 Glioblastoma
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I have been working with cancer patients for a long time. Each case is a challenge and proves to be a milestone. There are incredible successes that inspire us. But sometimes the relentless course of the disease plunges us into deep depression. I had to experience the latter more often than the former. Continually taking on these challenges, however, has made it possible for me to further develop our work and redefine our goals. |
I would like to report a case of Glioblastoma multiforme(1). A 36-year-old woman, married with two children, came to see me in 2005. The first symptoms were headaches that became increasingly frequent and severe over two to three months, which finally led her to a neurologist. The MRI(2) findings resulted in a diagnosis of Glioblastoma multiforme. The patient refused the radiotherapy proposed by her oncologist.
The reason I report this case is that a rather unusual remedy was used, one that until then had not been among my "favourite remedies" for this condition! In glioblastomas — as I would normally assess the situation — remedies such as Barium carbonicum, Plumbum jodatum and the like would typically be considered.
This case presented constitutionally as a typical Calcium carbonicum case: obese, cold, lethargic, but at the same time restless, impatient, impulsive, emotional, sentimental, a lover of good food, etc. — Calcium carbonicum, however, led me to consider Calcium arsenicosum!
A characteristic feature of Calcium arsenicosum is that patients experience headaches on the side they do not lie on, and that was the case with this patient. It reinforced my choice that I had already used this remedy in countless cases of epileptic seizures and also in seizures caused by space-occupying processes. Under these circumstances I ventured to give Calcium arsenicosum C200 for one week, alternating with Carcinosinum C200 the following week (both according to the 'plussing' method).
I continued with the same potency. The case was reviewed monthly and the symptoms improved dramatically. At the end of the third month she had only one or two seizures with slight headaches. A further MRI was performed and the lesions had visibly decreased: some had disappeared completely and no enlargement could be observed in the remaining ones.
Now I gave the next higher potency of Calcium arsenicosum: 1M, but kept Carcinosinum C200. Three months later a further reduction in the lesions was evident, and I continued the treatment with the same remedies and potencies for a further three months.
By now the patient had been under my care for a year. The MRI showed that the lesions had disappeared by 75% to 80%, which was very encouraging for her. I increased the potencies of Calcium arsenicosum to 10M and Carcinosinum to 1M, to be taken weekly in alternation according to the plussing method. This treatment was carried out for a further three months.
At the end of the three months I stopped the 'plussing' and prescribed Calcium arsenicosum 10M as a "split dose" (3 x 4 globules) for only one day. One month later I gave Carcinosinum 1M as a "split dose" (3 x 4 globules) for only one day. This procedure was continued monthly in alternation for one year.
By now we had two and a half years of treatment behind us. I ended the therapy. Six months earlier the MRI had been repeated with similarly good results. The patient is stable and in good health. Five years have passed in the meantime.
This case again illustrates that a correctly chosen remedy — even if there appears to be no link to the symptoms of the disease — can set a healing process in motion. Since my experience with this case, Calcium arsenicosum has been among the 'organ remedies' I consider for brain tumours. |
