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Part 1, Curing Cancer, deals with the failings of old-fashioned cancer treatments and shows how conventional medicine wildly - and deceptively ...

An sound out with medical researcher, author and filmmaker, Mike Anderson - www.ravediet.com. At broadcast on Go Vegan Radio on December ...

It was suppositious to be a routine annual health checkup. But the mammogram results looked shady. Her doctor suggested a biopsy. Driving to work I got the call. My daughter-in-law was crying on the phone. Pulling to the side of the entr, I heard her utter the dreaded word: cancer. From that instant cancer became a menace that would surface large over my family.

Source: Bangkok Post

Give Up OR Get Up

Last month I evident a weird sort of anniversary. Seventeen years ago on October the 13th (a Friday no less) I was diagnosed with Hardened Lymphocytic Leukemia. At the time I was principal at St. David CSS and had a very young blood. My diagnosis came out of nowhere. I had been feeling pretty tired but figured it was the job, raising and middle age. I remember it took awhile to come to grips with all of it. As it turns out, CLL was considered the "Cadillac" of blood cancers as it progressed at a snail-like rate, which is good considering there is no cure for it. What was worrisome was that I was an anomaly as it normally is seen in much older people. I was in my at daybreak 40's and this interested the doctors at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) who included my chest as part of an international study. While international recognition is something we might strive for, this wasn't the preferred avenue. I was a patient at PMH for 9 years and, when the haematology department opened at Grand River Regional Cancer Centre, my dispute was transferred here. In both hospitals I have received superlative care. Last year I developed Hodgkin's Lymphoma which, if CLL is the "Cadillac" of cancers, this is purposes the "Lada". With the chemo I received for CLL I was able to vocation, bike and run as I had very few side effects. With the Hodgkin's I dropped 30 pounds and could only walk 20 yards, holding on to my son for support. The chemo impartial about did me in, more so than the Hodgkin's. Luckily for me things have reversed and life looks a lot more promising. My hair even came back thicker and a little less grey...go figure. It's a chestnuté for sure but, every day is a gift. Had I received the Hodgkin's diagnosis 17 years ago preferably of the CLL, I likely wouldn't be around to tell you about the research and development of new treatments for all kinds of cancer being done at Princess Margaret and shared with other regional cancer centres like the GRRCC. All of this costs vast amounts of money and there's never enough. That's why fundraising is so important. It can literally save lives. Peradventure you know someone whose life was changed after a cancer diagnosis. After all, in a normal lifespan, 2 in every 5 people are diagnosed with some rules of cancer. Maybe it's been a family member or a friend. Maybe it's even been you or someone you work with. I can't include the number of people within the WCDSB (or their loved ones) I regularly see at the GRRCC for treatment. We could possibly hold a staff meeting, but chemo is bad enough on its own. When you get a diagnosis, you have two simple choices: you judge to give up, or you choose to get up. I hope none of us sees the first one as viable. The care and support we earn from our health care team, as well as from those who love us, is even more powerful than the drugs ingested into our systems to annul the disease. And, while the former will help us heal, the latter is important in the process. We want and warrant the best treatment possible. We are constantly on the lookout for advances in medical skill to help us conquer cancer. Not surprisingly, it comes at a cost and not all of it can be borne by administration. That's why fundraising initiatives like the Ride to Conquer Cancer are so important. In June of 2012 a line-up of 22 riders from the Waterloo CDSB will make up the "Wheeling for Healing" work together, riding 200 km from Toronto to Niagara Falls. Check the names of the duo members below. Some of them may be in your school or provide services to you at the CEC. They come from all union groups, with the manhood being members of OECTA. Each team member must raise a minimum of $2500 to participate, though there is no higher up limit. OECTA is a proud sponsor of the team. Hopefully you will be as well. You can decide to directly sponsor a team member or hold various fundraising events at your followers, in cooperation with your school administrators who received a letter asking for their fund last week. Riders often choose a person they ride for as a motivator. Perhaps your sect or site might choose to sponsor a rider knowing they are riding for a related staff member. That kind of emotional support is a huge avoid in healing.

Source: KW Now!

Art in Analysis

Expressing emotions is central to healing, and now, cancer survivors and caregivers have a new outlet for restoration through Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center's Art in Therapy program.

Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal