Georgia Browne’s father, Tim has been battling with colon cancer since his diagnosis in July 2007. A month later after she gave birth last July and had began breastfeeding her baby, Georgia saw a TV documentary in which an American believed his prostate cancer had been helped because he drank breastmilk.
“The man went to a milk bank for his supply of breastmilk and drank it in a milkshake,” Georgia recalls. She headed to the internet to find out more and found separate studies in America and Scandinavia both supporting the health benefits of breastmilk to cancer sufferers.
She started expressing her milk as often as she can and dropped the first batch round to her parents’ home in a freezer bag, which her mum popped in the freezer. Tim has the milk on his bowl of cornflakes every morning. It’s been his daily routine for the past six months and Tim believes the milk has given him a boost.
“I thought he’d mix it into a milkshake like the man in the documentary, but when Mum defrosted it the next day, he simply poured it on his cornflakes with a splash of normal cow’s milk. He said it didn’t taste that different to cow’s milk, maybe just a bit sweeter if he didn’t
didn’t get the mix right.”
A month after starting the regimen, a scan of Tim’s cancer showed a slight, but distinct, improvement. Although doctors can’t say whether the breastmilk has helped, Georgia says her dad’s brighter and has more energy.
Source: New Idea Magazine
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Chapter: Cancer, Breastfeeding ::
11 May 2009
