Full Transcript Introduction and Background 0:00 Doctor Michael Karlfeldt, is a board certified natural path 0:04 and a leading expert in integrative medicine. 0:07 With over 30 years of experience 0:10 as a founder of the Karlfeldt Center in Paris, Idaho. 0:15 He specializes in treating the root causes of disease 0:19 and empowering the body's natural ability to heal. 0:23 With a particular focus on cancer care, 0:27 a sought after speaker, author, and educator, 0:31 The doctor Karlfeldt as hosted multiple TV and radio shows, including Health 0:37 Made Radio, and currently leads several internationally recognized podcasts 0:42 such as the Integrative Cancer Solutions, Cast 0:47 and The Doctor K show. 0:49 And there could not be a better guest 0:52 than doctor Karlfeldt for the Cancer Breakthrough Summit 0:55 because his best selling book, A Better Way to Treat Cancer. 1:00 Exactly. 1:01 Further, the mission to increase awareness 1:05 of natural and effective link approaches. 1:08 So welcome to the summit, doctor. 1:12 And let me start with a question a little bit. 1:15 And if you don't mind. Absolutely. 1:18 Thank you. 1:18 Thank you so much. I mean this we're doing this together. 1:21 So we should get to chat with each other as well. 1:24 Absolutely, absolutely. 1:26 So I will lead with this. 1:27 After nearly four decades in clinical practice. 1:30 What led you to develop such a comprehensive approach 1:35 to cancer as a Karlfeldt center? 1:39 And when we deal with cancer, and it's interesting 1:43 to see that, in my mind, cancer has evolved with all our exposures 1:48 to toxins and having metals and stressors and lack of nutrition. 1:52 So the way I was able to dress things a few decades ago is a little bit 1:58 different than what I'm needing to do now, because I still remember 2:02 I had a pancreatic cancer patient that they almost carried in. 2:06 This was back in the 90s. 2:07 And that, you know, he I mean, his he was he was done. 2:11 There was no treatment left for him and he was about to die. 2:15 And so all I did then I did put, put him 2:19 on some supplements and put together a little bit of a protocol. 2:22 And within a week he was up fixing his roof and feeling, you know, great energy. 2:28 And he lived many, many more years later after that. 2:32 So we had that story and then another story at the same kind of scenario. 2:36 I had a gentleman with a patriotic that gone into the liver, 2:40 did just some small nutritional interventions, you know, some supplements. 2:44 And lo and behold, you know, the cancer disappeared 2:47 both from the liver and the pancreas. 2:49 And it was just a very minor, minor intervention that we were doing.
Why a Comprehensive Cancer Approach Was Needed 2:53 And we had great results. 2:55 But as I've seen, things have had evolved, you know, were more stressors 3:01 at that, were dealing with all its life now is just so much different 3:06 than what it used to be. 3:07 And so now I'm having to bring in more heroic type of treatments. 3:12 I'm needing to bring in, 3:13 like the hyperbaric oxygen therapy, photodynamic therapy, a high dose 3:17 vitamin C, and, you know, all these different type of IVs 3:21 and more specialized nutritional products to go along side with it. 3:25 We need to kind of investigate and see what are the root causes. 3:29 Look at genetic drivers, look at, you know, so there's so much more 3:33 that needs to be done now in order to be able to have the same kind of impact 3:38 that we had a few decades ago with much less effort. 3:42 So that's kind of what's been driving me when I see that 3:46 what I do currently is not enough. 3:49 You know, I need to do I need to bring in another tool, another type of therapy 3:54 in order to be able to achieve the outcome that we're wanting to achieve. 3:58 So it's essentially it is the it's a cancer patients 4:02 that are guiding me in what I'm needing. 4:06 When I see that I'm not impacting the individual as much as I want to, 4:11 then I kind of look and see what am I missing? 4:14 What are we needing to drive more like, for instance, now the metabolic aspect 4:18 of cancer to look at that becomes so huge, you know, 4:22 to kind of shift that metabolic process within the cancer cell 4:26 and utilizing the tools for that, you know, like the poly MBA and DC, 4:31 IBS for that becomes really important along with dietary changes 4:35 in order to be able to correct the on that metabolic dysfunction. 4:38 So all of these things have kind of driven me to become better 4:42 because, I mean, you know, we haven't solved cancer yet. 4:46 You know, we it is still a riddle. 