Newly Diagnosed; Stage III

Hi Lisa!

Nice to meet you and welcome.

I, too, was Stage 111, lymph pos with no mets (thank God). My onc suggested adjuvant chemo of 5fu and luecovorin but I declined and instead have chosen to heal the cancer with Eastern Meds aka Alternative Medicine.

I was diagnosed when I was 39 after having SEVERE abdominal pain that came out of nowhere! One day BOOM! I was doubled over in excruciating pain--much like labor--followed by bloody mucusy diarrhea and the feeling that there was more to void. (the tumor)

I am sorry that you are having to go through this during your newlywed phase. My sister did the same thing. She went on to have a baby when she was done with her treatments. She was the first in our fam to be dx'ed and was only 29.

I can relate to the shock of this diagnosis...even with my sister having gone through this....because I considered myself pretty healthy. Guess we all have room for improvement which I discovered the hard way.... :-)

There is a fabulous book that I recommend to all the newbies I come in contact with and that's:

Beating Cancer With Nutrition by Patrick Quillin

He has put together a fantastic reference for nutrition during chemo and what to take and what does what. It is easy to read and refer to.

AS for me, I will celebrate being cancer free for 3 years in August and that's withour any chemo and all alternative treatments. Not bad, eh? :-) Every month becomes a milestone in your survivorship to add to the growing number of days you are alive. Life becomes even sweeter and precious.

If I can impart any advice to you just starting out here it would be to cut out all REFINED FOODS from your diet...NO WHITES: white sugar, white grains and flours. Cancer feeds on sugar so it is important to starve the cancer and cut off its "food supply". Quillin will address this too and give you other tips on how to cut off the food supply to the cancer cells....which is what it's all about.

Happy healing.

peace, emily who remembers that scared and sad feeling. :-)