sad, angry and yet inspired

[Guest guest]

Yesterday my officemate lost her son-in-law to cancer. It started out as

Crohn's disease, developed into colon cancer and eventually spread. Aside

from the obvious sadness of knowing that a coworker has lost someone that she

cared about, it's also sad to think that is POSSIBLY could have been

prevented.

I feel a little angry that cleansing isn't more 'mainstream' and that deaths

like this occur on a regular basis. Of course I don't know that he would

have lived if he'd been cleansing, and maybe it was just " his time " and if it

hadn't been the cancer it would have been something else. I don't know.

(I'm not God, fortunately!!). But we all know the list goes on and on about

illnesses that can be cured/prevented through a cleansing routine, cleansing

diet, cleansing lifestyle.

And yet it's also another inspiration to keep working on cleaning up my own

habits and getting my own internal system in order. I have so far to go and

it's just so easy to slip back into old habits. (being human) It just

seems like there's a lot lately that's a reminder of the importance of all

this. AND maybe of the importance of talking about it a bit more in order to

get the word out. So what if people think what I'm doing is strange. If one

other person thinks about cleansing as a result and possibly heads off an

illness, then it's worth it, isn't it?

Well, that's really all I wanted to say. Thanks for listening.

in health,

rachel~

" Live your dreams now. Life is not a dress rehearsal. "

[Guest guest]

Hello Rachd1961@...,

In reference to your comment:

è So what if people think what I'm doing is strange.  If

è one other person thinks about cleansing as a result

è and possibly heads off an illness, then it's worth it,

è isn't it?

Sorry about your loss....but the old saying goes you can take a horse to

water but ya cant make him drink falls true to so many folks today....

Lets face it.. the medical community has the masses FOOLED and I Do mean

FOOLED.. all we can do is be responsible for our own health offer advice to

those that ask and thats all we can do..

As you all know my father in law has pancreatic cancer the tumor is the size

of a apple.... of course they wanted to pump him up with chemo radiation and

perhaps surgery.. my sister in law (the daughter is a Nurse practioner and

she was all for it..) by spouse, who is a DC and a NMD said over his dead

body.. well ..... my father in laws nurse said DONT Do the chemo et all and

listen to your son.. and his own doc told him that he could lose his job over

the statement but dont do the chemo.. So now the son who is my spouse has to

be the doc on this and he didnt want the case since its his DAD.. its hard

for him to play doc and son to a terminal situation ... my father in law is

82 has hep C from infected blood in surgery in 73 for triple bypass in

Houston TX.. took them years to decide if he had it.. a month before he got

ill his cardio gave him some zocor... NOT a good thing to do.. one of the

probs is liver probs before you take it as welll AS you take it.. less then a

month goes by he becomes jaudice and in the hospital. They have done 3 stents

in his gall bladder duct the most recent was done yesterday since the other

one collapsed... this is actually a good thing to do in this situation.....

He is doing all natural things or alternative things that my husband wants

him to do and he looks great.. he has been mowing the yard etc and walks on

his treadmill and does his fix it things until just recently with the stent

situation..

Hopefully the man shall have quality of life or there will be something said

on the news about this later if in fact he does recover..

Robin

[Guest guest]

Such a well worded and appropriate post, in my opinion. It is a struggle

sometimes to overcome prejudices and ignorance about colon cleansing, etc. Many

things are not 'talked about' in society, although I do think that people like

Couric are heightening the general public's awareness of colon cancer.

Still, the preventive kinds of cleansings--whether they be colon therapy,

enemas, fasts, detoxifications, etc--these are not talked about much and, to

some, are considered 'kooky' and/or odd. Words like 'enema' 'bowel' and

'colon', 'colonic', 'constipation' etc....these words have too often in recent

times been kind of off limits.

This happened with breast cancer. I remember someone saying, one of the best

things that ever happened was when actresses and well known people actually had

breast cancer and talked about it, not that they deserved to have it but that

the greater openness brought this problem out from behind the curtain of shame.

Now look at all the 'walks' and 'runs' to cure breast cancer, it's talked about

openly as a genuine problem that affects normal people.

It has taken me many years to be able to discuss my own colon dysfunction and

the colon cleansing program I've used to address it, but even though I am more

open about this with friends, I am still shy about it and want to really know a

person before discussing colon therapy and enemas. Some day perhaps we will all

be able to recognize how large and vital this organ, the colon, is and how it is

not shameful to recognize its impact on our overall health and to do something

about it. I value my teeth and cleanse them; I value my colon and cleanse it,

without embarrassment or shame. But it took a long time to get to this point.

