Fighting Cancer And Getting Healthy with Paula

Paula’s Story (In her own words):

I’ve always believed in and practiced a healthy lifestyle including diet and physical activity. In July 2006, coming out of the shower, I dropped something on the floor. When I bent down to pick it up, I felt a sharp pain under my arm and when I reached for it, my hand felt a lump – I froze! Then, hesitantly I slowly moved my hand down my breast and felt a lump number two, then three!

 Although I did self-breast exams, had clinical breast exams perform and mammograms, I truly believe those lumps just suddenly appeared. They were right on the surface of the breast tissue, 4 cm each! I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. After the bombshell was dropped, the surgery was scheduled 7 days later.

 That week before surgery we did several things to prepare me for that grand day. My husband Curtis purchased a twenty-five pound bag of organic carrots and juiced them for me to drink to enhance my immunity. Also, I made sure I went to bed by 9:30p.

 Furthermore, we continued our walking program up until the day before surgery. One morning Curtis asked me if I wanted the neighbor’s dog we called “Brownie” to pray for my surgery. I smiled and said, “Sure, why not.”

 When I asked Brownie to pray, she quietly got down on her front legs in a praying position, what a comfort!

 A few weeks later August 11th I had major surgery, Praise God my surgery was a success. I was discharged on the very next day. That very evening I went grocery shopping and the following morning, Curtis and I resumed our 8-10,000 step walking program without any pain!

 Talking to my oncologist and after discovering the potential side effects from chemotherapy followed by radiation and hormone therapy, we were lead to utilized alternative medicine. That included a total plant based diet, herbal medicine and juicing.

 During this course of time there was a steady improvement based on CT scans and lab work which lead our oncologist to declare me cancer free in 11 months later. August 2010 I will be a 4 year Breast Cancer Survivor/Conqueror. I feel blessed to be surrounded by my husband, so many family members and close caring friends, who cheered me on my journey. In addition, I truly believe that my positive attitude and spiritual walk also assisted in the healing process.