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Angie Best's Health Battle: Mistletoe Therapy and Chemo
10 Feb
Summary
- Angie Best weighs 46 kilos and needs to gain weight for chemotherapy.
- She is undergoing mistletoe therapy in Switzerland for cancer.
- Her son Calum Best previously shared her colon cancer diagnosis.
Angie Best, the 73-year-old ex-wife of George Best and mother to Calum Best, is facing a health challenge as she needs to gain weight to continue her chemotherapy for colon cancer. Currently weighing 46 kilos (approximately seven stone), she is undergoing mistletoe therapy in Switzerland, an alternative treatment that stimulates the immune system and aims to reduce chemotherapy side effects.
Best shared her struggles in a video, explaining that her healthy diet is hindering her weight gain efforts. She expressed the need to eat less healthy foods temporarily to reach the required weight for her upcoming chemotherapy sessions. This situation arises after her son, Calum Best, revealed her diagnosis in January, describing it as a devastating blow.
Calum Best had previously established a GoFundMe page to support his mother's specialist treatment, highlighting the financial strain of her care. Mistletoe therapy, while used in parts of Europe for decades, is not a standard NHS treatment due to inconclusive evidence of its effectiveness as a cure.
