Cancer pain is a complex issue. The cancer cells themselves cause pain by excreting lactic acid. Other sources of pain can be pressure of a tumor mass on nerves, inflammation pain and nerve damage from surgery. Dr. Otto Warburg provides an interesting approach to the lactic acid pain dilmma. Dr. Max Gerson suggests the use of asprin, colon cleanse, vitamins, minerals and enzymes for pain. Paul's on-going challenge was nerve damage.

"Otto Warburg, a Nobel prize-winning biochemist, demonstrated in 1930 that tumor cells prefer a particular form of metabolism known as anaerobic (non-oxygen) glycolysis. The main byproduct of this inefficient metabolism is a chemical called lactic acid. This is the same lactic acid secreted by your muscles during a strenuous workout. When oxygen stores are depleted, muscle cells revert to anaerobic metabolism and release lactic acid. This is the substance responsible for the localized pain experienced the day following the workout. Lactic acid must then be metabolized by the liver back into glucose. This process requires extra energy and can place a strain on the liver. Lactic acid secreted by tumor cells accumulates in cancer patients, particularly when the liver is too weak to eliminate it. This can be responsible for the intense chronic pain plaguing cancer patients." *

"Dr. Max Gerson, a physician who devoted much of his life to studying cancer developed a simple pain formula for his patients to use until the colon cleansing was effective in reducing pain. His patients were instructed to take one aspirin tablet (five grams) with 100 milligrams of vitamin C and 50 milligrams of niacin, up to four times per day." * (Dr. Albert Grazia, MS, ND)

One very effective way to neutralize the lactic acid and thereby relieve the pain is by going on a natural Cesium and Potassium program. See http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/2cesiumchlorideforcancer2.html