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[bill_ut75]

Thought I'd give a brief update.

Out of the hospital a few weeks ago immediately did a sleep study and got a BiPap machine to allow me to sleep at home. Anyone here use one besides myself? How about the CPap? I can tell you it changed my life. Amazing technology. I sleep like a baby. Now granted, a lot of people will really struggle with getting used to these machines, especially claustrophobic people. However, when you struggle to sleep due to, well, whatever reason, that first full night of sleep at home, unaided by drugs etc, it is all worth it.

Now I'm in the Clinical Trial at MD Anderson. Which means I take 4 pills in the Morning and 4 pills at night. That's it. No more Radiation and my kind of Cancer does not respond well to Chemo, if at all, so that's not on the table. Now I just wait to see if my Cancer's Mutation is affected by this newly discovered drug therapy.

I really appreciate all the support and prayers y'all have given up for me.

I've even received a ton of well wishes from UT, the President's office, the AD as well as the football coaching staff. Pretty Cool.

Some friends have set up a web page for me where I'll give updates when warrented. if you have a sec, please visit. It'll make my Guardian Angel and Wife, Kim, very happy.

www.caringbridge.org/visit/dennislawrence

Dennis,

 
So happy to hear you are able to sleep.
 
Good sleep is very important for the immune system.
 
I understand… at least a little what you are going through.
 
I had considered posting earlier, but didn’t. Now that you’re on the mend… hopefully something I share here may be of value to you. I sincerely hope this is not offensive, presumptive… or seems out of line.
 
Fourteen (14) years ago… I was diagnosed with Stage IV colon and liver cancer. The doctors told me that if I did not immediately follow their recommendations (surgery, chemo and possibly radiation) that I would be dead in 6 months. 
 
The doctors went on to tell me that even if I did follow their recommendations… the odds of me surviving beyond 5 years was still less than 20%.
 
Well, that was a pretty depressing scenario. Not being one to accept those kinds of odds… especially when they involved my life… and also hearing an inner voice telling me, “You haven’t even given your body a chance,†I told the doctors “No Thank,†rejected their prognosis and recommendations… and decided to take some time to discover my own solution to become cancer free.
 
I researched Nobel Prize winners and nominees in the fields of medicine, biology, physics and quantum mechanics. Through this research, insights I was gathering… and my own experiences… I was able to create a protocol that resulted in one oncologist saying it was a miracle. Another oncologist simply said I was lucky.  In my mind, it was not a miracle… or luck, but the result of a lot of hard, focused, purpose driven work.
 
Well… as I said, that was 14 years ago… and I’m still cancer free. After 4 years the oncologist sent me away saying I was wasting his time… and mine.
 
FWIW… and in the hope you may find value now, I’ll share with you just a few of very many practical lessons and insights I learned along the way…

• Always get good sleep, no matter what
• Avoid stress… no mater what
• Love deeply… and laugh loudly
• Envision clearly the desired result inwardly as already a reality… then DO absolutely everything you can outwardly that will enable your body to catch up to where you already are inwardly.
• Drink plenty of pure, ionized water, not RO water
• Drink fresh green juices to build healthy blood and alkalize your body
• Exercise as much as your body will allow
• Eat live plant foods
• If you must eat meat, avoid meat late at night. Allow at least 4 hours before sleep
• Avoid processed foods, especially foods with hydrogenated oils
• Avoid acidic beverages such as soft drinks and alcoholic beverages
• Never accept others limiting beliefs

 
Along the way I created a phrase that I repeated to myself many times a day… “Nothing tastes as good… as the feeling of being cancer free.â€
 
Obviously there is so much more, but also obviously, this is not the time, nor the place for such things.
 
In the beginning, I first asked myself one simple question… “Do I want to live… or do I want to die?â€
 
I chose life… and committed myself to do whatever necessary to survive… and to not hold on to any preconceptions… or attachments.
 
As Red said in The Shawshank Redemption, “Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’, that’s god damn right.â€
 
Again, Dennis so happy to hear you are coming out the other side.
 
Congrats Dennis… and Hook 'em,
 
bill

 

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Dennis,

So happy to hear you are able to sleep.

Good sleep is very important for the immune system.

I understand… at least a little what you are going through.

I had considered posting earlier, but didn’t. Now that you’re on the mend… hopefully something I share here may be of value to you. I sincerely hope this is not offensive, presumptive… or seems out of line.

Fourteen (14) years ago… I was diagnosed with Stage IV colon and liver cancer. The doctors told me that if I did not immediately follow their recommendations (surgery, chemo and possibly radiation) that I would be dead in 6 months.

The doctors went on to tell me that even if I did follow their recommendations… the odds of me surviving beyond 5 years was still less than 20%.

Well, that was a pretty depressing scenario. Not being one to accept those kinds of odds… especially when they involved my life… and also hearing an inner voice telling me, “You haven’t even given your body a chance,†I told the doctors “No Thank,†rejected their prognosis and recommendations… and decided to take some time to discover my own solution to become cancer free.

I researched Nobel Prize winners and nominees in the fields of medicine, biology, physics and quantum mechanics. Through this research, insights I was gathering… and my own experiences… I was able to create a protocol that resulted in one oncologist saying it was a miracle. Another oncologist simply said I was lucky. In my mind, it was not a miracle… or luck, but the result of a lot of hard, focused, purpose driven work.

Well… as I said, that was 14 years ago… and I’m still cancer free. After 4 years the oncologist sent me away saying I was wasting his time… and mine.

FWIW… and in the hope you may find value now, I’ll share with you just a few of very many practical lessons and insights I learned along the way…

• Always get good sleep, no matter what
• Avoid stress… no mater what
• Love deeply… and laugh loudly
• Envision clearly the desired result inwardly as already a reality… then DO absolutely everything you can outwardly that will enable your body to catch up to where you already are inwardly.
• Drink plenty of pure, ionized water, not RO water
• Drink fresh green juices to build healthy blood and alkalize your body
• Exercise as much as your body will allow
• Eat live plant foods
• If you must eat meat, avoid meat late at night. Allow at least 4 hours before sleep
• Avoid processed foods, especially foods with hydrogenated oils
• Avoid acidic beverages such as soft drinks and alcoholic beverages
• Never accept others limiting beliefs

Along the way I created a phrase that I repeated to myself many times a day… “Nothing tastes as good… as the feeling of being cancer free.â€

Obviously there is so much more, but also obviously, this is not the time, nor the place for such things.

In the beginning, I first asked myself one simple question… “Do I want to live… or do I want to die?â€

I chose life… and committed myself to do whatever necessary to survive… and to not hold on to any preconceptions… or attachments.

As Red said in The Shawshank Redemption, “Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’, that’s god damn right.â€

Again, Dennis so happy to hear you are coming out the other side.

Congrats Dennis… and Hook 'em,

bill

Bill, that' s very empowering! Believing in yourself goes a long way!

 

[bill_ut75]

Bill, that' s very empowering! Believing in yourself goes a long way!

Yes, believing in yourself is critical… along with massive right action.

Right action leads to good results…and good results strengthen one's belief (certainty) even more.

The stronger one's belief (certainty), then the more action one will take because of the certainty that the results are happening… and will continue to happen… that leads to even MORE good results.

The process of (Belief ---> Action ---> Good Results ---> Greater Belief (Certainty) ---> More action ---> More good results ---> Even greater certainty)… spirals upward.

This is why I like Tony Robbins' quote… "The core difference in people is how do you produce certainty when the world isn't giving it to you?"

Yes… believing in yourself goes a VERY long way.