Colon Cancer:

"Been There...Done That!"

Have you got just a minute?  I want to tell you about my experience with Colon Cancer. 

I awoke in the middle of the night with the urge for a bowel movement. Upon completion of same if was shocked to discover a large quantity of blood in the commode. It is hard to explain now, looking back, how scared I was. I don’t know if others who upon discovering something like this reacted in the way that I did, but I suspect at least some did. I was scared, anxious and shaking like a leaf from chills and shock. 

Was this Mr. Macho who didn’t believe in Doctors and physical checkups or the dreaded digital exam. Could this be the same guy who pooh-poo'd  natural supplements, vitamins and anti-toxins, parasites and colon cleansing. Well it was. This once macho-man was a basket of limp muscles and raw nerves.

My wife and I quickly dressed and she was driving while I planned my funeral. My life literally was passing before my eyes. I wondered what would happen to my wife. I couldn't imagine not being in the lives of my 4 children, grandchildren and great grand children.  

When we arrived at the emergency room I found the staff to be perfectly calm at my condition and was not as worried as I thought they should be. 

As you might guess, it happened on an early Saturday morning so I was x-rayed and almost ignored until Monday morning when I was given a colonoscopy. A cancerous tumor was discover and the wheels were put into motion for the surgery.

As you might expect, after surgery the doctors told me that I would need to have chemo since the cancer had matastized itself on one of the lymph nodes. 

Chemo to me had meant slow death, as it had been with my father and mother. I had been in chemo for about three weeks, very weak and nauseas, when a lady friend of the family, sent me a canister of a product which was pure rice bran that was milled from the outer husk of the rice kernel; a product that was thrown away in years past. The name of the product was Rice Solubles. 

I remained convinced that such products were useless and would not open the canister. But, as the days wore on, and I getting nauseas and extremely tired from the chemo, I decided to try the Seven Essentials. 

I was completely surprised to notice a huge surge of energy within about a week. Then the nausea got better. I would still get sick while they were giving me the chemo, but I never threw up again. 

When my chemo ended, the oncologist told me that I had been an extraordinary patient. That I had very little loss of blood cells, and no loss of hair.  My color was good and I had not lost any weight.  

I have been cancer free for 7 years now. All my X-rays and blood tests are clear of the cancer. The colonoscopies  have all been excellent and now I don’t have to go back for 5 years for another one. Now I don’t know just how all of this worked, but I do know that I don’t want to think about were I would be had I neglected to add Seven Essentials to my diet…to my life...maybe for my life. 

Attention Funeral Directors: My plans for immediate burial have been cancelled. I am holding the Grim Reaper at bay.