Cancer survivors have gone through a lot of allopathic treatments, many of them involving drug therapy. It is very easy for a cancer survivor to display impaired judgment and have difficulties in making the right decision, due to the increased levels of toxins in one's tissues as well as the brain.
The important realization a cancer patient should have is that their goal is to reach a new level of health now, not necessary mimicking the old one(that got them in trouble in the first place..).
Realizing health can occur in different stages, that health is a state of balance will help them to get into the right state of mind.
Usually, a disease occur as a way to bring one onto a more balance state.
For this new level of health to happen, the cancer survivor must undergo certain changes. While going through these changes, it is important to avoid these mistakes:
Mistakes of cancer survivors
1. Losing Hope
Patients who are fully informed about their medical condition and prospects under alternative care are able to marshal the invaluable and therapeutically potent power hope.
One of the most important psychotherapeutic variables, hope is generated by discussing cases of patient with similar cancers and outlining how they have dealt with their tumor and result of treatment; support groups are very valuable for cancer survivors. This is one of the component of my courses: survivors get to hear and interact with others in a similar situation...
A clear benefit to increasing hope and encouraging attitudes of faith and positivism, is that it increase compliance to treatment. The combination of this compliance to a carefully designed treatment program and the considerable positive impact that enhanced hope can have on the immune system can contribute to a much more favorable outcome.
The physician must always be clear and truthful with patients, but hope never hurt anyone and No physician has the right to take it away!
2. Stress is a big component of all illnesses, but especially cancer.
Research confirms that high levels of emotional stress increases one's susceptibility to illness. Unrelieved, chronic stress begins taxing and eventually weakening, even suppressing,
the immune system.
Stress is a pervasive problem among Americans; according to research polls, most men and women feel stressed out at work everyday.
Stress can be defined as a reaction ( to any stimulus or interference) that upsets normal functioning and disturbs mental and physical health.
Research in psychoneuroimmunology (PMI) has shown that the immune and nervous systems are linked by extensive networks of nerve endings in the spleen, bone marrow, lymph nodes, and thymus gland ( primary source of T-cells.)
At the same time, receptors for a variety of chemicals messengers- catecholamines, prostaglandin, thyroid hormone, growth hormone, sex hormones, serotonin and endorphins- have been found on the surfaces of white blood cells.
Such connections serve to integrate the activities of immune, hormonal, and nervous system, enabling the mind and emotional states to influence the body's resistance to cancer.
Learning to manage stress more efficiently is an invaluable tool for survivors to learn.
3.Another mistake cancer survivors make is ignoring the mental-emotional state that also needs balancing during the recovery stage.
Many physicians now believe that treating an individual's mental and emotional states is as important as treating any cancerous tunnels that maybe a result of such condition.
Preliminary studies of biofeedback, meditation, yoga, guided imaging, and other relaxation techniques suggest the mind can enhance immunity against cancer.
Personal growth is an essential component of successful cancer recovery as the correct supplementation program. One must reflect on who one is and why this disease has come into one's life.
Disease is a process of personal transformation, not a static event; it's a dynamic movement of your own being, not a " thing" you have.
Certain personality traits or behavioral copy styles may make people more susceptible to the types of stress that contribute to cancer.
People who tend to developed cancer often are those who are "plagued" by depression, indecision, hopelessness, low self-steam, chronic fatigue, and physical weakness.
Anxiety, grief, loneliness, or isolation can also depress one's immune function, possibly increasing one's susceptibility to cancer. Fear is the " primary toxin" from which ....all other "toxin" emotions: anxiety, hostility, resentment, bigotry and selfishness.
4.The first mistake of cancer survivors ever make is not playing enough attention to the process of detoxification that should always follow allopathic treatments, especially chemotherapy.
By definition , cancer manifests in a body whose toxic levels are high and immunity is low.
Allopathic cancer treatments usually add to the toxicity levels, rendering cells in a state of anaerobiosis ( without oxygen)
In a healthy individual, the body's normal detoxification system, especially the liver, are generally able to eliminate toxin, and thereby prevent illness. These system, including the immune defense, can be overwhelmed by a multiplicity of toxins and become functionally incompetent to compete the vitality necessary detoxification. A blocked detoxification system might involve a clogged lymphatic drainage system, chronic intestinal constipation and liver enzyme dysfunction.
5. The single most important mistake cancer survivors make is not realizing how complex this diagnosis is, involving the whole body.
1. Cancer is a multi-factorial disease, involving all systems of the body.
2. Cancer is not usually a localized disease, but systemic
3. Cancer always occurs in an individual whose immune system is compromised and whose toxicity levels are elevated. Surgery ( removal of one cancerous part = tumor) without addressing the rest of all these imbalances does not necessarily lead to full recovery.
6. One of the most important realizations a survivor should have is that recovery involves a full body regeneration and strengthening, not just removal of a localized tumor.
They key to reversing cancer are detoxifying the body and strengthening the immune system; the best way to do so is by working with naturopathic medicine:
Improve the body's internal resistance through preventive, natural nutrition that bolsters the immune system, therefore enhancing functionality of all cells.
If you intend to cure (= totally recover from) cancer, you must do more than just destroy the tumor; the genesis of a tumor takes years and is only a part of a larger process, which is an answer to some internal imbalance: address the imbalance, and you are steps closer to full cancer recovery.
As a cancer survivor, remember: you are a winner already! Keep going and enjoy life!
Your cancer recovery starts with the first step. = avoid these 6 common mistakes!
And now I'd like to invite you to learn more how naturopathy can help you recover from cancer by offering you a free access to my upcoming Tele-seminar on natural cancer recovery: for details, go here: http://www.doctoranca.com
From: Dr. Anca Martalog, N.D - survivor's coach of cancer survivors network
http://Www.telehealthsecrets.com
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