tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88281267094337482012024-03-14T04:01:30.170-04:00Cancer and Energy Healing (including the Bengston Method and the Domancic Method)A resource on the use of bioenergy healing in cancer and other conditions, with commentary on working with the Bengston Bioenergy Healing Method, the Domancic Method, Matrix Energetics, Quantum Touch, and ReikiJudithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-41638734265910802012020-09-02T00:20:00.005-04:002022-02-21T21:42:38.496-05:00Waxing metaphysicalA few weeks ago I had a eureka moment as I came to the realization that we are not just made of cells, but that our cells are made of atoms, and that each of those atoms is perfect -- every last one of them.<br /><br />
I shared this realization with my (Buddhist) meditation teacher, who then added that every atom is not only perfect, but also conscious, and possessing what she called "Buddha nature," which one might rephrase in non-Buddhist terms as "partaking of the divine perfection of the whole".<br /><br />
So if our atoms are perfect, where does our sickness come from? It seems that <i>imperfection</i> creeps in through less-than-perfect interaction between all these perfect parts. But where does the imperfection of the interactions come from? I thought my teacher might say "karma," but instead she said "conditioned beliefs." "Karma" in this context does not have punitive connotations, but simply means "cause and effect," as in "if you smoke cigarettes, you might get lung cancer." "Conditioned beliefs" in turn are the parameters of your life, the rules you absorbed, beginning the day you were born from the society you were born into, creating the self-chosen prison you live in beyond whose bars you cannot see.<br /><br />
A number of years ago I learned a healing system called "Russian Organ Regeneration," which held that sickness was a deviation from your perfect divine blueprint, and that healing was nothing more than a return to that original blueprint. The divinity that created the blueprint was not only outside you, but also inside you; you were the co-creator of your own blueprint. Your return to health returned a small piece of divine creation to its original perfection, and the task was to return as much of the whole to its original perfection as possible.<br /><br />
But if perfection already underlies the whole, then the task becomes to bring perfection to the relationship of the parts within the whole. Energy healers talk of "harmonizing," Buddhists of "removing obscurations." Dr. Bengston suggests that energy healers provide not energy but information, which teaches the body the interactions it needs to return to healthy functioning. The "Russian Organ Regeneration" folks go back to the time before the initial deviation and from there follow the path of divine perfection, the unfolding of the blueprint as you and God originally intended.<br /><br />
Whatever the case may be, it cannot hurt to embrace the timeless perfection that lives at the core of you. Every one of your atoms is functioning as it should. Every one of them has been around for billions of years. Every one of them is immortal. And beyond that is the something that animates them all, that gives life to their dance, that existed before you were born and will continue to exist after you die, and for the time being, however long that may be, makes you you.<br /><br />
That's worth meditating on.
Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-72056779806230362372020-08-17T18:37:00.000-04:002020-09-01T23:20:36.949-04:00I need to re-up a post that fills me with positivity and joyThis <a href="http://bioenergyandcancer.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-about-bennett-mayrick.html">post</a> is from 2011, and it is about Bill Bengston's teacher, Bennett Mayrick, quite possibly one of the most talented energy healers on the planet. The post describes one of Bennett's incredible healings.<br /><br />
Bill was with Bennett Mayrick for only a short time, at the beginning when Mayrick first discovered his considerable healing abilities. The two then had a falling out and went their separate ways, with Bill gravitating towards research, and Ben, as this post suggests, continuing to grow his talents as a healer. For instance, when Bill worked with Bennett, Bennett could not yet heal cancer in patients who had had chemotherapy or radiation; but twenty years later he apparently could. At the beginning he also practiced what Bill Bengston now teaches as "image cycling"; but twenty years on he seemed to be doing something quite different. I am saddened that he and Bill did not reconnect in his later years, when he had two more decades of experience to draw from, and so much more to teach! But even though he is now gone, he shows us what is possible, and what is possible is mind-blowing.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-57278047360919806342020-02-27T23:25:00.000-05:002020-02-28T00:03:24.880-05:00A recommendationMy apologies -- I haven't written in a while. Not because there is nothing happening in the world of cancer and energy healing, but because my attention has been diverted. I now work with active young seniors who do not need treatment for cancer but have more immediate, movement related problems, such as painful knees and frozen shoulders, which, unlike cancer, can be relatively quickly fixed. I get a great deal of satisfaction from seeing immediate or almost immediate results.<p>
Treating cancer in contrast requires both healer and client to make a long term commitment. There can be immediately noticeable benefits in the form of greater energy, increased peace of mind, and decreased levels of pain. Often there are clinical changes too, which can show up in lab test results. But regular treatments have to continue for a long time, and that requires a special degree of dedication and stamina on the part of the healer, who is dealing not only with the physical but also with the emotional and spiritual needs of a client who is facing a life-threatening illness.<p>
Among the many people I met on my energy healing training journey, the one who has impressed me the most is my friend and colleague Ellen. I first met her twelve years ago in one of William Bengston's early trainings, and we both participated in workshops taught by Zoran Hochstatter, who now teaches PureBioenergy and back then was an authorized instructor of the Domancic Method. Unlike many of our fellow students, Ellen has kept up both her training and her practice. As she has a background in psychotherapy and social work, clients find her manner uniquely helpful and reassuring. Her energy is strong and pure, and when we work together, the synergy feels wonderful.<p>
So I am pleased to post a recommendation from one of her clients, who writes<blockquote>I first visited Ellen the week before my last round of chemo. I was low on my blood counts and had been delayed a week – my therapist recommended Ellen to help boost those counts. What I didn’t bargain for is how much Ellen’s approach would also boost my spirit. Three-plus cancer-free years later, I continue to visit Ellen monthly to maintain my physical and mental well being. Along the way, she completely healed my “clicking” shoulder from a 20 year old nagging injury and resolved other maladies such as eye floaties/dryness. Importantly, I am healthier than I have ever been and able to approach my visits to the oncologist with confidence because of Ellen’s work. Ellen has enriched my life in ways far beyond physical healing and has taught me about the critical connection between mind and body.</blockquote>
If I ever found myself seriously in need of healing, Ellen would be my first choice, and I don't say that lightly. Her website, worth a visit, is <a href="https://healingtransformation.ca">https://healingtransformation.ca</a>.
Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-69285602394795307622019-02-08T16:53:00.000-05:002020-02-28T00:09:15.910-05:00Post-script to "Bladder Stone Dissolved"In my previous post I mentioned that M.'s bladder stone was dissolved through a combination of potassium citrate and energy healing treatments. This may lead people to ask whether in fact it was the potassium citrate alone that dissolved the stone. I found a <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19911683">2009 PubMed paper</a> about the use of potassium citrate for kidney stones that might help to answer this question.<br/><br/>
Eight patients were enrolled in the study. Each had at least one kidney stone sized 15 mm or less. The study was divided into two 6-week periods. In the first 6-week period the subjects were told to drink 1500 ml of water a day. In the second 6-week period, they were given potassium citrate and potassium bicarbonate. These were the results:<blockquote>During the first period of treatment stone burden remained unchanged in all patients. On the contrary after 6 weeks of potassium citrate/bicarbonate treatment, complete stone dissolution was found in three of the patients. In the other five cases a partial dissolution was observed and in two of them complete dissolution of the stone was achieved after prolongation of the treatment for 4 and 6 month[s] respectively.</blockquote>
M., in comparison, had a 25 mm stone, which dissolved in 21 days.
Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-74422704944407957772018-12-09T14:18:00.000-05:002020-02-28T00:08:44.576-05:00Bladder stone dissolvedA client I will call M. was diagnosed with 2.5 cm (1 inch) bladder stone that was causing him intermittent pain and difficulty in urinating. He was scheduled to have a medical procedure called "transurethral cystolitholapaxy" in January to break up the stone. This procedure consists of
<blockquote>the surgeon insert[ing] a small, rigid tube with a camera at the end (a cystoscope) into your urethra and up into your bladder. The camera is used to help locate the bladder stones.
A crushing device, lasers or ultrasound waves transmitted from the cystoscope can be used to break up the stones into smaller fragments, which can be washed out of your bladder with fluids.</blockquote>
The procedure is usually done under local anesthetic and is not painful at the time, but patients can experience discomfort afterwards, and there is also a small risk of infection or injury to the bladder.[<a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bladder-stones/treatment/">source</a>]<br><br>
Needless to say M. was not keen on having this done. Aside from the issues of physical risk and discomfort, there was also a substantial cost involved. So he scoured the internet for natural solutions, and found a compound called potassium citrate which can help prevent and over time dissolve bladder stones. His doctor advised him, however, that for a stone as large as his, it would take a long time to work, if it worked at all.<br><br>
M. decided to try the potassium citrate along with energy healing. We did 12 bioenergy sessions in two blocks of six with a break of 10 days in between. Right after the first session he reported easier urination and increased flow, which made him feel a lot better. This continued right up until the ninth session, when he once again began to experience difficulty and complained of frequent, painful urination which produced small amounts of sand residue. After the 12th session he returned to the urologist and asked for an ultrasound.<br><br>
I will quote the urologist's comment on the ultrasound verbatim. This is what the urologist said: <blockquote>I am sorry to tell you that there is no bladder stone.</blockquote>
M. was quite pleased and astonished by this, as was I. He has experienced no pain or difficulty urinating since. He is now trying to address the possible underlying causes of his bladder stone through lifestyle changes, so it does not return.
Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-85103689157471562102016-01-04T18:21:00.000-05:002016-04-26T15:09:31.598-04:00Let's get some clarity on the Bengston MethodEvery once in a while I run across a forum discussion on the Bengston Method. The latest one is <a href="http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?p=80954580">here</a>. There is usually a predictable pattern as the discussion polarizes between a group of enthusiastic supporters who know next to nothing about the method except what they can find on the internet, and another group that is on principle opposed to anything "woo-woo" and calls Dr. William Bengston, the founder of the method, a charlatan.<br /><br />
So backed by my experiences with both Dr. Bengston and the method, I would like to offer some clarification.<br /><br />
<center><b>Is he a charlatan?</center></b><br />
In response to Dr. Bengston's detractors I will say that I do not believe he is a "charlatan". His mouse experiments are quite convincing, and there have been enough of them to show that there is indeed something anomalous going on. As far as mice go, it's all well and good: Dr. Bengston can demonstrably cure them. He also has visual proof of at least one human cure and might be able to produce testimonials of others. He is, however, very uninterested in treating people, so the claims he makes are not designed to make sick people flock to him as his critics charge.<br /><br />
<center><b>Propagation, not enrichment?</b></center><br />
What Dr. Bengston seems to be focused on is the propagation of his method and this is where things get interesting. Unlike some other teachers of bioenergy healing, he does not appear to be doing what he does to enrich himself. There are no weekly or monthly workshops of hundreds of students paying large sums to attend. He seems to be teaching mainly to see what will happen when people learn the method, and he claims, anecdotally, that some of his students are doing "amazing things".<br /><br />
The key word here is "some". Obviously Dr. Bengston can't keep track of all his students, but because the mouse experiments resulted in near-100% cures, the received wisdom on the internet is that the method is 100% successful. But not so fast: it's only 100% successful if you are a mouse. The track record for human beings is entirely different, because human beings are far more complex than mice. This is also true with conventional treatment: many promising anti-cancer agents that work on mice fail when applied to people. The other issue is transmission: Dr. Bengston may indeed be able to cure people of cancer, but that is no guarantee that the people he teaches will be able to do likewise.<br /><br />
Dr. Bengston claims in his experiments to have successfully taught the method to skeptical volunteers, who then went on to cure mice. He offers a caveat, which is that because of the way the method worked in the experiments (through something he calls "resonant bonding") he could not be sure that it was the volunteers who cured the mice rather than he himself using them as proxies. He will also say that those volunteers never tried their hand at curing humans. But in the rhetoric around the workshops these volunteers are being used as proof that the method can be taught, even though early on Dr. Bengston himself expressed some skepticism about actually "teaching" them.<br /><br />
<center><b>An on-going sociological experiment?</b></center><br />
So in effect Dr. Bengston's workshops seem to be an on-going sociological experiment around healing, belief, and transmission (which is fitting, because Dr. Bengston is a sociologist). The problem is that the people who attend are not going to them in this spirit but with the intent to learn a healing method that they believe is 100% successful in curing cancer. And the result is that we have graduates of these weekend workshops who then go home and post on their websites that they have learned this method, and offer treatments with the statement that Dr. Bengston says eight weekly sessions are sufficient to deal with stage-4 cancer. It's when I see these claims that I begin to see red, because I think they are firmly in the realm of snake oil. We have gone from someone curing mice in the lab over 40 years to someone who took a single weekend workshop and now believes they can reliably cure people, without ever necessarily having cured a single person.<br /><br />
<center><b>Somewhere in the middle</b></center><br />
Attending a workshop, however, is not a waste of time and neither is practicing the method. We found that it had a lot to offer in terms of palliation: patients treated with it had less pain and a much better quality of life, and they also (anecdotally) seemed to live longer than their doctors predicted. But I think it's less than ethical for a student of the method to offer it as something that cures and ditto to use the success of the mouse experiments as proof of efficacy in humans. Call it what it is: something experimental. Tell the truth: the 100% success rate applies to mice, not to people. Don't claim anything you cannot back up: don't say you can cure stage-4 cancer in eight weekly treatments unless you have done it, repeatedly, yourself.<br /><br />
So, as always, the path of truth lies somewhere between the cheerleaders and the detractors. To say that the method is 100% effective without adding "in mice" is to promote a lie; to say that it's worthless is to throw out the baby with the bathwater. The best way to describe it is as something potentially helpful, a work in progress, and an intriguing glimpse of what one day might be absolutely possible.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-47576712461899027862015-12-22T17:51:00.000-05:002020-02-29T11:19:47.841-05:00Healing cancer in the lab - can it be done without a healer?This talk was recorded for the 2015 Conference on the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of water. Dr. Bengston talks about in vivo experiments using mice and a variety of cancers and an in vitro experiment with leukemia cells.<br /><br />
