FW: for Angie/newbies

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From: Ian Dixon [subject: FW: for Angie/newbies

Each of us has our moment – and for each it will be gone in a blink. Cancer

brings to us that reality.

It is OK to cry – and in many ways doing so and facing the worst allows us

to see through – to the reality of the sparkle of life itself – in awe

The wisdom therein is that nothing is as important as life itself

From that wisdom – just maybe each of us can start afresh each day – without

the baggage of the past – and appreciate the beauty of the miracles around

us – the perfection of the cherry blossom, the warmth of the sun, that our

bodies heal a cut, our hair grows – so many miracles we take for granted.

But when we look at those miracles – rather than just assume – we see

therein the source of other miracles – and we also see the links between

disease and other aspects of our lives.

And therein lies another wisdom – that the courage to change – even when

faced with so little time – can bring with it rewards of time itself as well

as the reward of gains in other dimensions

Statistics say I will die soon – and whilst I try to leave my children with

as much as possible (which is so little as compared to their own challenges

and what other children have) – I also try to balance with what I know are

my own needs

I started writing a book called ‘tipping the balance’ – it is about taking

away negative and harmful factors on one side of the see-saw of life and

replacing with small positives on the other side of the see-saw. None of us

know, until later, which way that see-saw balances – all we know is that as

we age, the balance gradually tips against us – and eventually we give way

so that there is space for beautiful little children to be born.

The doctors do know some causes of cancers such as

-poor diet

-stress

-abusive sunshine, drugs, chemical absorptions, smoking, alcohol, etc

What they do NOT yet know is what causes remissions and survivals against

all odds (like mine) – but clearly healthy factors can only help and even

the smallest and most unusual of changes – might just be enough to tip the

balance for one person.

And if not? Well planting a seed of happiness, living a life in a healthier

and happier way, being true to oneself, being a sparkle of joy and love

itself even in the hardest of times – well those things make our brief

moments special for ourselves and for others, worthwhile, golden, sparkling,

smiling, loving, miraculous

Each of us has that within ourselves

Love and Healing

Ian

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From: Ian Dixon [mailto:iandixon25lr@...]

Sent: 09 April 2008 19:48

'melanoma '

Subject: FW: for Angie/newbies

Eileen

I think it worthwhile your starting from basics about cancer – from what I

have gathered from four years of intensive listening:

-we all have millions of cell replications every day and every day some go

wrong. Miraculously our immune systems clear them up. I spoke to a retired

oncologist a while ago, a professor – and his comment was that every adult

gets probably a dozen malignant cancers every year!

Once we are diagnosed with cancer there is clear evidence that an erroneous

replication has occurred, and has got out of control – sometimes surgery is

enough – sometimes not. If the cancer has spread, then scans will pick up

early signs. Very early cancers may not be detected by scans – some scans

show up all sorts of things and they do not know whether they are cancerous

or not.

What makes the difference is treatment and changing the environment

internally that caused our immune system to fail and the cancerous tissue to

overwhelm.

I have been having scans for years now – and I can tell you that not one

scan has been all clear – irregularities detected with regularity – then

disappearing on the next scan.

I attach ‘learnings’ which have been passed onto me

Love and Healing

Ian

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From: Ian Dixon [mailto:iandixon25lr@...]

Sent: 09 January 2008 22:50

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Subject: FW: for Angie/newbies

You may find this helpful – hopefully your mother’s situation is much better

than mine

Love and Healing

Ian

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From: Ian Dixon [mailto:iandixon25lr@...]

Sent: 01 November 2007 12:53

' Timms'

Subject: FW: for Angie/newbies

For your friend – there is HOPE

We all will die – but none of us KNOW when

I thought I did fours years ago

Best wishes

Love and Healing

Ian

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From: Ian Dixon [mailto: iandixon25lr@...]

Sent: 16 April 2006 09:45

'melanoma '

Subject: FW: for Angie/newbies

I sometimes ask people what is their greatest asset – they think of houses

and cars – then I remind them it is their brief time of life – a gift

We can choose to use it wisely – make that choice today – thousands die

today unexpectedly without the opportunity we have – and many will waste

time – their gift

Take joy in every day – the beauty of a petal of a flower – what a miracle,

the laughter of a child, the taste of good food, feeling raindrops on your

bare skin, the warmth of the sun…..

Time to stop – take time – to enjoy your time

And by relaxing, placing stresses and worries aside – meditating – change

can occur and health replace disease

Love and Healing

Ian

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From: Ian Dixon

Sent: 31 January 2006 21:26

'Lorna Dixon'

Subject: for Mel's boyfriends Dad

A few comments

I read an interview in an Easyjet flight book - a few months after being

given a terminal diagnosis of just six months - given December 19th 2003

(Happy Christmas!)

Interviewer to dot-com millionaire:

'So you were lucky then?'

