A Letter To My Fellow Cancer Friends
Unless you’re colour blind, you may have noticed that this month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We are surrounded by a sea of damn pink ribbons everywhere we look. One of my daily highlights is watching The Ellen Show, but her whole pink “Ellen For The Cure” thing grates on me. Why? Because raising awareness of breast cancer and raising money to fund drug research is not taking us any closer to curing cancer. We are all aware of breast cancer, and a drug will never be the answer, because no drugs are exempt from side effects. Not one. If this month was about health awareness and raising money to support true healing, I would be all for it.
Every day my aim is to raise awareness of health and how we can all take responsibility for our own health. But today I want to speak specifically to my fellow cancer babes and dudes, and to those of you who are close to someone with cancer.
Being diagnosed with cancer is scary. It’s terrifying and it’s shitty. However, it is also an opportunity – an opportunity to either become empowered or disempowered. To either take control of your health and your future, or to hand control over to someone else. To either wade your way through the murky waters of messages and lessons and find all of the pieces of the magical puzzle, or to throw your hands in the air and say, “fix me”.
I chose the empowered path, and while it was the hardest decision I’ve ever made, I have never had any doubts that it was the right one for me. If you’re agonising over the same decision, this is what I want to tell you:
Dear You,
I am going to tell you what I wish someone had said to me when I was sitting in a doctor’s office over four years ago being told that I have an incurable cancer: You have nothing to be afraid of. Yes, you have cancer. But this does not mean that you are going to die. Quite the opposite, actually. This diagnosis is the wake up call you need to start living your life properly.
Our bodies speak to us via symptoms. When we continually ignore the symptoms (and don’t we all do that) our bodies will eventually resort to yelling at us. For you, and for me, this yell came in the form of a cancer diagnosis. It was our body’s last-ditch attempt to get us to start treating it with respect.
I don’t know about you, but I wasn’t comfortable playing the victim. Sure, there were many times when I caught myself wallowing with my ‘poor me’ pity party hat on, but after I allowed myself to really feel whatever it is I was feeling, the emotion passed on fairly quickly and was always replaced with a feeling of you-just-watch-me-prove-you-wrong empowerment. When I took back my power, and decided that I was the only one who could determine the state of my fate, I felt a surge of strength curse through me. I used this to power up my healing.
This one change in mindset was the catalyst for my success. It is what opened up my mind to possibilities, and what made me recognise the amazing healing ability of my own body. It is what led me to the pieces of the puzzle that I needed to find in order to heal. As soon as I made the decision to survive, doors opened in places I formerly perceived to be brick walls.
I also need to tell you this: there are always more options available to you than what even your doctor is aware of. Just start looking! We are so blessed to live in an era where all the information we need is available to us at the tap of a key. Google is your best friend, but you must use it wisely. Seek answers, but be discerning and only act on the answers that resonate with you. Listen to your intuition, and follow it. Your gut feeling will always have your back. Always.
Finally, the number one piece of wisdom I wish I had been given way back when fear had me in its cold, clammy grip is to act purely from a place of self love. Don’t do anything out of fear. If you need to make changes to your lifestyle (and remember if you’ve just been diagnosed with cancer, this is your body telling you that you need to), make them from a place of loving yourself. Don’t do anything because you are so afraid of dying. Only do things because you so want to live, and you want to live an amazing, vibrant, healthy, magical life.
I wish you all the best of everything. Be kind. Be brave. Be well.
Jess xx
Positive affirmation for the day: My body has the amazing ability to self heal.
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I do not have cancer and as of yet do not have anyone close to me that has been diagnosed, but still I have deeply appreciate this post, the message you are sending is so important in every aspect of your life I think not just for cancer patients. Thank you for reminding me that it is always our choice to become empowered.
Thanks for this post Jess. I have not had cancer although both myself and various family members have experienced ‘the scare’. After being poked and prodded in just about every orifice by more western medicine ‘specialists’ than I’d care to mention (only to have them tell me “we don’t quite know what’s wrong”), I too decided to take matters into my own hands and sought the help of ‘alternative therapists’. I made some major changes to my lifestyle, got rid of some toxic people who were causing me grief, changed my diet and learned how to slow down – et voila – ‘cured’.
