Letter to Kathy

 I had a great weekend, cut all the grass (glad that's over), fired up the wood stove on the stone patio and had some neighbors over. I lit the stove again last night and had a quiet little fire all by myself!

I'm on the road on Thursday, off to Leduc. I hope I make some money; pretty broke.

The big news is, I will be getting a Pet scan done in July!

DMSO

DMSO stands for dimethyl sulfoxide. It has a long battle history, according to Nature's Healer by Dr. Morton Walker. The book points out flaws in the FDA procedure for approvals. 

 "Those of us who have been using the drug for many many years never dreamed that it would become a focal point in the continuing battle between individual freedom and the power of the government."

The substance has been employed safely and successfully by millions of people around the world to control swelling and reduce discomfort. It is safe and effective, and has the ability to penetrate cellular membranes and enhance the penetration of other molecules.

DMSO should be the initial treatment of choice for all acute destructive bodily processes. It could save many lives or reduce many injuries if it was in every ambulance and medical facility.

In the US, it has been approved by the FDA for use against interstitial cystitis. It is legal in 50 states for treatment of stroke, burns, arthritis and whatever other purpose the doctor deems appropriate.

There are many many uses of DMSO. It can be used as  a carrier, but it also kills cancer cells. Here are some links for more information:

Dimethyl Sulfoxide Information Center 

DMSO - The Magic Bullet

Earth Clinic Folk Medicine

That should get you started. 

You May Be Drinking, But That Doesn't Mean You Are Hydrated

Drinking water doesn't equal hydration. Our body consists of 70% water. 75% of the world's population is chronically dehydrated. Research confirms that most of the water we consume daily is aligned in a chaotic, large cluster that makes it difficult for our bodies to absorb and optimally hydrate, ultimately leading to unintentional yet chronic dehydration.

 Dehydration can cause:

• uneven skin tone

• premature onset of wrinkles

• anxiety and/or depression

• headaches

• joint pain

• excess weight

• sleepnessness

• lack of focus

• fatigue

When we are born, the water molecules in our cells are aligned in a single file. Our young bodies even convert any water that we drink into a single-file alignment.

As we age, our body's ability to convert the water we drink into the single file alignment dramatically decreases. Our body's hydration levels become compromised.

Through his discovery of "Aquaporins," 2003 Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Peter Agre has proven that in order for water to be optimally effective in the body, the water molecules must be aligned in a single file structure.

Thus comes the patent for “iwater” systems from Gia Wellness.

The benefits of iwater include: 

• significantly increasing the body's hydration levels

• supporting optimal nutrient absorption

• helping the body’s detoxification process (supporting healthy intestinal flora)

• promoting youthful skin by assisting natural skin hydration and collagen production

• helping to neutralize free radicals

• supporting powerful antioxidant effects

Iwater is shown to display antibacterial and antifungal properties, therefore is one of the most effective anti-aging technologies available.

I purchased a machine to treat my own water and have been using it for almost a month now (remember how dehydrated I was?). In a matter of days others were remarking on the difference in my skin. I even put drops of the water in my Mom's eyes one night and it cleared her tired, aching eyes. Now that my body is being hydrated properly, I can drink water without having to use the washroom constantly. 

Every household should have one of these machines, so I have joined this company. Check out my webpage. The company also has other wellness products that you may be interested in.

Even if you are looking for a wrinkle remedy, maybe all you need is proper hydration. On the company’s brochure there is a pic of a woman's skin; she has been using iwater for 7 months and the difference is quite amazing. She drinks it and sprays it on her skin.

And that's what I know about that!

Ever Checked Your PH Balance?

PH test strips can be purchased at any drugstore; they are cheap there but I haven't always found them as reliable as those purchased at a health food store.  

PH strips can be used with your saliva or urine. The truest test would be done mid-day at least 2 hours since you've eaten or drank.

The strips come with a chart. It is ideal to test 7.4 alkaline.

If you register 6.5 or below, you should consider some serious diet changes.

The Alkaline Sisters have a Food Chart you can use to see what foods will help you get where you want to go, balance-wise.

CLICK HERE for the chart. 

Prove It

May 8th. I'm going home with all my new foods and alkaline helpers, to reorganize my cupboards and get back to life as I know it.

Next I want to make another appointment with my specialist.  Will he even see me?

How do I prove that I am cancer free?

May 15th. I finally phone my surgeon to make an appointment regarding my situation. I talk to his nurse (his wife). When I tell her who I am, she asks if this is regarding my followup. I tell her that I am cancer free and ask if there is any test that can be done to prove it. She says that as far as the medical field is concerned, unless I have had the cancer cut out, it is still there.

I ask about a pet scan, but unless I am under medical treatment, a doctor will not sign a requisition for one to be done. A requisition would not be recommended until after treatment (surgery, chemo, radiation).