JP

Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:11:23 EST

From: Rachd1961@...

Subject: sad, angry and yet inspired

Yesterday my officemate lost her son-in-law to cancer. It started out

as

Crohn's disease, developed into colon cancer and eventually spread.

Aside

from the obvious sadness of knowing that a coworker has lost someone

that she

cared about, it's also sad to think that is POSSIBLY could have been

prevented.

I feel a little angry that cleansing isn't more 'mainstream' and that

deaths

like this occur on a regular basis. Of course I don't know that he

would

have lived if he'd been cleansing, and maybe it was just " his time " and

if it

hadn't been the cancer it would have been something else. I don't

know.

(I'm not God, fortunately!!). But we all know the list goes on and on

about

illnesses that can be cured/prevented through a cleansing routine,

cleansing

diet, cleansing lifestyle.

And yet it's also another inspiration to keep working on cleaning up my

own

habits and getting my own internal system in order. I have so far to

go and

it's just so easy to slip back into old habits. (being human) It

just

seems like there's a lot lately that's a reminder of the importance of

all

this. AND maybe of the importance of talking about it a bit more in

order to

get the word out. So what if people think what I'm doing is strange.

If one

other person thinks about cleansing as a result and possibly heads off

an

illness, then it's worth it, isn't it?

Well, that's really all I wanted to say. Thanks for listening.

in health,

rachel~

" Live your dreams now. Life is not a dress rehearsal. "

" Be Safe, Be Relaxed, Be Good to Yourself. "

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/4/02 5:49:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,

robinbirdjones@... writes:

> all we can do is be responsible for our own health offer advice to

> those that ask and thats all we can do..

>

So very true, Robin. Please do keep us posted about your father-in-law,

okay?

in health,

rachel~

" Live your dreams now. Life is not a dress rehearsal. "

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/4/02 7:05:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,

jpbowmann@... writes:

> It has taken me many years to be able to discuss my own colon dysfunction

> and the colon cleansing program I've used to address it, but even though I

> am more open about this with friends, I am still shy about it and want to

> really know a person before discussing colon therapy and enemas. Some day

> perhaps we will all be able to recognize how large and vital this organ,

> the colon, is and how it is not shameful to recognize its impact on our

> overall health and to do something about it. I value my teeth and cleanse

> them; I value my colon and cleanse it, without embarrassment or shame. But

> it took a long time to get to this point.

>

Very well said, JP. It's unfortunate that this is typically an

" embarrassing " topic in most circles and that people have to resort to the

internet to find a place to discuss it. And yes, it's very sad when anyone

has problems in this area, but when celebrities do and talk about it publicly

it helps take some of the stigma out of it.

And why should the colon be any different than any other area of our body? I

mean, it's not like having a bowel movement is an unusual thing. It's not a

character defect! Everyone has them (some more than others), so why on

earth should it be an awkward thing to discuss?

in health,

rachel~

" Live your dreams now. Life is not a dress rehearsal. "

[Guest guest]

Hi and JP,

I agree, that bowels and ALL health conditions should be freely talked

about. I think we would be a healthier society if we did talk about it.

Also, as I got sicker and sicker from the factory chemicals, I continued to

be embarrassed about my digestive symptoms. It was like 'I was bad'

instead of 'my body is trying to tell me something'. I am over that, but

still cannot go out and enjoy myself like I used to because my digestive

symptoms are so bad. UUGGGHHH!

However, I am grateful to God that I have the Internet and some good docs to

help me out. Also, I am grateful that I now look at my symptoms,

embarrassing or not, as a signal from my body instead of a shameful thing.

God bless,

KJ

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/8/02 1:28:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,

PEACEJ@... writes:

> Also, I am grateful that I now look at my symptoms,

> embarrassing or not, as a signal from my body instead of a shameful thing.

>

Well put, KJ. If that was a common attitude there would probably actually

be less illness in the world because people would be aware of those signals

and would discuss solutions and share ideas.

Imagine....being able to say to someone. " Hey, KJ, I've noticed that you're

a little flatulent lately - is everything okay? " We laugh, but really,

imagine if those kind of things were commonplace to discuss?

in health,

rachel~

" Live your dreams now. Life is not a dress rehearsal. "