Category Archives: Anti-Cancer

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The Ultimate Cancer Fighting Kitchen: Vitamix

Vitamix TurboBlend VS: $289 – $449

(This post is the first in the ongoing “Ultimate Cancer Fighting Kitchen” series.)

The Vitamix TurboBlend (or 5200) was actually one of the only “cancer fighting” appliances I received BEFORE I was diagnosed with cancer. Costing around $450, I almost forced my husband, Kevin to return it when he gave it to me for my 26th birthday, two months before my cancer diagnosis. I couldn’t believe the price tag! For a BLENDER!!!?? I figured out that the Vitamix cannot be classified as “just a blender,” and it is well worth it’s price tag. It’s an angelic appliance with NASA-quality engineering from the heavens!

Be sure to keep up with this series (and read the rest of this post) for great deals on creating your own cancer fighting kitchen!

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Pink-tober….I Mean OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

As I am writing this blog post, the quarterbacks playing the NFL football game on my TV are both wearing pink sleeves. The rest of the team has pink shoes and pink towels. The cheerleaders have pink pom-poms. What is the occasion you wonder???

Well, you probably don’t wonder, because everyone knows that October is breast cancer awareness/ fundraising for pharmaceutical research MONTH!

What many people don’t know, is that almost 100% of the funds raised for all the PINK this month will be used to fund everything BUT alternative/ holistic cancer treatment. We just can’t do that in the United States where all cancer “treatment” must be approved by the F.D.A. and be capable of costing and making lots and lots of money for stock-holders and others invested in large pharmaceutical companies.

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My Tour & Review of Hippocrates Health Institute

It didn’t take me long into my tour of the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, FL to say out loud to my husband, “UGH! I wish we would have known about this place when I was diagnosed!”

I was born and grew up just down the street from Hippocrates but didn’t learn of it until months after my cancer diagnosis in 2008. I am tossing it up to one of those “I guess it just wasn’t meant to be” kind of things, but if you are looking for a place to retreat to after a cancer diagnosis, this would definitely be a peaceful and helpful place to consider.

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5 Essential Questions to Ask Before Starting Cancer Treatment

I hear it all the time when cancer survivors ask me about beating cancer without chemotherapy or radiation.

“I didn’t know that there were any other options, so I just followed my doctor’s recommendation.”

Sometimes this comes from caretakers who have already lost their loved ones to cancer or perhaps to the cancer treatment itself.

The 5 questions I discuss today should be pondered by EVERY individual given a cancer diagnosis. It does not matter how old or young, male or female, aggressive cancer or slow-progressing. An informed decision must be made, and these questions will help you make it.

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The Pistachio Project: “The Good Cancer”

 

A few months ago I actually wrote a “guest post” for an AWESOME blog, The Pistachio Project founded by a fellow organic, crunchy mama. I wrote a narrative of my cancer story that was therapeutic as well as enlightening for me. I chose to call it “The Good Cancer,” and I’m sure all of us with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma could guess why.

I think many of my readers will identify with it, as they have gone through similar experiences. It outlines the very early days of my cancer diagnosis and the emotions that took a role in our decision to forgo chemotherapy and radiation and try natural protocols first.

You can find Brittany’s blog and my story at The Pistachio Project

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Alternative Breast Cancer Survivors: Tonya

Tonya Griffin

Today’s survivor is still very active in getting the word out about holistic approaches to cancer treatment. At 21 years old Tonya was first diagnosed with an aggressive Stage II breast cancer. She was in college and didn’t know much about cancer or chemotherapy, but what she had seen is what chemotherapy could do to a person. She decided to research further but meanwhile followed her doctor’s recommendation of a lumpectomy and lymph node removal. However, when it came to the decision about chemotherapy, she went with what she believed was best for her.

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Alternative Breast Cancer Survivors: Margarita, Burga, May, and Alicia

The women you will hear from today all received their treatment from the Oasis of Hope Hospital in Tijuana, Mexico. Oasis of Hope is different from other hospitals in the United States in that they are knowledgeable about holistic methods along with having the best conventional treatments available. I especially love their spiritual focus on God and dependence on Him as “the Great Physician.”

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Alternative Breast Cancer Survivors: Marilyn

Marilyn Brent

Today’s survivor story is an absolutely uplifting and detailed narrative. She discusses her Stage II/III diagnosis, her kids’ reaction, her family’s history with breast cancer, her alternative protocol of choice, and her remission! Marilyn’s attitude of optimism is contagious and a perfect read for someone who is currently pursuing alternative therapies. Like my own story, her faith took a front row seat to everything else.