<iframe width="420" height="235" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1bKOUeF2J6k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-72378226951477022352015-09-01T22:53:00.001-04:002015-09-01T22:53:41.831-04:00A note on Dr. Wayne Dyer's passingThe last couple of days my stats have been through the roof with people landing on my blog after searching for Dr. Wayne Dyer on Google. What seemed to arouse the most interest in relation to this blog was whether Dr. Dyer had died of leukemia. As a result of a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/serena.dyer1/posts/915604051818703?fref=nf">Facebook posting</a> I was directed to, I am now able to relay that his death was related to something to do with his heart and that he did not have leukemia at the time of his death.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-80918628708224047712015-08-11T17:32:00.001-04:002015-08-11T18:00:59.709-04:00In memoriam Dr. Nicholas GonzalezDr. Nicholas Gonzalez, the controversial cancer doctor who appeared in Suzanne Somers' book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Knockout-Interviews-Doctors-Cancer-And-Prevent/dp/0307587592">Knockout</a>, has died of an apparent heart attack in his home on July 21st. A full obituary, with details of his life and career, is given <a href="http://thetruthaboutcancer.com/alternative-cancer-doctor-dies/">here</a>. The site also contains a comprehensive video interview, in which Dr. Gonzalez talks about his training, his mentors and his work, and describes in detail what inspired him to treat cancer as an alternative physician.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-69694348191801964322015-07-28T17:44:00.000-04:002016-08-29T23:02:30.494-04:00Making assumptions - Part 2 (also continues the theme of cats and energy healing)In "Making assumptions" we visited with Truffle, an elderly feline whose newly developed habit of not finding the litter box was attributed to old age and decline, instead of a bladder infection that needed medical attention.<br /><br />
More recently Truffle experienced breathing difficulties. The next morning her owner took her to the vet, and the vet said "your cat is dying" and offered to euthanize Truffle right on the spot. He detected a heart murmur and diagnosed heart and lung insufficiency, and essentially predicted progressive organ failure. He warned Truffle's owner that if she had to rely on an emergency vet for euthanasia over the weekend, she'd be paying upwards of $800. If she availed herself of his services, however, while he was available, she'd be paying a lot less.<br /><br />
Truffle's owner declined, mostly because she wanted to consult with her husband. So she made an appointment for Truffle's final visit with the vet for the next morning. This would allow Truffle's "family and friends" to say the appropriate goodbyes.<br /><br />
Truffle's admiring circle of family and friends, however, includes some enthusiastic energy healers. Over the course of the afternoon she received plenty of tearful goodbyes as well as Reiki and applications of the Domancic Method. The next morning her owners took her to the vet -- and then brought her home, very much alive still.<br /><br />
The Truffle is still with us. Her breathing difficulties appear to have resolved. She can now find the litter box, at least most of the time. She can climb up to her favourite sleeping spot on the third floor and jump up on the bed to claim it. She is thoroughly enjoying her new geriatric cat food. She may be old and declining, but she is still enjoying life.<br /><br />
<i>Postscript January 4, 2016</i>: the old girl is still trundling along six months later, looking forward to celebrating her 19th birthday.<br /><br />
<i>Postscript April 26, 2016</i>: Still trundling along.<br /><br />
<i>Postscript May 10, 2016</i>: Rest in peace, Truffle.
Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-12675217707292955752015-06-04T17:43:00.001-04:002015-06-04T21:02:24.009-04:00Mind blown - Reiki at the Mayo ClinicPeriodically I check my standing on Google, entering the search term "energy healing cancer." I am pleased to see that this blog remains near the top of the first page. Today's search, however, turned up something else I found interesting: <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cancer/expert-blog/energy-therapy-and-cancer/bgp-20109728">"Energy therapies offered at the Mayo Clinic"</a>. Yes, the Mayo Clinic is offering Reiki and Healing Touch to support the healing of cancer patients and cancer survivors. The site explains that<blockquote>For people living with cancer, the healing energy of Reiki and Health Touch can be used to provide relief from conditions such as fatigue, stress, pain, anxiety and side effects of cancer treatments.</blockquote>It also says that "energy therapies work in harmony with standard medical care and treatment" and that "Reiki promotes relaxation and enhances healing within the body." Way to go, Mayo Clinic.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-26201217379445854572015-06-03T23:29:00.000-04:002015-07-02T16:50:44.144-04:00Making assumptionsMy friends Stephen and Alison have an elderly cat named Truffle. Truffle is 18 and a half, a Methuselah in cat years, and blind as a bat. Not too long ago Truffle started peeing in the kitchen. Someone would go down for breakfast in the morning or arrive home at the end of the day and find a puddle in the kitchen. The inescapable conclusion was that because of her advanced age Truffle was becoming disoriented in addition to being blind, and could no longer find the litter box.<br /><br />
Wrong. What Truffle was desperately signaling by peeing the kitchen was that she had a bladder infection. Because everyone came to the wrong conclusion, the problem was only flagged when she stopped peeing altogether and needed emergency veterinary care.<br /><br />
