2 / 2 R A DI C A L R E M 引〇 N ど , ″ルのノ〃ッ r イバ 4 / go. 〃ん加ル ~ / ル房〃・Ⅳの / 4 川 not ノ 0 〃ど / " Taken altogether, Donna was doing a wide variety of things to try to make sure she would be able to see her grandchildren grow up, 伝 om staying mentally focused on her strong reasons for living tO the exercise, diet change, visualization, supplements, and 1 れ ore. From my POint Of view as a researcher, I 、 certainly struck by the abSOlute certainty in her mind that She was not going tO die simply because she had too many things she still wanted to do in her life. ThiS strong desire clearly motivated her tO adhere to her new diet, keep taking her supplements, and maintain her daily walking—all ofwhich she continues to this day. TWO years after her dOCtors sent her home tO get her affairs in order, Donna felt so well that she made an appointment with her surgeon tO see if she could have her colostomy reversed. TO reverse a colostomy, a second surgery IS required in which the diverted COlon IS reconnected tO the rest Of the COlon, SO normal bO 、 functlons can resume. Donna S surgeon was qulte surprised tO see her 、 into his office at all, much less be doing so well. After a brief and baffled discussion, he happily agreed to perform the surgery, and She has been living without a colostomy bag ever since. AS she reflects on her life-changing experience Of cancer,Donna believes that stress and her love Of sugar may have been contribut- ing factors, as well as the fact that she always took care of everyone else before taking care of herself. When she got cancer, however, she made sure to change that habit and start doing all the things that gave ど meaning and excitement, such as traveling, out to dinners, and sharing what she has learned about healing with others :

c 「 easing P05 ″ⅳ e Emotions 比ワル " / んイどイ砿坊加 0 〃をなん〃イん 0 〃 , イん / 襯ど / 切ワルイ″んノ爿〃イ / ん磋ノん切 very ルど″ / " 爿〃イ / 7 0 ル / " 伽んノ Saranne 、 encouraged by this healer's declaration, because the truth was, she did feel well. She was happier than she had ever been, because she was making happiness and joy her number one priority each day. After this brief interaction, Dr. Dhonden began t0 point tO various places on her bOdy in complete silence. Her a 、 began [ 0 build as she watched him, with incredible accuracy, point to every place on her body where she had either had cancer in the past or had cancer presently. "He could see 、 Mhat scans couldn't see," She said and was instantly hopeful that this man could help her: / ug んイんイ / の D 〃が ' ー 4 〃 ル 0 どルⅣお翔ノ海お . 〃ん加房加〃イ ん一方どんどみゞ co ″ど c ツ 04 ワ釮ど . ー Ve. 釮ど r 〃どイ / c / 〃ど co お zn ツ 0 〃 r / 〃〃どリどアんなツ 0 〃 r 0 ル〃ノみ 4 〃 c 巳 lntriguingly, Yeshi Dhonden never referred to Saranne's illness as cancer" but only as a "disturbance" in her bOdy. At this point, Saranne 、 eager tO get started on hiS herbs, SO She asked him

R A D ー C A L R E M 引 0 N tive and hopefulthat things could still turn around at any moment. And then, one day, they did. saranne was busy preparing for a fourth' potentially li ー threatening surgery during her third year Of treatment when her phone starting ringing off the hook. ApparentlY' the Dalai Lama's doctor—a man named Dr. Yeshi Dhonden—had been featured that night on the TV show Da な / 切ど NBC regarding his Tibetan Medi- cine system treatment for late-stage cancer 、 includes herbs, diet recommendations, relaxation and a methOd tO practice conscious happiness. latter three are thought tO help the body receive the benefits ofthe herbs. Though Saranne had not seen the show, many of her friends had, and they were all calling to tell her that she simply んイ to go see him. As you might imagine, nearly everyone who watched the show that night was tryrng tO make an appointment tO see Dr. SO saranne was one Of thousands WhO were added tO hiS 、 list. Nevertheless, With her persistent optimism guiding her, she decided to ask absolutely everyone she met if they could somehow help her see the Dalai Lama's doctor. Everywhere she went' every- one she talked to, she asked if they had any sort of connection t0 Dr. Dhonden. After a few months of doing this, while talking to a newly diagnosed patient about ComedyCures and its strategies for living with cancer, saranne S positlve persistence finally paid Off• This person had an "in" with Dr. Dhonden's people and offered to make an appointment for Saranne. This was only a few days before her scheduled surgery: 4 〃イど D な / 襯れ〃どんイ加 c 催みんんイ加 ん皿訪んな化ヮ c 。〃ノ . 爿〃イん〃

