Elaine's Journey from Breast Cancer, Chemo to Healing through Magipuncture and Herbal Formulations

The Journey #2

Chemotherapy? The red devil? Heart damage? Hair loss? All these were side effects of the chemo I was to put into my body ($20,000+ per treatment) was not something I wanted to do but was the most effective choice for the diagnosis I had. There is so much controversy around cancer and treatments that I just asked everyone close to me to pray for wisdom so that I would know what to do. The homeopathic field said no, the medical field said yes, and I was just scared to death. The word chemo brought up visual images of sickness, fatigue, hair loss, and a state of physical/mental decline. Many “experts” suggested a change of diet and lifestyle. My breast cancer was stage 3, aggressive, and had spread to lymph nodes under my arm without my permission already so I didn’t feel I had time to experiment and try things out. The surgeon said it had probably been growing for about two years in my body. Amazing that you can have something so lethal but never feel anything! So being an English teacher, I began to read everything I could get my hands on to try to find my way. I prayed that God would put the tools I needed to use in my path to best treat my problem. I read several books and one of the best was by Dr. Jonathon Stegall, (Cancer Secrets)an integrative oncologist in Alpharetta whom I found to be very common sense about the issue and its treatment.The word integrative means that a doctor uses any method along with traditional medicine to treat a problem and I knew that that was the approach I wanted to take. He had a treatment center in Alpharetta where he used traditional chemo with some variations along side of other methods that have been shown to be effective fighting cancers. However, his treatment was about $70,000 for three months (not covered by insurance since he used homeopathic as well as traditional) and I knew I was looking at about a year of treatment so I didn’t feel I could choose that option. I contacted a local homeopathic medical doctor I trusted and desperately asked him for suggestions. Another friend recommended a Chinese doctor that provided treatments for patients who wanted alternatives to pharmaceuticals to try to find the root of heath problems. I ended seeing them both for help. I am not suggesting anyone do what I did; however, it worked for me and I would do it again. One of them suggested I take ivermectin everyday and provided clinical trials where this was had been recently researched with very good results. The problem was that it had not been done on humans, only mice. However, he went on to say that there probably wouldn’t be any human trials because: it was a low cost drug at very little profit available if found effective (imagine that) it was available over the counter, and clinical trials cost a great deal of money and no pharmaceutical company would invest in a process that isn’t profitable in the long term. He suggested I take a very small amount everyday and that if it didn’t help it wouldn’t hurt me, my body would just eliminate it. What did I have to lose??? Ivermectin has been shown to help many medical conditions and I did my own research and took it for six months while having chemotherapy. The clinical trial used the same drugs I would be given for the same cancer and it was found to be VERY effective and even kept the cancer from returning! However, I wasn’t a mouse but I decided to do it. I also found good research about fasting before chemo treatments and shortly afterwards. The basic idea was that if your cells were hungry they would gobble it up more effectively. Sounds simple but I am really into simple and I did it; it didn’t cost me anything but made common sense to me (novel idea)…Lastly, I became a patient of Dr. Cool, a marvelous medical doctor who practices ancient/modern Chinese medicine in Pendergrass, GA!! He gave me Chinese treatments that I am convinced kept my body strong and healthy during my chemo. I will make a separate post about him and his services as he is a true gem in the world of medicine and is an amazing doctor treating all kinds of internal medicines. He treated me during my chemo for the side effects of chemotherapy on the rest of my body with a custom herbal treatment I drank in the form of a tea about 4 times a day (yes I got tired of it but was magic)! I never threw up, was not nauseous, had almost no fatigue, and carried on my daily life as if this disease barely existed. It was truly amazing and he could tell if my liver or kidneys were struggling from the chemo and would treat them with a new herbal formulation. The “red devil “ chemo was much more harsh (hence the three weeks between treatments) but I only experienced some acid reflux type side effects and little else. No one even knew I had breast cancer unless I told them. Dr Cool is also a believer and he believes that his medical skills are a healing gift from God to bless others. He also teaches classes about herbs and healing practices to help their families and friends. Because insurance doesn’t pay for his treatments, I spent about $4000 during the 6 months of treatment. I figured that if I wasn’t here to spend my money what good would it do me? The initial consultation is about $900 and that includes an initial analysis, treatment of magnetic therapy, consultation and custom herbal tea for four weeks. After that it is $250 a visit and $398 for a monthly supply of custom herbal teas. It was worth every penny. http://www.junglejingle.net/   (His website)

My hair began to come out after only the second chemo; there would be extra hair in my brush but then it came out so fast it matted in my sleep and I had to get it cut out and the rest just came out on its own. I couldn’t bear to shave my head and had a few Phyllis Diller hairs that stayed with me reminding me that once I had hair…there are no photos of this because I have already forgotten how it looked and never want to be reminded of it again. I seriously considered covering all the mirrors in the house so I didn’t have to see myself that way. When you look in the mirror and don’t recognize who it is, that is very hard to deal with. Early on I had a couple of ball caps I bought that I ordered some ponytails for on Amazon and sewed them onto the back. I wore them everyday and they became a part of me. Luckily I did as I was told and picked out a wig before my hair came out; it was so pretty it looked better than my real hair but it was still a wig, hot and funny feeling. I only wore it on Sunday to church or out to eat occasionally. One time I wore it to radiation instead of my ball cap and they didn’t recognize me! Today my hair is long enough to look like I have a short pixie cut and I can comb it for the first time in a whole year. I have never had short hair in my whole life so it is still hard to see that person in the mirror as myself. It took about 5 months to be long enough to put my ball caps aside and just be me again. Now, if I could only get some real bangs again…