I had a wonderful dayyesterday but woke up feeling threatened this morning.
The threat was real for me as it had happened before with dire consequences that have affected me ever since.
Now it was potentially happening again.
Even though it didn’t happen, I was still in need of something to calm down my nervous system, giving me the opportunity to write up and publish this blog post.
Through my research, just yesterday, I discovered this free mini-course for 10- days with an offer for a 10-week course, all free and online.
The very first day of the 10-day selectiondid the magic I desperately needed.
It was September of 2012, holding back my tears of pain while making my first phone call to Alf. His response hearing I had fibromyalgia was that I would be in a lot of pain.
I was new to Bowan Therapy and was a bit nervous not knowing what would result of my treatment.
I was pleasantly surprised by the contrast of medical procedures I had endured with this gentle, but highly effective therapy.
I found Alf very professional and safe in his capable hands.
He seemed to know exactly what I needed, explaining as he went unlocking mysteries yet unfolded about my condition.
I was fascinated and also surprised at the severity of my condition.
After completing a thorough detox and accompanying therapy I was ‘relaxed ‘.
A person in my condition hardly knows the words, ‘relaxed and pain free’.
At home I followed Alf’s advice to “rest, feet up, and drink water”, but after I had completed these tasks I continued into a deep sleep, so deep and wonderful it was a pity to wake from it.
The most amazing realization came from that day forth. My sporadic body paralysis of seven years left me after my first Bowan Therapy Session.
The ascending paralysis which left my body tingling in a comatose state was gone!
Pain subsided dramatically, enabling me to leave my three-yearFibromyalgic bedridden state.
Partaking in activities such as eating my meals in the dining room at a table, verses all my former meals in bed, became my new reality. The change was dramatic!
This was only the first of my treatments. I saw Alf for another two follow-up treatments and I could have sworn my Fibromyalgia was gone. Alf agreed.
Basically it is breathing from your abdomen, taking in a breath and holding it for four seconds and gently breathing out for at least six seconds.
I’ve used this to relax and also for pain relief. During the four seconds of holding your breath, the oxygen is absorbed into the bloodstream.
Another helpful breathing method was to take a deep breath and swallow and hold it for a few seconds, and gently blow out for as long as you can.
After this the body does not need to breathe for a little while. This technique could be helpful for scuba diving and managing air while swimming, using fewer breaths and making more use of the breath.
I found this kind of breathing good for relaxing also.
Chi breathing, was said to increase health and healing.
Anthony Wee suggested that if you are healthy, practice this type of breathing for one hour a day, 20 minute sessions.
Squeeze backside and stomach while blowing out for twenty minutes, three times a day.
This next lecture was from Dr. Barry Cassidy, a speaker from the Radiotherapy Institute who will discuss the application of Radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer.
New hormone drugs, tamoxifen has failed sometimes. (In 1999)
Drugs leave body after 24 hours.
Effects wear off 6-8 weeks after.
It is the same with Radiotherapy.
Carcinoma insitu – very early breast cancer. Some doctor’s wouldn’t even call it cancer as it is not invasive. Some cases of carcinoma insitu can be treated by radiation therapy.
Beta carotene has been proven to reduce the risk of cancer.
Ninety percent of cancer cannot be cured by chemotherapy. Colon, breast and lung cancerscannot be killed by chemotherapy, and these cancers make up 90% of all cancers.
Testicular tumors, ovarian cancer, leukemia’s in children, Hodgkin’s disease are very sensitive to chemicals and can be killed by chemotherapy.
Non Hodgekin’s Cancer, of the Lymph Nodes generally speaking, is very chemotherapy sensitive, also radiation works on these cancers.
Testicular cancer is very chemotherapy sensitive.
Dr. Hsin is a Palliative Physician, a Hospice doctor.
Non sensitive cancer:
It will do more harm than good to be given chemotherapy.
These include:
Non–small-cell lung cancer.
Liver cancer.
Renal Cell cancer.
Brain tumors.
Cancer of unknown primary.
Moderately Chemo Sensitive:
These include:
Small cell lung cancer.
Breast cancer.
Colon cancer.
Stomach cancer.
After surgery the cancer can return – 5 – 10 years which equals cured to a doctor.
