update on recent cancer re-occurance

Hi All, it has been a while since I posted and wanted to send an update.
Nov of last year cancer reoccurred but on the outside of the colon and it had spread. The Onc gave me a 1-2% survival. Since then I have taken some good advice from some wonderful people on this board and totally changed my diet, removing all sugars that are not natural and eating much more healthy. I also juice every day.

I started Chemo. Folfox it think for six months. Well the tumors had pinched off one of my ureters so I had to have a neph tube from my kidney to a bag on my leg. Fun fun.
My regime was a 4 step process. 1) trust my doctors but question everything they do. 2) do all I can to take care of my body by reduced sugars, eating the good foods and supplying my cells daily with good quality nutrients from veggies. 3). Positive attitude. I removed the 1/2 empty portion of the glass from my life. Only positive thoughts and beliefs - period. That is a hard and fast rule. Friends that were negative, I stopped calling them. 4) pray like there is no tomorrow – and 1-3 don't work without 4

Chemo was rather interesting. I got neuropathy quite bad, it is still getting worse now but has to be getting better soon. I had allergic reactions each time to the chemo so I had to be sedated and I got really sick during the chemo but not afterwards so thank God for that.

The good news, after two months the tumors had shrunk by over 50%. After 4 months, they were not detectable by CT/PET. I was scheduled for surgery to remove them but had to cancel since they did not know what to operate on. I still had this tube in my back and needed surgery to fix the ureter so my kidney would work normally. In May I opted for exploratory surgery. It was a long surgery, almost 6 hours and the outcome was great. No cancer, they removed quite a bit of scar tissue and all biopsies were negative. They also fixed my ureter so all is normal. Walking is slow and getting the inner parts to function right is interesting. I went from 185 to 140 lbs over the past 6 months. (what was interesting was that when I cut out sugar and started juicing, I lost 1-2 lbs every day until I reached 155 lbs. That was the weight I wrestled at in high school). Once I reached that weight, I did not loose another pound until I went into hospital. So if your looking for a good reason to cut sugar– weight loss baby

I have my next CT/Pet scan on July 29th . Am a bit nervous but turning that over to God and I refuse to think about it until the 29th. Why waste the energy before hand. This is a great site and I have learned so much from so many. Thanks all for your support. If anyone knows of a good cancer support group in Minneapolis, let me know.

Peace all. Limey.