By Debby Blettner

My cancer journey began in 1998 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. In 1999 my husband, Richard, was diagnosed with a very aggressive testicular cancer and was given 3 months to live without immediate surgery.

I attended a Cancer Retreat called Balya, http://www.balya.org.au/ which is not operational currently, but I was fortunate enough to have notes from the speakers at the 5 day event. The retreats were hosted by Dr Ivy Bullen and Dr Jason Han.

I attended a Cancer Retreat called Balya, http://www.balya.org.au/ which is not operational currently, but I was fortunate enough to have notes from the speakers at the 5 day event. The retreats were hosted by the late Dr Ivy Bullen and Dr Jason Han including professionals specialized in the field of cancer.

Dr Ivy Bullen

Dr Jason Han

Dr Ivy Bullen.: Fellow of the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine and Chairperson of Balya, Cancer Support Group. As well as being a General Practitioner, she was administrator of the Balya Retreats and Chairperson of Balya’s Management Committee.

In the 2005 Australian Of The Year Awards she was awarded

“The West Australian Hero Metropolitan”,

In June 2005 she was presented with the

2005 “Citizen Of The Year” award for community service.

Dr. Jason Han, PhD.: Psychologist with over 22 years professional experience as of 1999. In addition to other psychological programs, he also provided programs for cancer patients to assist them deal with stress and help them make attitude changes view life from a more optimistic perspective.

Dr Jason Han, PhD, MSc, MAPS

The collection of lectures are archived under Cancer Self-Help Category.

These notes will include subjects such as:

• the Immune System,
• the 5 main causes of cancer,
• stress and how it relates to sickness,
• the power of the mind,
• radiation and chemotherapy, usefulness, precautions, effectiveness and ways to improve its effectiveness, precautionary tests before beginning,
• power of your thoughts, anger and unresolved conflicts and their effect on our health,
• nutrition for cancer patients, preventative nutrition, the importance of goals in your life, vitamins,
• a lecture by a Gynecologist on “how to make life better”,
• some very honest information from a Singaporean Oncologist about the effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, the difference between sensitive and non sensitive cancer and the palliative approach,
• a class on joy and happiness and it’s effect on your health,
• visualization, and one of my favorite subjects,
• Natural Killer Cells in the immune system, how to increase them for overall better health and prevention and cure of cancer.

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