All my blood tests came back, and what an eye opener. My immune system was down, which is why I believe the mutant cancer cells were able to grow. My "army" of white blood cells wasn't prepared for the "silly felons".
As I continue to meet with Dr. Simon, I've learned about the five levels of healing.
1) Physical body - this is the foundation upon which everything else is constructed. It has connection to the earth and the source of our physical energy. It is all we perceive with our five senses. Most of medical care interventions are occurring on this level. Examples would be exercise, chiropractic manipulation, surgery, drugs and herbs, diet, supplements and aromatherapy.
2) Energy body - this has connection to the nervous system and flow of energy perceived as energy transferred through our nervous system, meridians, chakras, auras, microtubules. Medical testing and interventions at this level would be the EEG, EKG, EMG, kinesiology, x-rays, Chinese pulses, MRI and CT scans. Some of the therapies that relate to this level would be acupuncture, yoga, and radiation therapy.
3) Mental body - this is your mind and mental field, conscious and sub-conscious mind, thoughts, beliefs, attitudes. Examples of medical healing interventions which act on this level are psychotherapy, homeopathy, mental field therapy and applied psychoneurobiology.
4) Intuitive body - this is related to intuition, symbols, trance, meditative states, dreams and out of body experiences. These healing therapies would include sound and color therapies, shamanism, hypnotherapy, Jungian psychotherapy, rituals, and systemic family constellations healing.
5) Spiritual body - this is a level where no practionioner has a place to interfere. This relates to the awareness of higher powers and how each individual relates to those powers such as God, spirit and higher consciousness. The modality through this level where healing occurs could be prayer, true meditation, chanting and self-healing.
To me, you either believe, or you don't.
I am still getting resistance from the medical practice community on my choices, and that's fine with me. But shame on you. One would only need to look back a half century ago, and you will find that cancer was pretty rare. Why? My guess would be the foods we ate - not processed, not genetically modified. So take a look at your inner circle of family and friends. How many were affected then, and how many are affected now. I would say it tripled.
I am comfortable with my decisions about my care choices, and challenged by the response from many in the medical community. Are they worried about liability if something goes wrong in the future? Just make sure you make notes in my permanent file. Think about it. Every time you go to the doctor, they are making notes in your permanent file. That has huge ramifications on it's own - won't even go there.
I plan to have the lumpectomy to get "clean margins". I want to make sure that whatever cancer was in there is removed - basically a fresh start. I'm not thrilled about this, because I know that I can cure myself without it. But if the cancer does decide to take advantage of my weak immunity, let me get a good handle on it before that happens.
I am fueling up on enzymes and cancer fighting supplements in the mean time.
Survival is about adaptation. And I have adapted.
More to follow -
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
September 25, 2012 - Integrative Medicine
When I found out about my diagnosis, one of the first people I called was Kathleen McGlone. I met her through a suggestion by Dr. Wade's office. She is the owner of Slow Pokes in Grafton. On her website, SlowPokesLocalFood.com, one of her missions is to "provide encouragement and hope for the people making lifestyle changes which will allow them to live long, healthy, disease-free lives."
When Kathleen answered the phone, I briefly told her about my diagnosis, and then said to her that I wasn't sure why I was calling. I guess I wanted her opinion on what foods and nutrients will help me cure. Of course, she couldn't give me medical advice. But she did give me the name of her doctor. It was Dr. Bozena Simon, of Ageless Life Solutions.
Dr. Simon is a Board Certified Internist practicing traditional internal medicine since 1995. She started applying complementary therapies into traditional care since 2002 and converted her practice into an integrative medicine model in 2004.
Reading from Dr. Simon's website:
Integrative medicine is a healing oriented approach which emphasizes the role of the physician-patient relationship. It focuses on less invasive, less toxic and less costly methods to facilitate health by integrating both allopathic /traditional/ and complementary therapies. Recommendations are given by a physician and choices are made by the patient based on understanding of the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual aspects of the individual.
Integrative medicine is committed to scientific method and evidence based practice. It is focused to explore and facilitate the body’s natural potential for healing. Integrative Medicine is not synonymous with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM are modalities of treatments that are not part of conventional treatment protocols. Integrative Medicine incorporates the best CAM practices into comprehensive treatment plans.
I couldn't wait to meet her. I completed a small stack of forms, all about me and health, and included a cover letter and sent it off to Dr. Simon.
For my first meeting, I brought my husband Len and my friend Whitney Wade. I promoted Whitney as my nutritionist, just because she's my go-to girl on all things holistic. But I was corrected. She is actually studying Ayurveda, or ayurvedic medicine. Ayurveda means "the knowledge for long life". How appropriate. I want both of those things. Knowledge and Long Life.
