Sun 30 Nov: Another lazy day. I am feeling very tired and in need of a lot of rest. No run this weekend and I did not even start the 8th Week of the program today. I still feel a rejection for the teas... not to mention the diet. My evening weight after the hot bath is 69 kg.

Sat 29 Nov: Another lovely day off and believe me well deserved too after the week program. I don't have the CT Scan results yet. I was only able to talk to the tech and she confirmed the presence of tumors in the liver and blockage in the kidney. All this means not much until the radiologist can compare the images with the images of the 8 Oct, 2003 CT Scan and tell us the amount of growth of the tumors. Most of the Chemistry results are back. The CEA is still missing. It always takes longer since is sent to a Regina lab. All I can see is an improvement in most of the results available... in my little knowledge I am daring to read it as an improvement. Something that I am doing is right for me... it could be the raw vegy diet or the herbs... it matters not we will continue on this path. This past week has been hard for me to follow the program... I have been very sensitive to the taste of the teas, I am really tired of vegy juices, I have slowed down the intake of raw garlic and olive oil. I have reduced the amount of olive oil I add to my dishes. I am not sure what it is happening but is like my body has changed needs. I do remember so well how I could not have enough olive oil, garlic and cayenne mix for weeks... now it is like I don't need it anymore. The week started with constipation and finished with me going all the time. Eileen last night made enough Raw Crackers to last at least a week. The weekend is going to be dedicated to put more order in the house. On Monday the kitchen cabinets will be delivered... that will be a great moment. My morning weight is 69 kg. I have been stable on this weight for 12 days.

Fri 28 Nov: Today is the day of the CT Scan. I am sitting in my new office (toilette) and typing away my diary as usual. I had a very good evening last night and a good sleep too. During the night I was able to let go my wind without the scare to let something else go too. This morning dump is nice and easy and is the way my body is used too. I am quite curious to know what the CT Scan today will find... but all the same today I am feeling better then most days... maybe is like when you have to go to the dentist and your tooth ache disappears right when you have to go. Speaking of which, Eileen succeeded with the dentist yesterday and her new crowns are the way she wanted. My morning weight is 69 kg.

Thu 27 Nov: Today I reached the limit with the Blood Detox tea and only had the morning and lunch time cups. I am reacting so bad to it that I have decided to stop. Eileen will mix the Blood Detox tincture with apple juice because I can't take that straight either. It is so bad that when in the morning Eileen puts the tea on the stove to boil, the smell makes me sick. You can imagine what happens when it has to go in my mouth. What is strange is the fact that for weeks I have been able to drink it, and like it too. It tasted to me like a hot spiced broth and was a nice addition to my cold raw diet. We had already planned to stop it next week, we are just starting a little bit earlier to give me a break. After two not so good evenings were my appetite was completely lacking... I finally was starving and enjoyed my Wild Rice dinner followed by the new Raw Crackers Eileen made (Eileen keeps surprising me with her talent and dedication), a couple of fresh olives and Cucumber Chips. For dessert our first sliced dried apple. Tonight I have taken only 3 Intestinal Cleanse #1. I have gradually reduced the pills from 5. I was going to the toilet too often and the sense of needing it all the time was killing me. My evening weight is 70 kg.

Wed 26 Nov: Eileen is still going back and forth to the dentist to get her new crowns... and to get them the way she wants. They keep presenting her with shapes that don't satisfy her. The problem here is that we have already been through this in England and she is getting very tired of it. My program is so demanding and takes a lot of her energy/time. Last night she has been busy till late preparing more goodies for the dehydrator. More Raw Crakers (this time is different grain and recipe) along with organic apple and cucumber chips. Yesterday I had more blood work done. Later today I will post online my Haematology and Urinalysis. Most of the Chemistry will be ready before week end. My Morning weight is 69 kg.

Tue 25 Nov: On Monday evening I have increased the Intestinal Cleanse #1 to 5 pills... I finally have been able to see results today... I went to the toilet 7 times. All day I had this uncomfortable feeling of needing to go. In just a few days I went from one extreme to the other. I am lowering the pills to 4 again. Having stopped the enemas has required a few days for my body to adjust to normal function. My morning weight is 69 kg.