Dot com millionaire:

'Yes I was lucky - I made my own luck'

There ARE things he can do - the white coats do wonders but they do not

know why I am alive over two years later – statistics mean nothing for one

person - my last scan was stable with just one lesion out of 9 or 10 (that

was when I had just a few weeks left - just under 2 years ago)

My recommendations

When you hear of a little child aged 3 - Sammy - dying from cancer - then

you appreciate just how lucky you are. When you see a small being, scaly

grey skin, matted hair and you look furtively a second time and then realize

it is a child aged about 10 - then you stop being sorry for yourself - these

are starting points for change

Bristol Cancer Help Centre run a residential 2 day course (cost for 2 would

be c £600 - but what is life worth? - this was my 'turning point'

Change diet

Reduce stress

Enjoy the gift of life

Meditate regularly

Some lucky ones say prayer works

I regularly go to a meditation session at St s Sanctuary, Church

Street Ewell - the sessions are most Friday mornings from 10 a.m. to c 12 -

we tend to bring along snacks for sharing afterwards - he would be welcome -

contribution towards costs is £10

I am happy to receive calls or emails

Love and Healing

Ian

Leatherhead, Surrey

Below email to another friend:

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From: Ian Dixon

Sent: 05 October 2005 22:06

To:

Subject: FW: FW: [melanoma] New Here

Hi

I remember people saying – 'sorry to hear your news'

and I grinned and beared it and felt like saying –

'Your not half as sorry as I am'

– so I will instead just say welcome to the huge band of people fighting

the 'beast'. You have awoken to the fact that we are all terminal (most

through age) – today is the first day of the rest of your life – may you

have many joyous and beautiful days ahead

I know it is a shock, but remember that for many cancers most people do

survive – OK chemo, etc is not fun – but it is worthwhile

But also be aware that 'they' – the oncologists and doctors – who try so

hard – do not always understand or 'know' why some respond and others do

not. I am convinced that we can change the odds in our favour.

I am not saying that I 'know' – just that in my position – well the

prognosis was so bad I was open minded to most things – and have sifted

through piles of emails, websites and journals – the email below is the best

I can offer for sources of support.

Obviously hopefully you are stage 1 – i.e. the cancer is localized. The

stages go up to stage IV – 'dead and dying/untreatable' – I suspect it is

most unlikely you are other than stage 1. I was (and probably am) stage IV

– I know what it feels like – I have been there – and attached is

my story and below my suggested sources of help

As you are local there are two further sources that you may wish to

consider

Losely in Guildford run a church service and sharing every other Tuesday.

Sometimes they have healing – but although I have been maybe four or five

times now, I regard this as a support group which is more about socializing

than action

Friday mornings occasionally I go to meditation in Ewell – and I found this

sort of meditation hugely welcome – the group is small and is not just

cancer patients. The person who runs it is a journey practitioner – n –

and is very supportive. Some aspects feel are a bit cranky – but they have a

logic which I doubt I understand linked to acupuncture – anyhow they are

fun, and I see no harm in them and possibly some good – so I feel it worth a

try. If you are interested let me know and you can come along with me if you

like. They charge £10 a go – start at 10.00 a.m. on a Friday and finish at

12. Generally we all take some carrots/humus/snacks and have a shared lunch

together. I happen to be going this Friday.

Please do give me a call if you wish a chat – or would like just to pop

over for a cup of tea – talking about it really does help

Love and Healing

Ian

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From: Ian Dixon

Sent: 04 October 2005 08:27

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Subject: RE: FW: [melanoma] New Here

I live in the UK and went to the Bristol Cancer Help Centre on a course –

they do provide dietary information along with spiritual healing,

meditation, art therapy, visioning and other tools – I know that sounds

cranky, but I have met sane people who are doing well against expectations

and who believe each of those tools have enabled their survival. I went to

BCHC for dietary advice because Prince is their patron and therefore

I thought they would be benign (as opposed to some who merely seek to

exploit our disease for personal gain)

http://www.bristolcancerhelp.org/

Alternatively there is the Gerson Diet - or more an approach to cancer

itself – I gather that costs around $40,000 per year but it is a credible

therapy that many believe does have an impact in so many cases

http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/9_7.htm

http://www.gersonsupportgroup.org.uk/

Much cheaper is to subscribe to a new charity here in the UK Canceractive –

I have only recently found their journal 'Icon' but it seems to me to be so

useful - annual subscription here is c $45 p.a. for four issues. I am

actively trying to help them as it is a charity and is giving clear and

consistent messages which conform to my own learnings.

http://www.iconmag.co.uk/

But I would also seriously consider meditation – even if just to try a

session or two. Personally I have found it to have a profound effect –

clearing away unhelpful emotions (anger, rage, grief, STRESS) and replacing

them with positive emotions (joy at the beauty of life, appreciation of the

priority of love, a belief/hope that the mind can induce the body/immune

system to fight the cancer). I do go to a journey therapist – I have been on

one course and attended two more as a volunteer helper. I have seen them in

practice and I would recommend this also

http://www.thejourney.com/ourpractitioners.html

My strategy is to proceed cautiously but with an open mind – and take a few

gambles that might help but that have few costly risks. Who knows?

Love and Healing

Ian

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Sent: 04 October 2005 03:41

Ian Dixon

Subject: Re: FW: [melanoma] New Here

Hi Ian,

Thanks so much for sharing your story.I found it extremely

interesting......I would definately be interested in hearing more about diet

if you happen to have any good links you could pass along....thanks

again....

Take care,

Ian Dixon > wrote:

Attached - my story

Best wishes

Love and Healing

Ian