Healing cancer naturally can be a very difficult and lonely journey. So it’s even more important for us to be able to LAUGH about our crazy, bizarre lives and ridiculous daily routines! Here are 39 daily habits only us who are on a natural healing journey from cancer can truly understand…
A Dutch study of almost 4,000 people treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma using chemotherapy and radiation reports that 48% of those studied were diagnosed with a SECOND cancer in their lifetime.
It was also reported in the December 2015 study, which tracked people treated between the years of 1965-2000, that new advances in chemotherapy in the 1990’s had no change in the incidence of secondary cancers.
This study is EXACTLY why my husband and I chose to address my Stage 2 NLP (nodular lymphocyte predominant) Hodgkin’s lymphoma with nutritional and holistic therapies FIRST. We knew the risk for secondary cancers existed first hand when my aunt (mom’s identical twin,) who had Hodgkin’s as a teenager and was treated conventionally, was diagnosed and passed away from the effects of breast cancer treatment in her 50’s. Her doctor stated that her breast cancer (and heart problems resulting in multiple surgeries,) were caused by her Hodgkin’s treatment as a teenager.
When I was diagnosed at 26, I was perfectly healthy (besides digestive problems from my super poor Standard American Diet.) When the oncology nurse told us all of the effects of the chemotherapy and radiation, it was hard to accept the SIDE EFFECTS from the treatment that wouldn’t be there otherwise. They were pretty much going to ravage me.
Can you believe this picture?! My sister snapped it while waiting at a traffic light in Atlanta back in 2011. I couldn’t believe it when I saw it! I had just started my blog and had endured some brutal verbal attacks (about my holistic cancer healing story) on a popular cancer support forum, so I just wasn’t quite ready to talk so honestly about something like this.
I must confess that I’ve pondered some “let’s not assume…” kind of thoughts. Like “well, maybe it’s not an oncologist and it’s a foreign name, like “Kem Odoc”, or “Kemo D.” from the “OC” or something like that? 🙂
But after 5 years of hesitancy on publishing this picture, I think it’s pretty clear.
This person is a proud KEMODOC.
I wanted to quickly get a review of The Truth About Cancer: A Global Quest and recap out to all of you who have been looking for summaries of all of the episodes all in one place. Here it is! 🙂
You can watch the entire series for FREE by signing up here and tuning in starting October 9th!
If I were diagnosed today, this would be one of my first purchases and a priority to begin learning more about alternative and natural ways to treat cancer. It’s clear, concise, and paints the big picture of why we need to heal the WHOLE BODY and not just treat the symptoms of cancer.
ALL EPISODE RECAPS AND SUMMARIES:
Sign up to view all episodes for FREE starting October 9th, HERE.
Cortney 🙂
Happy Saturday Everyone!
Episode 4 did such a great job in teaching about the many ways food combats cancer using its natural, God-given compounds. I was also so grateful to see Ty visit the Hope 4 Cancer Institute in Mexico and learn about how they are different in approaching cancer.
Episode 4 is no longer streaming online, but you can still watch the first two episodes of The Truth About Cancer: A Global Quest for FREE and purchase the entire series HERE.
Here are a few highlights from Episode 4…
Seven years ago, when my husband and I began our research to heal my body naturally from cancer, we had to scour the internet for information on all of the different supplements, detox protocols, and dietary changes I would need to implement. Combined, we read over a dozen books, referenced countless others, poured over scores of medical studies and research articles, met survivors, attended a 12 day full service detox and living foods program, prayed incessantly, and more! – all to learn what we needed to know in order to confidently and intelligently stand up to our doctors, families, and friends for what we believed would be my ideal, God-given way to heal.
What took me weeks to find out by digging through book after book, week after week, tear after tear of frustration, I could have been introduced to in 11 easy to watch, organized, mind-blowing episodes.
If you or someone you know has cancer, I would drop anything and everything and tune in for the brand new, Truth About Cancer: A Global Quest, starting on October 13th. All you need to do is click this link and enter your email address to get the information on how to tune in. Best thing ever- it’s ALL FREE!
With 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women predicted to get cancer in their lifetimes, YOU NEED AN INFORMED PLAN for how YOU will address cancer in you and your loved ones. The Truth About Cancer: A Global Quest is the perfect place to start!
