Praising Through The Storm

For the last few weeks I have been in the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. This pain is happening now, because the cancer cells (what truly appears to be the last of them) died inside and finally burst out like a very nasty pimple. I haven't uploaded any pictures of this new development yet, because I'm having a tough time even lifting my tongue in order to get a good picture, but it looks like a tiny ice cream scooper came through and carved out a chunk underneath my tongue and one little spot on the top of my tongue is still healing up. The worst part is that I have been on liquid diet since this happened, because of the pain making it nearly impossible for me to chew. Swallowing is difficult enough, because I have to push my tongue up and back in order to get the liquid down. It's a daily pain that has me feeling weak most days due to lack of sleep and I can't help crying tears often (if not every day), but I push on. I wrote all this not to make anyone feel sorry for me, for that does no good. Instead, I felt it was important for me to share that even still through this very troubling time, I continue to praise HIM! 

My faith is stronger than those demons I feel laughing at me for going through so much pain. I'll never give up and I wanted to remind others that our unwavering loving God will never give up either! I know our Heavenly Father is helping me through this and that this storm will soon be ending!!

That being said, if you're going through any mental, physical, or emotional struggles just remember that He will be there to guide you! In fact, I believe He waits for you to be humbled and call upon Him. 

If you ever need someone to pray with; friends, family, strangers, I don't care who you are... I'm here for you.

From Being Lost To Being Found

To those of you who actually read this sad excuse for a blog, I'm so sorry that it has taken me a little while to check back in. I had a legitimate reason this time! Honestly, there were more than a few setbacks that needed to be addressed before I could even make the time to sit and write. Let me explain. 

After I started following a few new recommendations from the Naturopathic Doctor, something terrible happened. My cancer spot seemed to start growing again and things got way out of control. It spread up over the curve to the top of my tongue, too. 

In a pathetic attempt to kill the cancer faster I over-did it on mixing too many vitamins. After a hefty dose of B17, (the weekend of March 11th) I went spiraling down a very scary path. 

I had what I believe was a "near death experience." I couldn't move a muscle. I was lying in bed and my husband reported to me later that I kept mumbling things that were mostly incoherent, but parts that could be understood included me talking about how my body didn't feel like my body anymore. 

I do distinctly remember looking down at myself and all I could see was my body as a sort of golden energy source. I'm probably going to sound like a crazy person (if I didn't already), but I believe this might have been my soul hovering above me. I saw darkness and shadows around me only moments before bright lights appeared. At one point I felt as if there was a split screen in front of me (like when you're playing a two-person video game with a vertical split screen). It was like there was another dimension or something. I know.. too crazy to fathom!  

This really freaked me out and I kept repeating "I'm scared" to my husband. He was scared for me, too, and about ready to take me to the hospital. When he hovered over me to make sure I was breathing, I apparently told him that he looked like an angel with bright lights around him.  

My skin and the whites of my eyes turned yellow. My husband learned through very rapid research that herb toxicity can cause temporary Jaundice symptoms. He also learned that even with the coconut oil in it, the coffee I had been drinking could have made my body too acidic (this is why we think the cancer could have spread. I have since stopped drinking coffee).    

That night, he made me get up and do a water enema to flush my colon. I immediately felt better. I told him I didn't need to go to the doctor. That night I also completed a liver flush (which made me vomit nearly 4 hours in) and then I literally slept for 24 hours straight.

The following week, as I began to recover, I thought it would be wise to complete another liver flush. A few gallstones and liver stones came out this time, but I didn't feel that it was enough. I got sick during that flush, too. I completed enemas all week long trying to purge my body of toxins and I backed off of the vitamins to allow my body to reset.

I was totally lost at this point and finally broke down to pray, something I had not truly done in many years (meanwhile, unknown to me at the time, my husband-- a once declared atheist-- also started praying).

Within one week, a stranger from New York contacted me on Facebook stating that she had seen my cancer pictures. She told me she believed she had the same type of cancer I did and that she had been in contact with the founder of the Cellect product. She told me that the doctor himself gave her a protocol of taking 10 scoops per day with water, but not to use any other protocol with this powder as it was highly effective on its own. Within 1 ½ months her cancer completely fell out and was on its way to healing back up. 

