When my husband was diagnosed with squamous cell cancer in his neck, stage 4, almost 2 years ago, I put out the word that I needed milk for him. This was not too difficult for me because of being in this wonderful field :) I am still touched by the generous, loving donors who responded....donors just came forward. He was on milk therapy for about 8 months using 6 - 8 oz. per day. He never got any from a milk bank. It was all from home freezers (too much, too old, can't use-- were some of the reasons it was donated) and direct donations (lovely ladies of bountiful milk who pumped some for us). I prefered as little processing as possible and I did not want to take the chance of taking any milk a needy baby may have used. I do not know for sure that it was the human milk that made the difference in his survival, but I feel that it was important. He also elected to use western medicine -- surgery, chemo, and radiation....Plus herbal therapy (daily protocol) and Healing Touch (lots of it). I did not research this use of human milk. I just used it. And I am thankful for it. Pardee Hinson, MPH, IBCLC, CHTP Charlotte, NC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html