We met Dr. Simon. She has a small three room office in Thiensville. She came out to greet us, and had her laptop in hand. We all sat together, and went over the forms I completed. She reviewed with us her vision of where I could take my health. She made it easy to understand with great metaphors. I was immediately comfortable with Dr. Simon.
And this sounds weird, but I was actually excited to be a part of this journey, and to take on this cancer. I felt such strength and conviction, and positive energy.
So at the end of our first meeting, she gave me her recommendations:
Dr. Simon ordered a litany of blood tests - this will get her to the root of the problems. Where am I lacking, where are my strengths. And she recommended taking a few enzymes - one for the pancreas and one for systemic inflammation.
I truly enjoyed meeting her, and spending time with her. Time? Where did the time go? This first meeting was almost three hours long, just talking with this woman like we've known each other for years.
I was energized, and excited.
More to follow -
When Kathleen answered the phone, I briefly told her about my diagnosis, and then said to her that I wasn't sure why I was calling. I guess I wanted her opinion on what foods and nutrients will help me cure. Of course, she couldn't give me medical advice. But she did give me the name of her doctor. It was Dr. Bozena Simon, of Ageless Life Solutions.
Dr. Simon is a Board Certified Internist practicing traditional internal medicine since 1995. She started applying complementary therapies into traditional care since 2002 and converted her practice into an integrative medicine model in 2004.
Reading from Dr. Simon's website:
Integrative medicine is a healing oriented approach which emphasizes the role of the physician-patient relationship. It focuses on less invasive, less toxic and less costly methods to facilitate health by integrating both allopathic /traditional/ and complementary therapies. Recommendations are given by a physician and choices are made by the patient based on understanding of the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual aspects of the individual.
Integrative medicine is committed to scientific method and evidence based practice. It is focused to explore and facilitate the body’s natural potential for healing. Integrative Medicine is not synonymous with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM are modalities of treatments that are not part of conventional treatment protocols. Integrative Medicine incorporates the best CAM practices into comprehensive treatment plans.
I couldn't wait to meet her. I completed a small stack of forms, all about me and health, and included a cover letter and sent it off to Dr. Simon.
For my first meeting, I brought my husband Len and my friend Whitney Wade. I promoted Whitney as my nutritionist, just because she's my go-to girl on all things holistic. But I was corrected. She is actually studying Ayurveda, or ayurvedic medicine. Ayurveda means "the knowledge for long life". How appropriate. I want both of those things. Knowledge and Long Life.
We met Dr. Simon. She has a small three room office in Thiensville. She came out to greet us, and had her laptop in hand. We all sat together, and went over the forms I completed. She reviewed with us her vision of where I could take my health. She made it easy to understand with great metaphors. I was immediately comfortable with Dr. Simon.
And this sounds weird, but I was actually excited to be a part of this journey, and to take on this cancer. I felt such strength and conviction, and positive energy.
So at the end of our first meeting, she gave me her recommendations:
- Follow food combining principles - more to follow on this
- Avoid eating the same food over and over
- Follow the seasons and change/rotate the foods
- Eat slowly and mindfully, paying attention to taste, smell, texture
- Never skip breakfast
- Make sure my meals are well balanced with proteins, healthy fats and complex carbohydrates
- Avoid large heavy meals at the end of the day
- Never drink large volume of fluids with meals, and especially COLD iced drinks - it dilutes the enzymes and slows digestion
- Avoid genetically modified foods, mostly corn, soy, wheat and genetically modified crops
- Eat eggs, but never overcooked eggs, and preferably from grass fed free range chickens
- Add hummus as protein source
- Replace chicken with grass fed meats, such as venison or buffalo (Len LOVED this one - looks like Ms. Doe or Mr. Buck will be on my menu in the very near future)
- Drink water, well water is fine, no chlorine, fluoride
- Drink more hot green tea
- Continue taking supplements
Dr. Simon ordered a litany of blood tests - this will get her to the root of the problems. Where am I lacking, where are my strengths. And she recommended taking a few enzymes - one for the pancreas and one for systemic inflammation.
I truly enjoyed meeting her, and spending time with her. Time? Where did the time go? This first meeting was almost three hours long, just talking with this woman like we've known each other for years.
I was energized, and excited.
More to follow -
Monday, October 1, 2012
September 24, 2012 - my GP
This is going to be short.
I like my general practioner, Dr. M. She's a genuine, caring doctor. I wanted to meet with her to get her perspective on this cancer. She recently lost a very close friend to cancer.