We need to learn how to listen to our bodies, learn to read the signs and then act accordingly in a way that suits us.
Thank you for your constant inspiration,
Emily 
This was an amazing post! Thanks for writing it…
Yes! Yes! Thank you, Jess, for saying all the things that I have already come to understand in my journey so far with cancer.
This is a trip I can only travel with my heart and my mind wide open; every time I am forced to see or hear things based on the medical model, the path narrows uncomfortably and the fear comes back. When I breathe into the knowing that I can do this — that *I* can heal myself — the path widens and the possibilities become endless.
My intuition is finally being given the empowerment it deserves. It’s long served me well, but I haven’t always listened to its good advice. Now, I spend every day tuning in. Thanks again for reminding me why it makes such sense. xx
What a beautiful post…something that will resonate and inspire other people…sometimes all you need to heal is to know that somebody else made it through, shared your journey and knows how you feel…thank you..
I can’t get enough of your website Jess; I plan to read every single word on it!
You write with such wisdom and compassion. Thank you for what you are doing to make the world a healthier and happier place.
xxxx
Fantastic post Jess! Thankyou
I have a different disease, and I’ve had to change my lifestyle and diet to take care of myself. Both of us cavewomen have. When I see people shovelling garbage in to their mouthes, lathering themselves with toxins, inhaling and smoking who knows what, I want to be a ‘born again’ health junkie and convert them !! It’s so hard to keep quiet. Prevention is better than cure. Treating your body well is better than the ‘pill’, but sometimes the pill is necessary too, but they’re rarely, if ever, the whole answer.
If would be nice if the message got out and was listened to without people needing these wakeup calls, but bravo to you for hearing it and doing what you’ve done. It saved your life. Literally.
I absolutely agree! Having been diagnosed with breast cancer (this time last year) I cringe at all the pink advertising. My main objection to cancer research however, is the prolific use of animals.
Here is my bulletin outlining the dilemma I faced: http://www.humaneresearch.org.au/interview/bulletin-4-cancer-a-personal-perspective
Dear Helen,
I just read your story and your humane research organisation. I am so in agreement with every statement you make! I have just joined your organisation, and would love to know more about how i can help move this cause forward in my country New Zealand. I absolutely adore animals, and loathe experiments against. I am just reading “Animal Liberation” – a book you have no doubt read.
I support you wholeheartedly – my dream would be to end all animal experiments completely – species-based and humane testing all the way! Please let me know how i can help further this cause in New Zealand.
Much love and wishing your treatment and recovery is progressing well.
Buffy
Thank you so much for this post. I love the color pink but every October I get annoyed with all the pink and ” find a cure” crap as well. You just said what I have been thinking for the past 4 years!!!
Thank you Jess for reminding me that I always have a choice. Like you, I feel so frustrated when I see the whole pink ribbon thing, not because I don’t like pink (in fact I love it), but more so because our society is so brainwashed into believing that they are powerless against illness and that without paying thousands of $$$ into health funds each year or believing every word your doctor tells you, you’re potentially doomed. My wish is that the world would wake up and see that inside of each of us is a blueprint detailing the precise needs of our bodies, a web of invincible strength, energy and courage and an intuition just screaming to be heard. You’re a gift Jess and the more people like you are able to spread your profound message, the better. I’m looking forward to seeing you this Friday night in Cairns.
Cheers
Julie
Awesome post! “Pink Washing” has really changed the way I see all this Pink Ribbon stuff now. I also get frustrated as there are so many other types of Cancer that need awareness & curing too.
So strong and brave. Thank you for so unapologetically telling the world how you feel about ‘cancer awareness’. I reflect your beliefs to the tee.
Big love sister x
Thanks Jess… I totally agree with everything you wrote, I too cringe at the sight of pink ribbons every where and all the – ‘support BC week to find a cure stuff on the TV..’ or ‘ just get a mastectomy if you carry the BC gene’ or ‘ make sure you have your mamograms’
I had breast cancer, and like you I chose the empowered path and yes it was the hardest decision of my life – but it was the best decision of my life too.
