Introducing myself & What happened to Care Oncology Clinic London?
Dear Cancer Warriors, I joined th group in September but never introduced myself - doing this now. My cancer journey started a year ago, at the age of 50, with a life-threatening bowel obstruction caused by large tumour in my Sigmoid colon, an emergency Hartmann's procedure (stoma) and the official cancer diagnosis 2 weeks later: stage 3 bowel cancer (pT3 N2a Mx). After the surgery, I was advised to undergo 3 to 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy but declined it after looking at the evidence. (That would be a longer post in itself but what astonished me the most that not once did the questions of life style and nutrition feature in any of the consultations with the oncologists!) I managed to reduce stress in my life, fasted several times (3 to 14 days) and changed my diet. First to strictly whole food, later to low carb/ keto for several months. No further evidence of cancer was found via tumor markers, CT scans and colonoscopy in April, July and October. In November I had my stoma reversal surgery and a bit of a bumpy recovery (not cancer related). I am now doing great! For 2025 I had on my what-to-do list to explore repurposed drugs as a prevention with the 'Care Oncology Clinic' in London. They had sent me a patient questionaire in August. Now, to my big shock, I discover they are closed. The website is gone, the phone disconncted. Does anyone know what happened to them? And, more importantly, has any other provider taken their place offering metabolic cancer therapies (treatment and prevention) in the UK? Does anyone know? Thanks for reading and hopefully some insights!