Glenn was determined to find a more proactive approach towards healing.  He began by changing his diet to eating mostly organic vegetables and fruits (he ate organic in order to avoid any pesticide and herbicide contamination).  He began to take a few supplements and also developed a daily exercise program.  In 1998, Glenn went to an alternative pharmacy in Bethesda, Maryland called The Village Green Apothecary to meet with Dr Irv Rosenberg, who was a pharmacist/nutritionist who worked with patients to find natural agents that would complement their conventional therapies.  Dr Rosenberg developed a supplemental protocol that was based on Glenn’s specific nutritional needs. Glenn continued to have regular blood work and bone marrow biopsies every year or two. He says that he felt fine for awhile, but in 2003 he developed flu-like symptoms and it was determined that the leukemia was getting worse. His doctor recommended chemotherapy but Glenn wanted a second opinion. He travelled to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore where it was discovered that his red blood cell counts were also dangerously low. The doctors recommended prednisone, which is an immune suppressor, and if they managed to stabilize the hemolysis, that would be followed with several chemotherapeutic agents to attack the leukemia. Once again, the protocols being offered were not curative and Glenn realized that he had to make another choice… he needed to become his own healer.

Glenn had blood work twice per week to keep an eye on the severe anemia and then continued on with his diet, supplements, and exercise protocols. The exercises included swimming, walking and stretching and he says that he could feel that his strength was returning.  By the third week, Glenn says that his blood counts began to show improvements, and after a few more weeks, his fever and night sweats had subsided and his blood counts had normalized.

His doctor was impressed with the quick turnaround and suggested that Glenn have a Flow Cytometry Test that would specifically look for leukemic cells in his blood. The results came back a few days later which confirmed there were no leukemic cells in his blood, but a subsequent bone marrow biopsy revealed that he still had leukemic cells hiding in his bone marrow.

In the fall of 2010, Glenn began researching Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (green tea extract), which has been shown to kill cancerous cells in various studies.  He began taking the supplement, but shortly thereafter it was discovered that the leukemia was returning.  Glenn was under the guidance of integrative medical advocate Dr Keith Block at the time, who suggested that Glenn increase the dosage of the green tea extract.  Glenn did this, and by 2011 his white blood cell count began dropping steadily. Testing in March of 2011 measured the WBC count at 30,000 and by May it was down to 19,000. By July it was 9,400 and by November his white blood cell counts were well within the normal range.  Glenn once again agreed to have a bone marrow biopsy which confirmed the good news~ there were no leukemic cells in the bone marrow or anywhere else in his body!  Subsequent testing in 2012 and 2016 confirmed that he is still cancer free.