I would love for the general opinion about cancer to change and would love people to spend their money to educate themselves on natural organic living to prevent disease, rather than giving money to ‘research’ and creating more drugs and stupid statistics.
Your doing an awesome job! Love your work! x
I just want to say thank you to my doctors, the drug companies with their “poisons” that killed my cancer, and the surgeons that cut out the primary.
Thanks to them, I’m alive ten years later. If I followed your advice, I’d have been dead 9 years ago. I now have a husband and a beautiful daughter.
Hi L. Thomas,
That’s wonderful that you have survived cancer, and have a husband and a beautiful daughter. Jess doesn’t give advice. She shares – she shares her life, her knowledge and from her heart. You would be one of the lucky ones (maybe blessed ones), of the low percentage of cancer victims who has survived longer than say 5 years after taking conventional treatment.
If one looks at say just chemo, without radiation and surgery, and looks at all cancers except skin cancer, the average absolute 5 year survival rate using chemo is about 2 and a half percent. The ’5yr. survival rates’ as published by Cancer Council Australia etc. are not correct. The quoted figures are actually ‘relative 5yr. survival ratios’ (used in statistical analysis), where they have changed the word ‘ratio’ to ‘rate’, and dropped the adjective ‘relative’.
Natural treatments such as the Gerson Therapy, Bill Henderson Protocol, Rebecca Carley Protocol etc. are far far more successful.
Sure, if your immune system is good, and a cancer tumor is found early and removed without metastasis occurring, you will have a higher (conventional) chance of ‘beating’ cancer than average, using conventional treatment….. but you also need to be most health conscious to avoid a cancer reoccurring (keep your body alkaline).
I thank my doctor too, who operated on my broken arm a few years ago, and used a toxic drug to ‘knock me out’ for the operation. Doctors and hospitals have their place, and doctors can be very sincere, although they can be sincerely wrong, but when it comes to cancer, they either have their ‘hands tied’ by Big Pharma (follow the $ and you will find corruption), or they are generally ignorant.
Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards, Lyall
Hi Jess,
Thanks so much for this post today – I had breast cancer 10 years ago age 29 (caused by chemotherapy as a child) and I too hate this pink washing stuff – I have to realise that people do mean well and as you know when you are sick people just want to help even if it doesnt really help!!! I avoid any sort of pink fundraising day etc and I think most of my friends just think I dont want to stir up bad memories!!! Gee I wish I was brave enough to do Gerson and not the conventional treatment but at the time I think fear got the better of me. Anyway thanks again Jess for all your amazing info I am off to have a green smoothie – and am adding coconut water today for a treat!!!
Jill
Beautifully said babe xx
I’m sharing this link when I get home, I think everyone needs to read it! I love the message to not fall into the trap of your victimhood! Be present, take hold of the positive gearing and run with it, yes yes yes!
The most ridiculous thing is when you see one of the breast cancer organisations praising their sponsors including Coca Cola and KFC. Yes, this happens in Australia..
Honest and beautiful as always. Thanks Jess.
What a beautiful, enlightening + powerful post, Jess!
I totally agree with “all” of it.
We must get married immediately… 
A few years ago, I lost my Mum to bowel cancer…. she went the standard “allopathic” route.
It was a badly managed, compassionless, cold, arrogant, rude, hopeless + barbaric process.
Mum had a a year and a half of indescribable misery.
Mum was treated by the “most highly qualified bowel cancer specialist in the UK”.
What I learned through being with my Mum + managing her through the whole medical process on an almost daily basis for 18 months was that….
In the main, the medical community is a highly paid, highly qualified, highly intelligent, highly intellectual, highly arrogant, highly narrow-minded group who know virtually ‘nothing’ about cancer + absolutely ‘nothing’ about how to heal from cancer.
The path that you took + are taking, Jess, requires tremendous courage + awareness but offers so much more hope + opportunity for success + healing.
It’s virtually unbelievable how brainwashed we are into thinking that the allopathic community knows best. In most cases they don’t.
Take your power back into your own hands.
Once again, awesome post, Jess!
