Steve's Awakening Journey begins...

Hi everyone!

Thanks for coming along to share my Journey!

You are all very welcome! Sit back, put your feet up and enjoy the ride...

Most of you will know how the Tale started, but a quick background / refresher for those new to the Journey:

October 29, 2015 saw me in the Anaesthetic room with a very capable Anaesthetist sending me off to that warm, fuzzy anaesthetic place. I was going to have surgery to what was to remove what was initially a nasty appendix. The on-call Registrar from the previous evening thought that the CT scan looked suspicious, and that "there was something else going on".

I had a very excellent and capable surgeon, who after I was awake enough told me he had to perform  a Right Hemicolectomy. He said that not only had  my colon ruptured and my appendix was necrotic, but that my ascending colon was inflamed and had to go. So long, been good to know ya!

But no visible tumour. Turns out, however,  there was an invisible tumour actually hidden in the submucosal layer.  A PET scan later revealed liver metastases. We were offered chemotherapy which according to the oncologist might give me 2-3 years. 2-3 years?!

It was a blow. We reeled for the better part of  a week. We cried, we laughed, (a bit) we went within seeking light and guidance. And, hey presto! The light began to dawn. We read, Sara devoured info on cancer, both allopathic and alternative. We stopped eating meat, (Sara had been meat - free for almost 2 years), we stopped eating sugar, salt and  dairy.  We explored Gerson Therapy, but chemotherapy was contraindicated on Gerson. The anecdotal evidence put forward a strong case in favour of Gerson, but cost and commitment felt overwhelming. And I was only days away from beginning my chemo cycles. I had little evidence and understanding regarding either path, and in the end felt I had only one avenue of choice: 'gut instinct'. Chemo had always felt right, despite the obvious drawbacks, side effects (some possibly permanent), and the feeling was consistent.  Gerson didn't feel right at this time. I had been juicing using a small single-auger juicer for a year or so, but felt we weren't getting the full nutritional benefits.

Then a visit from two lovely work colleagues brought a gift of cash collected by my amazing friends in Recovery. Huge generosity, overwhelming. I was moved to tears.  I can't remember ever feeling so loved by people before! We immediately bought a twin gear, 3 stage juicer. Delicious results! And a smoothie machine just purchased made delicious fiber-filled smoothies. I was sorted, not quite Gerson, (no coffee enemas!) but pretty close. We visited a Nutritional therapist, to tweak our already fairly outrageous diet. I made a commitment to exploring possible past emotional issues that if not resolved could lead to autoimmune problems, ( I have Ulcerative Colitis), as well as more unwelcome visitors, like cancer.

We began Mindful Meditation, which is turning out to be a very positive and healing practice.

Why didn't I do any of this before?

Because now it feels like Life or Death. Amazing the changes one can make if one has to.