The same kinds of assumptions are made about elderly humans. Since there is an expectation that their health, mental acuity and quality of life will invariably decline before they die, solutions to their problems are often missed. It could be that the culprit behind their confusion or poor balance or forgetfulness is their medication or their insufficient diet, but that is often not investigated, even though a small tweak in dosage, a different medicine, or some supplements and fresh fruits and vegetables could make all the difference.<br /><br />
Illnesses are treated the same. It is assumed that once you have an illness, especially one decreed to be fatal, all your pain and discomfort can be attributed to it. Several years ago some colleagues and I treated a pancreatic cancer patient who responded with an astonishing turn-around from being on his deathbed to reversing his jaundice and being released from the hospital. Even though he went home to receive outpatient care and continued to improve (being able to get out of bed, walk around the house, go up and down the stairs, walk to the park, go grocery shopping, spend weekends at the cottage) the expectation was that he would eventually decline and die. Because of this expectation, his multitude of healthcare providers all missed the clues of the impending septicemia which in the end killed him.<br /><br />
A friend of mine who is an MD tells an interesting story from his days as a resident. He was on his neurology rotation and he was asked to go down to admitting and take a history on a woman who was about to be admitted to the neurology department because she kept falling down. When he got to the waiting room, my friend found a very large woman sitting in a chair holding her hugely swollen knee. After she complained to him that her knee was giving out on her and causing her to fall, it didn't take him long to discover that she had a torn ligament. My friend then logically sent her to orthopedics and got into big trouble with his supervisor for not playing along with the assumption that her problem was neurological.<br /><br />
It can take some powerful advocacy to get the right kind of care for the right condition in the face of mistaken assumptions.
Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-53310052553189501042015-05-27T16:29:00.000-04:002015-05-27T20:43:23.955-04:00Report says there will be a 40% increase in cancer patients by 2030According to <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/canada-to-see-a-40-per-cent-increase-in-cancer-patients-by-2030-report/article24633729/">a report cited by the Globe and Mail</a>, Canada's hospitals will see an increase of 40% a year in the number of cancer patients they treat by 2030. The article claims that<blockquote>By the year 2030, an average of 277,000 new cancer cases are expected to be logged every year, up from nearly 200,000 this year and about 155,000 a decade ago, according to Canadian Cancer Statistics 2015, an annual summary of cancer figures and projections published Wednesday by the Canadian Cancer Society, Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.</blockquote>The difficulty for the medical system will be how to deal with the sheer number of new cancer cases, driven by an aging population of baby boomers. A particular difficulty will be what to do with those patients who are too frail and elderly to endure the usual highly toxic and debilitating cancer protocols. The article and the report recommend advance planning, with "more oncologists, specially trained nurses, diagnostic services, cancer centres, cancer therapies and palliative care."<br /><br />
If I may beat my little drum here, what the system needs, in particular for those frail elderly patients whom chemotherapy would devastate, if not kill outright, is more specially trained energy healers. As I've pointed out in this blog many times over, energy treatments trump conventional ones for giving patients peace of mind, quality of life, and even added time. They are less taxing on the patient and less expensive to deliver. Perhaps by 2030 someone in a position to change things in the healthcare system will figure this out, for all our benefits.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-416761499650077622015-05-25T09:18:00.000-04:002015-05-27T16:15:48.395-04:00Iatrogenic disease - part 4This is a topic that just keeps giving. This morning's haul is an article in the National Post, entitled "<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/health/inside-canadas-secret-world-of-medical-errors-there-is-a-lot-of-lying-theres-a-lot-of-cover-up">Inside Canada’s secret world of medical error: ‘There is a lot of lying, there’s a lot of cover-up’</a>." It was published in January, but I just ran across it. It begins with a story containing a shocking verbal image: a woman whose eyeball literally pops out her eye socket because botched eye surgery caused a build-up of blood behind her eye. The same woman had a few months earlier mistakenly received a hernia operation instead of having a cyst removed from one of her ovaries. She is in continuing pain from the unremoved cyst and she now has a prosthetic eye.<br /><br />
The article continues with a litany of other hospital errors before citing a frightening statistic: 13% of people coming into hospital in Canada will experience some kind of adverse event, and that includes the possibility of iatrogenic death. A 2004 study showed that 7.5% of adult patients entering hospital, or approximately 185,000 Canadians a year, experienced a <i>serious</i> adverse event. The percentage for children was higher at 9.2%. Up to 23,000 people a year die in Canada as a result of preventable hospital error. According to Hugh McLeod, chief executive of the Canadian Safety Institute, "With the pace, the increase of new technology, new drugs, new approaches … the probability of risk and incident has grown."<br /><br />
If you have a strong stomach, read the article in its entirety. It will inspire you to do everything in your power to stay out of hospital.
Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-87996108907823356902015-04-23T19:09:00.002-04:002015-04-23T19:56:03.301-04:00Interesting talk by Dr. Bengston, recorded in November 2014This is the talk Dr. Bengston gave at the Leadership Energy Summit Asia 2014.<p> He discusses his experiments, his thoughts on whether what he does is actually "energy healing," the role of will vs. intention in healing, the rate at which healing occurs, bonding with human subjects, whether healing can be taught, and what his technique works on. Interesting talk.<p>
For those who are not familiar with Dr. Bengston, almost 100% of the mice in his experiments were cured of a cancer known to be 100% fatal.<p>
<iframe width="420" height="240" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pryU2pKmJh4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-73779970055344136282015-03-28T13:59:00.000-04:002020-02-29T11:31:09.053-05:00Iatrogenic disease - Part 3In parts 1 and 2 I discussed instances where medical (mis)treatment resulted in patient harm. In this post I will discuss a case of potential harm not due to mistreatment but to inadequate information being given to the patient.<p>
An elderly gentleman I know, who is closing in on 90 years of age (89 this year), was recently diagnosed with stage-3 colon cancer. He had surgery to remove a tumour and was informed by his oncologist that without further treatment he had a 44% chance of recurrence in 5 years. Because the elderly patient was not fit to withstand the rigours of intravenous chemotherapy, his doctor recommended a six-month course of Capecitabine, which would reduce the likelihood of recurrence to 29%. Capecitabine comes in pill form, and the patient would be taking two pills a day, two weeks on, one week off. The side effects are said to be diarrhea, fatigue and pain in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.<p>
An internet search of Capecitabine turns up an interesting <a href="http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,2861,1.htm">discussion</a> on CancerCompass, a terrific resource for both patients and care givers on all forms of cancer. While many entries are positive, there is an extremely alarming one (please note that Xeloda is another name for Capecitabine):<blockquote>We have lost our Mom. She was an active 73 year old with stage 3 colon cancer. She went into the hospital to begin a combination of Xeloda and radiation therapy. Three days later, she's dead! She grew increasingly "sick" immediately following the very first pill of Xeloda. We thought it was an allergic reaction. She worsened every hour and finally on day 3, passed away. We were shocked. Apparently, she was never tested for an enzyme that is crucial to this medicine working. The doctor told us that he has had another patient who had some difficulty with Xeloda and the lack of this enzyme, so isn't there a test for DPD(deficiency) levels? I have checked the web, and Roche does document the need to test for DPD (long chemical name) before administration of Xeloda. In fact, if you lack this enzyme, Xeloda is CONTRA-INDICATED.</blockquote>No one mentioned to my elderly acquaintance the need to test for this enzyme. Is it the case that his doctors don't know about DPD or that they don't care? Another poster in the discussion wrote about asking the oncologist for this test and being refused because it was expensive, and because the deficiency is supposed to be relatively rare. However, DPD deficiency apparently accounts for 43% of high toxicity reactions to Capecitabine, which clearly can result in significant suffering and death. My elderly acquaintance is going to ask for the DPD test, but he shouldn't have needed the internet to tell him what he trusted his doctor to know.<p>
Why am I bringing this up on a blog about bioenergy healing and cancer? Because I believe, and I have said so in many instances on this blog, that in certain cases patients would do better with various forms of energy healing to boost well-being and immunity than with debilitating chemotherapy which is detrimental to both. An 89-year-old man with a 44%/5-year chance of recurrence which a chemo drug would only reduce by 15% is probably one of them. And need I comment on the irresponsibility of doctors who throw the decision on him without even recommending a crucial test that might prevent him dying from the cure?Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-21544178734627614042015-02-25T17:31:00.000-05:002015-02-25T20:16:06.798-05:00Energy healing is real, scientific experiment showsA recent <a href="http://www.indiana.edu/~brain/category/mice/">blog post</a> from Indiana University reveals that healing energy can be measured using a geomagnetometer (also known as a gaussmeter). The experimenter was inspired by two previous studies that had shown magnetic field variations near the hands of trained healers. In this case, however, the changes in the magnetic field did not occur in the vicinity of the healer, but near the recipients of the healing, a cage of mice with cancerous tumours. The magnetic field changes appeared "in waves that resembled symmetrical 'chirp waves,' with a decrease in frequency of the oscillations followed by an increase in frequency," in effect going from random noise to organized wave activity, and then back to random noise again. When the same experiment was repeated with the healer over 600 miles away, the same oscillations appeared during the healings. The experimenter concluded that "the magnetic field activity observed during distant healing was identical to that observed during hands-on healing (on-site), suggesting a common mechanism for both types of healing." The treated mice recovered.