DIET post Apology from Joe

herdizziness said:

How Odd
I really would of thought if he had sent a PM of apology it would have certainly went to scambuster his arch defender instead of you. Odd.
Winter Marie

PhillieG said:

Thanks for posting
Sometimes things don't always come out the way we intend them to.
I'd like to see more posts about alternatives, there are as many ways to get through cancer as there are ways to get cancer.
I wasn't on my best behavior that day.
-phil

scouty said:

Hi Gail
Get the book "Anticancer" by Dr David Servan-Schreiber and it will explain and describe so much that you can do for yourself.

Easy and reasonable stuff too, it is all about lifestyle changes. Yes there are some "drastic" kinds of things folks in the thick of the battle can do but it is a really easy to read and educational resource.

I remember my first trip to a health food store. I was so intimidated and just wandered around looking at brands, costs, and labels. All I bought was an O magazine but I went back the next weeks to learn some more.

Good for you for at least thinking about it.

Lisa P.

ellamenno said:

Pete, thanks for posting...
I would like to give the guy another chance, I mean, remember how John23 was received. And look at him now, diplomacy and all.

Phil, Love your reference. I really thought it would end "as there are hairs on your head" LOL

Pete, please get some rest and forget about it at least tonite...I mean today.

Peace, Laurie

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Joecham said:

Please accept my deepest apologies
Once again I would like to apologize the way I conducted my first posts, i know I must of upset some of you as how direct and arrogant I sounded and now when I look back at it, that's exactly what it sounded like. My intentions were truly to try and spread the word of my success through other methods,I did not want to upset people. Pete was very kind and explainded to me that people are very sensitive about what they are doing and when someone like me comes on the site and basically starts giving claims it can upset some people. I understand that preaching is not the way no matter how passionate I am about something because it defiantly came out like a sales pitch. So for the people I have offended please accept my sincere apology.

The claim I made about turning cancer on and off I was quoting Dr Colin Campbell from the china study and the new documentary forks over knives. It is the largest study conducted over 25 year work in the relation to nutrition cancer and disease.

Some of you have PM me to post my story again in a different manner as they were interested in alternative methods. From this point I will tell you what I have done and what I have been taught, I will not make any claims or promises and people can always pm me for questions you feel would be inappropriate for the board.

So firstly I would like to say hello my name is Joseph and in 2008 I was diagnosed with a satge 4 colon/ rectum cancer with a metastasis to my right lobe in my liver. The first oncologist I met with told me I had a 5% chance of cure and that I needed to start treatment right away if I was to have any chance. I was 32 years old. My father is a plastic surgeon and both my uncles are doctors and they all urged me to start treatment ASAP. I did what I was told, but first I went on a vacation to the keys with my wife and my 3 best friends because I knew I was going to have a tough road and I wanted to have a vacation before I got my butt whipped.

When I got back from the keys I went to the Cleveland clinic in Weston Florida as one of my uncles knew of a good colon surgeon there. I was told they were going to give me the most aggressive treatment because of my age and they thought I could handle the treatment. I did oral chemo with about 3 months of radiation with once a week chemo through my port. I then went tthrough a large operation about 2 months later and they removed about 2 feet of my colon and part of my liver. They also gave me a illiostem bag, I developed an very bad infection which put me in the er twice and they had to drain it for about 2 weeks. For about 9 months after the surgery I did five Fu, oxiplatin, zeloda and avastin. I smoked a lot of marijuana during this time as it really helped me get through the chemo. I had a reaction to one of my last chemo sessions and my intestine twisted, they could not operate on me because of the avastin which causes hemorrhaging, I spent 3 days with a tube in my throat I was in pretty bad shape the docs did not know if I would make it. My intestine finally opened by itself and after a week or so they let me out, I was skin and bones but I recovered. I got reconnected from my illiostemy at the end of 09 and spent the next month on the toilet literally( got some good reading done,lol). I went back to the doc after another pet scan and It still lit up in the pelvic region, my oncologist did not like this and wanted me to keep doing chemo and more treatment, he now gave me a 20-30% of cure. I decided not to do anymore treatment and take my chances else where, I dodged 2 bullets already and I truly felt I would not dodge the third, so i told my ontologist to take my port out. My mother ironically enough was a yogi and into alternative health her whole life and she wanted me to detox from all the chemo and poison in my system. If it wasn't for my family and my wife I probably would have not made it through those treatments, they made me want to live.
From this point on my life changed dramatically, I started to learn about health and nutrition, I watched the documentary healing cancer from the inside out, that really pissed me of but was an important transition for me, and then I went to a center where they teach you how to detox and strengthen your immune system so it can help fight illness in your body. Your immune system is so important in healing your body and that is what I do on a daily basis to make sure my canceridles not come back. I eat 100% raw foods I juice green vegetables with wheat grass anI cut out all sugar ,fruit and cooked grain and cut out all animal protien. This is just part of what I do to strengthen my immune system. I am following what other successful people have done for about 50 years, I have met many other people during my stay there that were in the same boat and are also doing great. this is not my protocol, I don't even know if I can explain every little detail, all I know is that my tests have been coming out negative. I took my last MRI ct scan in April and I'm still clean. I do confess I miss my steak and fries no question about it, but I feel with the knowledge I have learned and the experiences I have been through I made the right choice for me and my family. I try to help people in my area stay on this diet and I teach them how to sprout and make raw foods more interesting. It is more a mental challenge more than anything else. I have been on this lifestyle for almost 2 years now and I fall of the wagon once in a while and a eat a bag of kettle chips, I'm only human. For the most part it has been a great experience and I embrace and accepted the fact that I have got cancer because it has taught me a lot. It was a wake up call for me to change my life and possibly help others if I can. Or at the very least start p new conversations and have people explore new avenues.
I hope I was not too direct or too invasive. Please if you have any questions for me please feel free to ask me or pm me.
Sorry for the novel, I don't really like to discuss all the chemo bit because when I think about it I feel like vomiting, does that happen to anyone else?
God bless
Joseph