So how am I doing?

First of all, let me say that I've never felt better! There is no pain, no change in what I can do. I really do not notice any changes or effects from this in general. A few years ago I noticed a slightly reduced bladder capacity but just added that to my list of irritating things that happen as you get older. And of course accompanying that were a trip or two to the bathroom at night (which seemed to sort of creep up on me).

Next, I want to encourage anyone reading this to buy this book if you really desire to understand what I am doing and why. http://www.beating-cancer-gently.com/buybook.html. It is written by a guy named Bill Henderson (I will be referring to Bill from time to time in this blog) and there are two primary reasons I chose this as my guide during this journey.
1) Bill's first wife was diagnosed with cancer in November of 1990 as was my first wife Saundra. His wife died in November of 1994, 2-1/2 months after Saundra died. We both sat by and watched as the treatments recommended by the medical community ravaged our wives and as a result we both developed a passion for natural healing methods. My belief is based on the fundamental understanding that God created a miraculous machine (the human body) which when given the necessary building blocks (good diet, exercise, stress relief and faith) is capable of overcoming all manner of sickness and disease including cancer. (Every day each of our bodies produce millions of cancer cells which a healthy immune system is very capable of handling. However, at the point the immune system becomes compromised, or distracted with other sickness/diseases it begins to lose this battle and "cancer" begins.)
2) Bill is a "layperson" with an incredible passion to see people avoid what his wife went through. Over the last 15 years he has maintained his independence from the medical community, alternative treatments and providers, supplement manufacturers, etc. The result is that he is able to present an unbiased viewpoint in the book, on his website and in his newsletter. This means that as new and better treatment "protocols" show evidence of promise he is able to add them to his list or replace existing recommendations with new ones.

His web site is http://www.beating-cancer-gently.com
If interested you can subscribe to his free (and very informative, with no advertising) newsletter on the website.

Regardless of how you think people get cancer (or other chronic degenerative diseases) or how you think it should be treated you will know many people who end up with cancer. This book and these resources (along with many others) will provide you with information which will help you help them and perhaps more importantly help you avoid a cancer diagnosis in your own life. Bill is only one resource and may not even be a source that "resonates" with you, however, my main point is more that we each need to have information so we can make intelligent choices in our own lives and potentially help friends and loved ones along the way. This may be a good starting point. No I don't get any endorsement money from Bill I just think his materials are very well researched and fundamentally sound!

Intro to Bucky Festoon - Welcome

Hello and welcome to my first Blog. This is Paul.

I have been searching for a simplified way to communicate with everyone interested in keeping up with my life. Since there are sometimes numerous developments in my life on a daily basis I need a way to communicate these with family and friends (and anyone else that may have an interest) in a timely manner. As much as I would love to communicate with everyone personally it is virtually impossible. I will continue to do my best to communicate personally when possible, but, please feel free to come here and I will attempt to keep this information as current as possible. Thanks for understanding.

Those that know me know that I have been told that it is "very likely" that I have prostate cancer (no big C for me) that has metastasized into my lymph system. If that is true it would be stage IV. I have chosen not to use the generally accepted treatments recommended by the medical community (surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation). Instead I have opted (with the understanding and complete support of my incredible wife Sherry) to use a combination of faith (in God's desire for me to be completely healthy, and His provision through His Son Jesus for that healing) diet, lifestyle changes, supplementation and exercise. I will explain all of this in detail as I fill in the blanks in later blogs.

So what or who is Bucky Festoon??? Well, this is a funny pseudonym I came up with several years ago. Since I am not interested in having my name plastered all over the internet and am not clever enough to come up with a blog name in the allotted 6 seconds (that I won't have second thoughts about later) I chose Bucky Festoon. It's that simple.