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Would a new ultrasound show the tumor had shrunk? If it had, would
this persuade her and her husband to be patient and keep the fillings open at
least till the baby was born?
On January 14, she had her follow up ultrasound of the left breast. She
also had a blood test done. But while on these errands panic struck and anxi-
ety sent her directly to a dentist to put fourteen temporary fillings in her
mouth.
The ultrasound was beautiful. The tumor had shrunk to 1.1 cm. No won-
der she could hardly feel it.
The blood test finally showed the BUN was rising. The calcium level
was the best ever. Blood fat and cholesterol were higher; she was better
nourished. Uric acid though, remained very low.
The next day, January 15, only one day after the temporary fillings were
put in, clostridium and lactobacillus bacteria were back in her teeth! She was
devastated. We were devastated. The bacteria would reach the breast in a
day. Her tumor would grow right back. The fillings were reported to be just
ZOE, zinc oxide and eugenol. No Lugol’s had been used to sterilize the holes
before filling either. She could not bring herself to remove it all again. Her
fear of the tumor was distant now. While her fear of her husband’s reaction
to the “open” teeth was near.
But I could not authorize her departure for home as planned. It would be
a certain mastectomy and a certain death at a young age when motherhood, I
felt, was her birthright. We persuaded her to extend her stay.
Two days later, January 17, depressed and anxious instead of happy and
dancing, she still had done nothing. We tested at the breast again; copper was
already present. We tested for copper and malonic acid in her teeth. The
temporary fillings were polluted! Was the ZOE itself polluted? Not likely.
But a single swipe to “coat the nerve” with any special “desensitizer” and
“sealer” was probably the true cause.
How could a dentist know this? It had taken our diagnostic team two
years to find the extreme sensitivity of the cancer patient to even the tiniest
dose of tumorigen permanently placed in the teeth. No dentist could guess it
or be blamed for applying the state-of-the-art details that make dentistry so-
phisticated and enjoyable. Our resolve had to be to tighten our hold on the
unsuspecting patient to prevent misguided dentist visits. Only a special den-
tist, aware of the pitfalls of using adjunctive materials could ever be patron-
ized in the future.
Next day, Victoria had most of the temporaries removed again. Yet she
remained Positive for tumorigens; it did not all come out.
She went to another dentist with special removal methods. But the pol-
lution remained. She would have to go back to the specialist who could do
air abrasion for the third time! But she didn’t go. It would cost $100. With
the newly cancer-free breast all but a certainty, she did not want to spend
another $100. Not even to guarantee her future. What will it hold?