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FINDINGS. A Stage IV Survivor’s Story. Chapter 1. Due Diligence. Over 13,000 Diagnoses Over 6,000 Drugs Over 4,000 Medical/Surgical Procedures Over 65,000 Thoughts per 24 hrs. System Overload. Dermatology Medical Oncology Surgical Oncology Plastics Naturopathy Radiology Consults.
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FINDINGS A Stage IV Survivor’s Story
Due Diligence • Over 13,000 Diagnoses • Over 6,000 Drugs • Over 4,000 Medical/Surgical Procedures • Over 65,000 Thoughts per 24 hrs.
System Overload Dermatology Medical Oncology Surgical Oncology Plastics Naturopathy Radiology Consults
Discernment! ? =
An Evolving Story • 9 surgeries • Limb perfusion at MD Anderson (Houston) • High dose interferon (29 of 30) • Lymph nodes -> chest wall -> breast • Stage II to Stage IV
Listening Like Never Before • Judgment • Attachment • Resistance Insert Bald Kathy Here
Embracing “What Is” • Cancer Retreat (Harmony Hill) • Moving through grief • Cell-Level Healing • Honing my intuition
Developing New Neuro-pathways • Returning of joy • Able to come off anti-depressant meds
Vibrational Universe • Beliefs, Prayers, Meds, etc… • Everything is energy • Water
Cleaning Up My Energy • Replace my cells with healthier ones • Pay attention • What nurtures me? • What drains me? • Preparing for the inevitable • Letting go of the ultimate attachment
Synchronicity • Things began to fall in place for me • My happiness was no longer contingent upon • whether or not I had cancer • Whether or not I would die • I had somehow come to the place of deciding to be happy regardless • It was my pivotal moment
Present Chapter • Studies • Ipilimumab • Partial Remission • ?
Staying Aligned • Paying attention • Environment • Politics
Transformations • Aborigines • Living in the mystery and wonderment of questions • What if we all came to appreciate the value of those words in our everyday lives? • What if we knew we already have everything we need? • What if our happiness was not contingent upon our health? • How would that transform things for us?
Just The Beginning… The End
References/Recommendations • “Cell-Level Healing” by Joyce Hawkes, PhD (Biophysics/Electron Microscopy) • “Power VS Force” by David Hawkins, MD • “The Biology of Belief” by Bruce Lipton, PhD (Developmental Biologist/Medical School Professor) • “A Year to Live” by Stephen Levine (Founder of New York City's first hospice) • “Anger” by Thicht Nhat Hanh (Buddhist Monk and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee) • “The Flowering of Human Consciousness” by Eckhart Tolle • “The Wisdom of No Escape” by Pema Chodron (Buddhist Nun) • “Truth Is a Pathless Land” by J. Krishnamurti (Spiritual Genius) • “The Universe Story” by Brian Swimme, PhD (Mathematical Cosmology)