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Link to a fairly comprehensive list of herbs etc that help prevent and/or treat cancer, many of which I used.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3735908/posts?page=1332#1332

My cancer story, never put it all together like this for the thread, in parts, details what I took. A friend with relatives with cancer asked me to write it all up.

Part One
Cancer Happens
In February 2019 I found a lump in my R breast and immediately made a doctor appointment. She checked, there it was, hadn’t been there a year ago. Recommended mammogram, which I got, and the radiologist said it looked like cancer. I got a biopsy. Cancer, stage 3, considered aggressive. My doctor, who is a naturopath who uses natural and “regular” medical measures as needed, told me “Get that sucker out as soon as possible”. I had surgery in June, and results were a malignant cancer almost 3 centimeters, spread beyond the milk duct, and two sentinel lymph nodes, with cancer beyond the margins; in other words, metastasized.

Within a week or two, the surgeon called and wanted to take out all lymph nodes on the right arm. I knew I did not want that, did a quick search, and found that 30% or more people who had that surgery wound up with lymphodema, huge swelling of the entire arm and hand that has no cure or treatment. Of course, no way.

My doctor had made an appointment with a team of oncologists, which I canceled, as I knew they would recommend radiation and chemotherapy. Because I am very allergic to many things, including almost all drugs, I knew I would likely not survive such treatments. Doctor gave me a prescription for Tamoxifen, which has been widely used for three decades, with very few women getting side effects. Me? Horrible side effects, all the ones listed, and more. Between that and the drugs for general anesthesia I was like a drugged stumbling zombie for more than a month, and my cognitive functions were badly affected for months.

Nine months after the surgery my doctor ordered a blood test specific for this type of cancer, a new very sensitive test, only from Mayo Clinic. I had to drive 30 miles to the hospital for the blood test as the sample had to be flown to the clinic right away. The results were so surprising that the doctor at Mayo who saw it commented how unusual it was. Results? Not one cancer cell in the sample; 5< is considered excellent, and I had zero.

So, how was this accomplished? I took a large amount of herbs and some other supplements recommended by my doctor, and from my own herbal research. I have studied and used herbs for treating and healing many conditions for more than thirty years, and have helped several people become cancer free. Many of these herbs tasted horrible, and it was not “fun” taking them day after day, but they worked. Detailed in Part Three.

Part Two
Lessons Learned

Shortly after the biopsy results, I was overcome with a cold fear I could not shake. It was like being locked inside a walk-in freezer of fear. Prayer did not shake it. On the fourth day, I dove into prayer again and the answer was instant: “Stop thinking about yourself, think of what you can do for others”. That was the key - I unlocked the door and was free.

An online friend told me of a friend who had had breast cancer, and her pastor had asked her: “Have you thanked God for your cancer?” She answered that she had not, but tried doing so, and her fear and anxiety disappeared. I had been praying that I could accept this cancer as God’s arrangement, but when I actually thanked Him, I had a big change in my attitude. No longer feeling burdened or harmed, I saw that there were many lessons to learn from this “terrible” thing. Lessons like: we all have to leave this world, one way or another, either today (meteors falling from the sky?) tomorrow, or in a few decades.

I remembered hearing “learn to die before dying” - dying to our own will, our own plans, thinking “I am the master of my life” or ‘I am in control”. Learning to trust in God’s will, His plans, His love and His protection. Lessons such as really caring for those in my life, as I might not have a lot of time left; realizing that things such as “my” house, “my” property, “my” trees (I live in a fir forest) - even my body - are not really “mine”, they are loaned to me for a while.

Sooner or later we have to leave all earthly assets (and troubles!) behind. Attachment to my husband - of course this was the biggest - having spent three decades with my best friend on earth - thinking of leaving him, or him being left alone, was painful. This helped both of us experience more deeply that the Supreme Lord is the best friend of everyone, He will never leave us, His protection is always there for those who turn to Him, and He is in ultimate control of everything. His love is eternal, and even if “alone” in the world, He is in our hearts waiting for us to turn to Him. I knew He would take care of my husband if I had to leave the world, and that He would take care of me in this life and beyond.

Funny thing - since I was young, I always feared getting cancer. I have had many health issues and problems - some chronic, some temporary, I won’t bother listing them! Pain and and physical suffering have been old companions for a long time. But cancer? The thought of cancer had always given me the cold chills. Now after experiencing the lessons above, I feel little fear from anything anymore. Having to face the possible loss of “everything” - I am much more peaceful and fearless.