<br /><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3f68GfE1cOmZGnu7rjT49Bra_BRk_F6RrJr5xl1nxOAZbkbhPtbnQEB-ddOvGFDrONBCQe3yrqQH65CjSSyygQh0mHv0Mn71_YAmE6vV-2cdMuG6eSopK4D_z99nW7tYuPxrg_0tJsc/s1600/mouse+in+a+cage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3f68GfE1cOmZGnu7rjT49Bra_BRk_F6RrJr5xl1nxOAZbkbhPtbnQEB-ddOvGFDrONBCQe3yrqQH65CjSSyygQh0mHv0Mn71_YAmE6vV-2cdMuG6eSopK4D_z99nW7tYuPxrg_0tJsc/s200/mouse+in+a+cage.jpg" /></a></div>Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-86171397650881086092015-02-20T19:56:00.000-05:002015-02-20T19:57:18.795-05:00Another first-hand story of Bennett MayrickA reader named Susan has sent me the story of her own first-person encounter with Bennett Mayrick. Since first-hand accounts of Bennett Mayrick are few and far between, I am delighted to include this one in my blog.<blockquote>My experience with Bennett is not extensive but I took a class taught by him somewhere in Manhattan with my mother and my aunt who were interested in all things paranormal, metaphysical and healing-oriented.<p>
I remember Bennett well. Tall, swarthy, with long hair, he was kind of a swashbuckling healer/psychic and, as we all sat around a large conference table, he lectured and taught. Notes were taken but I don't remember much more--these were the seventies and I was a teen.<p>
During one session, he asked us all to think of something that had been chronically bothering us physically. I was the youngest at the table and was in good shape but actually did have a chronic pain in my right shoulder blade. It was a constant nerve pain that a doctor had assumed came from years of carrying heavy books on that side and was told there was nothing to be done. It was the kind of pain that nagged on a moderate level through out the day and I was anxious to be rid of it.<p>
Bennett walked around the table laying hands on each of us ... some had headaches and he placed his hand on their foreheads, etc. When my turn came, I directed his large hand to the spot on my back and he placed it there for no more than several minutes during which I felt discernible warmth emanating from it. That spot, which had bothered me for years, never ever hurt again. Poof--it was gone right there and then. Needless to say, even though I had been brought up to strongly believe in "faith" healing, I was very impressed and delighted. This was, of course, the highlight of the "seminar."</blockquote>Susan's experience echoes Bill Bengston's story of the vanishing of his back pain after Bennett Mayrick put his hand on it. What is impressive in both these stories is that the pain, which until then had been chronic, never returned.<p>
Thank you, Susan.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-59874015069274581072015-01-10T23:44:00.000-05:002015-01-10T23:44:28.768-05:00Most cancer caused by "bad luck"?Recently there was a spate of headlines in the mainstream news media trumpeting a new study that claimed that most cancer was caused by "bad luck" rather than genetics or poor lifestyle. This came as very disheartening news to anyone trying to use diet, exercise, and supplementation to decrease their chances of developing cancer. But the headlines need elaboration, because once again the mainstream media overlooked some important details in their eagerness to deliver a sensational story.<br /><br />
The study was in fact a statistical exercise, measuring cancer incidence in various tissue types. It was found that the more often cells divided in a particular tissue, the greater the likelihood was that something might go wrong and result in cancer. The study authors have now pointed out that the correlation is comparable to the greater likelihood of getting into an accident on a long road trip than a short one by virtue of spending more time in the car. They insist that to say that most cancer is a result of "bad luck" is to misunderstand their findings. In their statement they write "We want to stress that cancer is caused by a combination of many factors." (For more detail, read the article on <a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/837771">medscape.com)</a>.<br /><br />
It is simply common sense that the more a cell divides, the greater the chances are that something might go awry. That is why the longer a person lives, the more likely they are statistically to develop cancer. But if you read George Johnson's <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cancer-Chronicles-Unlocking-Medicines-Deepest/dp/030774230X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420951097&sr=1-1&keywords=cancer+chronicles">Cancer Chronicles</a></i>, you'll came away surprised at how many things have to derail before cancer actually takes hold. There has to be a cascade of things that go wrong, and at each juncture the body has defense mechanisms at its disposal. It also makes sense that the healthier the body is, and the stronger those defense mechanisms are, the more it will be able to overcome the effects of "bad luck" cell divisions. So rather than feel helpless and disheartened by the headlines and reach for a second piece of chocolate cake because "doctors say that lifestyle doesn't matter," just keep carrying on with the healthy diet and the exercise.<br /><br />
Here is Chris Wark's <a href="http://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/study-claims-65-of-cancers-are-caused-by-bad-luck/">take</a> on the "most cancer is bad luck" hype in his blog, <b>Chris Beat Cancer</b>.
Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-24994151385856475512014-12-04T18:04:00.000-05:002020-02-29T11:12:27.712-05:00Healers in the operating roomDr. Oz started it, with Reiki Master Julie Motz, who was allowed to perform Reiki in his operating room while he did open heart surgery.
