by: Dr Laurence Magne

For most of us, just hearing the word “cancer’ sends a chill up our spine. The thought of receiving such a diagnosis causes spiraling thoughts of funeral plans and decisions about who will raise our children. For most, it’s a wake up call to begin living differently.

It makes life rich when you get that the party is going to be over at some point. But not everyone finds the gift in cancer. Many struggle with identity issues when they’re diagnosed. The question becomes, who are you when you can’t do what you do? When you get cancer, you can’t go into work everyday. You can’t be the mom you were, you can’t go to all the soccer games. You can’t even pick up the baby because you had a mastectomy. You can’t cook because you’re too tired. So who are you now?”

Dr Andrew Weill relates the story of a Japanese banker who was a workaholic and developed kidney cancer. He refused surgery. After he was healed through the intervention of an acupuncture therapist, he said, “I became aware of the natural healing power that was in me and around me. Gradually, I began to realize that I had created my own cancer by my own behavior. I saw that I had to love my cancer, not attack it as an enemy. It was part of me, and I had to love my whole self.” He is now a changed man. Acceptance, submission, surrender – whatever one chooses to call it, that mental shit may be the master key that unlocks healing.

Anna Keck-Tomasso, author of The Terrible Gift of Illness, writes, “It is not uncommon to have a cancer diagnosis become the incentive and motivator for powerful transformation in our lives. Facing a cancer diagnosis often forces us to take an inventory of our whole lives – to become more aware of relationships, work, play, self-defeating habits and self-neglect. Our illness can give us the gift of awareness, becoming the motivator for positive, life-enhancing and life-supporting change, particularly self-care. That special moment is now and that permission-giver is you.”

“There is something good that comes out of this. I understand myself a lot better. I understand what’s important to me better.”

Cancer is a rite of passage. Before cancer, people repress their emotions, have emotional problems, hide their emotions and feelings in a flurry of activity, work, or drugs and alcohol, then contract cancer.

Cancer comes into your life to hold a mirror to the way you’ve been conducting yourself, repressing emotions maybe, accepting abuse without expressing your feelings.

There are no conditions in the body that cannot return to normal. Sometimes the death of a loved one can change a person’s direction in life, and if the reality of life after death is not really understood, the emotions and the feelings of anger and loss can carry on through the remainder of that person’s life experience. You will find many more positive ways to look at cancer and find ways to fight it without chemotherapy and surgery in the ebook Cancer Free For Life.

Cancer doesn’t necessarily mean death. You take a good look at yourself and since you have a diagnosis that says you won’t live long anyway, you say. What the heck, I’ve got nothing to lose, I’ll clean up my act and enjoy my last few weeks or months. And then you live on. Because you did in fact clean your life.

Lance Armstrong wrote, “We have unrealized potential that sometimes only emerges in crisis. There is a purpose to suffering. It is supposed to improve us.” This is no longer a project to postpone until you’re ready. Your disease was your wake up call and you’re ready. You’ve been ready since the day you forgot to ask who you are and why you’re here. You have been shutting out thousands of experiences that could make transformation a reality. If it weren’t for the enormous effort you have put into denial, repression and doubt, your life would have been a constant revelation.”

Ultimately you have to believe that your life is worth investigating with total passion and commitment. It took thousands of tiny decisions to keep you hiding.

In taking charge of your disease, you change your life. The disease brings an opportunity to practice serenity. Most people don’t see serenity as a discipline, but in a modern world, you have to work hard to enforce stillness and quiet time on your own. Activity feeds personality with gratification, and it makes the ego feel important. Quiet time, serenity, and silence empower the ego and make the inner you more special. It’s a nice balance.

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Dr Laurence Magne Publisher, Author Cancer Free For Life Email : lmagne@yahoo.com Website : http://cancer-free-for-life.com

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By Sven Ullmann

Lymph node cancer or lymphoma is a cancer that accounts for approximately five percent of all cancers. It predominantly effects males but is not exclusive to men. Those most at risk are between the ages of fifteen and thirty four and those over the age of fifty-four. This does not mean that anyone outside of this age range is not at risk but statistically it does seem to fall inside those age groups at a greater rate. Like all other cancers, early detection and treatment is the key to a greater chance of recovery.