4:49 I feel that we are much better at it, that we've come much further to do it. 4:54 And we have much better, stronger tools. 4:57 You know, the tools that are available in integrative cancer 5:00 care now versus, you know, two decades ago, it's night and day. 5:05 It's so different. 5:06 And I also see how the integrative aspect, you know, how we combine 5:11 maybe some of the traditional oncology care alongside with more of the natural, 5:17 holistic supported type of therapies, that learning 5:21 that dance between the two has changed quite a bit as well. 5:24 And there I feel there's a little bit more of a melding between those two worlds. 5:28 The oncologists are starting to kind of be more okay with that. 5:33 An individual is doing integrative care and just kind of recognize that, 5:37 you know, they really yeah, they really don't have a lot of say in it anymore 5:42 because the patient really wants to do it and they're going to do it anyway. 5:46 And so the oncologists, they can have them puff and spin. 5:50 You know, spin their eyes and, you know, roll their eyes. 5:52 But but in reality is that, you know, 5:55 if traditional oncology had the solution, there would be no need for 6:00 what you and I are doing because then it would have been solved. 6:05 But we see now that, you know, they've had decades of like 50. 6:10 Is it like 50 some years of a run with their type of care 6:14 and they still haven't solved it. 6:16 So that's why there's such a great need for what both you and I are doing. 6:21 And so, I mean, what kind of patients do you see at the the clinic? 6:26 I mean, the people who have just been diagnosed, how advanced cancer are? 6:32 They are coming, you know, trying to not saying they're official doctor 6:36 because they are feel they are cheating and so on. 6:38 The conventional doctor, 6:40 do you see people who feel that they have been done already? 6:45 Everything. 6:46 And it's not enough. 6:48 The cancer is coming back. 6:49 Who who are your your patients? 6:52 And I would say it's a whole spectrum. 6:55 Yeah. 6:55 So I, I have patients and depends a little bit on their mindset. 7:00 You know some people they the last thing they want to do is traditional ecology. 7:04 They, they're afraid of chemo. 7:06 They're afraid of radiation. 7:08 Maybe they're a k would do surgery, but they don't want to do the other things. 7:12 And so then they come to me to see, you know, what can I do. 7:17 And so I don't have to do chemo, you know, like for instance, multiple 7:21 well multiple patients that are in that, that type of state. 7:25 And then you have also the ones that are, you know, 7:28 they are diagnosed and they are, you know, thinking that, yes, 7:33 I want to do some of this traditional oncology 7:35 I'm going to through go through the chemo, I'm going to do the radiation. 7:39 But I want to make sure that I'm supported through that. 7:42 And I recognize that these things are going to impact my immune system, 7:46 and I want my immune system to be as strong as possible. 7:50 I know there are cancer stem cells, and I you know that chemo, radiation surgery, 7:55 there's really not impact the cancer stem cells in a positive way. 8:00 So what can I do to address those things? 8:03 Also I want to understand a little bit, you know, why do I have cancer. 8:07 You know why did that happen? 8:08 Because when I ask an oncologist, they just say, well, it's just bad luck. 8:12 It's just genetic. 8:13 And we we know that it's much more than bad luck and genetic. 8:17 There's always something that's driving the process. 8:21 And then you have the group. 8:22 You're saying they 8:23 they been almost treated out and they come to me and there's really 8:27 they feel like they've done all the things that their traditional oncology 8:31 doctor has said. 8:33 They're on college set and they now they're in much worse shape. 8:36 Their exhausted, they're tired, you know, they're in pain. 8:39 Maybe they have fractures or they come to me 8:42 and see what can we do to help to turn this around. 8:46 And some of those were able then to turn around and then some people, 8:49 they've just their bodies are so beaten up that we, 8:52 we may not be successful, but at least we can then, you know, 8:57 give give them a chance and give them possibility and maybe 9:00 increase life, you know, length of life and quality of life 9:04 and see what we can do. 9:05 Their associates a whole spectrum of patient. 9:08 And you also have the ones that were diagnosed, they were treated. 9:12 They have no sign, no evidence of disease at this time.
