Hallelujah! Abraham Cherrix is improving

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Teenage Cancer Patient Seems Better Even After Discontinuing Chemo

A month after he won a court battle to discontinue chemotherapy as
part of his cancer treatment, 16-year-old Starchild Abraham Cherrix
says he's feeling fine and has "a tremendous boost of energy."

The Associated Press reports that Cherrix, a Virginia resident with
Hodgkins disease, which attacks the lymphatic system, appears to be
improving since a court ruled in his favor in August and allowed him
to pursue alternative therapies. Cherrix had been taking an
alternative organic diet and herbal supplements from Mexico to treat
the disease, but neither he nor his parents would comment Friday on
what medicines he was now taking, the wire service reported.

"His tumor is shrinking very nicely and he's gaining energy and
stamina," the A.P. quotes Dr. Arnold Smith, medical director and
radiation oncologist at the North Central Mississippi Regional Cancer
Center in Greenwood, as saying.

Cherrix and his parents had endured a series of court battles over his
desire to discontinue chemotherapy. He claimed the chemo made him
nauseated and weak. At one point in July, a Virginia judge had ordered
the teenager to report to a local hospital to resume chemotherapy
treatment, but that order was overturned in August.

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Sept. 15, 2006, 11:09PM
Dr.: Va. teen cancer patient improving


By SHELIA BYRD Associated Press Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

GREENWOOD, Miss. — A Virginia teenage cancer patient appears to be
improving less than a month after he won a court fight to forgo
chemotherapy and seek alternative treatments, his doctor said Friday.

"His tumor is shrinking very nicely and he's gaining energy and
stamina," said Dr. Arnold Smith, medical director and radiation
oncologist at the North Central Mississippi Regional Cancer Center in
Greenwood.

It was the first update on 16-year-old Starchild Abraham Cherrix's
condition since his family was allowed to pursue alternative
treatments in his battle with Hodgkin's disease.

Neither Cherrix or his doctor would discuss specifics about the
treatment, but the teen's father said chemotherapy was not part of the
treatment plan.

The teen was diagnosed last year with Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of
the lymphatic system that is considered treatable in its early stages.
He said he was so debilitated by three months of chemotherapy that he
declined a second, more intensive round early this year. He has said
he thought it would kill him.

His then-oncologist alerted social services officials when the teen
chose instead to go on a sugar-free, organic diet and use an
alternative herbal liquid treatment called the Hoxsey tonic. The
treatment was banned in the United States in 1960.

Cherrix, dressed in bluejeans, a button-down shirt and a baseball cap
that read: "Victory shall be mine," said he's feeling excellent.

"This treatment has been working for me," he said. "I've had a
tremendous boost of energy."

The teen's family has leased a house in Greenwood but his mother and
younger brother remain on Chincogeague Island in Virginia.

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On the Net:

Abraham Cherrix: http://www.abrahamsjourney.com

Dr. Arnold Smith: http://www.cancernet.com/

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