Mon 24 Nov: Another week has started, the 7th of the program. The morning run was good but not has strong as last week. We will see how it goes tomorrow morning. The hot and cold showers are plain routine now. The week end break is really needed and make it more bearable to restart. I just finished a nice piece of Eileen's Raw Cracker... I am in heaven. I have really been missing bread and the cracker fills the void. Eileen had started last week eating sprouted bread we purchased in Saskatoon and I was feeling a little jealous... but I never slipped. I am stronger than I even know. We are thinking to introduce Intestinal Cleanse #2 if my feces don't improve. Today the feces have a better aspect, in the sense of shape and looks like my digestion has improved as there is less food particle visible. I keep scooping in the toilet bowl to see whats in it. The real hope is to see fragments of my tumor expelled by my organism. My Morning weight is 69 kg.

Sun 23 Nov: Saturday was a good free day... free of the teas schedule. Thanks Val for dropping off a 50 pound bag of La Ronge Wild Rice. We sprout and eat Wild Rice now every other day. Val had given me a box after my cancer operation in 2000 that I finally eat and enjoy... and now I want it on regular bases. You should try how good is just to sprout the Wild Rice and eat it raw mixed in a salad. For sure is a great summer dish. Thanks also to Pat for dropping off a few pounds of Wild Rice. I will be ok for a while now. I know that I think a lot about food. That is because of the restrictions but also because the juice fasting has made me rediscover the taste of food. I eat very slowly and chew every bite many times. The photo shows a new Eileen's creation: Raw Crackers made with spouted mixed organic grains. You sprout the grains first... then make them into flour with a coffee grinder and the flour is afterward mixed with Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Italian Herbs, Coriander, Tamari Sauce, fine chopped Onions, Distilled Water and Celtic Salt. Place the mix in the dehydrator and let it dry for about 12 hours. The final result is a great cracker for your snacking attacks. Please check out our Raw Recipes. I still feel constipated but is getting a little better. I have kept increasing Intestinal Cleanse #1 for the last 4 days and I am now at 4 pills a day. Since last night I am also off the enemas (I get a little break). My morning weight is 69 kg..

Sat 22 Nov: Finally another day off... before starting maintenance program Week 7. At the end of this coming week I have more blood work (Nov 25) and a new CT Scan (Nov 28). Day off means no teas (Blood Detox tea or Liver/Gallbladder Tea or Kidney/Bladder Cleanse tea). I am so tired of these teas. Last night was my last enema... I get a week off until the new CT Scan. My feces come very irregularly. I do a little at the time and for this reason I have to seat in the toilet several times in a day. Last night we watched a movie while eating my first batch of Cucumber Chips... (dehydrated slices of cucumber). Eileen had to keep me under control. I could not stop once I started. I needed a shot of olive oil and cayenne pepper to change the taste in my mouth and stop the craving. I can't believe that I lasted this long in this program but I have to say that my digestions are very good. In fact better then they have ever been. We keep shopping for kitchen tools... this time a coffee grinder (for making flower from sprouted nuts and grains), a manual slicer for making more chips (we need them thicker then the electric food processor can do), etc. I will start a new page soon with all the tool necessary in this kind of diet/life style. We still have up and downs. My mornings are very good. I have a lot of energy and good moods... is evening I run out of it. When I am tired the black clouds attach me. The only answer is go to bed but sometimes I still have more program to finish for the day and have to struggle with it. Today Eileen has plenty of surprises for me with new raw dishes. My morning weight is 69 kg.

Fri 21 Nov: Yesterday was a long day... Brad was back to finish the basement... now we can move all that need to be stored downstairs and then get busy on the new living room (old garage). I did my first run on the snow this morning. A lot of extra energy is required. It was not a problem since this has been a good week for me and felt that I have more energy. I still have the problem that I don't get warm very easily and I am supposed to push to get a sweat. My morning weight is 69 kg.

Thu 20 Nov: We finally received the dehydrator (L'Equip 528) and got busy with our first experiment. Making Cucumber Chips. We made them a little too thin. Next time we will make them wider then 1/8 on an inch. Eileen added a drop of Tamari (organic Soy Sauce) on each slice. To dry it took 9 hours... At the end we tasted a few and I like them, Eileen is not so sure yet. This is only the beginning in creating snacks that we can have in our raw diet. As explained before we must dry them at a temperatures below 105F or 40.5C to preserve them as raw with all the nutrients intact. My morning weight is 69 kg.

