Hope is the beginning of healing and Leaving Death in the Dust was created to help beautiful human beings, who are sick, tired, and metabolically bankrupt, become more actively involved in their own health care.
In a previous post we met Guy Tenenbaum, who was sent home to die with terminal stage 4 cancer, but he refused to give up. I think his determination to beat his death prognosis was grounded in Hope and rooted in love because his work to live didn’t stop when he found healing for his own body. By sharing what he did to leave death in the dust, through his protocol, and continuing to work toward helping others beat and avoid cancer, he has demonstrated a belief that the gift of life is precious, and that goodness and beauty can still be found in this world, even in the midst of a cancer doom and gloom death diagnosis. Hope isn’t optimism or cynicism. Hope is the desire for something good. Without Hope life loses its meaning and becomes nothing more than a cruel death sentence. We make what we are Hoping for a reality through our commitment and continual effort. Hope is the belief that something can be done, even when you are being told that it can’t be done, so be careful about what you choose to believe.
As we begin to move deeper into things that can help us heal, we are probably going to run into conflicting reports on almost everything we explore which can cause a great deal of confusion. The goal of confusion is to cause us to doubt, despair, and give up on what we are hoping for. Once you have chosen a health care protocol for yourself, believe in what you are doing, pursue it, making changes as necessary.
I recently picked up a copy of the book, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-By-Step-Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness by Jon Barron. In it, Jon describes the case of “Mr. Wright” a patient of Dr. Bruno Klopfer who had a tumor riddled body and was expected to die, but Mr. Wright heard about an experimental drug called Krebiozen and demanded to be put on it. Miraculously, the tumors “melted” away. Several months later with his cancer still in remission, Mr. Wright saw a news report declaring Krebiozen to be a worthless cancer treatment and his tumors reappeared, but his doctor did something unusual and injected Mr. Wright with water while telling him that he had received a double dose of Krebiozen which resulted in another remarkable recovery. He remained in remission until he again saw reports declaring Krebiozen to be an ineffective cancer treatment, he died 2 days later. Words, and the keyboard, do have the power to kill, but when Hope is communicated, people are more likely to respond to treatment.
“it’s not simply mind over matter, but it is clear that mind matters.”
~David Spiegel, Healing Words: Emotional Expression and Disease Outcome, 281 J.A.M.A. 1328,1329 (1999).
For the physician should be the minister of hope and comfort to the sick; that by such cordials to the drooping spirit, he may smooth the bed of death, revive expiring life, and counteract the depressing influence of those maladies which rob the philosopher of fortitude, and the Christian consolation. ~ Thomas Percival, Medical Ethics: A Code of Institutes and Precepts Adapted to the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons
Hope is the decision to do something because you believe in it.
Back in November, we made the decision to stay positive, to not sit around wringing our hands in despair, and to not swim around in our fearful thoughts. We prayed first and ultimately, put life in the hands of our Creator. We did our research and learned more about cancer than we ever wanted to know. What you know becomes real when you actually live it out. We made dietary changes and stuck with them, and we will continue to stick with them because, we don’t want the cancer beast to come back again.
Earlier this evening, dad called me with his scan results, but he let mom tell me the news-
Dad is in remission!
Stage 4 bladder cancer spread to lungs, for which there is no cure, according to his oncologist, was put into remission in 4 months. Dad’s treatment plan included dietary changes, supplements, and chemotherapy. When he spoke with me today, dad assured me that all of the research I have done, which influenced the dietary changes that were made, contributed to his healing, and he encouraged me to keep going with what I’m doing here. My own determination to heal from the effects of long covid played a part in the cancer research I did for my dad. It set the stage. In the circles I hang out in, we call this kind of thing a redemptive reversal.
Life is precious, beautiful, meaningful, fragile, and worth fighting for. Do you believe it?
N.T. Wright has said something about the point of the resurrection and the value of our present life being tied together because what we do with our body in the here and now matters because God is going to do something with it. It has something to do with Hope.
“avoid all things which have a tendency to discourage the patient and to depress his spirits”
~ Thomas Percival
Many thanks to all of you who have supported my work and kept us in your prayers. The best part of knowing stuff, is sharing it with others, so that they can do something good with it too.