Who Comes to the Clinic 9:15 They just don't want it to happen again. 9:17 You know, they don't want to go through that again. 9:19 So now they want to see what can I do to make sure it doesn't happen again. 9:24 So so what do you do to meet the patient where he or she is with those needs? 9:30 And how do you investigate all the different aspects of cancer? 9:35 What as cause cancer, where it's coming from? 9:38 What the 9:38 what are their needs, how to support them to to heal physically and emotionally? 9:44 What do you what kind of modalities do you affair at the clinic? 9:48 Yeah it is each person comes with a story. 9:50 Yeah. 9:51 So that the cancer is is always a story behind it 9:54 and is for us to investigate to see what that story is. 9:57 And so understanding where an individual is at emotionally, 10:02 spiritually, physically, what symptoms are they dealing with? 10:06 What kind of therapies have they done? 10:08 What seems to work? What hasn't worked? 10:11 What exposures have been dealt with regards to how the metals, 10:14 chemicals, infectious agents have been exposed to mold? 10:18 And it is not just what happened the last year. 10:21 You have to go back to childhood because a lot of times 10:25 you have things that may have happened. 10:27 You know, you've been exposed to a few decades ago 10:30 and your body was able to compensate and build with it, 10:34 and then all of a sudden 10:35 you had another stressor on top of that, and then another stressor on top of that, 10:39 and then this, that, you know, from, you know, several decades ago, 10:43 all of a sudden I'll become factor because the body doesn't have 10:46 the energy and the resources to be able to deal with it. 10:50 So it becomes part of that whole investigation. 10:53 And then obviously running labs, you have a lot of functional labs to 10:58 to check to see what is the terrain of this individual 11:01 so that you can really assess what's going on 11:04 and then understanding where, where the at physically now, you know, 11:08 is this person, are they having a problem eating. 11:11 Are they you know, what's their activity level. 11:14 You know, what are they able to do. 11:16 Are they, you know, feeling depressed anxious. 11:18 You know, are they dealing with fears. 11:20 You know, how do we address that. 11:22 And so it's doing this 360, approach where we look at all 11:28 the different factors that are essentially 11:31 the fuel of this cancer or the potential fuel of this cancer. 11:35 And frequently it's not just one factor, it's all these different components 11:40 together that you need to look at and address. 11:43 And as you reduce that toxic or stress load on that body, 11:48 then all of a sudden, you know, tissues able 11:51 to start to regenerate, immune systems start to kick in. 11:54 It's able to be more effective. 11:56 And recognizing who's a friend or foe, you know, what's a cancer cell, 12:00 what is healthy tissue. 12:01 And then be able to then produce the appropriate antibodies 12:05 produce a communication in the system. 12:09 So all of that, you know, takes place when you work with an individual essentially. 12:15 But all 12:16 these I mean, this very thorough investigation 12:20 and all of all those labs, those things take time. 12:24 I mean, this is for people who are used to see 12:28 a doctor for 20 minutes at most. 12:31 This is a completely different experience. 12:34 What happens? 12:35 People are coming to the clinic. 12:37 They are staying for a week or two weeks. 12:40 Walk me through the journey of a 12:43 of a typical prep journey. 12:46 Yeah. 12:46 So typically what what happens is that we start most patients, 12:50 they come from out of state or even out of the country. 12:54 I mean, we do have a lot of local patients as well. 12:57 But usually what happens is that you have that initial visit, 13:02 whether it's through telemedicine or if there are local 13:06 or some people within drive to make sure that they get to be here 13:10 physically and to have that first initial visit. 13:13 And during that visit, you know, you do a lot of the, 13:17 you know, looking at at their prior labs, you look at their prior health history. 13:21 You do that investigation, you know, we have conversations to understand 13:25 where they're coming from, what they've done, what they're diagnosed 13:28 with, and also what, you know, the, the on what they 13:32 they've done so far there and what they, what they oncologist feels like. 13:37 This is what we need to do. 13:38 This is a protocol that that's appropriate for this individual. 13:42 So you see look at that. 13:43 Yeah that initial investigation. 13:45 And then you see based upon that then you say, 13:49 well let's run these additional labs so we can see, you know,
