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          mastectomy or the chemotherapy.    quickly came and took me to the    hospital, against the doctor’s wishes,
                                             hospital.                          and he followed that track. Up to
          So you weren’t in a state of       That experience also made me think   today he’s well and I think it’s prob-
          panic. It wasn’t like you were     twice, because if this was how I   ably 15-18 years later.
          rushing around saying, “Yes,       was reacting to contrast dye, it’s not
          cut everything off.” “Yes, hit     the same as chemotherapy, it’s not   What did he use?
          me with the poisons.”              the same drug, but if this was how   He went completely vegan in terms
          I think I was somewhere in-be-     my body was reacting to this, how   of diet, meaning no meat or meat
          tween. I don’t know whether it was   would it react to chemotherapy?   products, including dairy and he
          being very stoic at that time but   That, for me, was a big alarm; may-  went heavily into juicing of vegeta-
          the fact that I had this information   be that was not the path we should   bles. I think probably for the first
          that something else can be done,   take.                              few months he did pure juices alone
          I think probably it was the Lord   In between I met a friend and I    and changed his lifestyle. So he
          just prompting me to hold off,     shared with him how I had been     shared all of this information with
          research, and get to understand    diagnosed with cancer and he said,   us and said this is what you need do,
          what else you can do. But through   “This shall not end in death. I have   you need to add some supplements
          divine providence in the midst of   a friend who went through a similar   to it, check out this website, take
          that I started doing the first round   journey many years ago and he   this book, read this book.
          of tests. I went for a CT scan and   treated himself using natural means,   Up to that point I hadn’t even
          I reacted extremely terribly to what   would you like to talk to him?” I   decided but I think, that CT scan
          they call contrast dye. They give   said, definitely I would. We went to   that just sealed it for me, this is not
          you a solution to drink and they put   his office and had a chat with him   the route I want to take. Just to
          you in through the machine and     for about three hours. He shared his   add on, our mother had done the
          the dye lights up to show where in   journey how he had been diag-    conventional treatment. She had
          your body you have an issue. I came   nosed with Stage 3 nasal-pharyngeal   the mastectomy, she had done the
          out of that with a terrible allergic   cancer and he had gone through the   chemotherapy, though it was very
          reaction; I had to be rushed to the   conventional treatment and it wasn’t   many years ago. Her sister had done
          emergency room. And it was a very   working for him. He was in hospital   the same thing and their brother
          scary experience because I did the   at that time and he met somebody   too, but none of them survived. So,
          scan, felt ill, but it was six pm and I   who asked him, “Do you want to   for me, I thought, okay, the medical
          wanted to get home. I jumped into   get well?” He said of course. The   fraternity is recommending I go
          the car and started driving. After a   man shared information with him   down the same route, and I know
          few hundred meters, I couldn’t drive   about natural healing through diet.   probably drugs have changed, the
          anymore, so fortunately there was                                     concoctions have changed but it’s
          a building close by and the guard   He didn’t have a lot of information   still the same protocols: surgery,
          there was kind enough to let me in.   but he had a pamphlet that he left   chemo, radio and other drugs that
          My sister called our neighbor who   him with.                         you need to take. It hasn’t changed
          was not far away from me and he    This guy checked himself out of    from that same spectrum.



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