As with Dr. S and Dr. P, she believes the only way to cure this cancer is to cut it away and then radiate.
When we talked about changing my diet and lifestyle to cure myself, she strongly disagreed. She felt the cancer will grow faster than I can heal.
I like my general practioner. She's genuine and caring.
And I don't believe her.
I like my general practioner, Dr. M. She's a genuine, caring doctor. I wanted to meet with her to get her perspective on this cancer. She recently lost a very close friend to cancer.
As with Dr. S and Dr. P, she believes the only way to cure this cancer is to cut it away and then radiate.
When we talked about changing my diet and lifestyle to cure myself, she strongly disagreed. She felt the cancer will grow faster than I can heal.
I like my general practioner. She's genuine and caring.
And I don't believe her.
September 21, 2012 - Thermal Imaging
I met with Jenny at the Longevity Center. Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging, or Thermography, creates images that illustrate heat patterns in the body. The thermal images are analyzed for abnormalities, which may be signs of disease in the body.
According to their brochure, "Annual thermograms allow you to map changes in the body's heat patterns over time. They can alert you to any deviations from your norm. Mapping your health annually helps to detect changes often before disease even develops.
Inflammation is a precursor to many diseases, such as cancer, arthritis, heart disease, stroke, diabetes. Inflammation can be reduced through dietary changes, nutritional supplements, antioxidants, detoxification, stress-reduction, acupunture and more.
Measuring inflammation through thermal imaging is a proactive, preventative method for detecting diseases. It significantly improves your chances for longevity and good health."
No pain. No pinching. No smashing my breasts into that vice. And the end result will be the same or better because it will show more of your body, not just the breasts.
So I set my baseline.
With breast therography, I will need to go back in the first 3-4 month period because active cancers double in size and heat approximately 100 days apart. If there are any increased heat patterns and/or vascular changes from the first breast scan to the second, additional modalities will be requested by the interpreting doctor. If there are no changes, annual thermal scans are appropriate. I think I'll go back once more in 6 months, and then make it annual.
The cost was $195 for the first visit, and then $125 for each subsequent visit . It was not covered by insurance.
On Monday, September 24, 2012, I got the results already. The doctor reported a normal scan. I had good thermal symmetry with no suspicious thermal findings. There was a bit of lymphatic congestion, but this can be remedied through massage to get the blood flowing.
All in all, very happy with these results!
Non-invasive, no radiation, no pain. Highly, highly recommended.
So, why don't hospitals use thermal imaging machines? My guess is that they paid so much for, and have an adequate supply of radiation machines.
Let's all follow the money trail.
I have family, friends, co-workers who have been affected by cancer. And because of them, I read, and I learned.
Please visit the Longevity Center for your next mammogram.
http://www.longevitythermography.com/
According to their brochure, "Annual thermograms allow you to map changes in the body's heat patterns over time. They can alert you to any deviations from your norm. Mapping your health annually helps to detect changes often before disease even develops.
Inflammation is a precursor to many diseases, such as cancer, arthritis, heart disease, stroke, diabetes. Inflammation can be reduced through dietary changes, nutritional supplements, antioxidants, detoxification, stress-reduction, acupunture and more.
Measuring inflammation through thermal imaging is a proactive, preventative method for detecting diseases. It significantly improves your chances for longevity and good health."
No pain. No pinching. No smashing my breasts into that vice. And the end result will be the same or better because it will show more of your body, not just the breasts.
So I set my baseline.
With breast therography, I will need to go back in the first 3-4 month period because active cancers double in size and heat approximately 100 days apart. If there are any increased heat patterns and/or vascular changes from the first breast scan to the second, additional modalities will be requested by the interpreting doctor. If there are no changes, annual thermal scans are appropriate. I think I'll go back once more in 6 months, and then make it annual.
The cost was $195 for the first visit, and then $125 for each subsequent visit . It was not covered by insurance.
On Monday, September 24, 2012, I got the results already. The doctor reported a normal scan. I had good thermal symmetry with no suspicious thermal findings. There was a bit of lymphatic congestion, but this can be remedied through massage to get the blood flowing.
All in all, very happy with these results!
Non-invasive, no radiation, no pain. Highly, highly recommended.
So, why don't hospitals use thermal imaging machines? My guess is that they paid so much for, and have an adequate supply of radiation machines.
Let's all follow the money trail.
I have family, friends, co-workers who have been affected by cancer. And because of them, I read, and I learned.