Great post Jess – love your stuff xx
Hi Jess, I’m pretty new to you page but I will enjoy reading through your past blogs and info especially related to Breast Cancer.I was diagnosed 2.5 yrs ago and the only reason they were able to find it was because I kept going back to them saying “check again”. So I completely agree and understand the whole follow your gut thing. In regards to not using conventional medicine I cant say I didn’t take everything that they had to offer me. The main reason I found your website was because people talk about a diagonsis being a wake up call to being kind and look after their bodies. But if I look at how I’ve lived my life over the past 39yrs I can honestly say I’ve never touched drugs, never smoked have never been drunk”ever” maybe have a drink a couple of times in a yr. always been fit, never overweight, breast feed both boys for a year.So I look at all that and think what can I change , what did I or didn’t I do to get a cancer diagonsis .so that’s where you come in! And the posts from others to try and see what else I can do to improve my odds. It’s really tough, I can’t say the fear has gone. Maybe being a mum of small kids makes it harder. Which is why for me personally there was no way I wasn’t taking any chance of not excepting everything both mainstream, Heath and food and also finding a inner peace.And your right in saying its such a scary time. I remember the conversation with the radiology specialist saying ,we want to give u this treatment but there’s a chance the treatment will give you a cancer in another 30yrs. Do you want it??? Arrrh And I took it:( Like I said before” it’s tough” . But I will read through your blogs and see what super foods I’m not eating etc . Thanks xxx
Kellie,
I tried to do the entirely holistic route but got scared and went back to chemo also. I received encouragement from both my oncologist and the natural MD that was helping me at the time. I wouldn’t blame yourself for any reactions that you had, also, you have children and there is so much second-guessing involved.
Great post Jess, it really just comes down to me and my inner voice. That’s all we have and I will always listen to it! You hit it on the head!
This is a great post. I do not have cancer but I have been battling with copious gut issues and various health problems. Over the past few years I have totally changed my way of thinking and instead of taking the doctors word as gospel, I now listen to my body. I tell the doctors what tests I want and I will tell them no if I don’t want to take certain medications that they tell me I need. I started exercising and eating wholesome foods. I still struggle daily with my health but I cannot even express how much better I look and feel and am now able to function, see my friends and go to work.
I lost my sister a month ago to cervical cancer. It is very raw for me and likely will be for some time. Your message is so honest and beautiful and I respect you greatly for sharing your journey. My sister chose to to listen only to her doctors and endured mega doses of chemo and radiation. And it did nothing for her. From diagnosis to death was 9 months. She was so afraid to try anything other than what the docs prescribed. It was her journey and I honor it But damnit! She just didn’t believe in her ability to help herself. Keep it up Jess – more people need to hear your message.
Commiserations, Miriam…..!!!
VERY WELL SAID!!!!……….XX
I’m so glad you posted this Jess. I always feel conflicted during October because amidst all the pink breakfasts featuring champagne and muffins and apple danishes… No one is talking about green juice, organic veggies, exercise and meditation. There is so much we know about prevention and yet everyone wants to find the silver bullet, the gene that is responsible for all our lifestyle illnesses and then the drugs to treat them. But our bodies don’t work like that. They send us signals and it’s up to us to treat the cause, not bandaid the symptoms.
I read an interesting article today about the Presidential debate which is along the same lines: no one seems to want to face the Prevention “Elephant” in the room!
http://healthworkscollective.com/haylee/55266/healthcare-elephant
May we all take control of the health of us and our families xx
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 9 months ago – bloody terrifying – at first – but now, with ‘friends’ like Jess and Dr. V in the States this drinking, smoking, party girl is a person of the past. Wow – does this open up a new life – and a good one. Grab on to every bit of knowledge you can and follow your heart – be aware that when you donate to any kind of research, you are donating to animal experiments which is based on a FALSE METHODOLOGY. What has struck me so profoundly is that there are so many ‘cures’ for cancer, that the only problem is deciding which one is right for you! Yes, it’s hard work and can be a little expensive but hey – it’s all worth it. Only YOU can decide which path is right. And it CAN be fun – even the coffee enemas aint that bad – really – HA.
Jess,
This a particularly moving post, straight from your heart.
Although I don’t have Cancer, I am finding my way through my healing journey, and as you said, needing
to solve the puzzle that is unique to my body.
