5 years ago today, I was diagnosed with early stage but aggressive breast cancer. I found it, not my mammogram. It was at the unhappiest time of my life and the smallest, weight wise. I have never been more terrified in my life. I don’t speak of this often, because honestly, it brings back memories that I don’t want to have. Against the advice of top oncologists and my family I chose to have a mastectomy on one side, and refused all forms of traditional treatment, which included 2 forms of aggressive chemo for a total of 12 months, radiation 5 days a week for 6 weeks and Tamoxifen, another form of chemo by pill for 5 years. It might sound crazy but I knew I got cancer from a depleted immune system (from not consuming enough nutrients), severe and chronic anxiety and stress over a long period of time and my mindset of needing an escape. After much prayer and research, I chose a naturopathic and holistic approach which was expensive and very hard but I followed it religiously for 2 solid years of my life. In the very beginning the cancer came back in the very same spot, I was told I was going to die and what I was doing was crazy. Many people were dying around me during this time, some who followed doctors’ advice and some who chose the same path as I had. I never wavered. I knew I was going to be fine and started on a path of healing and changing my life.
In 2019, after scans and checkups, I was told I had no traces of cancer in my body and no DNA markers that would have ever have made me susceptible to any of the many known cancers. I’m sharing this because you need to understand, illness is your body’s way of screaming out to you that something isn’t well. That it can’t take it anymore and you need to make serious changes before your body gives up. Your body will fight for you but it can only take so much, whether it be from stress, diet, drug abuse, or anything that you know is causing you harm emotionally or physically. I am so happy and healthy now. I can lift heavy weight on my chest when I was told I wouldn’t ever be able to. Thank you to my body, and thank you God for what you provide on your earth to heal us.
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