Please visit the Longevity Center for your next mammogram.
http://www.longevitythermography.com/
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
September 17, 2012 - the Radiologist
Today, we met with Dr. P, the Radiologist. He brought his Nursing Assistant with him. He sat us down and drew me the same picture as the surgeon, only a little more detailed.
This doctor was also a bit more thorough. As he wrote everything out on a full sheet of paper, he then added my medical sticker at the top of the page, and then made a copy for his file. I got to take home the original.
He explained that DCIS is contained inside the ducts.
His recommended treatment: 1) Mastectomy and full reconstruction; or 2) Lumpectomy and six weeks of radiation. He wrote that if I have the lumpectomy alone, there would be a 20% chance that the cancer would recur. If I included the radiation, the chance of it coming back was less than 5%.
He wrote that with radiation therapy, they would mark tattoos over my breast, and treat just that area. My treatments would be 20 minutes each, Monday through Friday, times 6 weeks, so we would be done after 30 treatments.
He concluded with the side effects. He wrote 1) Fatigue and 2) Skin reaction, similar to sunburn.
Hmmmmm. Really?
Is cancer caused by a deficiency of chemotherapy or radiation? No. Cancer is systemic, not localized. I developed breast cancer, but it was not caused by having too many breasts. Cutting the breast off doesn't solve the problem, because ALL the factors that allowed the cancer to develop initially would still be in my body.
I know a little about radiation, unfortunately. Family, close friends. So, I've learned that radiation can cause cancer. It can also cause cancer to spread. It will kill healthy cells along with the mutant cancer cells. It will destroy your immune system. Some people who have radiation and/or chemotherapy end up with other problems AFTER the treatments. Does the medical profession do anything to help you combat these issues? Very few medical doctors will give you help in that direction.
So I shared my thoughts with the doctor. His responses were standard, medical practice. "Yes, radiation does destroy healthy cells, but it tends to kill the cells that are fastest growing or the fast-dividing cells. Therefore it will kill MORE cancer cells than normal cells."
Okay, so I asked him, "how many cells can I afford to lose?" I don't think he understood the question, because he never gave me an answer to that.
Here's what I know.
Radiation causes cancer. "I don't have a history of breast cancer in my family," I said. Again with the statistic... "Well, 90% of women who develop breast cancer do not have a family history." he said.
So I asked him, "You suggest six weeks of radiation. But we know radiation causes additional problems. As a matter of fact, can you prove to me that the radiation in the mammograms hasn't caused this problem?" His response, statistically, was "the percentage of radiation used in mammography is so small, it would probably not cause the cancer."
Really? How much is too much?
Let's put it this way. I'm 50, and I had my first mammogram. Damn, that hurt. Smashing my breasts into a vice. Radiate. Oh, this picture is fuzzy, let's try that again. Radiate, radiate. Done. Next breast. Radiate, radiate, radiate. "Thank you - see you in a year!" I'm 51, squeezing them into that vice again, radiate, radiate, radiate. "Thank you - see you in a year!" So now I'm 52, same thing. Radiate, radiate. Done. Then 53. Hmmmm. We see a minor calcification. Please come back in 6 months. But not before we radiate, radiate, radiate! Six months later, it's "Yep, it's still there," radiate, "we'll need to see you again," radiate, "in another 6 months, radiate, radiate."
So my last visit six months ago went like this: They see the calcification, they want to focus on just that area, so they radiate just a small handful of the breast, about two inches all around. So cup your hand over your breast. And then, to get an even closer view, they radiate just the areola area. Radiate, radiate, radiate.
"Dr. P, can you tell me for certain that the mammogram isn't what caused this cancer...?" As his Nursing Assistant is shaking her head no, he's wholeheartedly denying that a mammogram could possibly cause cancer.
But you already told me that radiation can cause cancer, and can cause cancer to spread. So again, we're back to the percentages.
Let me give you a percentage. The medical doctor who reviewed my last mammogram told me, "When we see this type of calcification, eighty-five percent of women are reported to have no cancer." Well, I'm the 15%. Here's to you and your percentages...
It's not an exact science - none of this is.
I then asked if he suggested anything to help combat the effects of radiation, if I choose to take that route. "No, not really - just a good healthy diet."
Really? You know, there are natural detoxifiers out there. Once the radiation is in your body destroying the bad AND good cells, you need to help the excess radiation out of your body through detoxification. Chlorella is one of nature's best detoxifiers. It contains one of the highest concentrations of chlorophyl of any plant. It's high in vitamins, minerals, carotenoids and essential fatty acids. It's also a great immune system builder.
Do you know that six months ago, this doctor and his nursing assistant didn't even know what Chlorella was? But they know that the radiation they are giving their patients is causing havoc to their immune system, all the while destroying healthy cells.
