Hi all. Got back from the dietetic clinic a little while ago.
Before going into my discussion with the doctor, and sharing decisions made, a quick reminder: I am in stage 4. From a scientific and medical perspective (yes, let's leave faith and religion out of this, please), there is no cure for cancer. You can only send the disease into remission, which means it can (and most often, does) come back.
Positive results from undergoing this grueling 42-day diet and fast : i. significant improvement in bowel movement and gut health (no more swings between constipation and diarrhea) ii. improved blood glucose management without diabetic medication ( fasting blood sugar now mostly ranges from non-diabetic to mildly pre-diabetic) iii. Improved weight management (weight reduced from 86 kg to 80 kg whilst visceral fat levels were down without further muscle mass loss); iv. reduced numbness in hands and feet; and v. no longer suffering the side effects of earlier chemo and immunotherapies.
However, the following evidence of a rapid escalation of the cancer disease, observed only recently, would seem to lend support to the conclusions arrived at by the oncologist in January, which I have previously shared with all of you : a. the rapid deterioration in the lung capacity in the last 21 days; and b. the increase, in the last month, in the pain intensity and frequency of occurrence in the primary disease region.
For these reasons, after discussions with the doctor today, I have decided to no longer continue with the full rigors of this diet/fast protocol. I will spend the next few days evaluating if I should continue with a diet that is much reduced in its strictures so that I will be allowed to also enjoy the remaining days.
To those who are fighting this disease but caught it at an earlier stage, or know someone who is, i would urge that you seriously consider this diet. PM me for details if you like. Will say again now what i said before. I have had a full life and am at peace with how things are. Please be at peace for me, too.
Love you all.
steadyaku47 comment: We bloggers try to live the life we think we should. We try to write about what we believe in. We try to write through our trials and tribulations. And we try to write even when the odds are against us. We all try.
Sam Singaran, by the things we have seen him do in his life, also try....and Sam... I want to tell you this...you try, and you have succeeded. Succeeded with dignity and with courage. Lots of courage. Tabek brother.
I know I still owe you dinner because you paid the last time we had dinner together in Melbourne. When I am back in KL, dinner is on me!
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