Cancer is not a death sentence

Hello everybody, This message is to hopefully give you guys some inspiration.

I had bowel cancer in 2012, stage 3. 

After the bowel operation I had 4 doses of chemotherapy and as it was making me so ill I refused to take the remaining four doses. At the time I decided I'd rather die than carry on with the chemotherapy. I changed my diet slightly and ate mostly organic food, cut out red meat, etc., I did loose a lot of weight and am still quite slim as I cannot eat much due to having had a metre of my bowel cut out.

In 2014 it had  "metastasized to the liver", had half of my liver cut out and as a result I was diagnosed at stage 4.

I refused chemotherapy in 2014 after the liver operation. 

I had a blood test recently and the cancer is still at bay.

In 2012 I was so ill that I couldn't get out of bed so easily and even dress myself. I watched t.v. practically all day and this is when I got hooked on watching Coronation Street and have watched every episode ever since, however I remember thinking how can my late mum possibly watch this rubbish every week and here I am doing exactly the same as she did. 

I am not sure whether Court is still on this site but I remember her being so kind to me when I was in a state back in 2012.

From my own experience cancer is not a death sentence. I was 70 yrs. old on 26th April  (everybody thinks I look about 55 yrs. old) and my three sons surprised me with a trip to Barcelona for a few days. 

I wish all of you a speedy recovery!