Within that same week, my father contacted me for the first time in many years. He wanted to talk about how he could get his own health in check (he had seen my progress via Facebook over the last year). We talked and I learned that anemia and cancer run in my family. This was something I had never known before. 

The next answer came to me from a lady in my exercise class who had told me all about her Candida problems and shared about diet changes she had to make. I didn’t think anything about this information coming to me until I developed a slight case of Candida on my tongue the following week and had her reference to fall back on. 

These 3 conversations alone were very enlightening for me. I KNEW at that moment, after everything I had seen during my "near death experience" and by these sudden answers, that without a doubt God had answered my prayer. I started immediately taking 10 scoops of Cellect a day. I cut out all sugar based foods to fight off Candida and it went away within a few weeks! 

I completed a third liver flush and this time I did not vomit. Also, THOUSANDS of stones came out of my body. In addition, I noticed a few dead parasites exit my body. This was, no doubt, one of the many reasons some of my past protocols hadn't worked properly. 

I now believe I should have continued with more body cleansing as I did in the first 4 months of my cancer diagnosis. The colon, parasite, liver, and heavy metal cleanses were so much more important than I ever gave them credit for. I mean, I knew they were in the beginning, but they still are! I have since started up with routine cleansing again while continuing to take Cellect every single day. 

The good news is that I have seen more progress within the short time I have been drinking the Cellect formula than I had in all the time of fighting cancer on my own since 2015, but I don't feel as though the Cellect is the only important part of all this that is worth mentioning. 

After my husband and I discovered that we had both started praying, it opened us up to a LONG, honest discussion about our faith. 

I had grown up in church, but never really took it seriously and honestly I rarely cracked open The Bible back in my childhood days. When the preacher would talk about scripture, without really explaining what any of it meant, my eyes would glaze over. I stopped attending church when I moved from Jr. High into High School. 

My husband, on the other hand, says he was saved when he was 12, but never really had a religious upbringing. Then, when his father died it made it difficult for him to believe in a God that would let that and so many other terrible things happen. 

Fast forward to the present...

We both understand that things happen for many reasons and not all of God's plans will be understood by us in the moment. 

We both also believe that all I ever needed to do since the start of this crazy life test was give into God (Yahweh), but because I tried to be stubborn and go at my cancer fight alone I couldn’t be healed. 

I think that God had to let me work myself down to the point that I was totally broken and only when I asked him to help did he see that I was ready. 

Now, I understand the lyrics to Amazing Grace, because I certainly went from being lost to being found!

My journey may have started as just a story about a woman trying to cure her cancer naturally, but it's now becoming so much more. My journey is now leading me back to a relationship with Jesus (Yeshua). I pray every day, now. I've also started to worship daily through song. 

Additionally, I've actually picked up The Bible, The Book Of Enoch, and a few other cross reference materials and I have begun to really study the Holy Word; verse by verse, and chapter by chapter! Once I started seeing the word and praying for understanding things have started to become more clear. 

After coming back to His glory, I started to have dreams about many things. God spoke to me in a dream and asked me to share his true word with others. I'm sure many of my atheist friends or family members will read this and want to run the other direction, but if that's the way it goes I know the ONE who really has my back. 

I know that I cannot force anyone to do anything they don't want to do and I wouldn't want to. All I can do is extend the offer, but the choice to accept it will belong to those willing to listen. Are you? If so, feel free to message me!

Finally Some Answers!

At the end of November I was introduced to a Naturopathic Doctor. I am so very glad to have found her as it's been a big guessing game the last year doing all this without a doctor's guidance. The crazy part is that this doctor was within a few blocks of my house all this time! 

After I met with her face-to-face for my first consultation I was so pleased to learn that she not only thought everything I had been doing up to this point was mostly wonderful, but that there was more I could be doing and blood tests that could answer some much needed questions! 

As if holiday times aren't busy enough, while trying to squeeze visits with family members that live hours away, I was also driving, seemingly every week, to get some sort of blood test completed.

With the results of these various blood tests I have learned the following things about myself:

• I have a Methylation defect. This means that the sulfur water I was drinking didn't really help me as much as it should have. It also means that my body didn't make great use of the Vitamin B supplements I had been taking.
• The nutritional assessment let me know that I do not have any other vitamin deficiencies in my body as of the last 4 months back! There were a few things I needed to work on bringing up so that they don't become problems like Vitamins: C, D3, K2, Zinc, Magnesium, Asparagine, and Calcium.
• According to something called a "Spectrox value" there is indication that since I have no nutritional defects it's just that my body has shut off the ability to even attack cancer cells at this point.
• I do not have any tumors in my body! Yay!! This means that the only cancer left on my tongue is very much only on a surface level.