Doctors give chemotherapy to improve the chances of survival and reduce the chances of relapse.
There are 3 types of Chemotherapy given:
Adjuvant chemotherapy, systemic chemotherapy and Palliative chemotherapy –all given to improve the chances.
The Immune System is lowered by Chemotherapy.
A Clinical trial took place:
Phase one trial – there was a request for volunteers. These volunteers were given drugs with no proven effect on cancer. The Clinical trial was required to give records of what damage the drugs will do. How much damage? Some volunteers died.
Phase 2: With the results of the Trial, the concentration of drugs is worked out.
Phase 3: New drug is compared with the gold standard, which has the best response etc., and is marketed.
“How long is my chemotherapy?”
This depends on:
1) Tumour size.
2) Symptom control.
3) Quality of life.
It is difficult to tell.
Adjuvant chemotherapy, where there is no more cancer, it has been surgically removed, is to prevent a relapse. Many don’t relapse anyway, even without 6 months of chemotherapy!
If cat scan shows up black, with defined edges, it usually indicates cancer, also ultrasound.
Liver cancer, surgery is only method, remove part of it, if can.
Not chemotherapy sensitive, liver cancer, but it does respond to Chinese herbs.
Symptom control- just check if symptoms are improving.
Quality of life – Stomach cancercannot be cured by chemotherapy.
A woman with stomach cancer could eat and drink after chemotherapy, but she had a goal in mind, her wedding, a new apartment, she was not cured but she achieved her goal!
Results of Chemotherapy:
hair loss
vomiting.
Bone marrow suppression.
Low resistance.
The bad part of chemotherapy, is that every organ of the body can be affected by chemotherapy. Very tired after chemotherapy. Many bad results from chemotherapy, a long list of side effects.
After chemotherapy there were results on the patients x-rays, but the patient had no energy. He took herbal medicine and massage to maintain his function – lung and brain tumor. He stopped chemotherapy. The chemotherapy couldn’t heal, but took away the quality of life. He was given a choice of two years of lying at home or one year of active life, without chemotherapy. The patient needs to decide on their fate.
Chemotherapy Costs:
1) Consultation.
2) Lab tests.
3) Medication. In Singapore, all of these are very expensive.
4) Others – most important! The carer, the person taking care of the cancer patient, may have to give up their job to help the patient, has to wait with the patient to see the doctor. Consider the carer when deciding whether or not to take chemotherapy.
Today’s doctor is:
1) Scientist.
2) Saint.
3) Shopkeeper.
Therefore5-10% people really benefit from chemotherapy!
The first person lives three years and the rest live longer.
The doctor will inform the patient that he has three years to live!
Gross misrepresentation. Very inaccurate. It is impossible to predict.
Statistics only.
Evidence based herbs – lots of evidence to support for immune system! Not much scientific evidence for it.
How do I prepare for chemo?
1) Nutrition.
2) Exercise.
3) Talk to others. It’s hard travelling alone.
Cancer is a word, not a sentence.
Oncologists always treat, forget to prevent!
What they practice full time is what is supposed to be done after communication and nutrition.
Support groups respond much better to treatments than those that are hidden at home.
Neuro phycho neurology – right frame of mind affects hormones. Lab studies have proven this! Too much trust is in Lab’s and chemicals.
To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always!
Dr. Hsin showed a slide of two handfuls of drugs, which were taken by a patient each day – add a dressing and it can become a meal!
Dr Hsinshowed a slide of a mother holding a baby that had a man’s head, a shirt and tie, a reminder to cuddle and hold close the person in need.
Dr. Hsin apologized for his lack of knowledge of nutrition care.
400 lymph nodes are around the neck and in underarms. Regional lymph nodes. Clusters of white blood cell – nodes.
Inject dye into tumor and wait and see how many lymph nodes are connected. Remove those. Lymph removal depends on the surgeon.
There is a group of doctors that are very aggressive with chemicals. They cause vomiting, hair loss, nausea, but this is no problem to the doctor, no worries to him, only to the patient.
There are injectable Chinese remedies.
Massage and oral Chinese medicine. Chi kung and tai- chi.