I make an appointment anyway because I have a cyst on the right shoulder that I wish to get removed. It is large enough that I can't wear sleeveless tops anymore. There is reluctance in her reply, but an appointment is booked for June 14th.

I spend the rest of the afternoon searching for private clinics in Canada that do pet scans. The ones that are listed as private are actually hospitals, so without medical referrals I can't get in. A few phone calls more, and finally a conversation with a receptionist at the Centre of Advanced Diagnostics in Burnaby, BC.

I also need a requisition to go there. I explain my whole story and she asks if I have a naturopathic doctor and I reply yes. She says she will get back to me within the hour; she will ask the manager if a naturopathic physician can sign the requisition required.

I get a phone call back within 15 minutes.....the answer is YES! Yahoo! 

The fee is $2850.00, taxes included. Hoo boy.

To Believe or Not to Believe

I tell Mom the flabbergasting news and we say to each other, “Who’s going to believe this! ” I make a couple of apprehensive calls, and can tell by the voices on the other end of the line that they aren't buying it. Well, I believe it and so does Mom.

Throughout the coming week there are more phone calls, some very lengthy and interesting. Next I need to prove it. My nipple looks great, the colour is back to normal, and it's not sore at all. It doesn't look the same — because of the biopsy — but I can live with that.

The following week requires yet more food shopping. I spend lots of time on the internet, searching for recipes for an alkaline diet, which isn't all alkaline — it's about 80% alkaline and 20% acid. Whew. . . I can have some chicken and fish.

At this point I absolutely refuse to put anything in my mouth that would feed the cancer. The only sugar my body gets is from the maple syrup laced with baking soda. Cancer thrives in yeast, mucous and fungus. I have been fighting yeast in my body ever since my full hysterectomy 10 years ago. 

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It's now May 1st. I've made more phone calls to announce my "Happy Dance" but I can hear it in their voices . . . . not so much belief.

 At the time of the biopsy, my blood levels were above normal and my oxygen levels were 100% (I am a smoker and not proud of it). The specialist doesn't feel any physical signs that cancer is in my lymph nodes.

 I've been complaining about a sore lower back for 2 years, and no longer have any back pain or any pain at all. A plantar wart on my big toe (also my left side) is beginning to come out (I've tried everything under the sun to get rid of that sucker). I feel like a million dollars. The medical medium found gadolinium throughout my spine, but I guess it is gone.

 There is no soreness of my breast and the color is totally back to normal. Another thing I've noticed is that my night sweats have dimininshed (I'm 54).

  May 5th, checkup. The medical medium re-reads me and finds a little gadolinium still in my brain and tells me my third eye is off balance, so laser again and now a clean bill of health. . . .  no inflammation, no poisons, no bacteria, NO CANCER . 

Wanna See My Happy Dance?

There is a medical medium (who wishes to stay undisclosed for various reasons) who knows I'm fighting this naturopathically, and she asks to see the products that I'm taking so on April 27^th off I go!

 She “reads” my products and asks to read me. This is where the fun begins! She reads my body from top to bottom and tells me that she reads the cancer in my left breast and also in one lymph node. She also reads “gadolinium” pretty much everywhere on the left side of my body, but also in my spine and brain, throughout my muscles, everywhere, though not so much on my right side.

Gadolinium is the poison from old fillings in my teeth that have leaked at some point. She figures that's what started the cancer.

Hmmm… I had an infected tooth about a year ago (on my left side) that took 2 rounds of antibiotics to get rid of . . . and I still have about 6 old fillings in my mouth that have been there since I was a kid.

Now she wants to laser me; she has been working with the laser for 2 or 3 years now with tremendous success. As she is lasering me she says my cells are so tight and clumped together that my body is not really absorbing what I'm giving it. She asks me to drink this particular glass of water, which I do. (I will talk about realignment of cells in a bit!)

I have been drinking copious amounts of water to gear up for the detox that I'm going through with my products (see My Helpers) and still complaining to my mom that I'm dehydrated — so dehydrated that the tops of my hands are chapped (I have oily skin so this is very unusual).

The medical intuitive continues to laser me. She does my breast 3 times and my brain twice, and all the rest of my body. When she has finished the laser treatment she tells me that the water opened up my cells, so now they are accepting whatever it is that I'm putting into my body. . .

Then she announces that I am CANCER FREE!

I am in shock.

She asks to see me in another week to check me again, because cancer cells sometimes revert back.

I will continue to stay on the program of everything I am taking, but I drive back to my mom's in a daydream.

Mind's Made Up

From day one, my heart, mind and soul were telling me to not do surgery, and for some strange reason I am not worried about a thing, although everyone around me is! My mind is absolutely certain that this will work. Oh, the power of the mind.

