Hey everyone! Nate doesn’t have social media or a smartphone. He asked me to post this update…
Loved Ones,
I’ll be writing this update myself now that my brain is back to operating at it’s normal 10%. As promised, this one is to announce that I am cancer free! The doctor said there was “literally nothing” on my last CT Scan and my bloodwork was “pristine”. The plan is to continue treatments until the end of the year. Then, it’s just an annual scan moving forward.
It’s hard to believe there was an 11 cm tumor in my colon 18 months ago. Sometimes, it’s not until you look back that you realize how close you’d come. By the time I got around to signing up for Obamacare and going to the E.R, I was down to 4.8 pints of blood in my body, not thinking clearly, and all of a sudden, had some life or death decisions to make. The oncologist at the Virginia hospital scheduled me for surgery the following week and chemo thereafter. She acted out how she’d go in my belly button and cut out the tumor. It freaked me out and my instincts told me to get out of there. So, I didn’t show up for surgery. Instead I called my brother, a cancer warrior himself, who got me in with his doctor in NY, Dr. Andrea Cercek. She’d been researching our genetic mutation (Lynch Syndrome).
Dr. Cercek happened to be running an immunotherapy trial (Dostarlimab) and had a success rate of 18 out of 18. (links below for those interested) Obviously, I was trying to be number 19. But, by the time I made it to New York, my cancer had progressed to stage four. I was no longer eligible for the trial, but Dr. Cercek didn’t turn me away. She gave me a similar immunotherapy, Pembrolizumab, which gave me some much needed relief. The tumor started shrinking immediately. Now it’s gone. No surgery. No side effects to speak of.
Throughout all this drama, my beautiful wife held us together. While pregnant with our third child and homeschooling the other two, she was researching and preparing every homeopathic remedy she could find. We tried everything from soursop leaves to horse de-wormer. I’m not sure which one helped the most, but I’ve never felt stronger. We drastically changed the way we eat, adding more raw milk, grass fed beef, free-range eggs, raw fruit and honey. Also, cutting out things like seed oils and soy.
This journey opened our eyes about the toxic soup we’re all swimming in and the fundamental roles of sunlight and minerals. We’re more than willing to share all the information we’ve accumulated, so please don’t hesitate to reach out if you know someone in the same boat.
I can’t express enough gratitude for the donations that helped to feed my family while I couldn’t work. It lifted so much weight off my shoulders and allowed me to focus on healing. It gives me hope for this old world. So, this is a success story if I ever heard one. As you can see in our latest family photo, all is well here. That’s us celebrating my 42nd birthday, picking apples and fishing. Em and I will continue to grow together, make beautiful babies, and raise them up the best we can. We took John Prine’s advice and…
“We blew up our TV
Threw away our paper
Went to the country
Built us a home
Had a lot of children
Fed ’em all peaches
Let ‘em find Jesus on their own”
Forever Grateful,
Nate
NY Times:
MSK:
https://www.mskcc.org/news/rectal-cancer-clinical-trial-msk-changed-everything-its-patients
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