Other Success Stories
Here are MORE Essiac stories that were reported to the author from various pet owners after Outsmart Your Pet’s Cancer came out!
If you’d like to share YOUR success story using Essiac for a pet, just write a brief description with your name and phone number and email it to the link below. You may also want to attach a photo of your pet (not required) and state where you purchased your Essiac and what the dosing was. Thank you!
Bitsy
Rare Kidney Cancer
Hi, this is my 6-year-old Dalmatian, Bitsy, in her red bandana that says, “Kicking Cancer’s Butt.”
In August 2022, when she was just 4 years old, Bitsy was diagnosed with Renal Carcinoma, which is very rare for a young, female dog. Her tumor and kidney were surgically removed.
Even though the tumor was fully encapsulated in the kidney, the surgeon only gave her 6 months to live at most. This was because this cancer does not respond well to chemo and he assumed it would come back.
I was determined not to lose my girl and immediately started Bitsy on some anti-cancer supplements. I also agreed to a gentle form of oral chemo that had the best chance of working on this cancer. We monitored her blood cancer marker, called TK1, every 30-45 days. The top end of normal is 3 and Bitsy was far from that at first, with a TK1 of 46. Slowly her numbers came down to 15 but then plateaued. I knew I needed something else in my arsenal to win this fight.
That’s when, around early January 2023, I discovered Essiac Tea from GenuineEssiac.com and the book Outsmart Your Pet’s Cancer. This was a turning point in Bitsy’s recovery! Like clockwork, I gave her 2 ounces of the tea with a little homemade beef bone broth, 3 times daily, on an empty stomach. Bitsy’s TK1 took a dramatic drop soon after starting her on Essiac and it has remained in the normal range for the past 5 months. In fact her latest TK1 marker, just a week ago, came back as less than .5.
Happily, Bitsy has felt great on the tea the whole time. During her treatment, she has continued competing in her favorite activities. She competes in FASTCAT, which is a 100-yard dash and Dock Diving where she jumps off a dock after a toy and the distance is measured. No one would guess she ever had cancer!
We plan to give Bitsy Essiac Tea for the rest of her life. I caution people not to fall into the trap that surgery ‘got it all’. Bitsy’s numbers may be within normal range now, but I will never let my guard down. I encourage people to read the book Outsmart Your Pet’s Cancer, which reads like a colorful story. It tells the amazing history of the tea and the Genuine Essiac brand.
From Bitsy and I, GOOD LUCK! I hope her story helps you.
Debbie, Georgia
February 2024
Layla
Subcutaneous Hemangiosarcoma Cancer
My husband and I believe our rescued Corgi dog, “Layla”, (the one with the big smile in this photo) was heaven sent after our previous dog, “KC”, passed away. Layla became a close companion to our smaller Jack Russell dog, “Spenser”, and they have both been spokespups for the 501c3 non-profit organization, “Shade Out DM Foundation,” that we founded to spread awareness about the preventable disease in dogs called Degenerative Myelopathy.
However, in Spring of 2023, we found a lump growing on Layla’s side which was biopsied as Grade II Sarcoma. An ultrasound procedure then showed multiple nodules on Layla’s spleen and liver. Layla was only about 7 years old then, so this was all extremely difficult to hear.
We followed our vet’s suggestion of taking the initial wait and watch approach, but after 2 months, the lump became hard, and he thought it best to remove it. Just before the surgery, we noticed a second lump, so the vet decided to remove that one at the same time. Within a few days, we got confirmation from the lab that the first lump was in fact a Grade II sarcoma, but the second lump shockingly was determined to be “Subcutaneous Hemangiosarcoma”! We were told the devastating news that “This is a type of incurable cancer of the blood vessels.” We immediately began searching for oncologists and got put on the month plus long waiting lists! When it finally came time, we took Layla to 2 more veterinary oncologists, one of which performed a second ultrasound to take biopsies of the nodules on Layla’s spleen and liver (at the time of the original discovery, we had declined the biopsies because back then we didn’t know we were dealing with cancer). Though the internal nodules appeared to be benign, the consensus diagnosis by all was confirmed to be “Subcutaneous Hemangiosarcoma.”
At this point, the first oncologist’s conclusion was that the cancer had metastasized and “with no further treatment (chemo), Layla probably had only 3 weeks to 3 months to live”. We were also told that, even with chemo, there was no likelihood of recovery because, as the oncologist said, “this type of cancer does NOT go into remission.” The second oncologist confirmed the same findings as the first oncologist (we had hoped it was an error, so we went to a different specialty center suggested by our primary veterinarian). We were absolutely gutted! We spent hours discussing the Pros & Cons of suggested treatments with our primary veterinarian (he knows Layla well and his utmost goal is also choosing Quality of Life over quantity of time because he immediately began researching options for Layla. When all of this began, he told us “I’m not quite sure that Layla is a strong candidate for chemo.” At the time I remember thinking to myself it sounds like you are giving up on her, but that was NOT the situation at all . . . in fact, being a rescue with severe separation anxiety, he knew that she would have to be heavily sedated to receive the chemo treatments and he took the time to explain the whole process to us helping us understand why these options were NOT the best options for Layla. So we chose to decline chemotherapy and let Layla have a good quality of life for whatever time she had left.
Luckily, a friend of ours sent us the book, Outsmart Your Pet’s Cancer, by Tanya Harter Pierce along with a package of Essiac Tea from GenuineEssiac.com. So, we decided to treat Layla’s cancer holistically with this brand of Essiac Tea and on June 24 of 2023 started giving her 1½ ounces of the brewed Essiac 3 times a day. (She weighed about 36 lbs.)
