In 2006, due to aggressive breast cancer, I had mastectomy / reconstructive surgery of my left breast.  For almost three years I felt and looked healthy, energetic, and pain free, until late 2008 when I started having lower back and hip pain.  I didn't think there was anything seriously wrong until I started rapidly dropping weight.

In November 2009 a PET / CT Scan revealed that the original breast cancer had metastasized into Stage 4 bone cancer, and extensive lung cancer.  An MRI also revealed that I had a hyper-metabolic brain tumor as well.  At that time, I was 5'4" and only weighed 89 pounds -- previously, I was 5'8" and 145 pounds -- I had shrunk 4" and lost 56 pounds (1/3 my body weight).  I had so much pain and was so weak I could not walk on my own.  I needed a wheel chair and occasionally an oxygen tank -- I could have died any moment and was not expected to live more than a couple of months.

I saw Dr. Burzynski 2 weeks after that November 2009 PET / CT Scan.  he said that he wished that I would have come to him sooner, but he thought that his treatment still could help me.  He said that soft tissue usually responds quickest, and that the bones would take longer.

Four months after beginning Dr. Burzynski's treatment, only one of the lung tumors remained hyper-metabolic, and many of the bone tumors had shrunk.

December 2010, thirteen months after starting Dr. Burzynski's treatment, both an MRI and a PET / CT Scan confirmed there were no hyper-metabolic tumors in the brain, lungs or bones -- I was and am CANCER FREE!

Through God's grace and Dr. Burzynski's brilliance I am alive and cancer free!  I will never be able to fully express my gratitude -- thanks to Dr. Burzynski I have a second chance at life!  If there was hope for me, there is hope for everyone.  If I could do it at 89 pounds and a body so weak, it can be done.  Yes, there is hope and yes, it can be done, and Dr. Burzynski is the way.

With Love and Blessings,

Christina De'Troi Egoscue