I have long studied and followed Dr. Burzynski. His work is wonderful and have met some that are years out of treatment still cancer free. Their brain cancer should have killed them long ago.
Problem I see with this story is he fought the system and gave into the system; for what? What point was he making. His priority, or so I thought should have been on the patients that came to him. He could save them but because the government put restrictions on him not many got through to the treatment in these last few years. He was waiting until he could beat the system. He would have saved many more lives if he had moved across the border to Mexico, hundreds of patients would have followed him gotten well and still the line would come. But he did not, a lot died never getting what could have saved them for what, so he could beat the system.
I know a few that begged him to help them but they kids did not meet the criteria the government the FDA set up for his trials. You had to have had chemo, radiation, surgery and tried it twice with no success, then you could get into the program and then try one more chemo trial then you could have him try his treatment. You want to know what condition one is in by the time you get the treatment? Not good so they government wanted his patients that used the treatment to be near dead, so the success rate would be low. What a crock! And he endured it but others died because of it.
I think he is brilliant but he sucked it up too much. My daughter was one that did not make the list, we took to Mexico - but the government won - the chemo killed her - cancer free but dead from chemo poisoning, We have a great system going here, population control!

I commend him for his dedication to keeping himself well. Yes, some type I diabetes is caused by other than a genetic failure. There is a site worth taking a look at bxhope.com it treats autoimmune diseases as well. Know of a doctor in TX with same scenario
as your son going to do it. He is not so lucky.

Good example. And good for him!

I would have been 100% on board with this idea (avoiding Dr.'s and medications) prior to my son being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 11. (Which, ironically, I also blame on the FDA... having an autoimmune reaction caused by penicillin he was taking for strep throat 8 weeks prior to his diagnosis. No way to prove it, but I'm not the only one who has made this connection.) At any rate, having your son dependent on 2 types of insulin, test strips, meters, needles, A1C tests, counting every carb he puts into his mouth, and regular Dr.s appts (for the rest of his life) is frightening beyond words. All we can do is try to stock up on supplies as much as possible and hope the pharmaceutical supplies don't vanish. With that said, he is now almost 20 years old and he manages it amazingly well by working out daily (he works at a gym), and eating right. His need for insulin is at an all time low (which is good, but he'll always need some level of it) because he has studied and researched extensively on how is body processes sugars etc etc etc. We are VERY proud of him, but always fear the worst case scenarios.