Solutions to my problems:

(1.) The problem with the Methylation defect was easily solved by me starting to take a Methylation support supplement. 

(2.) Since before the nutritional assessment results came back I started juicing again with the addition of the supplement called Cellect (which has a lot of wonderful ingredients in it that I needed).

(3.) Crazily enough, the solution to this "Spectrox value" problem was to drink one cup of black, organic coffee with one scoop of coconut oil in it to open up the proper chambers necessary to allow cancer fighting "soldiers" through. I hate straight black coffee, but I'm doing it!

(4.) I've started IV infusions twice a week. The infusions toggle between Vitamin C and Poly MVA which is a uniquely-formulated combination of minerals, vitamins and amino acids designed to support cellular energy production. Basically, these two infusions help to excite cancer cells to the point that they cannot survive.

BONUS* (5.) I've started doing 1-2 coffee enemas every day to keep my liver and body flushed of toxins. 

Of course, doing all these things and taking so much time away from work made it impossible for me to continue going into the office every single day. Thankfully, I have a wonderful job that is super flexible; thus, I have started working from home to be able to have time to do everything required of me. 

My "day in the life" routine is now different than originally posted, but but that's okay. I'm happy with my new regime and I still get just as much work done in the few hours every day that I am able to focus on it, because I am an overachiever I will make it happen! 

I'm so happy that since starting my new daily routine, I have seen a lot of healing happen. Feel free to click over to my updated "graphic photos" to understand what has been happening in the healing process since all of these new protocols have been introduced. It's pretty amazing!     

Thankful For...

I am thankful for my husband most of all things in this world, but I'm also very thankful for my cancer. 

It sounds crazy to someone who has no idea what it's like being a cancer fighter, but what I know is that I am a changed person thanks to cancer. It was right before Thanksgiving in 2015 that I was diagnosed and at this point I know I'm not the same, but in a very good way. 

Yes, there have been some bad days when I had a mental breakdown or two and just wanted to cry, but I picked myself up and went on stronger than before. 

It's like mentally, I've gone through a tunnel and when I got to other side I finally realized that all the petty things I used to worry about don't really matter. I've thrown myself so far out of my "comfort zone" in many ways during all the cleanses and the experimental protocols while trying to find what worked for me. 

I've stuck 100% to my all-natural plant-based cancer diet and in the last year I have had ZERO sugar. That's right. I am living without chocolate, without bread, without anything sweet. Why? Because, without it I feel amazing. I have lost 55 pounds in the last year and I'm slowly working on toning via Yoga, jumping on my Rebounder, running, jogging, and walking with the dogs.  

I'm thankful for all of mine and my husband's research. I'm also very thankful for my husband's 100% support throughout my cancer fighting journey. 

This change over the last year has really opened my eyes. It's like I can finally see the big, wide world all around me. Rather than let moments go by me, I like to take time out of my day to just be present. I love just being part of the world and taking in the little moments like feeling the sunshine on my skin, smiling just because, laughing like crazy, grabbing more hugs, stealing more kisses, and enjoying more walks with my dogs.  

I have to say that I truly do experience things more deeply than I ever have before. Food tastes better (when I get to enjoy things like fruits and whole veggies), acts of love feel nicer, my Yoga practice is so very blissful (even when challenging), and I just have this glowing inner happiness that I've never felt before.

Knowing that others haven't been so lucky with fighting cancer makes me ever so grateful that what I've been doing has kept me alive. Even if it takes me another year or more to get rid of my cancer spot and scar tissue, I'll never give up, because this life is worth living! 

Miraculous Changes

The last few months have been really defining for me. As much as I wanted to do everything, I had to admit that some things just weren't the right thing for me and other things weren't working at all. In the end, I'm not "Superwoman" either and I know there just isn't enough time for me to do EVERYTHING so I've taken all the regimes I've come across and narrowed my daily activities down to things that I feel have been the most beneficial to my body, made the most difference in killing cancer, and what has helped in healing the tongue after the cancer fell off. 