Having Strong Re050n5 for Living 2 刀 〃みん / み砌。〃 g , going んをん訪 0 房 , 切 g ん加 なんどど催加ア / ゞ . 〃ん加ル ~ G 〃イ 4 みを なイど / , イヴみ愆なイ舛 / , んた / 〃 g 4 〃イを〃 g 尾イ c ん / み , なルノ〃釮 4 加 / 加ノなア So, Donna did everything in her power to make sure she would be around tO see them grow up, including continuing tO recelve weekly acupuncture and going on daily, outdoor walks. She also went tO see a naturopath, WhO encouraged her tO Stay on the no meat, no 、 vheat, no S 、 MeetS, no dairy Cougar Mountain diet and tO start taking t 、 MO lmmune-boostlng vitamin supplements. Because Donna had believed for many years before her cancer diagnosis that the mind has a powerful effect on the health of the bOdy, she alSO made sure tO keep her mind focused on her reasons for living, as opposed to on any fearful thoughts that tried to creep in. TO accomplish this, She continued with her regular meditation practice and began listening tO visualization CDS every night before going to bed. ln her opinion, the body follows what the mind is thinking, so thinking about staying healthy for her grandchildren was her top priority: が〃 g / / をッ 0 〃尾ル 0 みル辺ア 〃〃な / り 0 4 / ッ 0 〃ル 4 加 , 〃イツ 0 みル辺

152 R A 田 C A L R E M 引 0 N been [ 0 see her. Joe immediately e-mailed the woman' told her the fortune-teller story, and asked, "Are you my redhead?" She replied' "Yes, I am! " So, on a whim, Joe made an appointment for the 応し lowing week, while his chemo was scheduled to start in ten days. Joe found this healer to be a young, energetic woman with reddish-brown hair and magenta highlights. C ん化砌 g ん he jok- ingly thought to himself. After he told her about his advanced lung cancer, She recommended an energy treatment tO help clear his chakras and realign his energy ・ She spentthe next hour gently shak- ing his arms, legs, and torsm while also talking to him about his health condition. Joe describes: 訪どルⅧ切 g ど , 訪どん / を厖比イ切〃 . 眦 4 4 けなどッん磋。 cky. ノ ん釮。ヮ , 襯 4 化〃化 . She ど切ノど怩ヮ切 g な 4 み イル加 / 砌どア , イん c 〃 c 確〃 4 〃ん研 At the end of the treatment, Joe was still skeptical, but he did feel much less anxious than he had when he arrived, so he decided to make another appomtment tO see her the next 、 Meek. ln the mean- time, he read a book about death and dying that she had recom- mended called 0 ど God by Neale Donald Walsch. He found the book so engaging that he finished it in three days. Joe explains: 化〃ど . マ G0 イイ / ea みんんどん〃ど 4 〃 g ワ イ比〃 g イノ G イ舛房 / / / 加ル / 最んゞ げどノ God どどイん化どん〃化″皿