I’m working again with Dr Ramos…having issues with my thyroid..and not sure yet what the answers are.
My belly is really big, even though I am on a very light plant based diet…which is frustrating. to say the least.
i too HATE all the pink ribbon search for a drug cause.
It is such an abuse of the trust and good will of the public.
I also hate the FLU SHOT advertisement mania that is EVERYWHERE. The drug companies have bypassed the
middle man ( the doctor) and are selling direct, to the population.
Maybe Ellen needs a wake-up call.
love,
sandra
I was diagnosed with breast cancer last April. I chose to change my life in every way including diet, exercise and changing the way I think. This experience has taught me to love life and to be the real me and not to serve others. My blood tests now show that I am cancer free. I have lost 12 KG and fit into a size 8. My family are so proud of me and love the changes I have made. It has been a tough journey but well worth the results. I was told by my surgeon who took out the lump and one lymph gland that without chemo, radiation and my lymphatics out I would die as I had a stage 3 cancer which had traveled into my lymph nodes. When I asked the surgeon what do you know about diet she, “nothing!” No wonder they treat cancer the way they do. Keep spreading the word as we do have a cure for cancer, eat natural foods that you can grow, exercise and think positively about everything and everyone.
Thank you! You are so intelligent and we all need to support true Wellness Warriors like yourself.
Hi Jess, did you ever receive my email regarding my mum and Gerson? Her name was Viv and she wrote to you a couple of times.
Tali » Hi Tali, yes I did. I wrote back to you! Did you not receive it? x
I came to your post via a friend, and while it’s not normally the type of blog I would visit you certainly give food for thought.
I did want to reply to the commenters who said they are “pink washed”, and who ignore anything to do with breast cancer charities. I urge you to consider each charity on its own merit. By all means, ignore the ones who are just looking for cures etc if that’s not your thing, but they aren’t all about that.
I’m not here to plug the charity I work for, but, as an example, we have nothing to do with finding a cure or “raising awareness”. We are grassroots and we provide assistance to women & families living with breast cancer. We are about the people, not the disease, and I know there are other organisations who do similar work.
Still not interested in breast cancer charities, that’s your personal choice and I certainly wouldn’t criticise you for that. But I do ask that you keep an open mind, as all charities are not created equal.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer nearly 3 months ago and I must admit I was absolutely terrified and my brain stopped working. I sat in the Doctors office and could not believe what he was saying. It is incredibly hard to comprehend anything when you are in a state of shock and that is when you are expected to make life changing decisions that can’t be altered.
After lots of crying, getting drunk and why meing (I’m even making up new words now). I started thinking again and started listening to that inner knowing. I then read and read and read some more and then found Jess’s site. I then knew there was another way.
I live in Cairns and found a brilliant specialist in Brisbane who is prepared to listen to me. I know with his guidance and with help from my GP in Cairns I will be well again (even though I’m not sick I just have cancer). I go to my GP every month and the specialist every 3 months, so I feel I’m not on my own. I also feel like I have some control over my own destiny. I am not a victim and this is my decision it’s not for anyone else to make judgement on me.
I never want to say I am a cancer survivor, to me that smacks of victim. Everyone’s path is different and we all look at the world through different eyes.Time will tell if the approach I have taken is right. However it is right for me. When I got cancer I realised I was going to die. I don’t know when that is anymore today, than I did before I got cancer. What I do have is this moment and I am going to live everyone I get with purpose and passion.
The war on cancer will never be won as war never has any winners.
It’s time for a new approach.
This is a really beautiful, heartfelt post Jess. You’re amazing! Feeling empowered is so important to healing from any disease. Do we let other people make decisions for us in other areas of life? No. The patient should always be the leader of whatever team they choose to assemble to support their recovery.
Please see the youtube clip of Andreas Moritz on liver cleansing. It’s 40 minutes but oh so interesting….
Beautiful Jessie x
Beyond words – such a beautiful letter and inspiration to cherish, value and care for our health all the years of our life.
Thanks Jess, I am agree with you. I fallow you everyday. I love you.
That’s one great message. Thanks, Jessica.
