I'm new on this forum and I would like to share my experience.
I'm a 50 yo man and I'm not anglo-american so excuse my English
.Last year - in April 2012 - I've been diagnosed with an urinary bladder cancer. In fact the tumor was very aggressive (it doubled in only one month) and "invasive" (ie. it infiltrated the bladder wall). Worst-case scenario.
As a result the urologists told me there was no other solutions than a radical cystectomy. A radical cystectomy is a medical term for surgical removal of the urinary bladder (geeee !). I consulted 3 hospitals and saw around 10 urologists at all. All said the same. In order to avoid contagion they also kindly proposed to remove my prostate. This was simply unacceptable to me. Better dead than mutilated.
After making some thinking I rejected the operation and decided to try to heal alone with "alternative" treatments, including nutrition (I read Campbell's China Study). I just allowed the doctors to remove as much as they could of the tumor through a trans-urethral resection (TUR) so that I could function again. Before the TUR the tumor was 6 cm in diameter and was totally blocking the urination - I had a catheter. I was miserable. After the TUR I was able to urinate without a catheter and without bleeding. Biopsy confirmed the cancerous nature of the tumor. But they told me that without removing the bladder (and having chimiotherapy/radiation) I would not survive (because of the invasive character of the tumor and its very high aggressiveness). Anyway, I had to take the risk.
Among other problems I also had very high cholesterol, high blood pressure (up to 220/150), various other smaller problems (body-hair loss on my legs, pain in my legs, mental confusion) and last but not least, I was obese (300pds / 6 feet=1,85m).
I was a big meat/cheese/milk eater.
I immediately switched to a 100% vegan diet, mostly based on raw organic vegetables and starch and ... oil and nuts. I didn't know Dr McDougall at the time ( I just discovered him recently). I also took some herbal treatments for the tumor together with the diet change. I took IV injections of amygdalin and subcutaneous injections of mistletoe (ISCADOR). I also took various mysterious herbal potions given by a witch-doctor. I know all this can seem weird but this is what I did.
And it worked ! 18 months later I'm cancer free (based on a MRI scan). I keep my fingers crossed.
Most of my other issues are also solved: My blood pressure is 130/80, no cholesterol, pain in my legs gone, hair growing back on my legs. And even more important, all my organs are intact !
The only one big problem not yet fully corrected (despite some progress) is my weight. I only lost about 20 pounds in one and half year which is very low considering my new diet and my overweight. So I recently started to investigate (once more...) why it's not working. And I discovered Dr McDougall and watched all his videos. So I removed oil and nuts from my diet (that was the only difference I had). So now I'm 100% McDougall compliant.
And guess what ? After only 3 weeks I can see a huge difference ! I'm eventually losing weight fast and I feel even better ! I can clearly feel that the blocking point was bottled oil added to my food and probably nuts too. My mental fog also completely cleared and can enjoy reading books again (after several years).
I do not count calories and eat as much as I want ! And yes, I enjoy my food.
So I decided to write this testimony and I will keep you posted about my weight. I still have 60 pounds to lose !
And I would like to say to everybody suffering potentially fatal diseases : don't lose hope, but don't expect salvation from conventional doctors and big-pharma but instead believe in nutrition: We have not been designed by Nature to eat other animals. That's it !
And viva McDougall, a courageous doctor !