Help and support are all around me. My mom is incredible as always. And my friends are the best. I am overwhelmed by goodness and caring from all. What a journey indeed:

  

By April 11th I'm following the protocol, waiting for M.M.S. to arrive. 

Just a few days of applying D.M.S.O. and there is a definite change in the appearance of my nipple. The redness is pretty much gone; now the scab is off so I can see the complete incision. I won't have much of a nipple left but I can live with that.

  The M.M.S. has arrived and I'm at my mom's now to heal. I have explained all to her and she is behind me 100%. Mom has been plagued with phlegm for years and has tried everything under the sun, via doctoring and naturopathic, and nothing has worked. The phlegm is so bad it chokes her at night. She is going to take the M.M.S. also, so we will do that together. 

 On April 19th, I call to cancel surgery. My doctors (family and specialist) do not agree with my decision, but I expect that.

  I decide to check my ph levels and am disappointed to discover I'm still very acidy. Upon further reading I find that it takes up to 90 days to get your body totally alkaline. I guess I was wishing for very fast results.

  I have found a great website called the Alkaline Sisters, which is about the foods and recipes for following an alkaline diet.Another trip to the city is required to get more of the groceries I need. Now I am feeling satisfied with my food but I have lost 3 to 5 lbs, and on me it shows (I'm skinny to begin with). I need to figure out how to put that back on; I weigh 115 lbs.

   It is now April 25th. Mom's phlegm is going away, and she is noticing that her arthritic aching (everywhere) is starting to lessen. I'm not noticing anything except the visual difference of my nipple. It looks very good!

Start as You Mean to Go On

The first thing I do is order Barleygreen. I took this for many years. It is your perfect food for vitamins and minerals. Check it out under "My Helpers."

Next, I start reading about cancer. How does it start? What causes it? I find some websites about naturopathic treatments.

 Then I call a naturopath I met a couple of years ago. His cell number now belongs to someone else. I phone his clinic and always there is no answer, so I finally leave a voice mail....

I make a baking soda paste and put it on my incision, cover it and keep it on overnight. I do this for 3 days. Got the idea from reading about baking soda and cancer.

I open my fridge and give away all the salad dressings, eggs, yogurt, dairy, pickles, mustard, relish, ketchup... everything! I read that cancers and diseases thrive in an acidy body, so an alkaline body is what we should strive for. Food charts show me that the things I eat are pretty much all acidy. I have to feed my body correctly to be healthy. No meat, pasta, breads. Even some of the fruits should be minimal because of their sweetness. Did you know that some fruits can cause yeast in your body? 

I pretty much live off nuts and fruit when I have to work that weekend away from home, and I am hungry!  The next week I'm off to town to figure out some food, but still come out of the health food store without enough! More reading about an alkaline diet.

Finally the naturopath returns my call. Now we are discussing a few things to take. The first one is baking soda and maple syrup. There are many websites on this ... here are searchwords till I find the links for you:

• baking soda, cancer & fungus - Natural News
• Jim Kelmun Protocol
There are many, so fill your boots!

We discuss other things to take: M.S.M.(it's anti-inflammatory; if you have cancer, you have inflammation). Also M.M.S. (miracle mineral solution) and D.M.S.O (vet strength). Please don't mess around with this last one unless you are under strict orders on how to use it. The vet strength is very toxic.

 Now I read, read, read, think, think, think. I decide to start the protocol according to my naturopath. I still have a few days left to decide about surgery. 

It Can Happen to Anyone

In September 2012 I notice something funny is going on with my left nipple. It's red on one side and sore to the touch. I don't think too much of it but over the fall months it hurts when I bump it accidentally. By December I am looking at it intensely and although it's not getting worse, it's not going away. Time to go see the doc.

 In January the doctor recommends a mammogram, e.c.g., etc. All tests come back negative, but he refers me to a specialist. A needle goes into my nipple and comes back inconclusive. A biopsy is recommended.

  

March 20th I have a biopsy. 

March 21st I'm diagnosed with lobular breast cancer. 

(Lobular cancer begins around the nipple and represents about 10% of breast cancers.)

  

I work that weekend (good, no time to stew) and go back to the specialist at the beginning of the week.  A friend accompanies me — a second set of ears. She comes prepared with a list of questions (her husband went through cancer last year). 

Doc recommends surgery with chemo to follow, and because I'm so young, reconstruction down the road. At the end of our conversation, he says, "See you on Thursday to sign the papers."

I'm bug-eyed. I only have 2 days to think about this?

 We leave the office and I'm upset. My girlfriend settles me down by reminding me it's only to sign the papers. I still have 3 weeks before surgery, so there is some time to think. Surgery is now booked for April 24th.

And that’s when I start studying.