238 R A D ℃ A L R E M 引〇 N had heard about Matthew's situation—called to tell him that John of God had healed her breast cancer. This was the second time Matthew was hearing about John God from a complete stranger, and he remembers being shaken by the coincidence. She invited him over so she could share her story, and she also showed him a video ofJohn of God sending healing energy to someone. The neighbor's s tory and video on ly piqued M atthew's desire to visit John of God, but he told her he couldn't because of the nonre- fundable Peru tickets. He thanked her for her time and assured her that he would visit John of God as soon as he could afford it. Mat- thew describes her response: . S ん Ⅳ訪ど加どル 4 Ⅷ〃所ィ / ア化イん ッど肥爿〃イツアど 0 〃ツ 0 〃 ca 〃 . ッ 0 ル勗 4 を灯 0 どイんイ化〃な / 召名″ル勗。〃ケどルを ア孕 4 尾 / 万ル c 笳ル / な方孕ア砌〃イ砌 , / アをイんん . She 曜 4 歸んア〃 / ん釮 / c 4 ど / / なん g. 歸ん 4 ″イル勗 眦 r イあ / 房比ア。眦旗 / ん 4 左 ln the weeks that fOllO 、 Med, Matthew continued tO meet strang- ers who had either just been to see John of God or whose friend had just been there, all with positive things to say. On the plane to BraZil, the man seated next tO him was alSO on his way tO see JOhn of God. To Matthew, all these things seemed to be saying, "Yes. You're finally hearing me. You're finally listening. " That is how, in November 2003 , he found himself alone, in a basic hotel room, in the middle of a rural Brazilian town named Abadiånia, with a stage 4 brain tumor, preparing [ 0 see a healer named John of God.

Embracing Social Support 209 for their cancer treatments, using hands-on energy healing, muSIC therapy, or electromc machines tO try [ 0 shift their patients' cells toward a healthier vibration. Such frequency treatments are cur- rently difficult tO study using tOday'S scientific, diagnostic tOOls; in Other words, 、 dO not currently have the right mlcroscope tO see 、 Mhat iS actually happening during these treatments. HO 、 Mever, I hope within a few decades we will have developed the technology to evaluate this intriguing new methOd Of treatment. Although it was expensive, Kathryn determined that the Life Vessel was her best choice, and she was amazed by how good she felt after only one treatment. Her friends alSO noticed an improvement. }{0 、 vever, the treatments were not only expensive but alSO required her tO travel tO Arizona one 、 Meek a month, 、 Mhile being very restful the other three weeks of the mon 市 . Kathryn figured this would be impossible, but once her friends found out that She wanted tO con- tinue with the treatments, they miraculously made it happen with impromptu fund-raisers and generous financial support. Kathryn was overwhelmed with gratitude that she was being given the gift of being able to focus all her time and energy on her healing, a gift she S1ncerely WiShes all cancer patients could recelve. Speaking of receiving, Kathryn freely admits that she was not very good at accepting help before her cancer diagnosis. She had always been the kind of person who tried to do everything herself. HO 、 vever, once She 、 diagnosed with cancer, she quickly realized that she 、 vould never be able tO survive the journey if she tried tO dO it alone—neither financially nor emotionally. While it was difficult at first tO accept SO much help and support, She eventually came tO view the process ln a new light: 0 〃どイど房ん脚 / 尹。 / 〃訪どア。ル砿 イ c c . ル c ゆ c な房ん阨”んア。ルイ and

34 R A 田 C A L R E M 引〇 N supplements, and walking every day—until one day she could not feel the lump anymore. She immediately wentto see her doctor and he could not feel it either. They decided not to do a mammogram, since that had not been able [ 0 detect the lump initially (only a core biopsy had), and he instead instructed Ginni tO continue monitor- ing herselfwith monthly self-exams. lt has been over five years S1nce her initial diagnosis. Her health is great, her lump is gone, and she has found no new lumps since then. Due to the underlying fear that her cancer might someday return, Ginni has diligently stuck [ 0 her new diet. lt has not been that hard for her, hO 、 Mever, because she now gets an upset stomach whenever she eats any of her "old" foods, such as white pasta or anything fried. Her taste buds have also permanently changed: now she actually craves fruits and vegetables, and refined foods no longer appealto her. Overall, her li has settled into a new shade of norr れ al , 、 Mhere vegetables now reign supreme and refined fOOdS are relics ofthe past. When I thanked Ginni for sharing her amazing story with me, she replied : / 切 g イ訪 4 尾″ , 房 C44 化 / ん / 4 尾んん thzng, イ / ル勗。んⅧ〃町襯ん敏尾召ん 4 イ , c 側化 c ん。イ〃 4 尾どケ切坊ヴ According to Ginni, the changes she made worked for her be- cause she was giving her body the healthy, pesticide-free 応 od and 、 yater lt needed in order for her immune system tO operate optl- mally and therefore remove her cancer cells.

