Site-Specific Immunotherapy

I am writing this blog post in my pj's in bed with a fever/flu.  We were supposed to go to Baden today, a little village close by known for its healing mineral springs, but we'll have to postpone it for another day.  Will and my Dad are also under the weather, but seem to be perking up a bit as the day goes on.  My Mom and Alexis went swimming at an apparently "awesome" indoor wave pool/waterslide centre.

Due to our short notice in coming to Vienna, we weren't able to book the same apartment for our whole stay.  We moved to a new place on Thursday, and although small, we now have 2 little side-by-side apartments where we can stay for most of the rest of our time here.

In my last post, I spoke of Hyperthermia (whole body and local), which is a type of "treatment in which body tissue is deliberately exposed to high temperatures in order to damage and kill cancer cells or to make them more sensitive to the effects of radiation or other anticancer agents". (Moss Report)
 One of the other treatments I receive on a daily basis is called "Site-Specific Immunotherapy" (SSI), which is a safe but experimental technique based out of Vancouver.  It has apparently been well documented that some people experience spontaneous remissions from cancer following acute infections, likely due to increased immune system activity.  Using this info, the idea is to inject killed bacteria such as Staph. A. and E. Coli to "trick" my immune system into activating my natural killer cells/macrophages in my bone and liver, killing the cancer cells they find there.  It's like a vaccine, but more specific.  Besides a tender tummy from the injections, there don't seem to be any side effects from SSI.  The company that produces and studies these SSI's is called QuBiologics, in case you want to look up more.

And that's our science lesson for today.  God bless!
Shawna