Here's a glimpse of what a day in the life of me looks like:

-Wake Up, Let Dogs Out,  

-Pack my backpack with about 20 different vitamins, a mixture of sulfur water and Liph water, and some Essiac tea to take to work with me for later.

-Feed Dogs 

-Mix Cottage Cheese & Flaxseed (CCF) (Yes, I realize cheese isn't Vegan. This is the ONLY exception to my diet. Yes, it's for a purpose. The Budwig protocol calls for this and due to the Flaxseed the dairy properties are voided out.)

-Jump on trampoline for 15 Minutes

-Eat CCF

-Blend the grossest green smoothie which will be for dinner (My husband helps with this). The smoothie is nothing but veggies and mostly all leafy greens that no one in their right mind would enjoy drinking. Ever. 

-Go to work - Wait 3 Hrs. and complete routine of drinking Liph and Sulfur Mixture and eating a salad for lunch.
  

-30 Mins. later, take packed liquid Vitamin C, the rest of the pill form vitamins, and drink a Green Tea with the Essiac tea blended in. When possible I follow up with a second, plain 8oz. Green Tea.

-Take a break for 1 hr. Yoga (this happens twice during the week on Tuesday/Thursday)

-Go Home, Jump on trampoline for 20 Minutes

-Care For Dogs

-Force myself to gulp down the grossest smoothie ever for dinner 

-Drink another Sulfur/Liph Water mixture. Wait 30 minutes and take round of vitamins.

-Reward self with another Green Tea with Essiac Tea blended in

-Have a giant avocado for snack and/or 1/4 cup sized portion of Quinoa

-Take 10 more pancreatic enzymes  

-Spend time with husband, relax, enjoy television, computer time, etc. 

-Go to bed 

I left out the mundane things of life such as laundry, dishes, and other chores as they just get worked in whenever there's a slight gap. Thankfully, weekends aren't quite as crazy as I don't have to work, but I still go to Yoga on both Saturday and Sunday for one hour as well as keep up with everything else. 

This is my life right now, but it's all for the better, because I'm getting stronger mentally and physically. Not to mention, as you can see from my progress photos my sore spot has made some major changes in the last few months. It's like something out of a science fiction movie! It's crazy to think that pieces of my tongue literally have fallen off, left a giant hole in my tongue, and cells are regenerating to fill up the gap. The body truly is an amazing thing and can do so much when we simply allow it to do so without the interference of poisons! 

My tongue has improved more than ever before and I'm getting to the point where I think testing to make sure my cancer is gone for good will be happening very soon! Stay tuned for updates! 

Anything And Everything

At this point I've gone through many, MANY steps of the natural cancer fighting process from multiple body cleanses, to changing my diet, to exercising more, and doing various detoxing regimes along the way. 

What I'm learning is that every step brings me just a little closer to total healing, whether that means due to learning what wasn't working or what was/is making my tongue feel better. 

As with any form of natural medicine what one study says is different from what another says. 

With that being said, I've had to test each protocol and simply watch to see what works for me and what only seems to inflame my sore spot. 

  

At the beginning of my cancer fighting journey I vowed to do anything and everything that was all natural in order to fight my cancer. 

Thus, after I saw some results from the diet change and the exercising my body felt more in tune. My husband and I decided it was time to move on to the next phase of trying to either kill off cancer cells or revert the cancer cells back into normal cells. 

That's when we decided to try the coconut oil regime that I posted about a bit ago. I thought about doing it again, but I really wanted to do something stronger, mostly after my husband learned about a few more ways to kill cancer cells. 

My husband came across the most simple protocol ever. In fact, it seemed too good to be true. Yet, since it has been about 9 months since starting this fight, I am getting desperate to get rid of this bump under my tongue! So, I did it. It was 10 days worth of drinking 2 tsp of baking soda with 2 tsp of Blackstrap molasses in about 8 oz of water, 2-3 times a day. The baking soda mixture did seem to do a little something in flattening out my sore spot. 

After that 10 day cycle ended, I opted to do an even stronger protocol. Again, thanks to the research of my husband (truly, I'd be lost without his support and his ability to keep me going). 

Today, is the first day of fasting for the next 7 days. No food. Only drinking an organic sulfur mix, Liph water, taking Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C, and taking one Protandim pill twice per day. 