We won't even talk about Chemotherapy. This is not on my "recommended treatment" list, but the same could apply to the effects of Chemo.
If you have, are or plan to have radiation or chemotherapy, please see your nutritionist or health food professional. I want to help you fight the damage that has been done, and prevent further damage. Something that the medical profession will most likely treat with prescription, more radiation or more chemotherapy.
Radiation. Not a big fan.
Later this week, we visit my General Practioner and meet Jenny, the thermal imaging specialist. Good stuff!
More to follow -
This doctor was also a bit more thorough. As he wrote everything out on a full sheet of paper, he then added my medical sticker at the top of the page, and then made a copy for his file. I got to take home the original.
He explained that DCIS is contained inside the ducts.
His recommended treatment: 1) Mastectomy and full reconstruction; or 2) Lumpectomy and six weeks of radiation. He wrote that if I have the lumpectomy alone, there would be a 20% chance that the cancer would recur. If I included the radiation, the chance of it coming back was less than 5%.
He wrote that with radiation therapy, they would mark tattoos over my breast, and treat just that area. My treatments would be 20 minutes each, Monday through Friday, times 6 weeks, so we would be done after 30 treatments.
He concluded with the side effects. He wrote 1) Fatigue and 2) Skin reaction, similar to sunburn.
Hmmmmm. Really?
Is cancer caused by a deficiency of chemotherapy or radiation? No. Cancer is systemic, not localized. I developed breast cancer, but it was not caused by having too many breasts. Cutting the breast off doesn't solve the problem, because ALL the factors that allowed the cancer to develop initially would still be in my body.
I know a little about radiation, unfortunately. Family, close friends. So, I've learned that radiation can cause cancer. It can also cause cancer to spread. It will kill healthy cells along with the mutant cancer cells. It will destroy your immune system. Some people who have radiation and/or chemotherapy end up with other problems AFTER the treatments. Does the medical profession do anything to help you combat these issues? Very few medical doctors will give you help in that direction.
So I shared my thoughts with the doctor. His responses were standard, medical practice. "Yes, radiation does destroy healthy cells, but it tends to kill the cells that are fastest growing or the fast-dividing cells. Therefore it will kill MORE cancer cells than normal cells."
Okay, so I asked him, "how many cells can I afford to lose?" I don't think he understood the question, because he never gave me an answer to that.
Here's what I know.
Radiation causes cancer. "I don't have a history of breast cancer in my family," I said. Again with the statistic... "Well, 90% of women who develop breast cancer do not have a family history." he said.
So I asked him, "You suggest six weeks of radiation. But we know radiation causes additional problems. As a matter of fact, can you prove to me that the radiation in the mammograms hasn't caused this problem?" His response, statistically, was "the percentage of radiation used in mammography is so small, it would probably not cause the cancer."
Really? How much is too much?
Let's put it this way. I'm 50, and I had my first mammogram. Damn, that hurt. Smashing my breasts into a vice. Radiate. Oh, this picture is fuzzy, let's try that again. Radiate, radiate. Done. Next breast. Radiate, radiate, radiate. "Thank you - see you in a year!" I'm 51, squeezing them into that vice again, radiate, radiate, radiate. "Thank you - see you in a year!" So now I'm 52, same thing. Radiate, radiate. Done. Then 53. Hmmmm. We see a minor calcification. Please come back in 6 months. But not before we radiate, radiate, radiate! Six months later, it's "Yep, it's still there," radiate, "we'll need to see you again," radiate, "in another 6 months, radiate, radiate."
So my last visit six months ago went like this: They see the calcification, they want to focus on just that area, so they radiate just a small handful of the breast, about two inches all around. So cup your hand over your breast. And then, to get an even closer view, they radiate just the areola area. Radiate, radiate, radiate.
"Dr. P, can you tell me for certain that the mammogram isn't what caused this cancer...?" As his Nursing Assistant is shaking her head no, he's wholeheartedly denying that a mammogram could possibly cause cancer.
But you already told me that radiation can cause cancer, and can cause cancer to spread. So again, we're back to the percentages.
Let me give you a percentage. The medical doctor who reviewed my last mammogram told me, "When we see this type of calcification, eighty-five percent of women are reported to have no cancer." Well, I'm the 15%. Here's to you and your percentages...
It's not an exact science - none of this is.
I then asked if he suggested anything to help combat the effects of radiation, if I choose to take that route. "No, not really - just a good healthy diet."
