I took the fastest exit, firing the high priest and severing the cord which would have kept me bound for life to the health care industry and pharmaceutical corporations. The high priest predicted doom and gloom. But I choose to live and die on my own terms without regrets. I felt like I had dropped a thousand pound weight. In retrospect, this seems more and more a logical decision.
Chemotherapy only raises the percentage slightly.
It became obvious that the biggest benefit was not to the patients but to those offering it. Divorcing myself from the medical establishment did not mean there were no alternatives. Most of my life I had been collecting healing tools and this was the time to put them to the test. But by the early 80's I had become familiar with macrobiotics and concluded that it was the most balanced approach. Unfortunately, I did not stay on the diet but through reasons not under my control went back to a more refined grain diet that included dairy, sugar etc.