Thanks for this Jess, wonderful post! As I am on month 20 of the Gerson Therapy for breast cancer, I receive a lot strength and inspiration from your words. Much Love ॐ
I cannot tell you how much I needed that letter TODAY, perfect timing Jess thank you. I am on the natural healing journey but my breast cancer has gotten worse and not better which allows fear to creep it’s ugly head back into the picture. You are an inspiration to me thank you. It is my dream to join the ‘healed from cancer naturally team’ not only to be around to see my son grow up but because I want to spread the word and help others too.
Sending you gratitude and love Kelly xxxx
hi jess – look forward to your daily emails and your comments – i do not have breast cancer but did have my breast off due to melanoma and it seems that there are not enough people in the same situation as me so i feel kinda isolated here – my doctors are amazing and caring people yet everything seems to be geared towards breast cancer – i am having chemo every 3 weeks and also started juicing so have changed my way of thinking re the food/drinks i consume – keep up the good work – we need more people like you – love helen
Hi Miriam,
I’m really sorry to hear about your sister. My guess is she did what she thought was right given her diagnosis and I can imagine also her fear of cancer. I was diagnosed 10 months ago with leukaemia and I also took the medical path. I needed chemo straight away and wouldn’t have survived without it. For me being placed in this position and not knowing enough about cancer and not having time for research, my choice was to listen to doctors and like your sister I was scared to do anything else. I just wanted to get better and survive to celebrate my twins 1st birthday in June.
I also have thought about the whole pink thing before Jess’ post and thought what about other cancer awareness. I think the breast cancer foundation do an amazing job at marketing. Not many people know about bone marrow transplants and how easy is to be a donor or even just to be on a waiting list. The leukaemia foundation don’t market this well. Only a third of patients find donors, this really pisses me off.
After all my treatment I’m now looking at getting myself recovered and healthy again and doing research on food food and more food. I admire all of you who have taken the natural approach, it’s a big job.
Di
What can I say but – you are awesome Jess! An inspiration for so many! Thanks for sharing with us x
https://www.facebook.com/notes/yarlagadda-nagamani/a-letter-to-cancer/213043018751073
Dear Cancer,
I know about u through my little pretty angel daughter who is one and half year old at that time in the year 2006. u came in her blood. u stopped the total production of the blood in my little angel. but u know, she was not bothered about u. she used to play and do her things till last day. i used to supply her my friends blood till her last days. but she lived at that moment just ignoring U. she taught me a lesson to live in the present moment, what ever situations comes in my life…. whether in the form of U or in any other form or lose. she made me strong when U took her away from me.
she made me live independently and show the way which i am walking to others also. she made me strong emotionally and mentally because of U. she showed me the way of spirituality because of U. now i am in the divine path of spirituality and showing this path to many of my divine friends and making many more strong mentally and emotionally as i became through my daughter because of U.
I also came to know that U will come to the people who are in FEAR for everything. The FEAR in the people is attracting U. Now I am awaring all my friends to be FEARLESS to keep U away. Please my dear friends be FEARLESS to get rid of cancer or be away from the cancer. This is only solution to be away from the cancer. PLEASE BE FEARLESS. PLEASE BE STRONG MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY. TO BE STRONG BY ALL MEANS, DO ANY MEDITATION AND EAT VEGETARIAN FOOD. ALWAYS THINK POSITIVE AND BE IN PRESENT MOMENT. LOVE YOURSELF AND ALL. LOVE, LIGHT AND BLISS TO ALL MY DIVINE FRIENDS.
But in my life, I am very thankful to my daughter for showing me this divine path to spirituality by leaving me alone in this world because of U. That is the agreement between both of us and U helped us to fulfill that agreement. So i am thankful to U for fulfilling our agreement. Thus by knowing and understanding the TRUTH, i cannot blame U for the lose of my daughter because of U.
Thanking U for being reason for my spiritual growth through my angel daughter.
I only can understand U. I know u are attracted by the fear in the people. If that is the fault of my friends, please I request U not to be so painful to any one. Just come to show their real path. After knowing their real path, please go away and never come again in their lives. Thank U for accepting my request and love U. Good bye to U for all my divine friends became fearless and are not attracting U anymore. bye for ever.
