When my husband was diagnosed with third-stage Hodgkin’s Disease in 1982 we were doing “everything right.” We both had exercise as a high priority, he was training for a marathon at the time and I was a fitness instructor. We had an organic garden in our backyard, our kids only got soda on Friday nights, I made my own bread, cooked everything from scratch, and was totally on board with “natural” foods.
If you or anyone you know has heard these three words “you have cancer”, you know the absolute fear that takes over your body. We can both remember the feeling of being almost numb as they started scheduling his radiation, surgery, and chemotherapy treatments. We felt like we had been transported to an alternative universe.
That was 39 years ago. “Alternative” or “Integrative” medicine didn’t even have a name. You had to go to a health food store to get vitamins, they weren’t on every shelf in every store (now even convenience stores). We didn’t even know we had options other than the standard treatment.
Fast forward 39 years and this has completely changed. We know so much more about what is available either as an option to traditional treatment or as a way to integrate holistic therapies into the traditional treatment. But the one area that has still been neglected is the “after cancer” treatment plan.
After two years of radiation, chemotherapy, and surgeries, my husband was told “you might live 10 years, but with all the radiation you have had, more than likely cancer will return.” Not very encouraging words! That’s when we decided to “step outside the box” to seek alternative advice.
We were very fortunate to be referred to a Clinical Nutritionist. He put my husband on a healing plan. He targeted detoxification, restoring digestion (which radiation had destroyed), tissue rebuilding, and immune support. When he went back for his 6-week blood work, even his oncologist commented “your immune system is bouncing back faster than any patient I’ve had that has received so much treatment.” We were jazzed!
This got me so excited I knew that my calling in life was to be able to share the life-changing power of nutrition. It’s been over twenty years since I went back to school to become a Certified Nutritionist (before computers and cell phones!) but I’m even more enthusiastic about the power of nutrition than I’ve ever been. Science is finally catching up to ancient wisdom and proving that natural foods, herbs, and supplements do, in fact, heal the body.
Worldwide, an estimated 19.3 million new cancer cases and almost 10.0 million cancer deaths occurred in 2020.
On 23 December, 33 years ago, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act of 1971, initiating what has been euphemistically called the “War on Cancer.” More than 40 years after the war on cancer was declared, we have spent billions looking for a cure. The National Cancer Institute has spent some $90 billion on research and treatment during that time, and yet we are still using the same three modalities that where used 39 years ago on my husband. The only thing that has changed is the type of drugs, the advancement in surgery and the knowledge of different cancer types.
My passion is to help you prevent cancer, and if you have had cancer and have been through traditional treatments, I want to help you recover from treatment and restore your body. When I lived in Texas I called all the major cancer centers, Texas Oncology, LiveStrong, and M.D. Anderson, not one had a program for their patients to restore their bodies holistically. M.D. Anderson, the largest cancer center in the U.S., sent one of my client’s Dad’s home with a Food Guide Pyramid to follow for eating!!!
This is why I created my Hope 4 Cancer Recovery program. This is a huge missing link in the cancer treatment protocol. Most patients are told that if they make it to the five-year mark, they are cancer-free, that’s not true. That’s just the number of years they track people. You could have a reoccurrence five years and one day later, and they would use you as a statistic of survival. You want to live longer than 5 years, don’t you?
Did you know that chemotherapy and radiation do not kill cancer stem cells? Cancer stem cells are the “seeds” for cancer to start somewhere else in your body. Did you know there are tests you can do that track circulating tumor cells so you know if cancer is metastasizing in your body? Did you know there are tests you can do that will tell you what chemotherapy drugs would be best for your type of cancer? Did you know there are tests you can do that will tell you which natural foods, herbs, and supplements will be the best for your type of cancer? Did you know that there are clinics just over the border in Mexico that are first-class cancer treatment centers (I’ve been there, and they are amazing!).
There is so much that you are not being told about what is available for you to prevent, treat and recover from cancer. One of my heroes is Ty Bollinger from The Truth About Cancer. He lost five family members to cancer in a matter of a few years. He set out on a mission to explore alternative cancer treatments. He and his wife Charlene created the first The Truth About Cancer docu-series many years ago. They have since created three more and now have the The Truth About Cancer: The Final Chapter airing next week. If you or someone you love has had cancer, is fighting cancer, or wants to know what’s available if you get cancer, this is a must-watch docs-series!
Cancer is not a death sentence. My husband just turned 77 years old this past week. Yes, he had some damage from the radiation, specifically to his heart, and has two open-heart surgeries, but no reoccurrence of any type of cancer! You may wonder if we where doing “everything right”, why did my husband get cancer? That is another story, but we did find out why!
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In health,
Chris
P.S. For more information on the Hope 4 Cancer Recovery program, go Here …..