Wed 19 Nov: Yesterday Eileen went crazy shopping... I don't remember a bill of this size for groceries at once. What has to be said is that stay healthy through nutrition is very expensive. Organic produce is always double the price, with few exceptions... for example the new Superstore Organic line. Travelling still fills me with a lot of wanting. I have never been a fast food lover. Only in recent years I have abused with ready frozen food heated in a microwave... and paid for it. Other ways is when I travel that I like to indulge with some junky food... French fries, burger, oriental cuisine, etc... and right now with the program I am following all this is out. It is when I am travelling that I get the realization on my situation. I still state that I don't get sick... I only get cancer. Eileen is very positive about it all and very constructive. I on the other hand, at times I feel a sense of apathy and a wanting to feel "normal" and indulge with what ever is at end. I only have 3 more enemas to go before a break... I will stop 7 days before the next CT Scan. My morning weight is 69 kg.

Tue 18 Nov: We are off to Saskatoon again for organic produce shopping. I am sitting in the toilet for the morning ritual.. and then I am off for my run. In the Weekend I did not run. I rested, and this resting was what I needed. Yesterday morning the run was so much enjoyed and I even did a 500 mt. sprint at the end. Nothing like my past races, but enough to make me feel strong... and out of breath. I feel I have lost a lot of muscle power and also the cold temperature doesn't help. I can't warm my body easily as I did in the past. I have to over dress quite a bit and only at the very end of my 30 min run I get a little sweat. The hot cold shower ritual on my return home after the run is getting better in the sense that when I pass the first 2 switch of cold, the remaining 5 are acceptable... and the last one I can do it really cold. Morning weight is 69 kg.

Mon 17 Nov: Another week of maintenance program... it still seams that all I do is to wait for the next round of pills and special drinks... Brad started the basement wall, unfortunately it can't finish today... tomorrow we are in Saskatoon so, lets hope he will finish on Wednesday. Lunch is only vegy juice, but dinner is a nice Eileen's mixed salad. Morning weight is 69 kg. Evening weight after enema is 69 1/2 kg.

Sun 16 Nov: To celebrate the day off, last night we had a great dinner... the first Wild Rice Salad. Naturally the rice has to be sprouted first and this takes a couple of days. The uncooked rice in placed in a jar, soaked in distilled water for 10 hours, and then rinsed 2-4 times a day for 2-3 days. We need to sprout to release the enzyme inhibitors that are present in all grains, beans, seeds and nuts, that make them hard to digest. Eileen is getting really serious with sprouting and has all kind of jars and trays full of crop. Here is the recipe: sprouted Wild Rice, Celery, Onion, Cherry Tomatoes, Green Onions. On top you add a dip made with Tomatoes. Garlic, Habanero Peppers, fresh Arrugula all blended together. Eileen miscalculated the quantity of Habanero Peppers and it was hot, really hot... but never too hot for me. Now I have to wait 3 days for the next Wild Rice to be ready. I am sure that we can start giving you some ideas for your menus... and for this reason I have started a new page: All Raw Recipes. Today I am back on my hated teas, Blood Detox tea and this week the second tea is the Liver/Gallbladder. Today I am back on the program with the second maintenance week: Kidney/Bladder Cleanse Week 6. Evening weight after the enema is 70 kg.

Sat 15 Nov: Finally another day off... no teas today (Blood Detox tea and Liver & Gallbladder Detox tea). We are off shopping, we need another fridge and with a little luck Eileen will get her last wish in the kitchen... a black fridge. If that happens, the one we have will end up in the basement. We have too much fresh organic produce that need to be preserved at the right temperature. Outside is now well below 0c. so we can't store anything in the garage. I built the basement so well insulated that it is too warm. Eileen is working on sprouting some Wild Rice along with Red Clover, Wheat Grass (she is becoming such a specialist in sprouting)... so I am looking forward to a different dinner tonight. I am still on this raw diet... so no cooked food yet. Right now I could kill for a piping hot plate of rice... ;-)   My morning weight is 69 kg. The evening weight after the enema was 70 kg.

Fri 14 Nov: Today I feel that I reached the limit with the Blood Detox tea and Liver & Gallbladder Detox tea. Doc Ian is telling me that this is a normal reaction for cancer patients... and that will pass. I really hope so. I feel really tired today. Done another enema... 7 more to go before I take a break for the 28 November CT Scan. My morning weight was 70 kg.

Thu 13 Nov: This morning I walked... I did not feel like running... but I can tell I need to run, even if at time I don't feel like it. I will remember that. Brad has come to complete the vinyl siding of the house and more jobs in the house. I am giving in getting, I need help to finish the house. It has always been my hiding spot to use my creativity... but now living in an unfinished space is no longer viable and I need to focus my mind in healing. Next will be the basement and prepare it to store things... to follow finish the rest. My Evening weight 70 kg.