We are so happy to report that Layla has felt nothing but better and better on the Essiac Tea. She runs, swims, and has just about as much energy now as she did before the diagnosis. Plus, no more lumps have popped up! It was 8 months ago that we were told Layla had no more than 3 months to live, yet she shows no signs whatsoever of declining or being sick in any way. We have not taken her back for more scans, but we don’t really feel we need to for a while given how healthy and happy she is. We are amazed and grateful that she is so comfortable that she sleeps upside-down again so that tells us she is ok! We will continue to keep giving her the Essiac 3 times a day. We DO report in to our vet and send videos and pics fairly frequently to keep him updated and he can’t believe it. He actually said he was “shocked” by how well she is doing!
We also began giving Essiac to our other dog, Spenser, and his energy and playfulness have improved noticeably. Interestingly, after 3 months on Essiac, we took Spenser in for his routine “senior exam” and the vet called the next day with the results… everything looked great for Spenser, but his stool sample came back with “positive for Giardia, but with no live organisms”. The doctor seemed to find that a bit puzzling but of no concern.
Given our experiences, my husband and I are very impressed with Genuine Essiac Tea and through the non-profit organization we run, I’ve had the opportunity to tell MANY different dog owners about Essiac and the book, Outsmart Your Pet’s Cancer!
Tauni B., California
www.ShadeOutDM.org
February, 2024
Maggie
Probable Lymphoma Cancer
However, about 6 years later, Maggie started having episodes of vomiting. In February of 2022, a vet examination showed that she had 2 tumors in her abdomen. You could even feel them from the outside. The vet thought it might be lymphoma and put Maggie on prednisolone to reduce inflammation and to make her more comfortable. We also immediately started giving her Essiac. We brewed the 8-herb powdered form of Essiac at home and gave Maggie 7.5 ml of the tea twice a day by squirting it into the side of her mouth with a plastic syringe. We also gave her an extra little dose here and there in a treat of tuna or salmon juice that she could lick up just to help her recovery in the first 3 months. Our veterinarian had given her only 1 to 2 months to live when she was diagnosed and we really didn’t know if it was too late for her to recover or not. However, my wife was dedicated and would do anything for this cat. Maggie is her baby. So, she diligently got the Essiac in Maggie morning and night.
Maggie easily passed her 1 to 2 month prognosis point and we took her back to the vet for a follow-up visit a little over 3 months after she’d been diagnosed. The vet couldn’t find any tumors and he called her the “Miracle Kittie!” We are still giving Maggie the Essiac to make sure her cancer does not come back, and we’re thrilled that she was saved from suffering after the hard start to life she’d already had.
Bryan, Massachusetts
August, 2022
Gracie
Liver Cancer with Internal Bleeding
Our chocolate Lab, Gracie, at ten years of age, was diagnosed with cancer in January of 2021. I was out playing tennis when my son and daughter called to tell me Gracie was in so much pain she couldn’t walk. They used a blanket as a stretcher to carry her to the car and drove her to the animal hospital. It was a holiday, so our regular Vet’s office was closed and they had to take her to a different animal hospital. There, they did an ultrasound and found a tumor in Gracie’s liver. The Vet believed it was primary liver cancer and recommended immediate surgery to remove the tumor. He said the tumor was bleeding internally and Gracie probably had only a month to live if she did not get the surgery . . . and only 6 months to live if she did get the surgery. They started to prep her for surgery, but we decided to take her home and get a second opinion from our regular Vet. They said to be very careful with her because the tumor was bleeding and could rupture.
We brought Gracie home and were able to get her into our Vet later that week. We sent her [our vet] the ultrasound results. She agreed with the diagnosis and that Gracie probably had no more than a month to live. She did not recommend the surgery, though, as it would have been very hard to recover from and Gracie might not make it through. We then decided that, if 6 months was all the surgery could give her, it wasn’t worth the pain it would cause her.
So, we brought Gracie home again. Our previous dog, a Corgi-Golden mix, had just died at age 17. We never knew the cause of his death, but since he may have had cancer, I had gotten Essiac in pill form for him from a Canadian group. Thus, I already had Essiac in the house and I started giving it to Gracie right away. The Canadian group also recommended 1 capsule of “Tru-pine” per day along with the Essiac, which is a supplement they said works well with Essiac. So, I gave Gracie 2 capsules of Essiac every morning with 1 Tru-pine capsule, then 2 more pills of Essiac with no Tru-pine in the evening on an empty stomach. I mixed it in a little ground canned dog food and she took it easily. We also changed her food to boiled chicken and rice and eventually only canned dog food. No more dry dog food.
Gracie seemed to get better quickly. We never gave her any other supplements or treatments for the cancer. The only other thing I gave her was “Cosequine,” which is a joint health supplement for dogs, to ease her arthritis. And, since she was feeling so good, we never took her back to the Vet.
It has been almost 3 years since Gracie was diagnosed in January of 2021 and given no more than 6 months to live. We are grateful we have had so much extra quality time with her. Gracie takes long 40-minute walks with us every day and is now 12 years old. (Chocolate Labs typically only have an average lifespan of 10.7 years, which is shorter than for other Labradors.) She is starting to slow down now, but still gets around, and she shows no sign of cancer whatsoever. We still give Gracie the Essiac in pill form, but we often forget to give her the night dose. When we do remember, she seems to know it helps her!
Jennifer Jensen, Utah
November, 2023
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For the products Gracie was Given, Go To
Essiac Canada International – Phone: (866) 727-8800
Essiac for Pets: https://essiacproducts.com/products/essiac-for-pets, and
Tru-Pine for Pets: https://essiacproducts.com/products/tru-pine-for-pets