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Five years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer and in a weak moment of indecision, had my left breast removed. Knowing what I know now, it was not the best course of action for me. Fast forward to the present and I am thriving and well on my way to complete recovery. I have achieved this level of health by being persistent, keeping my mind on the objective (a disease free body),and my faith in God. Sounds so simple, doesn’t it? So “cut-and-dried”.? However, many life altering and life saving decisions had to be made along my path?to complete recovery..

Allow me to reflect on that day. When I saw the grim expression on the doctor’s face and heard the word cancer, I didn’t feel anything. It’s almost bizarre to me now as I think about it. I had this odd sense of peace. I wasn’t worried. I believed that God would take care of everything and I would be just fine. Weeks later, I agreed to a radical mastectomy of the left breast. The doctor expected me to be in the hospital for approximately three?days to recover. The same?day, following the surgery, I was dressed in my street clothes and ready for discharge. The i.v. in my arm was connected to a morphine pump for my pain. I didn’t need it. In spite of my eagerness to leave, I was kept overnight for observation and released the following day. Even though I felt great physically, my heart was broken by?the loss of my breast..

Unfortunately, complications arose at the incision sight. The scar was not healing completely from within and re-opened. I returned to the doctor and was given an antibiotic. The antibiotic failed to solve my problem?so I decided to return to my preferred method of health care.

Before I was diagnosed with cancer I had always believed in natural remedies, healthier food and?the use of ?non-toxic cleaning products. I was pretty sure that living a natural life was the better way to go. I was a vitamin distributor and talked to people about being healthy naturally. However, I was not 100% committed to that lifestyle. As time went on, I used natural remedies to heal the open wound at my incision sight and went back to work.

I dove into?a new career?as the program director of a large company. The hours?seemed endless, I had several employees, and the clients we served were?mental health patients. Some?of my?clients had extreme behaviorisms and medical conditions that made staffing difficult. I was under, what?felt like, a mountain?of stress. Although I appeared healthy physically, I had this “gut feeling” that something was going wrong inside of my body. After alot of?deliberation and prayer, I decided to give my 30 days notice.

Immediately?following my last day of work,?I awoke with a distended abdomen.?Concerned and confused by this new development,?I went to the area health clinic.?I spoke to two?doctors and their first?response was to contact hospice care. They?were?convinced that I?was going to die very soon.?I was also told?they did not know what?caused the fluid build-up in my abdomen, nothing could be done to drain it and as a result of my pleading, was sent to the area hospital for tests. An ultra-sound of my abdomen revealed a liver that was completely over taken by cancerous tumors. I returned to the clinic and was told that the fluid build up on my abdomen was from the liver and nothing could be done.

Dissatisfied with the care I received at the area health clinic I became a patient at?the area?cancer clinic. The doctor?at the?area?cancer clinic explained to me that the fluid build-up in my abdomen was ascites. The fluid build-up was my body’s?way of protecting itself?from the cancer in the liver, right breast?and?peritoneum (abdominal cavity that houses the organs). Again, I was faced with?the decision of taking conventional treatments.?I chose to have the ascites drained from my abdomen (a procedure that had to be repeated every 2 or 3 weeks) and take chemotherapy. After the designated? chemotherapy treatments,?I was informed that it was not working and that I should consider?three stronger chemo drugs that would have to be administered through a catheter in my arm. I said “No.” Again,?I?returned to my preferred method of healthcare with a deeper commitment. ?I?created a??non-toxic, chemical free lifestyle of natural remedies, organic foods, pure hexagonal water and alternative physical therapies coupled with an aromatase inhibitor prescribed by my doctor. This means that it interrupts a critical step in the body’s synthesis of estrogen. Some breast cancer cells require estrogen to grow, and eliminating estrogen suppresses that growth.

Two years ago I was told that I would not live another four months because I had stage four adeno carcinoma,

The term adenocarcinoma is derived from ‘adeno’ meaning ‘pertaining to a gland’ and ‘carcinoma’, which describes a cancer that has developed in the epithelial cells.

At?present, the cancer is leaving my body at such a rate that I?see my doctor every three months instead of every? month.. A recent bone scan showed negative for cancer growth in my bones.

I will continue to live my organic, chemical free lifestyle. ?Now, my “gut feeling’ is telling me that I will?live a long, strong and ?joyous life free of cancer!

By: Jennifer Claar