I refused to have surgery initially and embarked on a radical detoxing regime.
3 months later I was not improving, I had to surrender to my plan and opted to undergo a 9-hour surgery for a very aggressive Stage 3 bowel tumor with metastasis to my small intestine, abdominal muscle, right ovary and 14 lymph nodes.
Following surgery, I spent the next few weeks trying to sort out my feelings about it on one side and surfing the web for possible alternative treatments on the other. I had been given a 16% chance of surviving 5 years if I did not do the recommended Radiation and Chemotherapy treatment. And a 50% chance of survival if I did do the treatment, which my surgeon said I needed to do to buy myself some time. This was to be 6 months of Chemo followed by 6 weeks of Radiation.