My pretty angel Pujitha
Amazing post! I was just wondering how you found out about Gearson Therapy? Did your doctor know about it? If not, what did they have to say about it? Is it legal for a doctor to treat cancer with nutrition in Australia?
Thanks Jess for this wonderful post and for all your work about wellness. I appreciate both your inspiration and your practical information. Thank you for making this your life’s work. x
Jess – I’ve been thinking about your letter since I read it a few hours ago. It’s prompted me to write a letter to my haematologist. We had a good relationship until the Hodgkin’s Lymphoma wasn’t cured by 6 months chemo plus radiation. He said I needed salvage chemotherapy (equivalent of 3 years of chemo in 3 doses over 3 months), then a bone marrow transplant to survive it. I’m so grateful for the strength I found, and the wonderful second opinion, to say no lets wait. I threw myself into healthy diet, exercise, yoga and meditation and 1 year later – spontaneous regression! A miracle to Doctors. A great and possible outcome to natural medicine practitioners. SO – may I suggest you ask anyone who’s had success with natural therapy to write to their oncoloist or haematologist. It may have no impact, but it just may help the medical profession recognise the importance of wholistic treatments. Ursula x
That’s amazing + awesome, Ursula!
Yet another brave individual overcomes cancer through a ‘natural, healthy, holistic’ approach!
Well done, Ursula!
Ursula » That’s awesome Ursula!! Amazing work xx
Thank you for your post Jess, i was receiving your messages at work, and then 1 month ago i was diagnosed with cancer. I want to thank you for your kind spirit as you mentioned i wish that my doctor had said exactly what you said and not scared the living hell out of me. It was a terrible experience, sometimes i think is it necessary to treat it with such a cold cruelty? Where is the spirit in that, and the compassion, is it wrong?….. I admire you and what you do you are a beautiful soul…. thank you blessings, claudia.
Thank u so much!
I hav been diognosed with breast cancer and it is so nice to relate to somebody young like me.
Thank u for making me stronger today xx
Thanks Jess!
And to all the commentary. Call me a “new-aged” hippie or what not, but negativity is the “brain-child” for such a demon, is it not? While I have only had to “deal” with a superficial basal carcinoma (which I believe was my body transferring negative “energies” to the surface so they could be removed, but that’s another discussion), I have met a number of people that have dealt with this demon through mind-set and nutrition as well as through modern medicine. So let us not argue or bicker about the fact (surely this not the forum for such arguments??). All I know, and I am no expert on said topic, is that this demon cannot survive in an oxygenated environment (hence the risk to smokers) or where our internal alkaline level is above 7.2 (8.24 to “destroy” it’s existence). Tumor cells are said to have ph of 6 and “internal pH of solid tumours is acidic due to the glucose metabolism system inside the cells” (http://www.canceractive.com/cancer-active-page-link.aspx?n=1025), so cut out the sugars (this includes gluten). Live well
Hi Jess
Just wanted to say that you are so inspiring – I was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2011 and wow has that changed my life!!
I have spent most of my life caring for others and not so much for me, but when the dr told me I had cancer I was totally shocked, no not me – this only happens to other people. My life had to change, I needed to be more aware of my needs and turn my fragile life around.
I underwent surgeries and treatment which left me feeling lifeless and so the journey began for me to take control of my life and do something positive about it. I turned 50 this year and with that came a total change of attitude and outlook and focused 100% on my health and have to say today I am feeling fabulous and in control of my life and know that I will beat this disease!
To all who are still on the journey – just want to say never, never, never give up, keep positive, eat as best as you can, and make sure you do some form of exercise and I wish you all the very best – stay strong and be courageous!!
That’s AWESOME Margie! Well done and stay positive
I had breast cancer May 2011 aged 36, and Im trying so hard to change my life. Not because I have to but because I want to, I want my body to have the best it can so that I hopefully stay a survivor and get to grow old gracefully with my husband and 3 beautiful children x
Jess, I’ve noticed your left middle finger is bent over. I am wanting to know if you know why. My thumb is going the same way ( had chemo ) & is it called ‘trigger finger’? Does anyone know of a NATURAL way to deal with this annoying condition without cortisone & surgery? I read it can be the auto immune as well. Any ideas anyone please?