My Cancer Protocol

I’ve been looking back on the protocol that I applied to my brush with cancer last year. I am going to attempt to  list out all of the activities that helped me achieve a positive result.

• Find an integrative doctor who specialises in “natural” cancer treatment. The treatments suggested by my doctor included IV, re-purposed drugs, Immunotherapy. It was quite complex and pretty expensive but it worked.
• Daily journalling. I made a point of writing down my thoughts first thing every morning throughout the treatment. I still do this and find it incredibly therapeutic and helpful. I jokingly say that it de-fragments my mind.
• Study. I admit that I knew pretty much “zero” about cancer when I was diagnosed but I set out to learn as much as I possibly could and kept digging until I had a good enough understanding to know what I should be doing to combat the illness.
• Taking responsibility for my own body and source help/treatments that I felt comfortable applying to myself. I decided not to leave the big decisions up to mainstream oncologists.
• Strict and healthy ketogenic diet with very low carbs. I firmly believe that this was a crucial factor in my recovery and maintenance.
• Record all food and drink in an app called “Cronometer” to keep an accurate record of the balance of fat, carbs and protein. Here is something I wrote about my own experience.
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy – my initial goal was to have 60 hours of HBOT as quickly as possible. I did this and continued. I did at least 120 hours during my treatment period.
• Intermittent fasting. I didn’t eat anything after 8 pm each night until at least 1 pm the next day. So I had a 6-7 hour eating window and fasted for the rest boo the time. No snacks. The only thing I had was black coffee.
• MCT oil and other exogenous ketones. This is an exogenous ketone which helped keep my GKI (Glucose Ketone Index) at approx 2:1 and sometimes closer to 1:1
• Circulating Tumour Cells test.The most well-known of these is the “Greek test,” developed by the Research Genetic Cancer Centre (R.G.C.C.) in Greece. The formal name of this test is Onconomics Plus. The Onconomics Plus test is used by some alternative practitioners to analyze the number of circulating tumor cells, and also additional information. This is a very thorough test that involves sending blood to a laboratory to get tested for different metrics associated with one’s cancer. It is very expensive but it gives a guideline based on later tests in regard to how you are going. Metastasis is the biggest killer when it comes to cancer.
• IV Therapy. I did extensive IV therapy under the guidance of my integrative doctor. The main IVs were Vitamin C, Curcumin, DCA. I did 2 lots of IVs over approximately 6 months.
• Exercise. I walked almost every day. Sometimes 2 hours, sometimes 1 hour. 
• Infra Red Sauna. Luckily I already had an infrared sauna in my home. I did 4-5 saunas each week. About 90 minutes for each session. After the sauna I jumped into our pool even in the depths of winter.
• Cold showers. I had a cold shower every morning. Not too long and always after a hot shower as I’m a bit of a woose.
• Good sleep. I did everything in my power to get 8 hours good quality sleep each night. I was pretty successful in achieving my target. I kept track of my sleep with an Oura ring.
• Radiation Therapy – my integrative doctor put me in contact with a radiologist who advocated lower doses of very precise radiation aimed directly at my cancer. I had 2 greys each day for 33 days. I had virtually no side effects from the radiation due to all of the other treatments I was doing.
• Mindset – I never allowed myself to feel sorry for myself or get depressed. I maintained a level of optimism based on the simple fact that I was doing everything in my power to combat the cancer.