So more opinions

I am off to see Dr Jose Ignacio Acosta today. Rachel from the 'Bioshop' has put me in touch with him.
Apparently he helped her whilst she went through her Chemo. He is a homeopathic doctor. I have an open mind.

In the meantime I also booked my flights yesterday to Stuttgart ready to start my treatment in Hufeland the 17th August. They had emailed me and pushed the date back, as they are getting booked up. I am worried about not being back in time for Kyla and Dan's wedding the 25th September.

I also had a strange situation happen. Kyla went to Katy's, a good friend of hers, 30th Birthday party a couple of days ago. The next morning she called to tell me that she met a girl at the party, who also had breast cancer and ended up opting out our chemo and going to Germany instead. Kyla had her number and I called Shirley.
Shirley shared her story with me and also passed the details of her doctor in Germany to me, who I called yesterday.

As he answered the phone and I started to explain my situation, he stopped me and just said 'Anke, I recognise your voice, how long has it been and how are your lovely daughters?' That stumped me.
It turns out that I was talked to my old Gnecologist who I used to have check ups with over 10 years ago, when he had a practice in Marbella. I left the practice when he moved back to Germany. Shirley had given me a different spelling of his name, which is why I had not recognised him.

Cutting a long story short, I emailed him all my papers and reports yesterday and he replied.
He was horrified to see the Chemomix I had been administered and scheduled to take for 6 sessions, and advised me, just like Hufeland, just like Aberdeen and just like St.-Georg-Klinik, so stop Chemo immediately. I had :-) and I felt somewhat relieved to have my decision endorsed by another medical opinion. Although having said that, I still will have felt just as happy with my decision even if he had not supported it so openly.
He advised that I should have Radiology immediately, followed by Herceptin ( which I was scheduled to take for a year, after my Chemo) and then go for alternative treatment. He too , works with a centre in Germany using the Mistletoe treatment.

How strange, it even though, opinions vary, on whether I should take Herceptin now or after the alternative treatment, as least everyone has confirmed that this is a drug I should be taking.
Apparently, it might turn my shiny head into 'baby fluff ', what I mean is that my hair might start growing back, as it is not as severe as this Chemomix.

I am having another in depth telephone conversation with him later, to decide whether to postpone Hufeland and try to get the Oncologist to administer Herceptin now or not. That will bring another challenge with itself, telling my Oncologist what I want when, might prove to be a bridge too far.

If he does not agree, I will find an Oncologist who will. Isn't that a great statement?! I hope I will find someone who agrees, But if my theory on 'money is a great motivator', on the basis that I am paying, I wonder how principled the Oncologist will be. :-)

Let's wait and see.....................