Hodgkins Disease is a form of lymph node cancer but is rare in its occurrence. It also statistically effects mostly men between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four and men over the age of fifty-four but is not exclusive to men only. Some of the most common symptoms of Hodgkins Disease are night sweats, unexplained wight loss, constant fatigue and unexplained fever. If you are experiencing any or all of these symptoms it is wise to have yourself examined by a doctor as these also could be the symptoms of another disorder.

All other remaining types of lymph node cancer are known as non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The majority of lymph node cancers treated are of the non-Hodgkins type. The symptoms of non-Hodgkins lymphoma are the same as Hodgkins Disease. Night sweats, unexplained fever, chronic fatigue and unexplained weight loss.Lymph node cancer is also known as lymphatic cancer. Those with a family history of lymph node cancer statistically fall within a higher risk group of contracting the disease. This is true for both men and women.

Lymph node cancer is a type of cancer that involves the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is an integral part of the bodies immune system. Statistically, the occurrence of lymph node cancer has increased approximately seventy-five percent since nineteen-seventy-three in the United States. Research has revealed that approximately one in fifty-two men and one in sixty-one women in the United States will contract non Hodgkin lymphoma within their lifetime. Studies have indicated that a greater exposure to herbicides and pesticides is greatly responsible for this increase.

Lymph node cancer is curable and if detected early and with effective treatment a person with lymph node cancer has a greater chance than ever before of being cured of this disease and if cured can expect to live a long and normal life. Many new and innovative treatments for lymph node cancer have been developed and are now available. The medical community has a greater understanding of lymph node cancer than in years past. Treatments that were once experimental and have been found to be effective are now being used to treat and cure lymph node cancer.

As a person ages it is to be expected that he or she will encounter medical challenges, it is part of the aging process. Lymph node cancer might be one of those challenges you encounter in your life's journey. How soundly these challenges are defeated depends greatly on how you approach them. A fighting spirit has been proven time and again to be a powerful weapon to have in your arsenal when battling cancers of all types. Accepting defeat in any challenge almost guarantees defeat. The will to fight and live on has carried so many cancer survivors to victory over the disease.

Article by Sven Ullmann, who runs Deserved Health - information on health for you and your family. Read more about lymph nodes cancer.

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By: Rudy Silva

Your stomach always knows what it has to do to keep you healthy and free of disease. It does this by changing conditions in your stomach to accommodate how you eat, what you eat and when you eat it. Diseases like heartburn or acid reflux and just stomach upsets occur when you eat a poor diet or eat improperly. This causes your stomach to distort its functions and in this process distorts the function of the surround valves which control the movement of food moving in and out of the your stomach.

Here’s how your stomach works. The HCl acid in your stomach likes to be at strength of between a pH of 1 to 3. A hormone called “Gastrin” maintains this acid strength. When your stomach acid becomes weak, a pH above 3, “G cells” in the lining of your stomach release Gastrin. The gastrin hormone activates “parietal cells, also located in the stomach lining, to release HCl acid. As more acid is pumped into the stomach, the pH drops down below 3 which signals the G cells to decrease or stop the release of gastrin.

When food comes into your stomach it is usually a pH of 6-7. This causes your G cells to pump out gastrin so that the stomach lining can inject HCl into your stomach to start breaking down your food and to lower the pH back to 2-3.

Gastrin also controls the stomach muscles. It controls the stomach contractions, which move your stomach contents back and forth. When the food has been mixed and broken down, the contractions move the food into the duodenum and small intestine.

When your stomach excretes high levels of gastrin, a condition called hypergastrinemia, you become more susceptible to stomach cancer. How can excess gastrin be excreted? Excess gastrin can be excreted when your stomach wall is thinned, nonfunctional, or atrophied. And, excess gastrin can also be excreted when you take an acid blocker drug like Prilosec when you have heartburn, acid reflux or GERD.

If you block the creation of HCl with a drug during your meal, your stomach is signaled to release gastrin to produce more acid. Since a drug is blocking acid creation, the G cells believe that not enough acid is being released into the stomach so more gastrin is released.

Taking a 20 mg of Prilosec can result in the production of 3 to 4 times more gastrin. When you take more Prilosec, 40 – 60 mg, this can result in 10 times more gastrin than needed. Long-term use of Prilosec put you at risk for stomach cancer.

Now, you can see how just one drug when used to excess can create an even worst disease then the one it is trying to prevent or cure, when it is used for a long time. For this reason it is best to look for natural ways to deal with heartburn, acid reflux, or stomach distress. Correcting your diet and using natural remedies can help to cure your stomach problems and will keep you away from stomach cancer.

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