Our Family and Friends Cancer History

Our family and friends' cancer journeys motivates my research of sharing what I learn. 

My wife and I both have a family history of early-onset prostate cancer. Her father, my grandfather, and my father.  In 1997 I reviewed the medical research to see what would decrease my risk of prostate cancer. I discovered food, lifestyle and specific vitamins and minerals would decrease my risk. This convinced me, and God providing for me to sell my pharmacy in 1998 and concentrate on natural health. I opened a private clinical nutrition practice in 1999.  In 2004 I started doing integrative cancer programs, customized support for my clients, and speaking at local and national cancer support groups, 

In 2008 my mother was diagnosed with GBM (glioblastoma brain cancer). I intensified my review of medical research and started publishing my information as Natural Cancer Reports. Sadly, she died from the cancer in 2010.

Cancer Has Impacted My Life!

My father-in-law died of early-onset prostate cancer. My mother died of brain cancer. My father died of early onset Alzheimer's, I believe, encouraged by his prostate cancer anti-hormone treatment and us not knowing what food, lifestyle, and supplements could help. My grandfather died of a sudden heart attack potentially caused/encouraged by taking a very high dose of estrogen treatment for his early-onset prostate cancer (healthcare doesn't do that treatment anymore!). A brother-in-law had neuroendocrine carcinoma cancer and died of bleeding clotting problems and pulmonary embolism from taking anti-inflammatory medications while doing chemotherapy.

Friends Who Died of Cancer

Several of our friends have died of cancer. Valerie too young to have breast cancer. Joey, pancreatic cancer. Danny, oral cancer. 

Personal Cancer Journey

I'm sharing what I learn in our battle against cancer. 

My lovely, sweet wife is at a high risk of cancer due to her father's prostate cancer, her brother's neuroendocrine carcinoma, and her main underlying health issue of an immune deficiency called agammaglobulinemia. She sees a hematologist oncologist and gets a gamma globulin immune infusion every 4 weeks.

She has had a couple of breast cancer mammogram scares and then a spot in her lung that could not be biopsied due to the location. An atypical mole was removed from her back. While not perfect we are making significant food, lifestyle and supplement changes and thus far no further mammogram concerns and the spot in her lung is gone.

2022 - It's time for me and my wife to cowboy and cowgirl up, publish and share my extensive health and cancer information. Thank you, my lovely wife Janay, for tolerating less focused time with your husband!

2024 Update

Prostate: 

I have an enlarged prostate and elevated PSA. MRI does not find a tumor. I'll get another MRI and keep an eye on this. Assess, don't guess! 

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Thank you Janay for making me go to the dermatologist! I had a Basal Cell Carcinoma on my back. I'll go in for a dermatologist exam at least once a year. Assess, don't guess!