Whole-Person Assessment and Treatment Planning 13:53 you're a hairdresser or your auto mechanic or your flight attendant. 13:57 So you're exposed to these chemicals on a continual basis. 14:01 So let's let's assess and see where you're at. 14:03 Or we may even just kind of start with let's 14:07 start to clear that out to start to detoxify that, 14:10 you know, because we know it's there just because of that heavy exposure. 14:14 And then, you know, let's look at labs. 14:16 Have we done some detoxification. 14:17 Let's see what's left or let's say somebody spin dealing with yeah, 14:22 maybe lived in an old home or maybe they've had some water issues. 14:26 And then you want to make sure kind of mold what's, what's going on there. 14:29 And so you run these functional labs and you gain information from that as well. 14:34 And you put together protocol that way. 14:37 And then you also learn in regards to what type of cancer 14:41 that they're dealing with. 14:42 Their protocols would be different for somebody 14:45 dealing with the pancreatic versus the breast cancer versus 14:48 the prostate versus lung. 14:50 So you would then want to tailor that program based upon that. 14:54 You also want to assess and see what are their nutritional levels. 14:57 So then you would Taylor make sure that they get the nutrients that they need 15:01 in order to be able 15:02 to make sure that they're strong and their immune system is strong. 15:05 And then we look at, you know, see what are some because 15:08 we have millions of dollars of devices over here. 15:12 And we have. 15:13 It's a 17,000 square foot facility. 15:15 So we have a lot of options that we can bring in. 15:18 So let's say a person has been dealing with a lot of trauma. 15:21 You know, they maybe lost someone they loved. 15:24 Maybe they've gone through a difficult and divorce, and 15:27 maybe they have a lot of childhood trauma that they're still holding on to. 15:30 So then we would then tailor a lot of the emotional support 15:35 protocols that we have, maybe bring some neurofeedback, micro current therapy. 15:39 We have based form of transcranial magnetic stimulation. 15:43 We bring in some music therapy. 15:45 We have a data chamber that helps to kind of correct brain patterns 15:49 and establish through narrow plasticity established on new brain pathways. 15:55 So we would then tailor things in that direction. 15:58 And then maybe you would then bring in 16:01 photodynamic tends to be kind of like core component that we do. 16:06 You tell us more about what it is and how it works. 16:09 Absolutely. 16:11 Absolutely. 16:11 So for the dynamic is fascinating. 16:14 And I love light, you know, because I feel that we are being so light essentially. 16:20 And I feel like we're yes, we see this fiscal body. 16:24 But at the core of it, it is essentially just vibrational. 16:28 And we kind of perceive it as, as physical. 16:30 So for me, vibrational medicine and light is part of that. 16:35 And it was fascinating. With light. 16:37 It carries so much information within light. 16:40 You know, we have all our cells communicate, you know, through light. 16:43 And then we have that structured light that we all emit that, 16:46 you know, contain all the information of all the cellular activity in the body. 16:50 So light to me is fascinating. 16:53 And I feel that is the medicine of the future, you know, the light aspect. 16:57 And I feel like herbs and supplements and your products, 17:01 I that they carry certain frequency and life to it with itself, 17:07 that then that the cells will help to kind of reprogram cellular behavior. 17:12 So to me it's just a fascinating and evolving science. 17:15 But so with that using light 17:18 we can then introduce and a photosensitive and photosensitive 17:24 or essentially an agent that accumulates 17:27 at a higher concentration in cancer tissue. 17:30 And you know, so you can introduce that intravenously. 17:33 Some you would introduce orally depending on which photosensitive it is. 17:38 Or you can also if you have access to the tumor, 17:41 you can also introduce it in the tumor area as well. 17:45 And so that photosensitive so then accumulates in that tumor tissue. 17:50 And then when you expose that to light what happens is that the photosensitive 17:55 will draw more of that energy into that tissue. 17:59 And it triggers 18:00 then production of something called reactive oxygen species, you know, 18:04 which is a oxidative type of substances, just like when you're rusting iron, 18:09 that's an oxidation process or other oxidative type of therapies 18:13 that we know of chemo radiation, they're oxidative type of therapy. 18:17 So this becomes a a targeted non harmful 18:22 a type of therapy that is then creating high energy 18:26 into the tumor tissue to trigger oxidation 18:30 or destruction of of those cancer cells. 18:33 And you can use both light and you can also use sound. 18:37 You know so sono dynamic therapy and with sono dynamic therapy, 18:41 you know, with a photo sensitized or be there and then bring it in 18:44 an ultrasound device where then triggering 18:47 cavitation bubbles that are produced within the cancer cell. 18:51 And they kind of these bubbles they explode. 18:53 And that creates a lot of stress within those cancer cells and cause them to die. 18:58 So that is kind of the core component. 19:00 And then a layer around that other type of therapies 19:05 like vitamin B17, the mistletoe, vitamin C, 19:09 you know, ozone, hyperbaric and artisanal curcumin, bt c g. 19:15 And, you know, resveratrol and all these other type of things that adds value, 19:20 that puts more stress onto the tumor and also shift how the cancer drivers, 19:26 because cancer has certain drivers that it utilizes for its own benefits.
