Integrative Cancer Solutions with Dr. Karlfeldt
Oct 7, 2026 · 45 min · 11 segments
What happens when the surgeon who has spent his career saving other people's lives finally has to save his own? In this episode of Integrative Cancer Solutions, Dr. K sits down with Dr. James C…
James WittigGuestMichael KarlfeldtHostAnd, and how do you see this? I mean, 'cause you've been in, in the kinda traditional medical model for, for quite some time.
How do you see this being able to be brought into that model, you know, to be offered to patients that are going to major medical institutions?
You know, it might be more difficult to accomplish as an employed physician of a hospital, depending upon the hospital or the medical group.
But, you know, um, the, i- institutions seem to be opening up to it a little bit more.
But certainly in a private practice or, you know, or having a, a private practice com- you know, combined with a wellness aspect to it, um, makes it easier to offer to patients in your office, you know? And certainly things like, um, self-hypnosis audios that I can develop or things that they could just go online and download from my website or, uh, whatever, or custom hypnosis tapes, or institute neurofeedback in my office but then do it remotely with them at home, you know, there's a lot of different ways of doing it.
And certainly, like, if they're sitting there getting their chemotherapy, why not wear a headset and listen to a beautiful guided meditation with a nice visual that, that relaxes you and puts you in a positive range of, range of, uh, frame of mind, and hope- hopefully gets rid of worry and fear?
And, and when you talk to your colleagues about these type of things, I mean, what, what is the receptiveness, the, the opinion in regard to this? 'Cause, uh, frequently when I have a, a cancer patient to go to their oncologist to say, you know, "What should I eat?" And then they say, "Well, it doesn't matter.
You can eat whatever you want, you know, it's not gonna change anything." So what, what are...
what is your experience with the colleagues that you've been interacting with?
Well, you know, the, the medical oncologist, they have to act very acutely, right? Y- patient's got a problem, right? And granted, changing your diet immediately is not gonna have an immediate effect.
It might help you deal, you know, with the chemotherapy better, it might help you get less nauseous, you know, go- going through establishing a good gut flora, right? Uh, a balanced gut flora because the chemotherapy is gonna destroy that gut flora, no doubt, right? I mean, especially the agents that are used for sarcoma.
But you w- but you want to be able to build your body back up and start the process while you're doing this so that when you finish it and you're technically in remission or... right? That we minimize the, the risk of this tumor coming back by getting all your systems restored, and then we also get your muscles restored, right? Get you exercising, getting e- all these things have positive benefits.
You know, there was just a study out on the benefits of exercise for, for colon cancer, and the patients who were exercising did much better than those who were not.
Um, but, um, so these are all important things because it's like going through a nuclear wa- nuclear war, getting hit with all these medications and, you know, it's time out of your schedule.
She has metastatic breast cancer to bone, and she's, you know, just the most wonderful person.
And she goes for her infusion, and, and I said to her, "How long does it take?" She's like, "I'm there for eight hours." You know, the whole process is eight hours.
You know, that's eight hours out of your time, right? And you're just sitting there getting it, right? So very stressful, but if you can start the process at a grassroots level and get them restored, it's certainly gonna result in better outcomes.
And, and how do you see this? I mean, 'cause you've been in, in the kinda traditional medical model for, for quite some time.
How do you see this being able to be brought into that model, you know, to be offered to patients that are going to major medical institutions?
You know, it might be more difficult to accomplish as an employed physician of a hospital, depending upon the hospital or the medical group.
But, you know, um, the, i- institutions seem to be opening up to it a little bit more.
But certainly in a private practice or, you know, or having a, a private practice com- you know, combined with a wellness aspect to it, um, makes it easier to offer to patients in your office, you know? And certainly things like, um, self-hypnosis audios that I can develop or things that they could just go online and download from my website or, uh, whatever, or custom hypnosis tapes, or institute neurofeedback in my office but then do it remotely with them at home, you know, there's a lot of different ways of doing it.
And certainly, like, if they're sitting there getting their chemotherapy, why not wear a headset and listen to a beautiful guided meditation with a nice visual that, that relaxes you and puts you in a positive range of, range of, uh, frame of mind, and hope- hopefully gets rid of worry and fear?
And, and when you talk to your colleagues about these type of things, I mean, what, what is the receptiveness, the, the opinion in regard to this? 'Cause, uh, frequently when I have a, a cancer patient to go to their oncologist to say, you know, "What should I eat?" And then they say, "Well, it doesn't matter.
You can eat whatever you want, you know, it's not gonna change anything." So what, what are...
what is your experience with the colleagues that you've been interacting with?
Well, you know, the, the medical oncologist, they have to act very acutely, right? Y- patient's got a problem, right? And granted, changing your diet immediately is not gonna have an immediate effect.
It might help you deal, you know, with the chemotherapy better, it might help you get less nauseous, you know, go- going through establishing a good gut flora, right? Uh, a balanced gut flora because the chemotherapy is gonna destroy that gut flora, no doubt, right? I mean, especially the agents that are used for sarcoma.
But you w- but you want to be able to build your body back up and start the process while you're doing this so that when you finish it and you're technically in remission or... right? That we minimize the, the risk of this tumor coming back by getting all your systems restored, and then we also get your muscles restored, right? Get you exercising, getting e- all these things have positive benefits.
You know, there was just a study out on the benefits of exercise for, for colon cancer, and the patients who were exercising did much better than those who were not.
Um, but, um, so these are all important things because it's like going through a nuclear wa- nuclear war, getting hit with all these medications and, you know, it's time out of your schedule.
She has metastatic breast cancer to bone, and she's, you know, just the most wonderful person.
And she goes for her infusion, and, and I said to her, "How long does it take?" She's like, "I'm there for eight hours." You know, the whole process is eight hours.
You know, that's eight hours out of your time, right? And you're just sitting there getting it, right? So very stressful, but if you can start the process at a grassroots level and get them restored, it's certainly gonna result in better outcomes.
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