He's discussing the alternative remedes, and how to take charge of things and try and look forward to a solution, or extension, putting off what the doctors keep saying is inevitable.
Interestingly he's said the apricot kernels aren't something he's looking into. And I have to agree, that there's too much good AND bad information out there about it. The question of whether it did any good for Jules is open, but I'd argue that the Hospice environment and herbal mixtures did more for her than the apricot kernels.
Still, each to their own, and it does work for some. Just not for all 