Photodynamic Therapy and Core Modalities 19:31 So we can shift those, you know, utilizing natural agents 19:35 and then also then shift the energy production, the metabolic process 19:39 that exists within cancer cells to drive it more towards mitochondria 19:44 versus that fermentation process, 19:46 a Warburg effect that cancer cell use for its own benefit. 19:51 And because the mitochondria is the one that then holds the cell death switch. 19:55 So if we can activate that and utilizing some of the therapy 19:59 we do alongside with the photodynamic and the emotional work, 20:03 and it just becomes so much more powerful or, 20:06 or let's say an individual, for instance, had a breast cancer patient coming in 20:11 and they have fractures in their back 20:13 and due to the breast cancer and their extreme pain. 20:16 So then we would bring in some of the, you know, restorative 20:20 and regenerative therapies. 20:22 We might bring in some exosomes, you know, for to support that healing, 20:26 we might bring in, you know, we have a different quarter 20:30 million dollar devices that that help them for regeneration of that tissue. 20:34 And we have, you know, very specific strong laser that's thermal guided 20:38 robotic, you know, to help to hit that tissue for regeneration as well. 20:42 So all of that and that's the beauty when you have so many different tools, 20:47 you can then adjust which tools that you're wanting 20:50 for that individual depending on what's going on. 20:53 And then also you are in your book, you are referring 20:56 to a frequency medicine and technology. 21:00 Can you tell us more about that? 21:02 I yeah, so I like I mentioned, I love frequency, I love frequency medicine. 21:06 Like this is just one aspect. 21:08 But we know that every every cell, they have a certain vibration. 21:13 And so if you can then correct that vibration you are 21:16 then able to kind of restore a healthier cellular function. 21:20 And we know that frequency is kind of the core 21:23 before it manifests into physical, physical life. 21:27 So if we can then work on the blueprint, sort of say of cells of tissue, 21:34 which I believe 21:34 frequency medicine is, we use things like, you know, rife technology. 21:39 Another device that I love is moniker that will 21:42 then assess your 750 different puncture points 21:47 throughout your whole body, which are essentially those energetic lines 21:51 that you have where rivers of energy that's moving through the body 21:55 and then fuels all the cells and all the tissue, your nervous system. 21:59 So, you know, if there are stagnation in these different areas, then that tissue 22:04 that's supposed to be fed by that river of energy is going to suffer. 22:08 So if you can then assess these different points 22:12 of acupuncture points that are alongside these rivers, 22:15 and then that same tool will then also after the assessment, it will 22:20 then through AI technology actually feedback the 22:24 the reverse of the of the disease type of frequency 22:28 to help the correct you know the imbalance in that area. 22:32 So and then with the right technology where the royal rife 22:36 when he was looking under his microscope and he was seeing that cancer cells 22:41 and pathogens, they were behaving in a different way 22:44 depending on the frequency that they were exposed to. 22:48 So he was able then to kind of shift, you know, healthy cells to cancer 22:52 cells and vice versa, depending on which frequency that he was using. 22:57 And so he then cataloged these different frequencies. 23:00 And you can then use them then to help to go after pathogens, 23:06 grafter cancer cells to kind of have them then change their, their behavior. 23:11 So, you know, frequency medicine is phenomenal. 23:14 We also do something called laser energetic detox, which is doctor 23:18 Lee Cowden I think is just a brilliant, brilliant and noninvasive way 23:24 to achieve a lot, where you can then use homeopathic vials of a substance, 23:30 and you can then shine a light beam through that homeopathic vial 23:35 and expose the body to that, so you centrally 23:37 and then sending that information into the individual. 23:41 And then it's I kind of liken it to, you know, one that let's say 23:45 you have the Russia, United States, you know, that Cold War scenario 23:48 that we were dealing with a number of decades ago? 23:50 Yeah. 23:51 It's kind of like giving all the Russian secrets. 23:54 What what's going on to the United States? 23:57 So United States 23:59 knew exactly everything that was happening on all the secrets that was going on. 24:03 So it's the same thing when you're shining that light, 24:05 you know, you're giving that information to the body. 24:08 So the body can say, that's that, that's Mercury. 24:10 Yeah. Let's let's find mercury. 24:12 Let's talk Sify that or you can then use a vial 24:15 with a tumor type of tumor tissue like breast cancer. 24:19 And then you can see 24:20 and then there's certain testing techniques that we use where we can 24:24 then see, you know, what are some of the substances that may 24:27 be connected to that, that cancer, is it mercury or aluminum or maybe mold 24:32 or maybe cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr, or maybe it's beryllium. 24:38 And you can 24:39 then use those, these two vials and then shine that onto the individual. 24:43 And then the energetic system gains that information and, and then start 24:49 to kind of look and see, you know, we Borrelia that's what's going on. 24:53 And then the immune system can start to address that. 24:55 And frequency can then 24:57 be corrected in the individual to help to clear that out of the system. 25:00 So it's incredible. 25:02 You can even actually if you want to make it even more specific. 25:05 And this is something we do, you can then collect urine 25:08 and a little bit of stool and sweat from the individual. 25:12 You make a homeopathic vial of that. 25:14 And now you have a homeopathic vial of exactly what's going on 25:18 in that individual. 25:19 All the chemicals have metals, the pathogens, the cancer tissue, 25:24 you know, cancer specific, not just kind of generic. 25:27 And then you can use the laser energetic detox doing that to kind of feedback.
