Eight years ago, I had an emergency bowel operation for cancer, and during the operation I saw my Deceased Grandfather… a pretty wild start to my ongoing cancer journey.
I have heard of these things happening, but I put it down to the mind and body trying to cope with pain or drugs. And they had me pumped up with morphine, however I swear I saw him and then heard him saying you have to go back … and I came back.
I was in a Vietnamese hospital, and no one really told me what happened, however an 8-hour operation turned into a 16–17-hour operation. But I survived, and that was my first cancer battle.
In some ways it was mentally a lot easier because I had very little time to panic or even think about it as my surgery happened within 24 hours. This was because I had no idea what was wrong with me and thought it was just constipation. I was told one more day and I wouldn’t have made it into surgery. So, it was straight into the operating theatre with no time to contemplate my navel.
Current Diagnosis
But this time is different. I am still in Vietnam and have been monitored over the years and unfortunately it is back in my liver. I think of it as a little goblin, but not the cute ones, these are vicious drunken bastards.
My new challenge is a 3cm growth in my liver. The doctors want to wait. I want to act. Although the first round of doctors wanted to go full steam ahead, my specialist advised waiting for a month.
OK with me because I am freaked out about chemotherapy because my Mum had cancer at the same age I am now, and that shite killed her quicker than cancer.
30-day reprieve
I get a 30-day reprieve to turn things around using research, exercise, nutrition, and alternative medicine. Even if it doesn’t work straight away, I am not taking chemo or having radiotherapy. I am no doctor, but I haven.t heard much long -term success coming from either treatment. By all means, if you know better, let me know.
So jump on board and subscribe to my channel and see if I can defeat these nasty little goblins. I look at this as an exercise in exploring other options than the normal hospital led treatment of which I have become very skeptical about.
My Action Plan
It is just as important to say the things I will be leaving out of my diet. Specifically processed foods, alcohol, vegetable oils, sugar, bread, pasta and more as I continue updating my dietary knowledge.
And the things I will be adding to my diet will all be based on detoxing my liver. For example, fresh fruits and vegetables with a good range of protein to keep me built up and fighting fit. I will talk about my diet in more detail in the weeks ahead.
Exercise is also very important, and I need to lose 15 kilos as quick as possible as the extra weight is putting stress on my liver. Luckily, I have already been doing two hours of weights a day, and that is being added to already with swimming, walking and Tai Chi.
My goal is to burn an extra 1,000 calories per day. Pair this with a calorie-controlled liver-friendly diet and I plan to lose at least10kg over the next month. I have already lost 3 kilos in the first week, so as long as I stick to my diet and exercise regime I should be able to manage this.
If my dieting is successful and I can cope with reducing my food intake I will take it to the next level and introduce fasting as there have been studies showing that fasting triggers autophagy. this is the body’s natural clean-up system, removing damaged cells along with some research suggesting it includes cancer cells too.
But I won’t be stopping there. Other things I will try are, using Ivermectin which is a repurposed anti parasitic drug. And I cannot find it in Vietnam, but there is a similar product I can buy over the counter. But I don’t want to recommend or even mention it until I use it and make sure there are no side effects.
High frequency sound therapy, Mistletoe therapy, which is popular in Germany and Switzerland, along with grounding will all play a part in my approach to recovery.
Yes, I am throwing a lot into the game plan and hopefully one or all will work. The more research I do, the more it seems like these remedies have been kept from us so we lose the control of our own bodies.
Research and Record
I will be breaking all these things down into YouTube videos with the next video documenting what I do each week.
I am grateful this delay has given me time to think about the options facing me. And even if It gets to the worst-case scenario, I intend to stay positive.
And I really hope my struggle, while not being unique, will help a few others in deciding how to fight their battles, whichever way they choose to go.