Really? You know, there are natural detoxifiers out there. Once the radiation is in your body destroying the bad AND good cells, you need to help the excess radiation out of your body through detoxification. Chlorella is one of nature's best detoxifiers. It contains one of the highest concentrations of chlorophyl of any plant. It's high in vitamins, minerals, carotenoids and essential fatty acids. It's also a great immune system builder.
Do you know that six months ago, this doctor and his nursing assistant didn't even know what Chlorella was? But they know that the radiation they are giving their patients is causing havoc to their immune system, all the while destroying healthy cells.
We won't even talk about Chemotherapy. This is not on my "recommended treatment" list, but the same could apply to the effects of Chemo.
If you have, are or plan to have radiation or chemotherapy, please see your nutritionist or health food professional. I want to help you fight the damage that has been done, and prevent further damage. Something that the medical profession will most likely treat with prescription, more radiation or more chemotherapy.
Radiation. Not a big fan.
Later this week, we visit my General Practioner and meet Jenny, the thermal imaging specialist. Good stuff!
More to follow -
September 14, 2012 - the Chiropractor
We went to meet with Dr. Wade this morning. As they promised, he and his staff provided me with a lot of information on nutrition and whole food supplements. It all starts with what you are putting in your body.
Dr. Wade also gave me information on a book about changing the way you view cancer, by Dr. Charles Majors.
The following review is written by Steven Sisk: This book does an excellent job of filling the massive void that exists in the area of effective cancer prevention and treatment. In today's healthcare paradigm virtually zero attention is paid to preventing cancer, and the treatment options typically offered to patients who have already been diagnosed are more likely to exacerbate the problem than to address it.
Tragically, most cancer patients are subjected to carcinogenic, often deadly chemotherapy and radiation without every being taught about the environmental factors which play a pivotal role in the development of the vast majority of cancer cases. The for-profit cancer treatment industry has manipulated statistics to obfuscate the monumental failure that is conventional cancer intervention, with the result that many uninformed patients believe that poisoning themselves is the only hope of surviving their condition. Meanwhile, conventional medicine has ignored (or openly attacked) the astounding efficacy of "alternative" cancer therapies and lifestyle modification, apparently valuing continued profitability over the quality of quantity of patients' lives.
In this book, Dr. Charles Majors relates his harrowing journey from a successful doctor in the prime of his life who has just been diagnosed with a terminal blood cancer to an apparent miracle case of complete remission and return to heath, all of which was accomplished without chemotherapy or radiation. Dr. Majors is not a "cancer survivor"; his biggest act of survival was extricating himself from a failing medical system in order to search out and address the causes of his illness. His book is required reading for anyone interested in reversing a cancer diagnosis or in preventing one from occurring in the first place.
I am amazed, shocked, angry, mad. And then I am so grateful to Dr. Wade and his staff. I am not trying to be a crusader for all things holistic. Believe me - I want the cancer out of me as quickly as possible. But at what cost? Yes, they are just breasts. But they are mine. So, if I have a lumpectomy, according to the surgeon, Dr. S, after the surgery I will probably have a small dent in my breast. If I have a mastectomy, well, you know what happens then. They are mine.
This is my choice, and I want to make the best informed choice.
By the way, my husband has stopped calling me a Witch Doctor. After meeting with Dr. Wade and his nutritionist, he sees the whole food supplements are probably a pretty good idea.
I found a little more information about drugs:
Dr. Wade also gave me information on a book about changing the way you view cancer, by Dr. Charles Majors.
The following review is written by Steven Sisk: This book does an excellent job of filling the massive void that exists in the area of effective cancer prevention and treatment. In today's healthcare paradigm virtually zero attention is paid to preventing cancer, and the treatment options typically offered to patients who have already been diagnosed are more likely to exacerbate the problem than to address it.
Tragically, most cancer patients are subjected to carcinogenic, often deadly chemotherapy and radiation without every being taught about the environmental factors which play a pivotal role in the development of the vast majority of cancer cases. The for-profit cancer treatment industry has manipulated statistics to obfuscate the monumental failure that is conventional cancer intervention, with the result that many uninformed patients believe that poisoning themselves is the only hope of surviving their condition. Meanwhile, conventional medicine has ignored (or openly attacked) the astounding efficacy of "alternative" cancer therapies and lifestyle modification, apparently valuing continued profitability over the quality of quantity of patients' lives.
In this book, Dr. Charles Majors relates his harrowing journey from a successful doctor in the prime of his life who has just been diagnosed with a terminal blood cancer to an apparent miracle case of complete remission and return to heath, all of which was accomplished without chemotherapy or radiation. Dr. Majors is not a "cancer survivor"; his biggest act of survival was extricating himself from a failing medical system in order to search out and address the causes of his illness. His book is required reading for anyone interested in reversing a cancer diagnosis or in preventing one from occurring in the first place.
