Woman with cancer who was ‘sent home to die’ in agony has made a miraculous recovery in just six weeks
Cancer left Claire Cunningham, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, unable to walk, talk or even eat – and she was effectively sent home to die
A WOMAN with cancer who was “sent home to die” has made an amazing recovery.
Claire Cunningham, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, stared death in the face and pleaded for her suffering to be brought to an end.
Cancer left brave Claire unable to walk, talk or even eat – and she was effectively sent home to die.
Just six-weeks ago, Claire was seemingly edging closer and closer to death’s door, but incredibly she has now made a miraculous recovery.
Today, Claire is back on her feet and pain free - a far cry from the six stone woman who believed her time was up.
Claire said: “The doctors in Britain had written me off. They said even if immunotherapy did work, I couldn’t get on a trial because I was too ill.
“Doctors agreed I had reached the end of the line, that nothing could be done.
“I started researching the Hallwang because I didn’t want to give up and I won’t give up.
“If I gave up I might as well have put a gun to my head the day I was diagnosed as terminal.
“I’d heard about a friend’s cousin treated at the Hallwang and I was researching it when I was taken into hospital.
“After the seizures I remember very little until I woke up in the clinic in Germany.
“When I realised my friends had arranged the whole thing and well-wishers had donated I was overwhelmed.
“Within 10 days I was back walking around on a frame. I couldn’t believe it – I still can’t.”
Immunotherapy, which has been hailed as the cancer medicine of the future, encourages the immune system to fight the disease.
But the NHS has yet to embrace it.
An article on its Choices website states: “the results, while promising, are unfortunately not a cure” and goes on to label claims that immunotherapy could be the future of cancer treatment “over-hyped”.
In Britain, clinical trials are now taking place with blood cancer patients and doctors researching genetically engineered viruses which could kill rogue cells and activate the immune system.