NB: Dr. Hsin also said that,
The Oncologist looks at the problem and focuses on the cure of the problem and often forgets about the patient.”
The Thymus is the training ground for the immune system and is located under the chest bone, the sternum. Tapping this area, with your fingers, at least 20 times per day has the effect of stimulating the immune system.
B Cells are made in marrow and they spot viruses. After spotting the virus they become an ammunition factory of antibodies. This is not the most effective way of fighting cancer because they need ammunition to shoot.
T Cells fight and damage invading cells. They mop up war zones.
T Helper Cells are non-killing scouts that send messages to T Cells who kill on command from headquarters.
T Suppressor Cells are the Headquarters who regulate all production of cells and prevention of more production, keeping things at a correct balance. There is a Stop – Grow message between cells. Accelerator and brakes help to control cell division.
“Cytokines” say grow, and “Anticytokines” say stop. This red light, green light system needs to be balanced for controlled growth and good health. If the brakes fail the cells reproduce and divide without check, and tumors develop.
NK Cells poke “fingers” into cancer cells and injectgranules into the cancer cells (perforans), to kill their target. If their target is a cancer cell, they inject the granules and chemical reaction results in blowing a hole in the cancer cell to kill it!
The KSR’s (Stimulating receptors)detect between normal body cells and cancer cells and tell the NK when to kill. It leaves the normal cells alone. An inhibitory cell tells the NK cells to leave the normal cell alone and protects it!
If your immune system is fully switched on, you won’t get cancer.
Power of Prayer:
Three hundred patients in a group were separated into two groups. People from outside the group were given information on the cancer patients. One group of cancer patients was not prayed for and the other was.
The people prayed for had less death, were sent home earlier, had less cardio arrests, healed much faster and had less problems than the group that was not prayed for!
Any surgery can depress the immune system.
Do anything you can to take antioxidants after surgery to build it up to counteract the depression to your immune system.
An experiment was performed on mice, all of which had the same genetics. They all had oncogenes, which predispose them to cancer.
Some were given four times greater stress than the others, and they developed cancer. The highly stressed mice developed cancer, not the non-stressed ones.
Both groups were ‘oncogene’ predisposed. The gun was loaded, it just needed a trigger. Stress is often the trigger.
Japanese women have the lowest levels of breast cancer in the world. Yet, Japanese women in Hawaii have a much higher incidence of breast cancer. Could this be related to diet, or lifestyle?
A workaholic is someone who works 60-70 hours a week with no time for rest. They have high physical and emotional stress.
8 hours of sleep is required.
Interleukins (produced by sleep), are good for the immune system.
Laughter, singing, and quiet meditation and thinking positive thoughts also greatly benefit the immune system as does exercise recreation and healthy food.
The above have been found to be common in cancer patients.
Anger:
It is very important to express your emotions and tell the other person you are angry. An alternative to this is to run around the block, to get rid of anger.
Denial of any health problems, spending lots of time helping others at the neglect of your own health can sometimes be symptoms of denial, ignoring the problem or not wanting to face it or accept it.
All these things can lead to stress, which can encourage cancer. It is not what happens to you but how you react to what happens to you, that is experience!
It is important to focus on the person, not the disease, to change the outcome of the illness. A change of thought patterns causes different hormones and chemicals to be secreted in the body. So a positive mind and keeping on top of things is very important.
A total of 152 very ill patients were studied. Those with a positive attitude responded better to treatment and did better than negative patients with less serious diseases!
Depression is very bad for the immune system and Natural Killer Cell count. Look at your stress level to improve your immune system.
For years I have put my work station facing a window, or at the very least, had regular breaks by looking out a window into the distance.
I have done this for my eye health and in the morning to set my internal, circadian rhythm, clock. It has made a great difference in my sleep patterns and quality of work.
But there are other benefits too it seems. On my walks from here on out, I am going to consciously seek out the horizon more often.
“Getting outdoors or looking outside deserves special mention. The neuroscientistAndrew Huberman talks about the calming effect of horizon vision on our nervous system.
When we are staring at something close up for long periods of time (think iPhone or Zoom) our brains are vigilant and focused which leads to increased levels of norepinephrine (an adrenalin like molecule) in the brain which, guess what, creates low-grade anxiety.
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