I am amazed, shocked, angry, mad. And then I am so grateful to Dr. Wade and his staff. I am not trying to be a crusader for all things holistic. Believe me - I want the cancer out of me as quickly as possible. But at what cost? Yes, they are just breasts. But they are mine. So, if I have a lumpectomy, according to the surgeon, Dr. S, after the surgery I will probably have a small dent in my breast. If I have a mastectomy, well, you know what happens then. They are mine.
This is my choice, and I want to make the best informed choice.
By the way, my husband has stopped calling me a Witch Doctor. After meeting with Dr. Wade and his nutritionist, he sees the whole food supplements are probably a pretty good idea.
I found a little more information about drugs:
Did you know that medical doctors use and recommend drugs that are approved in a process that costs hundreds of millions of dollars. Because of this high cost, the drug companies will only make drugs that can be patented. That way they can sell them for huge mark-ups and have no competition. Unfortunately, because these drugs have been altered from nature, which they must be to be patented, they become toxic in your body, with harmful side effects. Your body can handle natural foods and herbs, the altered ones have toxic side-effects because your body can’t handle them. This is the reason why the biggest cause of deaths in the US is from medical drugs.
Because of the cost of getting approval for drugs, no company would ever take an unpatentable natural product through the drug approval process. Consequently natural supplements aren't tested in multi-million dollars trials so can't be approved by the FDA to be used for cancer or whatever other health condition they may help. (Not that the FDA would approve a natural supplement that threatened the drug companies they are in bed with.) As they are not approved, doctors, or at least most doctors, won't use them, and most don't even know about them.
Alternative doctors not blinded by the medical/drug industry, find that a comprehensive approach to fighting cancer using powerful supplements along with chemotherapy, works much better than only using drugs and other treatments that harm the body.
For those who are still on the fence, take a look at your parents. For the most part, they have come up following doctor's orders. Take this pill for constipation, and this one for relief. Take this pill for high cholesterol, and this one for low blood pressure. To me, it seems like their badge of honor when the parents can produce a list of prescribed drug treatments from their purse or pocket.
I was diagnosed with high cholesterol. I was prescribed Simvastatin. Simvastatin is used together with diet, weight-loss, and exercise to reduce the amount of fatty substances such as low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ('bad cholesterol') and triglycerides in the blood and to increase the amount of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol ('good cholesterol') in the blood.
So, it's a "statin". Statins could most likely cause liver damage. It also destroys enzymes in the body used to fight mutant cells. ALL mutant cells. So what drug will the doctor then prescribe to fight these two new maladies? Funny thing - I would then be on three medications, and I would be able to start MY personal badge of honor.
So after about 2 years, I took myself off Simvastatin. I am now taking Cyruta. a whole food supplement. Cyruta supports healthy cholesterol that is already within a normal range. Cyruta helps: 1) Support circulatory cholesterol transport; 2) Supports healthy cellular glucose handling; 3) Supports healthy peripheral circulation; 4) Contains several independent factors that help to maintain the integrity of capillary walls.
On Monday, we see the Radiologist. That should be an interesting conversation.
More to follow -
Saturday, September 22, 2012
September 13, 2012 - Healing from the Inside Out
"Take an Advil."
Ask any of our kids. If they had any twinge, tingle, pain, my standard response was "take an Advil". It was more of a "geez, I birthed a 7 pound baby through a tiny hole, and you're complaining about a pain in your big toe" type of response, but all the same. Kids still tease me about that.
Now my response is, "see a Chiropractor". If you ever posted something on your page where you were in pain, sinus, allergies, back hurts, pooping problems - my post to you has been "See a chiropractor."
So, you have acid reflux. You take an antacid. Wrong! Did you know you need the acids in your stomach to help digest the food? Without those acids, the food could rot, ferment, putrify, and you would end up with a worse case of possibly stomach or colon cancer. Much more involved than that, but you get the point. There are whole food supplements that are all natural that will aid in your acid reflux - must healthier in the short AND long term.
So, let's look at colitis, chrone's disease, IBS. These are all things going on in your intestine and colon. You go to the doctor, and they prescribe a medication. You take the medication, you feel better, you're done. Is it cured? No. Are you healed? No.
The only way to heal yourself is to stop putting the junk in your body.
