Dr. Mehmet Oz — who cheated death in a desperate cancer battle thanks to miracle surgery that helped him head off the deadly disease — revealed his regimen for remaining cancer-free to a souce for The National ENQUIRER! The “Dr. Oz Show” star plunged into the cancer nightmare after he underwent a colonoscopy in 2010 to celebrate his 50th birthday — and bragged he’d reveal the results on air! “He was being a show-off at his birthday bash,” a source close to the cardiac surgeon told The ENQUIRER’s source. “He was blindsided when they found a pre-cancerous polyp! Read on for details of Dr. Oz’s health crisis, and click here for news of more celebrity cancer battles….
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“He admits he’d been arrogant — he figured he had nothing to worry about because he’s always been a very healthy guy, eating right and exercising," the source continued. “But it turned out he was at high-risk of the deadly disease!
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“He was in shock and fearing the worst — that he had cancer that had spread and he’d need surgery to remove his colon," said the source. “Then the emotions turned to anger. He was like, ‘Why me?’ He said it made him question everything about his life. Facing your mortality will do that!”
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But his nightmare wasn’t over. The TV doc kept putting off a three-month follow-up colonoscopy, and when he finally had the second procedure, nine months later, his surgeon found another polyp.
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“I was a bad patient,” Dr. Oz admitted. “I could easily have caught my problem too late and been facing major surgery, chemotherapy — even death.” About 150,000 new cases of colon cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. each year, with almost 50,000 patients dying.
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Dr. Oz realized he needed to be there for his wife,
Lisa (left), their four children and their grandchildren, and
doubled down on certain aspects of his lifestyle. “He calls the colonoscopy diagnosis a miracle and is determined to stay cancer-free,” said the source.
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“He knows patients who smoke, eat diets high in red and processed meats, drink too much alcohol, don’t exercise and are obese are at increased risk of colon cancer," said the source.
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"He has none of those risks, but he started exercising more and made his eating habits even healthier. "He knows extra fiber, and foods like walnuts, bok choy, ginger, broccoli sprouts and other leafy greens can fight cancer.
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“This was a wake-up call for Mehmet," the source said. “He admits if he hadn’t committed to doing the colonoscopy for the show, he would have put it off like a lot of people. “He beat colon cancer once, now he has to be vigilant for the rest of his life.”
“He admits he’d been arrogant — he figured he had nothing to worry about because he’s always been a very healthy guy, eating right and exercising," the source continued. “But it turned out he was at high-risk of the deadly disease!
“He was in shock and fearing the worst — that he had cancer that had spread and he’d need surgery to remove his colon," said the source. “Then the emotions turned to anger. He was like, ‘Why me?’ He said it made him question everything about his life. Facing your mortality will do that!”
But his nightmare wasn’t over. The TV doc kept putting off a three-month follow-up colonoscopy, and when he finally had the second procedure, nine months later, his surgeon found another polyp.
“I was a bad patient,” Dr. Oz admitted. “I could easily have caught my problem too late and been facing major surgery, chemotherapy — even death.” About 150,000 new cases of colon cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. each year, with almost 50,000 patients dying.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Dr. Oz realized he needed to be there for his wife,
Lisa (left), their four children and their grandchildren, and
doubled down on certain aspects of his lifestyle. “He calls the colonoscopy diagnosis a miracle and is determined to stay cancer-free,” said the source.
“He knows patients who smoke, eat diets high in red and processed meats, drink too much alcohol, don’t exercise and are obese are at increased risk of colon cancer," said the source.
Photo credit: Getty Images
"He has none of those risks, but he started exercising more and made his eating habits even healthier. "He knows extra fiber, and foods like walnuts, bok choy, ginger, broccoli sprouts and other leafy greens can fight cancer.
“This was a wake-up call for Mehmet," the source said. “He admits if he hadn’t committed to doing the colonoscopy for the show, he would have put it off like a lot of people. “He beat colon cancer once, now he has to be vigilant for the rest of his life.”
