Founder
Darryl Jones says the secret is a strict
regime of diet and exercise which has been
proven to bring even the worst cancers under
control.
In fact,
he claims success in about 80% of terminal
cases – cancer patients whose doctors have
told them there is nothing more that
traditional medicine can do.
It’s a big
claim which opens the organisation up to
scepticism, especially when Mr Jones says
the work has been going on for 10 years
since he and his wife delved into the
effects of diet and exercise on wellbeing.
They
discovered some of their clients with
various health problems, including cancer,
became better after taking steps to improve
their lifestyle.
“Until now
we didn’t want that many people to come in
... we didn’t have the resources so we never
ever publicised ourselves,” Mr Jones said.
“But now
we can cope because we have trained enough
people to be counsellors and have a system
of cancer buddies in place – many of whom
have been once terminally ill themselves and
are now giving something back.”
Under the
CANHELP program, people with cancer are
called “champions” – never patients or
victims – and are teamed with trained
“buddies”.
CANHELP
claims to be completely independent of any
church or business group and Mr Jones
claimed even members of the traditional
medical fraternity were referring people to
them when all else had failed.
“Their
ethical code doesn’t allow them to send them
to us first – they must recommend standard
chemo, radium and surgical procedures to
start with.
“When all
those options run out, that’s when we get
them.
“Most of
the people we take on are in palliative care
– they are gone, out of here, out the back
door.
“If
CANHELP system can’t help them then they are
finished.”
Everything
comes at a price and for $2900 people can
join the program for three months.
The
Sunshine Coast Daily attempted to get
comment from other organisations on Darryl
Jones’s claims, but few were willing to go
on record.
No one at
Bloomhill Cancer Help wanted to discuss the
matter and the Queensland Cancer Council
suggested there might be others more
suitable to talk.
A
spokesman for the Queensland Institute of
Medical Research said its scientists tended
to focus on specific fields and would
probably not be able to discuss more
broad-ranging issues.
Finally, a
Sunshine Coast oncologist admitted it was
wise to keep an open mind when treating
cancer.
“I’ve
never heard of them (CANHELP) but a good
diet and exercise would have to help,” the
oncologist said.
“But,
having said that, you have to be very
careful when you are dealing with people who
are in palliative care and incredibly
frightened.
“It is
always terribly wrong to make money out of
people’s fear.
“There is
a famous saying in the world of medicine –
cure occasionally; alleviate often; comfort
always.
“It is
wise to always keep an open mind when you
are talking about treating cancer.”
Several of
the people CANHELP claims to have helped
conquer cancer will be on hand when the
program is unveiled at Novotel Twin Waters
Resort’s Wandiny Room at 7pm on July 8.
Among
those who believe the treatment has helped
keep them alive is a Yandina man who has
been battling prostate cancer since 2001.