As with the coconut oil and the baking soda mix, I have a giant headache. I feel empty. Not from hunger, but I have this weird sludgy feeling that comes over me. Emotionally, I'm pretty much a wreck. I'm trying to control my emotions and keep thinking positively, but I have had a few breakdowns in the past few weeks and I can't seem to control them.

These are all documented side effects of detoxing, so I'm trying not to think too much of them. I just hate feeling like this. I feel like I can't talk to anyone who would truly understand how I feel and I don't want to intrude on the "normal" lives of others around me. 

I'm usually a happy go lucky person who looks forward to yoga and planning fun outings. I'm always so thankful for life. That's why these feelings creeping up on me are abnormal. They aren't the real me and I don't like them one bit. I just want it all to be over. 

I remind myself that's why I'm turning myself into a human Guinea pig with all these natural treatments. I have to find what works for me. Something will. I know it. When it does, I'll look back on all of this and realize it was worth it. 

If this current protocol doesn't get me the results I desire the first time around, the regime says I can do it once every month for one week at a time.  

Of course, I'm hoping it works out the first time around! Let's see!

Update On Coconut Oil Cleanse

The bad news is that I didn't make it through the entire 10 day coconut oil cleanse, because I got really weak and very sick. Everything I read said to continue, but I was doubled over and I had to take off work for a few days. 

I made it through more than half of the cleanse and as a result a CHUNK of my cancer bump literally FELL off! It left a noticeable hole in the bottom of my tongue. (Picture provided on the photo page-- for those that do want to see it). 

While looking at it would make anyone shudder, I can only take this change as a positive one. Yes, this time it does hurt. I can't deny that, but I suppose that is to be expected as I have a HOLE in the underside of my tongue. Pretty crazy, right?

Cleansing... Some More

For those of you that don't know, I attend Yoga classes at least 4 times per week while maintaining all of my cancer fighting routines and holding down a full time job. I love what the classes do for me mentally, physically, and emotionally, however; it a dedication that takes up quite a bit of what little time I have. With that being said, this blog has suffered. I'm sorry for that!

In addition, I've been in overdrive trying to get rid of this cancer scar! I got a little sad at the beginning of this week and I couldn't sleep very well. A lady I spent quite a lot of time talking with about her cancer treatment options officially opted to do CHEMO rather than spend time doing the natural stuff. As a result, her body became too weak and she eventually passed away. I felt heartbroken to hear this news and it impacted my ability to focus for a little bit. All I can hope for is that she found some inner peace before she passed on.

As for my progress with the cancer spot...well, it is slow, but still shows signs of changing for the better. I think the reason that the progress slowed down so much may be due to the fact that I introduced too much sugar back into my diet too soon with lots of fruits. 

As an extreme attempt to detox my body and starve these cancer cells of anything they love... I'm doing yet another cleansing treatment. 

My husband found this 10 day coconut oil and water cleanse/fast that we are participating in right now. It seems crazy, but by eating NO FOOD at all for 10 days and only ingesting water and coconut oil I'll be allowing my body to kill bad microbes and focus on healing rather than spending up to 60% of the energy it usually does on digesting food.

My husband is so awesome! He doesn't have to do this cleanse fasting thing with me, but he is just to be supportive. Not to mention, he's seeing some benefits from the fasting experience as well. 

So, that's where I'm at. I'm on day #3 of this fasting cleanse and right now... I'm not going to lie, I feel like crap, but I'm hanging in there! 

Good News!

To all of my friends and family that have been following my journey, I apologize that I am not very good at constantly posting here. You'd never guess that I actually get paid to blog for other companies would you? 

So... I fell off the wagon for about 2 weeks, from my healthier salad eating. I tried a local pizza place where they boasted about having gluten-free crust and Vegan friendly toppings with soy-free cheese! Well, that was all fine and dandy except it kept making me ill. I went home and did a little more research only to learn that the baking spray they utilize for their crust has soy all in it. That isn't just for the gluten-free crust, either. Every single pizza they make has soy sprayed right into the crust!! 

I had to stop immediately and revert back to my planned diet. Guess what? My body is so efficient at getting rid of junk that it doesn't like or need and within 24 hours of being in pain from eating the wrong thing, I kicked it and bounced right back into my old routine like nothing happened. 

Anyway, since I went back to my regime I've seen the sore go away even more. The good news is that I'm now 5 months into my "fight" against cancer and the sore has healed up by 50%. 