Wed 12 Nov: Yesterday we have ordered a dehydrator (L'Equip 528) to expand our diet. In our continuous search of enlarging our raw diet we want to experiment in the world of dehydration. I read that I can have cucumber chips (my craving for chips is not gone and I need an alternative). We can slice an organic cucumber and then dry it at a temperature below 105F or 40.5C and it is still raw and preserves the enzymes that make the food easy to digest. The unit we are buying has a computer controlled temperature (93-158F or 33.8-70C) that can guarantee us to dry food leaving it raw and full of the beneficial ingredients. My evening weight after enema is 70 1/2 kg.

Tue 11 Nov: I still spend a fair bit of my time sitting on the toilet. My feces show the first elements of solid food. I have to go so many times in a day. My evening still finish with enema... I am getting better but at it but don't think I like it any better. It cleans you for sure. Yesterday I did another blood test... only Haematology and Urinalysis are ready. The Chemistry will be ready by week end. My morning weight is 70 1/2 kg.

Mon 10 Nov: Today I am back on the program with the first maintenance week: Liver/Gallbladder Detox Week 5. I have to repeat week 3 and week 4 alternatively slighty modified. My morning weight is 70 1/2 kg.

Sun 9 Nov: My first real day off after the Basic Program is completed. I still have problems believing that I lived on juices, and chewing only raw garlic for a full month. I know for sure that a program like this is not for everyone as well as it is not possible if you don't have support of your loved ones... thanks Eileen. It is nice to get emails from friends that pop into this Website and check on our progress and write comments and supporting words. Last night was the big moment: "THE SALAD". Eileen prepared for us the richest organic salad possible. Eileen's Red Clover sprouts, Alfalfa sprouts, Tomatoes, mixed Salad, Avocado, Green Onions, Olive Oil and Cayenne pepper and on the side Broccoli Steams to deep in "GREEN CHEESE" (non dairy cheese made from dried greens powder, mixed with olive oil and garlic). I had been advised to eat slowly... but that was so natural to do. It took me over one hour to eat this plate of salad. I enjoyed every single piece and did not want it to finish. My jaws where out of exercise... but did not forget the movement. At the end of the evening I had such a great sense of normality and joy. I have to be honest... I had reached the limit on drinking only vegy juices and it had become such a hard chore. Now after the Basic Program (the main cleanse of my digestive organs) I can go back on chewing. I am still restricted to raw food, and only fruit and vegy. I am not complaining... not for now anyway. The joy to have some freedom back is too great. This morning the miracle was relived again. Eileen surprised me with a fresh fruit cocktail. Slices of grapefruit, oranges, apples and blueberry were mixed on a nice plate... how much I have missed the body of the fruit. I was having this fruit only as fresh juice, well having the rest made such a difference today. The best part of today is not over yet... tonight I get another salad. Yesterday Eileen prepared another Potassium Broth (Swiss Chard, Kale, Garlic, Carrot Skins, Potato Skins, Beets, Celery, Hot Peppers, Onions, Celtic Salt, Cayenne Pepper). This takes a full day of cleaning the vegy and then boiling for hours just to get the broth. The pulp ends up in the yard as compost. This time we fund some real organic dry Habanero Peppers. Believe me, they are hot. My morning weight is 70 kg.

Sat 8 Nov: Today is the end of Week 4. The Basic Program is completed. Sunday is day off and on Monday I will start the Maintenance Program, which is the repetition of week 3 and 4 with some changes with the added bonus of been able to eat any raw organic vegy and fruit. I can hardly wait for tonight reward... my first solid salad mix !!! Red Clover sprouts (Eileen's proud production), Mixed Salad and Avocado. Naturally all organic. Hey guys if you see any nice organic produce, please think of me. P.A. offering is very poor.

Fri 7 Nov: Five years on the day that Cora left... and I am here with my own cancer battle. So much has happened in these past 5 years as I have been struggling to make a sense in my life. I have again a wonderful partner. Tomorrow is my last day of juice fasting and I can start adding raw vegy for dinner... that will be quite an event... walking back into chewing food. I wont be allowed to have cooked food for another while. Eileen is very much into learning VEGAN recipes to make our meals more interesting. I have to admit that I have still reservations in getting totally immerse in food preparation. I do realize that nutrition is the one think in my life that I always under estimated. I simply have gone with a simple rule my mum gave me as I was growing up... eat everything, but in moderation. Well as the days, weeks are going by I am realizing that this will not work anymore for me. I can only eat what my body/condition allows me. This is not a very easy thing to accept... and I am in this internal turmoil to accept it and other times refuse it, but I have been good and I am now celebrating one month of eating only juices. In other words, let me complaint about it, but I will do what I have to do. My evening weight after the 6th enema is 70 1/2 kg.

