Reset! ... and, here we go again! FULL UPDATE - perfect to achieve that deserved & needed deep sleep ;-)!!!!
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(From the Fundraising page)
A quick note to start to acknowledge a reset of my fund total with this new blog - just over £25,000 has already been raised and invested in my future wellbeing, not a penny wasted in my opinion (I am quite the authority on alternative therapies
for cancer now!) - with new goals and aims in mind. A huge thanks to
all who contributed heart warming messages and funds over the last year
or so. This time is not like the last when I really just didn't have the
money for the expensive treatment protocol which has no doubt helped me
to stay pretty well all things considered since. If you are broke
please do not donate further. However if you do wish to continue to
support any help would be very appreciated. Being without a job it
provides me with a level of motivation & independence which to me is
invaluable, and means I can continue with no holds barred doing the
things I believe keep me on the path to 100% recovery.
So - STATUS UPDATE FOLLOWS!!!
My name is Dave Twomey & I was diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal cancer
with liver and lung metastases in February 2010. I was given a
'terminal' prognosis of a few months to 5 years. Well, its already
nearly 3 years since my oncologist made that proclamation and not only
am I still here but I am quite frankly having the time of my life. I
have lost approximately 10kg since I first started getting the symptoms
(rectal bleeding - beware!), my face has changed shape somewhat (some
old friends say) and my attitude to life & the world around me has
changed beyond all recognition I think. For the better!
I definitely do NOT feel like I am dying as my oncologist seems to
think. My cancer continues to progress with 3 tumours remaining in the
liver and multiple ever growing tumours in the lungs ... Well to be fair
to her she is just surprised I remain asymptomatic and I appear on the
outside to all intents and purposes to be quite well, notwithstanding
the weight loss. Contrary to the western idea of my condition I do NOT
believe I am dying. Very much the opposite, I am really living for the
FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. Thriving in fact! And I plan to go on doing do
until I am 100 - the image of myself walking along the beach with my
future grandchildren is an image I will not let go of easily. But I
don't think its about fighting, its about being at peace with myself and
allowing my body the time to heal ITSELF from within. Still, I have no
doubt the reason I continue to feel so good - so loved, supported and
cared for is thanks in large in my opinion to YOU ALL and your
incredible generosity raising to date such a huge amount of money, which
I have duly spent all of on keeping well or at least experimenting with
what does, without the nasty and potentially life threatening effects
of chemotherapy. I haven't had any conventional treatment for almost 2
years now (its Oct 2012 as I write this & I last had chemo ending in
Feb 2010!). Incredible really!
Spending that fund
not a penny has been wasted in my opinion on: my home ozone/sauna
system, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, extensive vitamin C doses both orally and intravenously,
high grade supplements such as vitamin d, krill oil, magnesium and many
many more under the guidance of my nutritionist, trips to various
clinics & wellness centres and courses around the country, my
complicated but essential dental work at Munro-Hall
to rid me of 4 chronic infections, my running gear (I haven't managed
to get any where near the 100km I had hoped to complete for charity this
year [still ongoing though] but I haven't wanted to push my body too
much ... READ MORE HERE
Friday, 9 November 2012
Sunday, 4 November 2012
Running again today - your pledges needed!
Starts in 20 minutes... god this weather is AWFUL!!!
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