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September 30, 2016 | Volume 12 Number 40
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Peachland couple wants to beat rare cancer with natural remedies CRAIG GILBERT EDITOR
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A Peachland couple hopes to raise thousands in order to fund an alternative sort of run at a rare form of bone cancer. Dustin Klassen was diagnosed with periosteal chondrosarcoma in March. The lifetime construction worker and roofer told the View last week what started as a pain across his left knee cap has turned out to be a tumour in his leg about three-by-five-by-five centimetres in size. Dustin and his wife Kayla want to try to beat the cancer with a variety of non-conventional treatments including oxidizing his body, upping vitamin levels and balancing his pH level. They say this will require supplements not covered by health insurance including cannabis oil, natural elixirs, a very strict and healthy sugar- and dairy-free diet, time in an infrared sauna, visits to Vancouver for naturopathic treatments and ideally some time at a biomedical clinic in Tijuana, Mexico. The couple says they aren’t completely against conventional treatments such as surgery, but are steadfast that they want to at least try a non-invasive approach first. They say chemotherapy is not an option for this type of cancer. “I think the natural stuff has not been given its due,” Dustin said. “I feel like I’ve got tons of options. There are people beating cancer with all sorts of methods.” Research they have performed has instilled the parents of two young girls with worries that surgery to remove the tumour could actually activate dormant cancer cells in surrounding tissue. They found stories of lost limbs and even death from cancer that spread after surgery. Dustin said his oncologist and other members of his medical team are supportive but do not share his optimism toward alternative therapies. “They have very strong opinions about traditional surgery.” Since announcing they are seeking help with an alternative treatment supporters have come out of the woodwork. The normally reserved Dustin has had to adjust to being recognized at the store.
MARIA (STANDING), WITH (from left) Lukas, Lucy and Anna Winkler on Silver Court in Peachland. See page 12 for story and photos.
See COUPLE on page 7
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