Thu 6 Nov: Here is my garlic man !!!   Mr. Roman Siwak is a Prince Albert organic farmer... you may find him in the summer in the P.A. Farmer's Market, other ways you have to visit him on his farm few minutes East of P.A. He is not just an organic farmer, he also has an interest in nutrition... and quite some knowledge. Health problems were the reason of this interest. As you know my program needed a lot of organic garlic... and his garlic is the best we have been able to find in Prince Albert or Saskatoon. In the photo is proudly showing the last bag of garlic is was able to give us from this year's crop. After this I will be in trouble. Last night was enema number 5... I needed two nights rest for my orefice after the gruelling day 5 of the second week of Intestinal Cleanse. It was a little easier... just like everything, you have to keep trying to succeed.

Wed 5 Nov: Today we don't have to go anywhere. This is good. I need more rest. Getting tired very easily is my new condition and I need to allow the body to have enough rest. My black clouds (moods) come in pretty heavy when I am tired (poor Eileen), then everything is a battle. I missed to tell that last Monday I had a sort of day off and one special treat. Eileen grew her first sprouts for us. Red Clover (also present in one of the herbal detox teas of the Basic Program) and I was able to eat one hand full (mine, not Eileen's size). Organic Red Clover sprouts, organic Olive Oil and organic Cayenne Pepper (see photo). It was like eating for the first time. I slowly enjoyed every little sprout... one by one. Their wonderful nutty taste sent me to heaven. Yesterday we did more organic produce/products shopping in Saskatoon. We finally know which organic olive oil we like. We had to try a few... but finally we have the one that has the best body/taste for us: Arbequina organic extra virgin olive oil (Argentina olives) by Spectrum Naturals. I am sure that this is only the beginning in our search. Since wine is out of the picture for a while... we will become olive oil connoisseurs. Another major purchase was the garlic peeler. Our finger skin/nails are almost bleeding from garlic peeling. I keep increasing the amount I eat every day... with the picture in mind that it is my natural surgery. My morning weight is 70 1/2 kg.

Tue 4 Nov: Another long day with a trip to Saskatoon... this time was Dr. Peter Lau (urologist) about my kidney. We discussed my condition; the reduced functionality of my right kidney is not clear at this stage. The CT Scan is not very clear to offer answers. In view of the fact that I have a colon tumor growing in that region it is most likely that it is pressing against the duct that connects kidney to the bladder. The possible remedy is to insert a stent in this duct. The side effects can be infections, bleeding, pain and it cannot guarantee that it will counter the force of the pressure. We have decided to wait at this stage, finish the Basic Program. This will coincide with the next CT Scan at the end of November. All our energy goes toward having my body react and have the immune system boosted and do what it is supposed to do. Stay on guard !!! My morning weight is 70 1/2 kg.

Mon 3 Nov: The weekend was spent with day 4 and 5 of Liver and Gallbladder Detox week... and last night I reach my limit. The Epson Salts dissolved in distilled water, and part of the Liver/Gallbladder BOMB got me. I felt really sickly. I concluded the day with the 4th enema. I surely did the flushing of my system this week. Eileen has started adding some raw vegy to her meals... celery, onion and tomatoes... and I get to lick her plate when she is done to enjoy the mixture of UDO's oil and the vegy juice left in the dish. Today I have prepared the draft of week 4: Kidney/Bladder Cleanse that waits for Doc Ian's approval. Tomorrow we are off to Saskatoon again for another consultation. This time is Dr. P. Lau (urologist) about my kidney...

Sun 2 Nov: I publish online more of my medical records: Operation Report - 12 Dec, 2000, Tissue Report - 13 Dec, 2000, Tissue Report - 20 Mar, 2001, and Consultation Dr. Keller - 30 Jan, 2001. Now I have a full understanding of what happened since my night taxi trip to the Victoria hospital on December 2000... I am not taking medical classes I just made the step to know as more as possible on my situation while I keep my cleansing program. This is day 5 of Liver and Gallbladder Detox week. Tomorrow I get a day break before the 4th week of the cleanse program. My weight is fairly stable now. My morning weight is 70 1/2 kg.

Sat 1 Nov: I have prepared my blood work reports: Chemistry (1999-2003), Haematology (2000-2003) and Urinalysis (2002-2003). There you can see that only CEA and Bilirubin are openly out of range... My evening weight is 71 kg.