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Yesterday I talked about stress and how it affects our health.  What stress comes from is different than most of us think.

Our past is a HUGE part of our life.  We create every day of our lives based on the past.  And that means the good stuff in your past and your bad stuff.  We have these memories that we use as our model of what we will do today.  We reenact the say stuff over and over in our lives, often unconsciously, and we create stress and all kinds of health issues for ourselves.

AND we don’t really know we are doing it.

The immune system is one of the key steps in becoming a cancer survivor. The health of your immune system is affected by many things. I will be highlighting a few so that you can start healing.

According to Dr Bruce Lipton, PhD, cellular biologist and author of the New York Times Bestseller The Biology of Belief, concluded that 95% of all illness is created by stress.

Now you may say to yourself, “What’s the big deal? That’s not so radical! We’ve all heard about stress related illness for years. ” And, you would be absolutely right. However… What is radical, what is truly a “big deal”, is this:

Stress does NOT come from outside sources!!!
You read that right… Stress does not come from things like:
• Jobs we hate,
 • Stacks of unpaid bills,
 • Messy relationships, or
 • Pain-in-the-neck relatives.

 Interesting report on skin cancer…….

What do you think?  Write a comment…..

According to an Oct. 15 Associated Press article, an 8-year study of more than 100,000 Scandinavian women between 30 and 50 yielded an undeniable correlation between regular artificial tanning and the incidence of melanoma. Among the studies’ shocking (to the medical establishment, not me) findings were these:

-Women over 30 who salon-tanned once a month or more increased their risk of developing melanoma by 55%.

-Women under 30 who UV-baked once monthly saw their likelihood of developing melanoma skyrocket by approximately 150%!

-The risks were identical for women of similar age regardlessof hair color – a factor some in the mainstream deem significant in determining melanoma risk.

William Campbell Douglass II, MD points out that exposure to sunlight doesn’t actually cause skin cancer. That actually a lack of sunlight can lead to skin cancer because that lack leads to a vitamin D deficiency.

In the past, our doctors were our resource, our friend, our mentor, and we listened and did what they said.  When I was healing from cancer, I realized there is no way in the world this person or their team could possibly know everything there is to know about melanoma, the immune system, diet and nutrition, etc.  Information changes daily and they don’t have time to do all the research.  I knew I needed my medical doctors for conventional information and treatment, tests, etc.  I also knew there was a lot of information on healing out there that I needed to use too, that they did not know anything about. 

Welcome Integrative Medicine!

I healed using integrative medicine  and you can too.  You can heal all aspects of you, the physical, the mental, the emotional and spiritual dimensions.  Healing body, mind, and spirit with integrative medicine is the key to long term survial.

Cancer survivors don’t just focus on getting rid of the tumor.  There is more to it than that.

I know you may be thinking……You got to be kidding me………………..more to it than getting rid of the tumor??????????!!!!!!

Yes, but don’t worry, stress, or become overwhelmed.  It is all a process.  Life is a process….one moment at a time.

You can do it!  If I did it and had no clue what I was doing, for sure you can do it with guidance.

The process is healing and freeing!!  One you will be glad you took. 

Hospitals in the US now use integrative medicine for treating their patients.  They are now looking at all aspects of the person, not just the physical body.  They want to address the emotional aspects of the person and work with them to heal and the mental and spiritual dimensions.  They are healing body, mind, and spirit with integrative medicine.  Hooray, hooray!  My heart sings with excitement.  Because I know we have to heal all aspects of ourselves to be whole and well. That is where my journey began.  I received that profound message from God, “Heal the Whole, Body, Mind, and Spirit!” Now the medical field has a word or discipline for it that works for them, integrative medicine. It takes time to make changes in the world.  Change is hard for most people.  Little by little change occurs through actions of many for the good of all.

You hear the words and you don’t know what to do, or think, or say.  It is as if the whole world stops and you are in slow motion, or outside your body watching.  And hoping it is really someone else.

There are TWO things I know for sure!!!

Find a helper and friend………………..

Use Integrative Medicine………………………..

ONE I do know when you are told you have cancer, you must find someone you can trust…..with your LIFE!

Have someone hold your hand and walk with you through this experience. 

This may be your friend or spouse or someone objective that can help you sort the information and help you with your decision making.  Initially you are in a state of shock and emotionally it is so overwhelming to try and think.  Unfortunately, this is what they want you to do.  To think about the disease, the treatment options, protocols, logistics is too much.

Tell me your experiences with Integrative Medicine below.  I would love to hear your story. 

“Integrative medicine combines the discipline of modern science with the wisdom of ancient healing. For people living with chronic or life-threatening illness, it can transform the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of their lives. Integrative medicine may also be valuable to those who are not ill but wish to increase self-awareness, enhance well-being, and help prevent health-related problems.

In treating disease, complementary therapies are not substitutes for mainstream medical care; they are used in concert with medical treatment to help alleviate stress, reduce pain and anxiety, manage symptoms, and promote a feeling of well-being.” Sloan Kettering

Integrative medicine is the future.  All of us must come together as one and use the best of the best medicine to heal the world.  We can find solutions to our health challenges and we can overcome any disease.   We can overcome cancer.  We can be cancer survivors or cancer triumphants. 

I recently was interviewed for a podcast with Rebecca Sahm and Astara Briski about my healing journey and how I was able to heal myself from cancer 13 years ago, with integrative medicine.

I hope you enjoy it and if you have a cancer survivor story you want told, I’d love to interview you for my upcoming podcast series that we are getting ready to launch in the coming weeks called, The Cancer Survivor Podcast.

 

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Cancer cells have been created in our bodies from the beginning of time.  Our immune system is responsible for finding and destroying cancer cells.  If our immune system is not working at 100%, cancer cells can survive and grow.  Our immune system was created to assist our bodies in healing itself.

Our life style and environment contribute to our weakened immune system.  Every day we are exposed to excessive amounts of toxins in our air, offices, homes, products, food, etc.  We are exposed to poor quality food that’s full of pesticides and now foods are irradiated and genetically modified too.  We live lives full of activities and stress. Our bodies weren’t designed to process and handle all of this.  Our bodies start to break down and one system that is affected is the immune system.