Frequency Medicine and Energetic Detox 25:32 So the body recognizes what's going on in the system and then can 25:37 activate the the appropriate resources in order to be able to address it. 25:41 So yeah, frequency medicine is I think that's it's phenomenal. 25:45 Yeah. 25:46 And that's goes well beyond treating cancer 25:49 actually everybody could benefit from that. 25:52 Understand what is happening in their body, what needs to be corrected. 25:57 We we are all being exposed to some virus. 26:01 We all have some beginning of something of this regulation 26:05 of our lives and of ourselves, because that's part 26:09 of the simple aging process and the regular exposure 26:14 to all the environmental toxins we are subjected to. 26:17 We all could benefit from that. Yeah. 26:20 And that's the thing, is that the the best cancers, the one you never get you. 26:24 Yeah. 26:25 So if, if we let's, let's say you've never been diagnosed, 26:29 but you want to make sure that you are creating 26:32 as much of a buffer zone between you and cancer as possible. 26:35 So then to do these assessments prior 26:38 to any kind of diagnosis or prior to any, 26:42 any disease creeping up, it would be it would be even better, 26:46 because now you are clearing things and relieving stress from the body 26:51 as so that the immune system can be much more efficient. 26:54 And then also your cells are happier. 26:58 They're not. Aging is fast. They are not. 27:01 You know, 27:01 you don't create all that information in the body that drives 27:04 all these different diseases. 27:05 So yes, you're absolutely right. 27:07 I mean, you don't have to have cancer to do these type of therapy. 27:12 You know, they are beneficial for for everybody just for living longer, 27:17 living healthier, you know, like span brain span, you know, and health span. 27:22 Sounds like the best new year is for everybody. 27:28 Well, 27:28 I think that having an awareness of that, 27:31 you need to not take your health for granted, but to address it. 27:36 Yeah. 27:37 And really kind of lean in on lifestyle habits, dietary habits 27:42 and supplementation in order to be able to optimize your quality of life. 27:48 Because I see so many patients, you know, they come in, they work hard 27:52 all their life, the spouse and then them, they were playing, I'm going to retire 27:56 and now we're going to see the world 27:58 and we're going to do all these amazing things. 28:00 And then, you know, and behold, you know, if something, you know, 28:04 like cancer hits them and, 28:05 and now they don't get the opportunity to be able to do all those things. 28:10 So the time for an individual to start to address their health is now, 28:15 I mean, it would have been better yesterday, but, you know, 28:18 now is a better time than tomorrow because we we it breaks my heart 28:22 when I see these individuals that are they're so excited about their future. 28:27 And now they worked hard. 28:29 They have the financial means, 28:30 but now all of a sudden they just don't have the physical ability 28:34 to just because their body was not able to to to handle, 28:38 you know, what what they put themselves through. 28:41 Yeah, absolutely. 28:42 And for all the people who are caregivers to 28:46 to cancer patients, I mean, they are going they are put themselves through a lot. 28:50 And it's very often that you see that don't take care properly of themselves. 28:55 And, and then they become. 28:58 So actually, if you are the caregiver or cancer patients, 29:02 I mean, you can also benefit a lot from this approach. 29:07 Yeah. 29:07 And we do we have that as an additional program here. 29:10 We call it care for the caregiver. 29:13 Because frequently what happens is that you have the caregiver. 29:17 They support the cancer patient. 29:19 And they they negate themselves and they get exhausted 29:23 and they use up all their resources, you know, physical and mental resources. 29:28 And then let's say that, you know, the cancer patient then gets 29:33 well or or maybe we don't have that, that a positive outcome 29:37 and they end up passing away. 29:38 And you know, then the caregiver now they are just completely, 29:43 you know, down and out and and frequently they develop some chronic disease. 29:47 And then sometimes that can be cancer as well. 29:51 Yeah absolutely. Absolutely. 