How I Beat Stage 4 Colon & Gastric Cancer Without Chemo, Radiation, or Surgery

The fight that made me stronger — Herrera Strong.

September 15, 2022.

That was the day I was told I had Stage 4 colon and gastric cancer. The words still echo: “Twelve to nineteen months.”

It felt like my whole life collapsed in a single breath. I was packing boxes because my landlord was selling my condo. My disability checks had been frozen thanks to a fraudster who filed a bogus claim in my name. And now I was supposed to figure out how to live while dying.

What most people didn’t know was that I was ready to quit. I ordered liquid pentobarbital off the black market. I didn’t want to be a burden. My plan was to tap out before cancer ate me alive.

The vial never showed up. Scammed. And looking back, maybe that was divine intervention. Maybe God wasn’t done with me yet.

Within days, everything shifted. Carrie and her family opened their home so I wouldn’t go through it alone. Tiffany wanted to launch a GoFundMe... I told her no. Instead I said, “Ask your business contacts if they need marketing help. I’ll work for it.” That same day, Jim (her boyfriend) called and hired me to consult for three of his businesses. Suddenly, I had purpose. A reason to fight.

And fight I did.

The First Move

The very first thing I did wasn’t a pill or a supplement. It was a 10-day water fast. Nothing but water, electrolytes, and prayer. My goal was simple: trigger autophagy, the body’s way of cleaning house, breaking down damaged cells and recycling them. Cancer cells don’t like that. It starves them.

From there, I committed to a strict keto diet to keep my glucose low. Cancer feeds on sugar. But in the beginning, my colon couldn’t handle the fiber in a normal keto diet, so I went full carnivore, meat, fat, salt until my gut healed enough to transition into keto.

“The very first thing I did wasn’t a pill. It was a 10-day water fast.”

Why I Said No To Chemo

My oncologist recommended surgery, chemo, and radiation. The “standard of care.” But if I really only had 19 months left, I wasn’t going to spend them sick, bald, and bedridden from the treatment.

So I built my own protocol.

At first it was high-dose vitamin C and NAD+ infusions. Ozone therapy. Black seed oil. Soursop. Rick Simpson Oil (cannabis). Red light therapy. PEMF. Vibration and Frequency Therapy. And my body responded.

But everything changed in August 2023 when I added three compounds:

• Ivermectin

• Fenbendazole

• Methylene Blue

Those pushed me over the hump. By April 2024, I was cancer free.

“By April 2024, I was cancer free.”

My Protocol

This is not medical advice. This is simply what I did:

• 10-Day Water Fast → kickstart autophagy

• Strict Keto / Carnivore (low sugar, low carb, zero processed foods)

• High Dose Vitamin C & NAD+ Infusions

• Ozone Therapy

• Peptide Therapy (BPC-157)

• CBD/THC Oil – 25 mg

• Methylene Blue – 5 mg

• Milk Thistle – 2x daily

• Vitamin D3 – 4,000 IU 2x daily

• Curcumin – 4,000 mg 2x daily

• Vitamin C – 1,000 mg daily

• Vitamin B12 – 1x daily

• Cod Liver Oil – 1x daily

• Vitamin E – 1x daily

• Berberine – 1,000 mg 2x daily

• B17 Apricot Seeds – 22 mg 4x daily

• Aspirin – ½ tablet daily

• Ivermectin – 120 mg daily, 6 days on, 1 day off

• Fenbendazole – 222–444 mg daily, 6 days on, 1 day off

• Black Seed Oil

• Intermittent Fasting

The Truth

Let me be clear: I’m not a doctor. I never claimed to be. I’m just someone who fought for their life and is sharing what worked for me in case it helps someone else.

But I didn’t figure this out alone. There are brilliant doctors out there who are challenging the system and sharing cutting-edge insights. One of them is Dr. William Makis, a Radiologist, Oncologist, and Cancer Researcher who has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers. His Substack is packed with information that gave me confidence I wasn’t crazy for trying another path.

• Substack: makismd.substack.com

• X (Twitter): @MakisMD

But instead of letting people make up their own minds, this platform decided my story wasn’t allowed. Meanwhile, clickbait and actual misinformation run rampant here every day.

If you’re in the fight of your life, don’t give up. Ask questions. Seek answers. Know there’s more than one way to fight this beast. Your story matters. And no algorithm gets to decide otherwise.

“If even one person out there needs hope, this is for you. Don’t lose it. Don’t tap out.”

One minute I was ready to give up, the next I was surrounded by people who reminded me I was worth fighting for.

To Tiffany, Jim, Carrie, her family, and every one of you who prayed for me and believed in me... thank you. I couldn’t have done it without you.

Survivor. Storyteller. Still fighting, but now for others.