I love to write, but I don’t love to write everyday on a blog about random thoughts, daily happenings, etc.  So this site seems to be severely neglected, but my research about these tumors and ways to treat them is quite the contrary.  I am often looking for new news and information that I can arm myself with to fight this tumor.

Yesterday a news article came out about how brain tumor patients can starve their tumor.  I love these news stories.  Knowledge like this is power for any cancer patient.  It’s empowering emotionally, physically and psychologically to know that there is more a cancer patient can do to fight their cancer than just what the oncologist puts out on the table.  If you read the article, you will see that caloric restriction has been shown to be effective in inducing apoptosis in brain cancer cells.  Previous articles have been released about how the ketogenic diet is effective in killing brain tumors, as well, because it elevates ketones in the body.  Caloric restriction kills brain tumor cells because it elevates ketones in the same way.

Something as simple as a lifestyle change can ultimately be the thing that helps save your life.  It’s not all about chemo and radiation.  When you have a brain tumor, the brain is just the window that displays an abnormality that has occurred because of an imbalance happening in the whole body, not just the brain.  Otherwise, the body wouldn’t have allowed the cancer to develop in the first place.  Something like a dietary change can correct the imbalance in the body and reposition the immune system to be able to fight and kill these cancer cells.  If you do chemo and radiation, which certainly can have their place in your treatment, then your immune system and body will be thrown out of balance.  If you take an article like this and apply it at the same time you are doing chemo and radiation, you are not only going to help off-set potential treatment side effects, but you will also weaken the brain cancer cells by not giving them the fuel that they need to survive.

Perfectly logical.

Enormously empowering.

My scan still continues to be stable!  After the last one in February, UCLA said that I could wait 2 months instead of 3 to get another scan.  I’ve been doing treatment only once a week, so it’s great to know I can stay stable and not have to live my life around treatment.  Dr. Nigh still has me doing DMSO and a high dose of vitamin C.  Other than that, just a few supplements and a lot of green tea!  I’ve also been doing his elimination diet, which I recommend everybody doing at least once to find out if you have any unknown food allergies.  It’s amazing the random symptoms that go away, such as sinusitis, when doing this diet and finding out which foods don’t agree with your body.  You can buy the ebook here and it explains how to do it.  Well worth the $20, especially if you’re experiencing any symptoms of any kind in your body.

The results of my MRI showed the tumor to be stable since my last scan, which was almost 3 months ago.  How blessed am I?  This time spent off of treatment was great not only for a break, but so much better for my relationship with God.  I loved it.  I loved that when the fear crept into my head about being off of treatment and the implications it would have for the outcome of this scan, I remembered that I handed it all over to Him, and then I could breathe a sigh of relief.  It was up to him.  He wanted me to do this, so I had to trust him to take care of it.  And he did!

I challenge any of you going through an extremely difficult situation to put yourself (responsibly) in a position where you have to rely upon Him and his help and guidance.  The bondage of the crisis melts away and you often become more free than before the crisis began.  God is so faithful.  Why do we so often doubt?

I posted a testimonial for my naturopath on his new website.  Part of that testimonial said this:  In my world of cancer, he has by far become my most important ally. I have six doctors that I deal with regularly. Five of these doctors mean really well when it comes to treating my cancer. Dr. Nigh is the only one who has taught me that my body must first become well, in order to treat this cancer successfully.

I look at my cancer journey in a similar way spiritually.  I feel like God is teaching me that my relationship with him must become well, too, as part of this healing process.  Not that God can’t and wouldn’t heal me anyways, but for me, these past few weeks of having to lean completely on him was a breakthrough in my relationship with him.  My whole hope and trust was put in him, and the rewards of that have been amazing.  I don’t live everyday in fear of the unknown.  It’s in his hands and I feel like I’m doing my part in putting my body on the path to wellness and I think that he will bless that.  I truly believe that our body was meant to be self healing and that if we treat it correctly and give it the proper nutrition, that it will remain well.

My naturopath and I decided yesterday that the plan will be to do one day of treatment every week.  One day on, six days off.  Love it.  It’s a great treatment plan.  These tumors like to explode and upgrade overnight, so the treatment that I’m doing should keep that in check, but not overwhelm and alter my daily living.

God is good.  The people he has surrounded me with are incredible.  It is an absolute treasure and gift to be taken care of as well as I am.

If you’re dealing with something that is overwhelming, give it to him.  He wants to take it and let you rest in his palm.  Do it and you will be blessed.

I can tell you a little bit about that…