Here’s what will be covered in the 11 part Documentary-Series…
Each time I have a baby I go through a season of worrying I have cancer again. Months of sleep deprivation, limited time to prepare healthy food, and kid-overload can make your body feel like something is really wrong. But I forget the power that I really have to prevent!
Cancer free now since 2008 after choosing a completely holistic approach, I can’t afford to abandon my anti-cancer diet and lifestyle, even if a new baby makes it super difficult.
So remembering some of these 5 easy strategies to stay cancer confident has me feeling more empowered about being perfectly fine!
Hi Everyone! Life around here is overjoyed and overwhelmed all at the same time. I’m sure those of you have have had young multiple children know what I mean. Even as I’m editing this post, I have one kid climbing over the couch asking me for a plum and another yelling from her highchair. The baby will surely follow. 🙂
I’m obviously not in the season for consistent, meaningful blogging, but I sure do get antsy for some time to write.
So, when I got this email from Tia last week, I thought it would be great to answer her question as a blog post. Why haven’t I done this before? So great.
Unbelievable. Just ridiculously UNBELIEVABLE. It’s one thing to read about it, but to watch Cassandra, who we now know is Cassandra Callender, tell her own story is just unreal.
You may have read my post on her medical kidnapping back in January, but hearing her story first hand will give you chills. Cassandra was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the same cancer I healed from naturally 7 years ago. Hers and her mother’s wish was to research and possibly pursue a holistic, natural protocol first. The state however believed the 17-year-old did not have the right to research and choose her own medical care and removed her by force from her home, sedated her with drugs, and surgically inserted a port in her without her mother’s or her consent. They handcuffed her to a hospital bed where she received months of chemotherapy, all while her mother was forbidden to see her and an armed police officer guarded her hospital room door.
It’s INSANE. As a mother of 3 girls and having successfully healed from cancer myself, I would have lost my mind over this!
You can find Cassandra’s interview with Ty Bollinger above, but also- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if you want to help her in anyway, visit her GoFundMe page HERE. Even $5 or $10 would be a big hug to her. Recovering from cancer holistically is an expensive endeavor and not covered by insurance. Medical doctors will not teach you anything about nutrition, detoxification, and recovering emotionally, so Cassandra can use all of the help she can get from us- those who know the truth about healing from illness.
-Cortney 🙂
I’ve gotten emails from several of you about when the “Quest for the Cures” will air again and the answer is VERY SOON! And the best part again- IT’S FREE!
The 11-part series will begin March 30th and air one episode each night until April 9th. Each episode will be available to stream for 24 hours after they originally air. After that, they will be available for purchase for a special promotional sale price through the link in this email.
I wrote a blog post last summer about Ty Bollinger traveling to Atlanta to interview me for the episode that included many other natural/ holistic cancer survivors other than myself (you can see me in Episode 11.) He compiled the entire series of interviews into 11 parts:
Episode 1 – Modern Medicine & The Cancer Pandemic
Episode 2 – Your First Line Of Defense
Episode 3 – Eliminate These “Dirty Dozen” To Prevent Cancer
Episode 4 – Your Secret Fountain Of Youth
Episode 5 – Nature’s Pharmacy
Episode 6 – Clean Foods & The Cancer Diet
Episode 7 – Diagnostic “Do’s & Dont’s” – Proven Treatment Protocols Part 1
Episode 8 – Proven Treatment Protocols Part 2
Episode 9 – Proven Treatment Protocols Part 3
Episode 10 – Doctor’s Orders
Episode 11 – How To Survive & Thrive
All you have to do is sign up by clicking THIS LINK and the information on how to view the series will be sent to your email.
There is nothing else like the Quest for the Cures out there. I wish all of this information (interviews with 28 doctors, 10 scientists, and 9 natural survivors,) would have been all in one resource like this when I was diagnosed almost 7 years ago. It would of saved us a ton of time and stress trying to find reputable sources for WHY and HOW alternative and natural cancer treatment works. It would also have been great to show my concerned family and friends!
I hope you’ll SIGN UP and share with your loved ones. You never know how it could change someone’s viewpoint or even save someone’s life.
-Cortney