Susanne's Story

In her 38th year, she found a small lump, she had a mastectomy, chemo, radiation,

then it came back, another mastectomy, more chemo and radiation etc, then spleen,

then everywhere…

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My father too, died from cancer, although, in both cases, it seemed to be the treatments, not the initial lumps that killed them both.

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l was 13 when my mother passed, and from then on I developed a strong desire to keep my body and mind in excellent condition to ward off disease, and can honestly say that I have rarely been sick or debilitated at any time in my life, I have always had lots of energy and always been happy, healthy and optimistic.

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When I first felt a lump in my left breast in 2010, I figured it was just a cyst or some’ting’.

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Then in 2012, I felt another lump. An ultrasound and biopsy discovered 3 lumps, the largest being 2cm, ductal carcinoma’s, oestrogen receptive. Crikey, what a shock, it felt like the world had dropped out of my belly.

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I was seeing Dr Oscar of Mullumbimby Integrative Medical Center, he advised me to see a breast surgeon for treatment options. I did.

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The options were:

• Mastectomy, chemo and tamoxifen for 5 years

• Lumpectomy, radiation and tamoxifen for 5 years

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However, he suggested Mastectomy would be better as they would have to remove most of my breast to remove the 3 lumps and I would end up with a very odd shaped breast!

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That night, soaking in a hot bath with my partner Jake, and feeling

that my life was over, crying, every time I thought of my two beautiful

sons losing their Mum, I realised that, as I had always ‘flown the flag’

for health and natural healing options, my decision had already been

made! I couldn’t just ‘jump ship’ and do the cut, burn, poison!

Jake was like… Yeah you can do it!

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This was my opportunity to walk my talk, get on and Do It! So the next morning I woke up and began a 28 day vege juice and broth cleanse. Lucky I already had a ‘slow’ juicer and a fridge full and a garden full of organic veges!

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I opened my mind, heart and soul to the universe to guide me.

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I got on the internet, I went to the health food shops, I booked in some sessions with healers, I had my eyes open and my ears open and my intuition open. I knew it could be done, hundreds of people had cured themselves without the trauma and debilitation of medical procedures. I actually felt excited!

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I have always loved a challenge. One thing that I couldn’t quite work out was, how I was going to pay for it all! It seemed every healer cost hundreds, every supplement was pricey. Then, something that touched my heart so deeply happened, and boosted my confidence in my ability to succeed. People in the community organised raffles and fund-raisers, people (some I hardly knew) came up to me in the street and handed me money ‘towards my cause’, my partner’s mum hopped on board and helped out heaps, some people booked me in with healers and paid for it, some bought boxes of organic fruit and veg, lemons, herbs, sent Reiki, came to my house and gave me healing. I was taken aback and overwhelmed by the amount of love I was receiving. What a great lesson to learn to receive! I am sincerely and deeply thankful to you all still to this day.

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After the cleanse, I stayed on juices, smoothies and raw foods for another couple of months. However, I began to feel really depleted and further blood tests (medical and naturopathic) showed I was very deficient in B12, iron, vitamin D, protein, fats, had adrenal fatigue, and leaky gut. A lifetime of vegetarianism and busy~ness.  I had to start addressing inbalances and build my blood (cancer can be a disease of deficiency as well as excess). So I began organic chicken and beef bone broths, liver, raw fermented cod liver oil, cooked and steamed, vegetables lots of butter and hemp seed oil, crikey! Anyhow, within 6 months, I felt fitter and all tests showed improvement. They say vitamin D is the chairman of the body, so lots of sun bathing, no sunnies and gentle sungazing at sunrise and sunset… whenever possible. I was also going through transition from mother to blossoming elder, so my cycles were irregular and hormones wonky. I took supplements and herbs to help my body, and the improvement was confirmed by saliva tests and a general sense of well being. This was, after all, considered a hormonal cancer, so it was imperative to support my endocrine system.