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A Personal Response To Being Diagnosed With Advanced Colon Cancer

May 28th, 2010
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I will always remember the day I received the news I had cancer. In my law practice I had handled lawsuits regarding the delayed diagnosis of cancer. However, this experience did not prepare me for hearing those words used to reference my own diagnosis. Because I had worked as a delayed diagnosis of cancer lawyer and knew the symptoms of several different types of cancers, including advanced colon cancer I did not wait the moment I started to show symptoms myself.

I consulted with my family doctor who agreed that while I was not yet fifty years old and so was not a candidate for regular screening for colon cancer and regardless that I had no family history of colon cancer (at the time) that I ought to nonetheless undergo a colonoscopy to eliminate cancer as the reason for my symptoms.

The colonoscopy showed that I had a substantial cancerous tumor and surgery confirmed that it had by then begun spreading. The cancer was stage 3 colon cancer. Bad news. The one good part of this was that it was not stage iv colon cancer. Yet it was metastatic colon cancer that had spread to my lymph nodes. And I had an instant of true fear and doubt when I was given the news. I knew that my chances of long term survival were just about 50%. Regardless of the fact that I was an attorney and had previously handled medical malpractice lawsuits, even cases involving colon cancer, did not help me to avoid that moment of real panic and dread. For at that moment I believed I not survive the cancer

At that time I called a friend who was also an attorney and had been one of my mentors. I suppose it must have been instinct that I reached out to him first. He did not sugar coat it. And that was just what I needed. Someone else to say out loud what the reality was and what had to be done. He then offered to help with whatever I needed. Later the managing partner at the firm, another good friend, offered to handle all my cases during my treatment. He offered to do this, not for any compensation, but just out of friendship. I have alwats been grateful to him for that.

Despite the fact that I took a couple of weeks to recover after surgery and although there were times during the chemotherapy that I just did not feel well enough to do anything, I was, for the most part, able to keep working. This gave me great pleasure. I felt that I was able to carry my weight and lead more or less a regular life for the period of my treatment and seven years after my treatment I exhibit no evidence of cancer. If I had waited perhaps even just a few months the cancer would have continued to advance and I most likely would have lost the battle against this dreadful disase.

The lesson for us all is to get the appropriate test if you show symptoms of colon cancer. The best way to allow oneself the greatest treatment choices and the greatest chance of defeating the cancer is to detect and treat it early.

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Exercise Tips For A Healthy Body

December 15th, 2009
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What is the most efficient, and quickest, way to curb weight? At the end of the day, it becomes evident that only a proper diet combined with a highly effective exercise program can lead to effective and long lasting results.

Strip That Fat
Once you have begun, the next step is enhancing your workout process and your dietary behavior in order to maximize their benefits. To help you, here are three valuable tips on how to drop flab the simplest way.

#1: Put Power And Interval Routines In Between Normal Exercises

After walking on the treadmill, proceed to using free weights. By adding strengthening exercises to your workout, you will strengthen muscle.

No Nonsense Muscle Building
Muscle is the main ingredient in weight loss – it helps your body burn more calories and flab. Try to do strength workout for about three times a week.

Carry out your weight training exercises such as overhead press, biceps curl and triceps kickback earlier than your cardio exercises. The cause for this is that it psychologically conditions your mind and body to do your biking or treadmill sessions.

Cheat Your Way Thin
Include intervals involving a high intensity pace if your intention is focused on cardio. For instance, if you are walking, go briskly for two or three minutes, and then change to a moderate pace for two or three minutes

Slowly enhance the number and length of power intervals. This is one of the most effective quick weight loss tips. It keeps your workout lively and challenging and it stokes up your bodys fat burner.

#2: Make Sure Your Diet is Rich in Fiber

Increase fiber consumption if there is only one feature you can change in your diet. It is a carbohydrate which holds our body’s digestive system in great shape. Fiber contributes in the prevention of colon cancer, heart disorders and type 2 diabetes.

Since it isn’t digested by the body, it slows the digestive process, keeping us feeling full longer. It also transports fat quickly inside our body, meaning lesser fat is absorbed.

The prescribed everyday dosage of fiber is 25 grams – most of us take in only a mere 10-15 grams. Increasing fiber intake along with higher fluid intake are invaluable in shedding weight and maintaining good health.

#3: Never Skip Breakfast

The most vital meal of the day should be breakfast with the other meals becoming progressively smaller. However the actual thing for most people is the opposite with breakfast (if eaten at all) is the least while dinner is the greatest.

Continuing this is capable to ruin your wish to slim down. Skipping meals is not a nice way to lose weight, and it is definitely unwise to skip breakfast.

Your body requires nourishment after long hours of sleep. You can’t shed weight without food!

Starving yourself and avoiding meals normally causes your body to retain fat, not exhaust it. Not only do breakfast eaters act better at school or work, they tend to be thinner.

Breakfast gives strength to your body, improves metabolism and keeps calories burning. It will also prevent you from eating extra during lunch. That’s why often it’s said that breakfast is THE most important meal of your day.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this document should be used as a replacement for proper medical advice. Always check with your doctor before starting a new exercise program or diet. Any use of the information provided here is at the reader’s sole discretion and risk.

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