The bottom part of the white (leukoplakia), that was near the back of my tongue, is GONE! The only part of the cancer spot still holding on for dear life is the leukoplakia that is near the top of my tongue and closest to the top of my teeth. 

Even what is remaining has softened up. It took a bit longer than expected to get to this point, but I can't complain! Maybe in another few months it'll all be gone!

Still Going...

It has been a little while since I posted last, but in case you were wondering, I am still working on getting rid of this cancer spot the 100% natural way. It's a slow, but steady course I'm on. I have uploaded my most recent picture in the "graphic photos" section of this blog. 

What you may be able to see is that the white skin is getting softer and softer with each passing week. In addition, the redness is disappearing or becoming pink like the rest of the surrounding tongue tissue. 

I have high hopes that what I am doing is working! I hope to inspire others to take the all-natural journey to curing whatever illnesses they may have, because after this journey I have to believe that eating the right way is medicinal! 

Addressing A Few Key Points

I'm writing today to address a few key points that have been brought up during conversations with friends and strangers, lately. 

First of all, while curing my cancer is the number one focus at all times, it's also about living a naturally healthy life beyond the treatment! 

I think at this point I might as well call myself an "All-Natural Vegan", because it seems several people believe that being Vegan means that it's perfectly safe and fine to eat soy, Tofu, junk food, pre-packaged health bars, "low fat" foods, etc. 

Let me start with soy. Follow this link here to learn some myths about soy. Click here to learn about ways soy upsets hormone balance. Unfortunately, as discussed in Dr. Group III's book The Green Body Cleanse, soy in America is not fermented and is GMO. 

After knowing what I know, whether someone says their soy is non-GMO or not, I'm not taking any chances. It's not even worth it.

Now, about Tofu. Nope, I will NOT eat this either. If you didn't know, Tofu is made from coagulating soy milk and then pressing the curds into blocks. Sound gross? It does to me! It also looks gross and frankly it tastes horrible. I'd much rather stuff my face with a bowl full of plain Kale any day! 

In place of dairy my favorite alternatives are the water and white coconut meat blended from a real coconut to make my own coconut milk OR almonds soaked, blended in water and pressed to make my own almond milk. Organic seasonings can make these "milks" taste like just about anything you want. 

I also do not eat pre-packaged "health" bars or anything that says "LOW FAT", because they all have some sort of added ingredients for preserving them. Low fat foods all have some sort of unpronounceable bizarre ingredients or tons of sugar in one way or another. Bottom line: If it didn't come from the ground in plant form or from an herb, I try to stay far away from it. Plant-based is the best way to go for curing ANY disease. (I've recently found information showing people have beat Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, PCOS, and more all by eating a natural based, Vegan diet).   

It might sound crazy to say this, but I think I'm at my healthiest now AFTER being diagnosed with cancer than I was before. I'm not just talking about weight loss either. That is just a bonus. The real proof is in my overall, daily health.

For example, all of my adult life used to be spent suffering from migraines, constant sinus drainage, and sneezing. In 4+ months since starting my new lifestyle, exercise and diet I haven't had ONE single allergy problem. That's right! No more multiple sneezes in a row, no more daily headaches, and no more sinus drainage. In addition, I no longer have insomnia issues. I sleep better than I ever have. 

Want to know more? I'm always happy to share, but just know that an all-natural lifestyle is now a passion of mine so if you turn on the water, be willing to drink from the hose!  

     

Documentaries

In talking with a lot of family and friends about my cancer routine and where I started it occurred to me that I've never actually given credit to the specific documentaries that started my husband and I down the path of researching natural remedies in the first place.

In my blog post, here, I mentioned that we watched several documentaries on Netflix, before we jumped to the 10+ hour documentary The Truth About Cancer. Today, I want to share what those 3 documentaries were that made us jump start our whole plant-based diet. 

These documentaries should make you see things about the world of food just a little bit differently. They are as follows: 

3 Fillings Gone, 3 To Go!

I finally found a dentist that didn't care about me having cancer and I was able to get an appointment really quick!

He looked at my amalgam fillings and my cancer spot and told me that removing the fillings would not be a problem. I did have to sign a liability waiver preventing from suing in case something should cause my cancer to spread. I'm not worried about that at all, I just wanted the amalgam fillings removed, because they were corroded. 