29:53 So we have this this program intensive cancer 29:58 program of one week or two weeks depending on the patient. 30:01 What can people expect after this, this stay. 30:05 And then what happens. 30:06 What is the follow up. 30:08 Well usually people it's intense when you get here. 30:12 So sometimes the first week you feel like it's just a lot because we want to 30:17 optimize the amount of treatment that it individual get when they're here. 30:21 So sometimes they get like three different therapies going on at the same time. 30:25 And we do that 30:26 because I want to make sure that we hit cancer from all different angles. 30:31 So sometimes, 30:32 you know, the first few days, you know, maybe first week you may feel a bit tired. 30:36 And then second week, many patients, they feel like they just feel a shift. 30:41 And then the spouse say that, you know, I've never seen them this good. 30:45 And they they look so good. They feel so good. 30:48 And they have energy. 30:49 Doesn't happen all the time. 30:50 But that happens quite frequently. 30:53 And so that takes place when you're here and then post care is that, 30:58 you know, it's not like you come here and then I forget about you. 31:01 You know, you are with me for as long as you want to be with me. 31:05 And we do them to follow ups. 31:06 We do follow up labs. 31:08 We want to make sure that we do follow up appropriate imaging. 31:12 We want to check for, you know, where your circulating tumor cell counts are. 31:16 Look at the inflammatory drivers. 31:17 Look at all these different markers. 31:19 They're important to make sure that we are assessing where the individual is at. 31:24 And also sensing that are we doing what we need to do? 31:28 Do we need to pivot in any way?
Prevention, Caregivers, and Follow-Up 31:31 Do we need to escalate care? 31:33 Or let's say that, you know, everything is going great. 31:36 You know, it can be now deescalate, can we kind of reduce the amount of care. 31:40 And usually when a patient leaves and also then direct them as, you know, 31:44 looking for their local resources, 31:46 that can then continue the momentum that we built here at the center. 31:50 And I usually liken that, you know, tell my patients, 31:53 kind of like you have a big boat, you know, that's moving in a direction. 31:56 And this is kind of like cancer is moving in this direction. 31:59 And it takes a lot of energy to shift, you know, the direction that big boat. 32:04 And that's why you want to do a kind 32:06 of comprehensive, stronger, stronger type of program. 32:10 But once you've kind of shifted the direction, 32:13 it doesn't take as much energy to keep that momentum going. 32:17 And you usually we can utilize and local resources for that. 32:22 And sometimes if there's a need, then patient would come back 32:26 and we would then kind of not maybe do kind of the same intensive, 32:30 but maybe just for kind of like a weak touch up. 32:32 Yeah. When if it's needed. 32:33 So that's usually what happens. 32:35 And I, I mean I had cancer patients that they had one cancer patient, 32:41 a breast cancer patients who said, well, I applied for my oncologists 32:45 and I think actually all four died from cancer. 32:48 Yeah. Which it's. 32:51 So it's, I'm there. 32:52 I'm here for the long haul. 32:54 I'm it's not just for do this and I forget about you. 32:56 I'm. I'm here for the long haul. 32:58 Depending on what you need. 32:59 Since I'm missing and so needed. 33:02 I mean, so many doctors. 33:05 You have just a capsule time relationship as they are 33:08 just here for for you when you are in. 33:12 I mean, when you sit in front of them and beyond that, 33:15 don't even know who you are and said, I remember anything. 33:19 Cancer. 33:19 I love the fact that you are really, giving your attention, individual 33:25 care and attention to people are. 33:29 Very often when you are diagnosed 33:32 with cancer, you feel like you you become a statistic. 33:35 And there is no real, real care especially, I mean, in Europe. 33:39 It is a case again and again. 33:42 Yeah, yeah. 33:43 And that's the thing is that you have patient there diagnosed 33:47 and they go to the oncologist and and essentially it's a cookie cutter approach. 33:51 You know they have their standard of care. 33:53 You know they look 33:54 we got this cancer and these are the chemo were doing this at the. 33:57 So they're not looking at the individual. 33:59 They're not looking at that story. 