This
is not medical advice but outlines what I did and still do in
my attempts to be as healthy as possible. There is so much information,
now. I recommend anyone told they have cancer to read “Radical
Remission” by Dr. Kelly Turner along with finding Chris Beat Cancer on
YouTube. I also quite enjoy Barbara O’Neill from Living Springs
(Australia). These sources give boundless amounts of information and
inspiration that goes beyond what the medical system provides. A
list is difficult because I want to write a story about
everything. I should not be alive. There is no medical
reason. All glory be to God for my extended life. God can cure
instantly and sometimes He points us in the direction where we can find
healing. Very briefly, this is what I have done and do …. Remember ‘baby steps’
and I did not wake up one morning and change my life. It was one step at a
time.
I have had a very supportive family and a group of friends along with outstanding coaches, including a homeopath who had beat cancer 20 years ago. She coached me and gave me lots of ideas on things to do to build up my immune system. Having the ability to talk to someone who had also been given a timeline gave me hope and so was a great support for me. I also went to an alternative medicine clinic in Calgary, called Pure North. They have a cancer specialist (MD/naturopath) who helped me with supplements and alternative therapies. About a year ago, she looked at my blood test results and said. “I think you are embarking in a different direction”. It is all about supporting your immune system and things are much easier if you have people who help you along the way.
Mental/Spiritual:
Control your thoughts. Live fearlessly.
Get in touch with our Creator/God. Put God in control. Pray and pray some more.
I was anointed 3 or 4 times. (James 5)
Focus your energy on being alive. Find things that you can do to support you immune system rather than waste your valuable energy on being fearful.
Love my church family (they made me a ‘prayer project’ and I am sure that is a reason that I am alive).
Stay social and do things you enjoy.
Diet:
Hot lemon water first thing every morning
No sugar. I still enjoy berries and fruit (an apple almost every day).
No processed foods. No dairy. No wheat. No coffee. No alcohol.
Mostly organic everything.
Mostly vegetarian (if I do eat meat, I am very picky about where it comes from). I consume no dairy products.
Salad every day. Lots and lots of vegetables.
Green juice (celery, cucumber, cilantro, parsley, lime etc.).
Berry shake with avocado, MCT oil and a green vegan protein powder (usually for lunch).
Ground organic flax (1 TBSP freshly ground in a coffee grinder with breakfast).
Brazil nuts, walnuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, etc.
Hemp Hearts - not so much anymore but I used to like to put them in my shakes.
Apricot Kernels (when I had active cancer)
Organic Homemade Bone Broth Soup (when I was on chemo) and when I want an energy boost.
Household/personal care:
No parabens or chemicals
Natural cleaning products and laundry soap
Natural (no fluoride) toothpaste
Natural shampoo/conditioner
Natural moisturizer
Exercise:
Trampoline/mini-tramp (2 times a day for 3 minutes). This actually would increase my blood counts during chemo so I still continue to use the tramp when I remember.
Walking 30 minutes per day (recently changed to 10 minutes of walking after each meal).
Weight training (squats, lunges, bench press, crunches, etc. 3 times a week).
Cardio (warm-up (mobility work) + 6 x 50-meter sprints, 3 times a week)
Supplements:
Vitamin C IVs: I did these for a year after my last surgery. I continue with a vitamin C drink every day.
Entire vitamin protocol suggested by my naturopath (multi, NAC etc.) including ….
Vitamin D3
Glutathione
Medi-C Plus 2 x day
BroccoGen 10
CuraMed Breast by Terry Naturally
AOR Active Green Tea capsules
PQQ-10
Magnesium etc.
Cancer patients may wish to research ….
Onculyn
Beta Glucan
Essiac Tea
More Alternative health:
I have had a very supportive family and a group of friends along with outstanding coaches, including a homeopath who had beat cancer 20 years ago. She coached me and gave me lots of ideas on things to do to build up my immune system. Having the ability to talk to someone who had also been given a timeline gave me hope and so was a great support for me. I also went to an alternative medicine clinic in Calgary, called Pure North. They have a cancer specialist (MD/naturopath) who helped me with supplements and alternative therapies. About a year ago, she looked at my blood test results and said. “I think you are embarking in a different direction”. It is all about supporting your immune system and things are much easier if you have people who help you along the way.
Mental/Spiritual:
Control your thoughts. Live fearlessly.
Get in touch with our Creator/God. Put God in control. Pray and pray some more.
I was anointed 3 or 4 times. (James 5)
Focus your energy on being alive. Find things that you can do to support you immune system rather than waste your valuable energy on being fearful.
Love my church family (they made me a ‘prayer project’ and I am sure that is a reason that I am alive).
Stay social and do things you enjoy.
Diet:
Hot lemon water first thing every morning
No sugar. I still enjoy berries and fruit (an apple almost every day).
No processed foods. No dairy. No wheat. No coffee. No alcohol.
Mostly organic everything.
Mostly vegetarian (if I do eat meat, I am very picky about where it comes from). I consume no dairy products.
Salad every day. Lots and lots of vegetables.
Green juice (celery, cucumber, cilantro, parsley, lime etc.).
Berry shake with avocado, MCT oil and a green vegan protein powder (usually for lunch).
Ground organic flax (1 TBSP freshly ground in a coffee grinder with breakfast).
Brazil nuts, walnuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, etc.
Hemp Hearts - not so much anymore but I used to like to put them in my shakes.
Apricot Kernels (when I had active cancer)
Organic Homemade Bone Broth Soup (when I was on chemo) and when I want an energy boost.
Household/personal care:
No parabens or chemicals
Natural cleaning products and laundry soap
Natural (no fluoride) toothpaste
Natural shampoo/conditioner
Natural moisturizer
Exercise:
Trampoline/mini-tramp (2 times a day for 3 minutes). This actually would increase my blood counts during chemo so I still continue to use the tramp when I remember.
Walking 30 minutes per day (recently changed to 10 minutes of walking after each meal).
Weight training (squats, lunges, bench press, crunches, etc. 3 times a week).
Cardio (warm-up (mobility work) + 6 x 50-meter sprints, 3 times a week)
Supplements:
Vitamin C IVs: I did these for a year after my last surgery. I continue with a vitamin C drink every day.
Entire vitamin protocol suggested by my naturopath (multi, NAC etc.) including ….
Vitamin D3
Glutathione
Medi-C Plus 2 x day
BroccoGen 10
CuraMed Breast by Terry Naturally
AOR Active Green Tea capsules
PQQ-10
Magnesium etc.
Cancer patients may wish to research ….
Onculyn
Beta Glucan
Essiac Tea
More Alternative health:
Chiropractor
Acupuncture - I no longer do this
Massage (more recently)
Infrared Sauna which I still do but now only about once a week.
Hyperbaric Oxygen and lots of other things (during my trip to Sanoviv in 2015)
This is the basics of what I did and do. Each individual needs to pick and choose what works for them. I did a lot of things. Honestly, I am not sure if one of them or all of them made a difference. I have been through a lot. I am alive and cancer-free which probably has a lot to do with my faith, outlook on life, resilience, and efforts to be as healthy as I can be.
Acupuncture - I no longer do this
Massage (more recently)
Infrared Sauna which I still do but now only about once a week.
Hyperbaric Oxygen and lots of other things (during my trip to Sanoviv in 2015)
This is the basics of what I did and do. Each individual needs to pick and choose what works for them. I did a lot of things. Honestly, I am not sure if one of them or all of them made a difference. I have been through a lot. I am alive and cancer-free which probably has a lot to do with my faith, outlook on life, resilience, and efforts to be as healthy as I can be.