What's going on is this: You eat processed junk, such as breads, sugar, flour, "new and improved" wheat. It travels down, hits the stomach. From there, it digests, and travels out. Along the path of 6 feet of bundled colon, it could hit a speed bump. No worries, because only a teensy bit gets stuck there. More processed food, more junk. Travels along, hits the same speed bump. Now the teensy is tiny. More processed food, gets stuck in the same spot. Tiny becomes small. Small becomes large. So now you have a large speed bump in there. How are you going to get rid of it? Simple. Your leaky gut will fix the problem.
Wikipedia version: Leaky gut is a name used to describe intestinal or bowel hyperpermeability. Tight junctions (TJs) represent the major barrier within the pathway between intestinal epithelial cells that line the digestion tract. Disruption of TJs leads to intestinal hyperpermeability (the so-called "leaky gut") which has been proposed by some researchers to involve a relationship with acute and chronic diseases such as systemic inflammatory response syndrom (SIRS), inflammatory bowel disease, Type 1 diabetes, Allegies, Asthma and Autism.
Once the gut leaks, there are three places it will go - the joints, the muscles or the organs. Damage to two of the three will cause consistent and compound pain. Damage to the third will probably cause death.
Yes, we can't live in a plastic bubble. There are some things that just can't be controlled. I still need to breath the air. I still feel that even though I buy some organic, there's no way to tell if it's 100% organic. I mean, we still have rain coming down, that travels through the air that's filled with toxins.
And how does this relate to my Breast Cancer? Well, it's all part and parcel. Again, by healing myself from within, I'm fighting mutant cells. I'm helping my good guys beat back the bad guys. Have I turned away completely from my doctor? No, I have not. I am still in the learning mode.
The next couple of days are going to get interesting - you don't want to miss it. Especially when I meet with Dr. P...
Stay tuned - more to follow.
Ask any of our kids. If they had any twinge, tingle, pain, my standard response was "take an Advil". It was more of a "geez, I birthed a 7 pound baby through a tiny hole, and you're complaining about a pain in your big toe" type of response, but all the same. Kids still tease me about that.
Now my response is, "see a Chiropractor". If you ever posted something on your page where you were in pain, sinus, allergies, back hurts, pooping problems - my post to you has been "See a chiropractor."
So, you have acid reflux. You take an antacid. Wrong! Did you know you need the acids in your stomach to help digest the food? Without those acids, the food could rot, ferment, putrify, and you would end up with a worse case of possibly stomach or colon cancer. Much more involved than that, but you get the point. There are whole food supplements that are all natural that will aid in your acid reflux - must healthier in the short AND long term.
So, let's look at colitis, chrone's disease, IBS. These are all things going on in your intestine and colon. You go to the doctor, and they prescribe a medication. You take the medication, you feel better, you're done. Is it cured? No. Are you healed? No.
The only way to heal yourself is to stop putting the junk in your body.
What's going on is this: You eat processed junk, such as breads, sugar, flour, "new and improved" wheat. It travels down, hits the stomach. From there, it digests, and travels out. Along the path of 6 feet of bundled colon, it could hit a speed bump. No worries, because only a teensy bit gets stuck there. More processed food, more junk. Travels along, hits the same speed bump. Now the teensy is tiny. More processed food, gets stuck in the same spot. Tiny becomes small. Small becomes large. So now you have a large speed bump in there. How are you going to get rid of it? Simple. Your leaky gut will fix the problem.
Wikipedia version: Leaky gut is a name used to describe intestinal or bowel hyperpermeability. Tight junctions (TJs) represent the major barrier within the pathway between intestinal epithelial cells that line the digestion tract. Disruption of TJs leads to intestinal hyperpermeability (the so-called "leaky gut") which has been proposed by some researchers to involve a relationship with acute and chronic diseases such as systemic inflammatory response syndrom (SIRS), inflammatory bowel disease, Type 1 diabetes, Allegies, Asthma and Autism.
Once the gut leaks, there are three places it will go - the joints, the muscles or the organs. Damage to two of the three will cause consistent and compound pain. Damage to the third will probably cause death.
Yes, we can't live in a plastic bubble. There are some things that just can't be controlled. I still need to breath the air. I still feel that even though I buy some organic, there's no way to tell if it's 100% organic. I mean, we still have rain coming down, that travels through the air that's filled with toxins.
And how does this relate to my Breast Cancer? Well, it's all part and parcel. Again, by healing myself from within, I'm fighting mutant cells. I'm helping my good guys beat back the bad guys. Have I turned away completely from my doctor? No, I have not. I am still in the learning mode.
The next couple of days are going to get interesting - you don't want to miss it. Especially when I meet with Dr. P...
Stay tuned - more to follow.
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