Cancer is a RADICAL Disease…Be Radical Heal!!!

I was talking to a friend of mine on the beach one lovely afternoon. Taking in the beauty and grandness of Mother Ocean and I asked her to talk to me about her sister whom had passed away from Cancer several years before. She was her best friend and she missed her. Now, I will make one thing clear the one thing you don’t want to hear about when you have cancer is stories of death and failure. But for some reason I felt I need to know. So I asked her to tell me about her sister. And she described a free spirit, highly connected to body and soul type of woman. She was a mother and creative and passionate about life. She was in her Mid-30’s and had a great life. Well, she shared that her sister was a radical who was connected to her soul and knew what was right for her. And what was right for her was to refuse the harsh treatments. I was at a loss. I SAID WHAT? And she explained that her sister tried some of the medications but did not like the reactions. Her sister felt that there was no need to resist what is, as educated and young as she was she was going to live her life her way. I asked her if she was mad at her sister for not fighting and she said no. I miss my sister but I admire her courage and path.

I remember feeling numb but the word radical stayed with me. It resonated with me. You see the typical course of cancer is you take meds go through pain and suffering and maybe get cancer free or maybe die. She was a radical she choose the natural course of her life. She felt that if she was meant to be on this planet longer she would not have gotten sick. She followed the path of her body. RADICAL nobody does that, I thought. She was and is courageous.

How am I a radical? Well, I have been told that my cancer is not curable and that I need to accept it. I did not accept this. I am a radical in a different way than my friend’s sister I will not accept this prognosis. I will HEAL myself and be a radical by believing that there is such possibility as STAGE IV and CURED. I know no one does this, and so I thought…I DID!!