34:01 Yeah. 34:02 So they're centrally then just pushing you to kind of step onto that conveyor belt 34:07 and just kind of move through whatever process they've already outlined, 34:11 which is not individualized, which is not specific. 34:14 You know, there's no genetic testing to see, you know, whether, 34:18 you know, this chemo is appropriate or that chemo is just, you know, 34:22 start this and then see what happens, which to me is sad. 34:25 And then, you know, let's say they get to know evidence of disease 34:29 after doing traditional oncology. 34:32 And then, you know, the oncologist says said, well, 34:35 we'll just you know, the monitoring is just very poor. 34:39 And there's just kind of waiting for if the cancer is going to come back again, 34:43 I can't. Yeah. 34:44 And so don't get you about anything. 34:47 In order to prevent or minimize the case 34:50 the the risks that it will come back there. 34:52 Just wait and see. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. 34:56 Yeah, yeah. 34:57 So for people who are I mean, listening 35:00 from the Cancer Summit and would like to to learn more 35:04 about how the Castle Center, what is the best way to 35:10 schedule a discovery, 35:12 explore a personalized intensive and learn more. 35:16 If this could be a good approach for two weeks, 35:19 it looks like nothing in the concert journey 35:22 and definitely some something to give everybody would want to do. 35:26 Yeah, and and the best way is you can give us a call here at the center. 35:31 This (208) 338-8902 and and like Dylan was mentioning, 35:36 we do offer a free discovery call, you know, 35:39 so you can call us and we can learn a little bit about you. 35:42 You can learn a little bit about us 35:44 and see if you feel that this is a good fit or not. 35:46 Obviously, you can always get my book and learn a little bit more about me. 35:51 A better way to treat cancer. 35:53 So that that will describe a lot of, you know, where I'm coming from. 35:57 And there's it's essentially designed as a manual, 36:00 you know, to really cover some of the foundational things 36:04 that I feel is very, very important when you're on this journey and, you know, 36:08 we can email us or you can listen to my podcast that we do. 36:12 So, yeah, please, please, if you feel that this is something 36:16 that is appropriate for you, I'd love to be there and love to help you. 36:20 How many people do you treat that at any given time? 36:24 As a cancer treatment center, 36:28 I usually see 10 to 15 cancer patients a day, you know, so 36:33 it doesn't mean that all of those 10 to 15 are currently here at the center. 36:37 But we usually we have a good number of patients. 36:41 And so we try to be accommodating because sometimes people need to come in here 36:46 a little bit sooner, you know, depending on their state of health 36:49 and the type of cancer as so we we try to be accommodating 36:53 to make sure that you're taking care of at an appropriate know timeline. 36:58 Yeah. 36:59 And if you want to learn more about and go back to everything we discussed to 37:03 today, a Better Way to Treat cancer is a book with a really, 37:08 I mean, valuable when it comes to all those integrative approaches 37:14 and how to use them together and what each one can, can do for you. 37:19 It's really, really a comprehensive and manual. 37:21 As you said, that the education and education by itself really. 37:27 Yeah, it feels like it's a book that I felt that my cancer patient needed. 37:31 And there are a lot of phenomenal books out there. 37:34 So this is just kind of me putting it all together in a way 37:38 that I feel can be really, really helpful for a patient going through their journey 37:42 or somebody caring for somebody or somebody just that wants to prevent. 37:47 Yeah, absolutely. And as you said, they are 37:50 the best. 37:51 Cancer is the one you don't have. Correct. 37:54 Let's do that. 37:54 That that's what both you and I are fighting for. 37:57 Absolutely. 37:58 And that's why we spent so much, I thought educating people about cancer, 38:04 but also prevention and healing of your body and your your soul before. 38:10 Before you get sick. 38:12 Yeah. Yeah. I couldn't agree more. 38:15 Thank you so much Dr. Karlfeldt. 38:17 Thank you so much. 38:19 It's always a pleasure. Always an honor. 38:21 Thank you. Thanks.
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