Jeff_B
03-08-2003, 07:43 PM
Greetings everyone,
My name is Jeff_B. I am married (going on 14 years). I have 2 kids age 6 and 11, both boys, 2 cats (one is mean & the other is retarded) and 2 dogs (both Jack Russell Terriers/Terrors).
I also have a mortgage payment, 2 car payments, numerous credit card bills and weeds in my yard (chemlawn usually takes care of those however).
I spent 11 years in the military. I joined the Army right out of high school in 1982 as a Private and worked my way up through the ranks and resigned my commission as a Captain 11 years later in July 1993. I currently am a District Sales Manager for a manufactured housing builder (trailers for those not interested in being PC). I am 100% commission=high stress job. I have been with the company since 1994.
I was diagnosed with Malignant Meloma when I was 29 (7 days after separating from the military). I was lucky & caught the cancer before it had a chance to spread. However, I was told that if I was still alive in 5 years would I be considered a survivor. At the time I had a 2 year old son and the thought of possibly not living to his 7th birthday really got my attention.
Anyway, 9 years later and I'm still here. I immediately started taking supplements and drinking 1.5 liters of water per day (once diagnosed). I feel that has really helped me over the last 9 years. I feel as though I have been under a pressure cooker for the last 20 years between the military and my sales career of the last 9 years. I know the stress is taking its toll on my body and I want to take control of my health.
During the last 2 years my bowels have started giving me trouble. I acquired an anal fissure 2 years ago and have had leakage ever since. During this last year my BMs have changed in size & consistency. I'm getting close to 40 and hearing about Colon Cancer, etc has given me a few sleepless nights. I want to take action, but I don't really trust doctors and hate spending the money on testing etc.
About a month ago, I drank too much hard liquor and was up all night with a burning stomach and hard mass in my abdomen that hurt when I pressed on it. I started to panic & almost went to the emergency room. I didn't go to the ER, but I did decide to take action. Long story short, here I am. Everything I have read makes sense to me & I'm very excited to get started.
I'm planning to do the formal cleanse starting the last Friday in March. I truly feel that w/o a clean colon, all other proactive measures (vitamins, water and exercise) are only partially effective.
I'm looking forward to making some new friends. And (to regress a little bit) I want you all to know that getting cancer at such an early age was probably the best thing that ever happened to me. I am 10 times happier today then I was 10 years ago and I don't take anything for granted.
Finding Jos-Hua and this whole group has empowered me and given me hope that I can take control of my health. Thus, living a long healthy life (God willing) and being able to spend my money on fun stuff rather than prescription drugs and doctor bills.
Hope this wasn't too long. Thanks for reading!
Jeff_B
My name is Jeff_B. I am married (going on 14 years). I have 2 kids age 6 and 11, both boys, 2 cats (one is mean & the other is retarded) and 2 dogs (both Jack Russell Terriers/Terrors).
I also have a mortgage payment, 2 car payments, numerous credit card bills and weeds in my yard (chemlawn usually takes care of those however).
I spent 11 years in the military. I joined the Army right out of high school in 1982 as a Private and worked my way up through the ranks and resigned my commission as a Captain 11 years later in July 1993. I currently am a District Sales Manager for a manufactured housing builder (trailers for those not interested in being PC). I am 100% commission=high stress job. I have been with the company since 1994.
I was diagnosed with Malignant Meloma when I was 29 (7 days after separating from the military). I was lucky & caught the cancer before it had a chance to spread. However, I was told that if I was still alive in 5 years would I be considered a survivor. At the time I had a 2 year old son and the thought of possibly not living to his 7th birthday really got my attention.
Anyway, 9 years later and I'm still here. I immediately started taking supplements and drinking 1.5 liters of water per day (once diagnosed). I feel that has really helped me over the last 9 years. I feel as though I have been under a pressure cooker for the last 20 years between the military and my sales career of the last 9 years. I know the stress is taking its toll on my body and I want to take control of my health.
During the last 2 years my bowels have started giving me trouble. I acquired an anal fissure 2 years ago and have had leakage ever since. During this last year my BMs have changed in size & consistency. I'm getting close to 40 and hearing about Colon Cancer, etc has given me a few sleepless nights. I want to take action, but I don't really trust doctors and hate spending the money on testing etc.
About a month ago, I drank too much hard liquor and was up all night with a burning stomach and hard mass in my abdomen that hurt when I pressed on it. I started to panic & almost went to the emergency room. I didn't go to the ER, but I did decide to take action. Long story short, here I am. Everything I have read makes sense to me & I'm very excited to get started.
I'm planning to do the formal cleanse starting the last Friday in March. I truly feel that w/o a clean colon, all other proactive measures (vitamins, water and exercise) are only partially effective.
I'm looking forward to making some new friends. And (to regress a little bit) I want you all to know that getting cancer at such an early age was probably the best thing that ever happened to me. I am 10 times happier today then I was 10 years ago and I don't take anything for granted.
Finding Jos-Hua and this whole group has empowered me and given me hope that I can take control of my health. Thus, living a long healthy life (God willing) and being able to spend my money on fun stuff rather than prescription drugs and doctor bills.
Hope this wasn't too long. Thanks for reading!
Jeff_B