Since I have 3 amalgam fillings on each side of my mouth it was recommended that I undergo the procedure to have only one side of my amalgam fillings removed at a time.

Yes, this is me. Looking silly in the dental garb.

After having the numbness stick around for several hours after having the fillings removed, I can see why this is a recommendation and I'm glad I listened, because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to eat anything all day. Now I know. 

More importantly, it's a happy moment in my journey. I have one small victory completed with 3 fillings gone and 3 more to go! 

My next appointment is April 6th. Yay!

Updates

The Cleansing Process: By this point in my cancer fighting journey I have completed a colon cleanse, multiple liver cleanses, a 40 day parasite cleanse and the most recent cleanse I tried was a kidney cleanse. I made it to day 3 out 4 in that cleanse before it took a toll on my body. I got physically ill, weak, and sweaty... all signs that I shouldn't keep going.

I lost every ounce of nutrients from my body in less than an hour. Of course, I had to head home to fight this thing out. I couldn't concentrate on work when my stomach kept turning. 

I got so pale that it scared me for a bit. I couldn't keep anything down and I threw up about 6 times in a row, but I didn't give up on trying to drink water. 

Finally, I was able to keep some of the water down and I gave in to sleep. Later, I warmed up some veggie broth, went outside, and sat in the sun for 1 1/2 hours. I have to say I felt tons better after soaking up some real vitamin D. 

After some research, I learned that getting sick, like I did, can happen and it was nothing to be scared about. So, if you go through something like this it may just be the release of toxins happening and it is important to stay hydrated! 

Next up on the cleansing list; Heavy Metal Cleanse! I'll be starting this 30 day joy ride come Monday (03/14/16) morning. 

Exercise: Luckily, I work with my husband and his business partner so it's a pretty relaxed environment. I have taken my mini-trampoline or Rebounder to the office. I put it in a little, walk-in closet out of sight from clients and it fits perfectly. I am able to go into the closet and jump for 15 minute intervals when I need a break from staring at the computer. Not only is it a great way to break up the day and release some stress, but it gets my lymph nodes moving. Feel free to look up why this is so important! I'm not a medical genius so I'd probably not explain it as well, but it is important. 

In the evenings, I have been relaxing more and a few times a week I get out to do Yoga classes. This is my new obsession in life! I practice it at home, too, sometimes!

Now, I have and always will be a sucker for languages and travel (I'm a Francophone or French junkie-- I majored in French in college and minored in Spanish), but I'm not made of money so I have to be practical about my aspirations and hobbies. Unlike people who can drop everything to travel as a hobby, I only get the occasion vacation. I'm fine with that, because I'm learning to create a life I don't feel the need to escape from. 

So, all that being said I am stoked that I finally found something that I can do for myself! Of all things to be obsessed about, I couldn't think of a better one than exercise in the form of Yoga! Not only do I keep pushing myself to get better at it, but it's good FOR ME! I love the way it makes me feel mentally and physically.

My Weight: I haven't talked much about this up to this point, because it wasn't really a focal point for me, but I have lost quite a bit of fat since starting my all-natural diet almost 4 months ago. At this time in 2015, I weighed 30 pounds more than I currently weigh. That's a big deal. My pants are falling off and my shirts swallow me. I haven't had a chance to replace my entire wardrobe just yet, so belts have become my best friend for right now. 

At first, people didn't say anything, but here recently my family and friends have begun to notice my change in size and I've been getting loads of comments about it. Yes, I do have some small, faint stretch marks in a few areas as a result of the dramatic loss, but I'm still pretty happy about feeling better than I ever have. In time, with the right diet (that I'm already eating) I believe my skin will heal. I've read about others with more dramatic changes that mine who have managed to heal their stretch marks so I remain hopeful.   

My Sore: I haven't been posting pictures, because to be honest not much has changed since I posted my last picture. It's a slow and steady process I suppose, but I'm not giving up! My theory is that as long as it doesn't go back to being painful or growing then I am still on the right track. As soon as there seems to be more progress I will be posting more photos. Of course, I will be thanking my lucky stars once it is completely gone and nothing in the world will stop me from telling everyone I know about that, so stay tuned. 

My journey isn't over, yet! 
  

Swishing...

I've been happy with the progress of my cancer sore shrinking up until now, but I had high hopes of seeing it shrink even more by now.

