From my cancer and TS experiences, I wrote two books: “Triumph Over Cancer: A Natural Approach” and “Triumph Over ADD, ADHD and Tourette Syndrome”.
Each year for the next 6 years I did juice fasts and whole body cleansings. Toward the middle of the sixth year, after my initial cancer diagnosis, I began traveling extensively and it became harder and harder to eat healthy on the road. I found myself going back to eating foods my body hadn’t had for years. Then I did probably the stupidest thing I could have ever done. During my annual whole body cleanse just 5 days into it I stopped the cleansing process – right in the middle of a liver gallbladder flush. This is very dangerous. I began traveling for business again and eating out every day. Because I didn’t complete the liver flush, I congested my liver and gallbladder. My liver couldn’t filter the processed foods, chemicals and preservatives I was eating. My body became like a clogged toilet that kept on being used. It took about four months for my body to become overburdened with toxins that couldn’t be flushed out of my system. My stomach hurt all the time and my skin broke out in – what looked like cysts. My body went into a state of auto-intoxification.
I should have known better. I was an herbalist and a health advocate at that point in my life. What I haven’t shared with you until now is this: my whole life I have battled being a compulsive overeater. During the time I was traveling (the time I cut my cleanse short) I was getting a generous meal expense allowance. That’s like giving alcohol to an alcoholic who can’t resist a drink. I thought after the six years of living a healthy lifestyle I conquered my obsessive compulsive overeating. No, I was wrong.
In September 2003 my immune system couldn’t fight any longer and cancer came back with a vengeance. I was diagnosed with stage four cancer that had metastasized to my bones. Several medical oncologists confirmed the diagnosis, including the Mayo Clinic. My medical records are available to review on this website. Doctors gave me maybe two years to live.
My physical body was dying. BUT my spirit wasn’t ready to go. I was skin and bones and my stomach looked like I was 9 months pregnant from the fluid build up inside of it. My blood tests were alarming (Also, available on this website).
My first successful victory over cancer, the knowledge I had gained over the years, my strong will to live and my faith in God helped me to move forward. But it was different this time around. To beat cancer this time, I needed an additional set of resources. I sought the help of a healing energy worker, a hypnotherapist, a Cranial-Sacral therapist, an open-minded medical oncologist, several medical and naturopathic doctors, and a Mexican Clinic. This second time around, my personal healing protocol became much broader and more integrative, utilizing both traditional and alternative approaches.
The turning point the second time around happened first with my hypnotherapist who helped me create my healing garden where I merged into my healed body. This was awesome. Even though my physical body was still very ill, my mind was very strong. After each time I merged into my healed body, I felt stronger and more confident. I knew what it was like to be healed again and I held on to that knowing tightly. I did many Intravenous drips including Vitamin C and other IV protocols.
There were many times I thought I wasn’t going to make it. Many days the light went out of my eyes and everything looked dim. For a few weeks I couldn’t see my future. But then the fight continued. I started researching alternative cancer treatments, throughout North America, Europe and Mexico.
After hearing of a friend who went to a hospital in Mexico and got well, plus doing some of my own research and visits, I took a huge leap of faith and went to a cancer treatment hospital there, staying for two weeks. Wow, looking back, either I was very crazy or I was very brave. Desperation gives you a different perspective. The medical doctor who treated me utilized both traditional and alternative protocols. Within two days, the fluid build-up in my abdomen ceased. He sent me home with an army of immune building supplements (some custom designed and manufactured for me), shots (I had to give myself) and even a series of pharmaceuticals.
Long story short, I was diagnosed in September 2003, with two years to live, and the following April 2004, my tests results improved dramatically. Today, I am in remission – my medical oncologist’s own words. He tells me to keep on doing what I’m doing because it’s working.
I’m sharing this personal information so you can better understand what I’ve experienced and why I can’t keep quiet. It is incredible to be alive, especially given my original diagnosis. I’m living strong and mapping my future with the confidence that I will live to see my dreams come true.
What I’m trying to provide with the “Seven Steps To Accelerate Your Healing” Guidebook is a step-by-step process that anyone can follow - honed from my own successful experience - that is compatible with whatever treatment path a person chooses to take to heal from cancer or even some other diseases. It includes hard earned lessons, methods and resources I wish someone else would have provided to me when I was going through my healing process. During my first battle with cancer, I was inspired by another woman who had beaten breast cancer, so I said, “If she can do it, I can do it” – and I did TWICE!!! Now I say to other people, “If I can do it, YOU CAN DO IT!!! The “7 Steps To Accelerate Your Healing” Guidebook is my way of providing anyone in need with some of the key steps to “DO IT!!!”, based upon having walked the walk. 