Fo 〃 0 Ⅳ ing 日 n ルⅲ on 87 few months later, it had become bothersome enough that she 、 vent tO see her doctor: / 知ルんみ孕ア砌ノ加ど , / 比ヮ 4 訪厖″ノⅣおな翔 ゐ加房市〃 g 房な爿〃イヴなノど記 / を〃必イ c pp 〃な . May をルな / 眦加ん 加どけイ / んイど。な舛をんゐ をんルッ c ど . “ g んん ' は。怩〃をな明加ど Because the antibiotic and cough suppressants 、 not 、 vorking, Susan's doctor ordered a chest x-ray, followed by a CAT scan, and then decided that She 、 Manted a lung specialist tO interpret the scan results. By the time Susan was sent tO the lung specialist, her cough had been going on for almost a year, which was more of an annoy- ance to her than anything. Before sending her to the specialist, though, her primary doctor prepared her by saying that she might have one of three things going on with her lungs. lt could either be histoplasmosis (a fungal infection) or sarcoidosis—•、 Mith itS COllec- ロ on Of benign nodules—or, in the 、 MOrst-case scenari(), her dOCtor subtly implied that it could be lung cancer, but this was incredibly unlikely given that Susan had never been a smoker or been exposed tO airborne chemicals ()t least that she knew Of ). Her dOCtor ex- pected it t0 be the first option, a fungal infection. SO, With a little bit Of trepidation, Susan 、 h,rent tO see the lung specialist in August 0f 2007. After another round of testing, the specialist—・ along With い MO Other radiologists whom the specialist had asked to double-check her scans—came i n to give her the heavy

lJsing Herbs and Supplements 4 けみみ 4 眦イケどど / . 召一ッツ ル〃 0 ガ砿 / ど 4 0 砿房 c ぉ . 〃どルな″切 g ど眦ル砿ど g 房知 C 〃 0 臾訳 . Jenny then spent an additional five thousand dollars of her per- sonal savings [ 0 get a third OPinion at yet another hospital. ThiS third hospital agreed that all signs were pointing to splenic marginal zone lymphoma, 、 MhiCh iS a much more SIO 、 M-growing cancer than follicular lymphoma. They even said that she could "watch and wait" for a few months instead Of jumping in with the rituximab. Hearing this gave Jenny a surge of relief, because she suddenly felt like she had more time to deal with her cancer. lt also made her realize that she absolutely had to find a way to switch to a new on- COIogiSt. }綫0 、ö,rever, her health insurance 、 part Of a health man- agement organization (HMO), which made it difficult for her to SWitCh dOCtors even within her HN'fO, and it was impossible for her tO see dOCtors at outside hospitals. As quietly as she could, Jenny put in a request to switch to a dif- ferent oncologist within her HMO. Unfortunately, she was assigned t0 a very young doctor who was brand new to oncology. She liked the factthat he d id not argue with her when she told h im via a tele- phone call that she wanted to 応Ⅱ ow the watch-and-wait protocol recommended by the third hospital. During her first in-person 叩 - pointment With him, hO 、 Mever, her confidence plummeted: んル / 爿〃イ / 砌加ん , 。Ⅳんッ〃 g ル 4 イル訪 ? " 師 4 / / , 眦訪どッ 0 肝な毟ーをど ヴァ〃″みッーン〃イ眦 イ羽イ 4 を尾砿加。砌イケアん加厖ス〃イ