Holt's treatment and have no hesitation in speaking with anyone interested or in need of options regarding treatment. I owe him my life, he is a wonderful man with a treatment that can and will continue to cure many people. |