It's been about 90 days and it is still getting better, slowly, so I can't really complain. It's much less red and pink since I started (I will upload a new photo as soon as possible), but that doesn't mean I don't want to do everything possible to help this cancer go away!

I believe I mentioned before that my routine would probably change with additions as my husband and I are always learning more.

With that being said, we've decided to add something else to my regime. So on top of what I mentioned doing in this post here, in this post, and in this post I have started swishing something as often as possible. I shoot for doing so every hour, if possible, and I swish for 10-20 minutes each time.

I rotate between swishing a high grade hemp oil, baking soda & water, Iodine, Essential oils, Peroxide and Apple Cider Vinegar. I've also started using a lower grade hemp oil for my salad.

In just the last week or so of this subtle addition of swishing and eating low amounts of hemp oil, I've noticed the skin start to get softer under my tongue (like a sore does when you've worn a band-aide for a while). The result of the softer flesh is that the white parts of the sore are slowly falling off in the tiniest, little pieces. 

Additionally, my pain is officially at a 0 out of 10! 

I am choosing to believe that all of these signs are good ones. I hope to report back with even more positive progress very soon. 

Rejected Again

After I was refused for dental services by the last "homeopathic" dentist (read about that here) I felt a little uneasy about going in to see another dentist for fear the same thing would happen again. 

My husband found this other dentist online that claimed to be holistic and they were only a little bit further away than the last one. We scheduled the appointment, and yesterday, we went in.  

At first, I thought this dentist might be different, because they even went as far as to set a "welcome" sign out with my name on it when I walked through the door. The front desk staff seemed very friendly. 

Then, it was like déjà vu all over again when I sat down in the dental chair and was asked to tell my cancer story. As soon as the dental assistant heard that I refused surgery, chemo and radiation therapy she scribbled some notes down on her chart and her tone shifted from friendly to a stance of "get away from me, you freak". 

She brought the doctor in to talk to me. He said he just wanted to look at my mouth. He wasn't even interested in seeing the cancer spot and acted repulsed by it. He told me to just move it out of the way. Then, he just poked around for a few seconds, raised up the chair and admitted my amalgam fillings had started to break down. 

After hearing my story, again, he started to lecture me about how he is an "in between" holistic and ordinary dentist. He kept asking if I would consider getting a second opinion on treating my cancer the conventional way. I flat out told him no! I had already made up my mind that surgery, chemo and radiation were out of the question. 

That's when it happened. I was rejected again. He stated that all he can do for me is recommend that I think about seeing another doctor for a second opinion on how to go about treating my cancer (what he meant was all he can do is tell me to stop healing myself naturally).

My husband then spoke up and said we would consider it if the doctor would consider watching the 10+ hour documentary The Truth About Cancer. It was comical. The doctor shriveled up his nose, put on his angry face and stated that he would never do that.   

His face had this glare on it that said "you are worthless, you do not deserve my attention, you are insignificant. Get out!"

With that, I leapt off of the chair and walked out. 

With each ignorant person I meet; with each person who doesn't believe that natural healing works, I get more determined. I will never stop what I am doing. 

PS: It's only been 70 days at this point and I am seeing results. The sore is shrinking every week, a little at a time! 

Being Vegan

I keep getting a lot of questions about my new found Veganism lifestyle. The number one question I get is:

"Where are you getting your protein from?"

If you research the top plant based protein sources, you'll learn a lot. If you live in America, however; I can't agree with eating Soy based anything. Click here to read up on this subject and find out why most Soy isn't great.

Another thing to be cautious about is anything that says "natural flavors" on it. I just learned this recently. Basically, those labels are a big fat lie and really mean that you're probably eating Beaver butt glands. Look it up for yourself if you don't believe me. 

Anyway.... back to the subject at hand here, you should know plants have plenty of protein!! 

I can hardly believe how many people DO NOT know that plant based foods are full of protein. Quinoa has become my favorite, go-to food and it's packed with protein. Lentils, beans, legumes, nuts, sprouts, leafy greens (like kale and spinach) and even avocados are all things I've been incorporating into my diet to get enough protein. 

Nutritional yeast is also my new favorite seasoning (it has B12 in it). This seasoning has pretty much replaced every cheese source I ever had in a meal.

Rest assured, I'm doing just fine and I love being Vegan!