Dr. Sheldon Feldman, chief of breast surgery at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia, followed suit. In Dr. Feldman's program patients could choose to work with a Reiki pracitioner before, during, and after breast surgery, and Dr. Feldman has said that "the positive impact [of Reiki] on healing after surgery can be potentially huge." In <a href="http://www.columbiasurgery.org/news/healthpoints/2011_spring/p3.html">this article</a>, posted by columbiasurgery.org, patients spoke of their experience in very positive terms. One patient commented that without the help of her Reiki healer she would have been overwhelmed and unaware that she could direct her own healing process. Another patient called her Reiki healer her "surgical doula" and said that her presence made procedures not only tolerable, but a healing experience.<br /><br /> A more recent <a href="http://www.manhattantimesnews.com/weve-been-to-war-together-weve-been-to-war-together/">article</a> describes the experience of a patient in Dr. Feldman's program who healed from stage-4 breast cancer after being given two months to live. It also quotes Dr. Feldman's explanation of the usefulness of Reiki to cancer patients. "It’s not just about curing people of cancer and keeping them alive," he says, "but having less trauma in going through these difficult medical experiences is a big deal."<br /><br />
Reiki healer <a href="When the surgeon is finished, it’s up to the patient’s body to heal. That’s where the balancing effects of Reiki practice make such a difference. Reiki treatment soothes the shock and optimizes the body’s innate ability to heal. And when you are practicing on someone hooked up to monitors, the benefits of Reiki are often measurable: improved heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. If patients improve faster and need less pain medication, they are able to get out of bed sooner, which helps prevent post-surgical complications. Patients receiving Reiki treatment recover bowel function faster, which means they often can go home sooner. - See more at: http://reikiinmedicine.org/healthful-lifestyle/reiki-and-surgery/#sthash.jvajumZ9.dpuf">Pamela Miles</a> (who demonstrated Reiki on the Dr. Oz show) has logged many hours treating surgical patients. Time and again she has seen patients who had been treated with Reiki turn down pain medication because they didn't need it. She has also seen them heal faster than anyone expected. She explains: <blockquote>When the surgeon is finished, it’s up to the patient’s body to heal. That’s where the balancing effects of Reiki practice make such a difference. Reiki treatment soothes the shock and optimizes the body’s innate ability to heal. And when you are practicing on someone hooked up to monitors, the benefits of Reiki are often measurable: improved heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. If patients improve faster and need less pain medication, they are able to get out of bed sooner, which helps prevent post-surgical complications. Patients receiving Reiki treatment recover bowel function faster, which means they often can go home sooner.</blockquote>
In short, Reiki helps.<br /><br />
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Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-69365120141406004512014-06-18T16:49:00.005-04:002014-07-19T00:10:06.436-04:00Reiki in hospitals - is it in yours?According to a UCLA study, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/reiki-goes-mainstream-spiritual-touch-practice-now-commonplace-in-hospitals/2014/05/16/9e92223a-dd37-11e3-a837-8835df6c12c4_story.html">more than 60 hospitals in the U.S. now offer Reiki</a> as part of their services. Many hospitals also offer Reiki instruction for nurses.<br /><br />
Here is a partial list of hospitals and medical centres that offer Reiki for cancer patients:<br /><br />
<a href="http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/individual-therapies">Sloan Kettering</a> (they also offer medical Qigong)<br /><br />
<a href="http://www.ynhh.org/smilow-cancer-hospital/patient-information/complementary_services.aspx">Yale-New Haven</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://www.dana-farber.org/Adult-Care/Treatment-and-Support/Patient-and-Family-Support/Zakim-Center-for-Integrative-Therapies.aspx#Available_Therapies">Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Institute</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://www.brighamandwomens.org/About_BWH/publicaffairs/news/publications/DisplayBulletin.aspx?articleid=5126">Brigham and Women’s Hospital</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/integrativetherapies/Reiki.html">Columbia University</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/integrative_medicine_digestive_center/team/">Johns Hopkins Hospital</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://www.compmed.umm.edu/Reiki.asp">University of Maryland</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://www.penncancer.org/patients/patient-care-fundamentals/integrative-medicines-and-wellness/#Reikimassage">University of Pennsylvania Health System</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://umm.edu/patients/concierge-services/before-your-visit/integrative-medicine">University of Maryland Medical Center</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://my.clevelandclinic.org/wellness/integrative-medicine/treatments-services/reiki.aspx">The Cleveland Clinic</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://cancer.med.nyu.edu/integrative">New York University Medical Center</a><br /><br />
And here is a <a href="http://www.centerforreikiresearch.org/Downloads/HospitalListTable.pdf">PDF</a> listing some others.<br /><br />
There are a number of major hospitals and medical centres on this list. Good news for patients and care givers, I should think. See why it's good news in my earlier post, <a href="http://bioenergyandcancer.blogspot.ca/2013/10/study-finds-reiki-is-helpful-to-cancer.html">Study Finds Reiki is Helpful to Cancer Patients</a>.Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-40606018814362673282014-05-05T10:55:00.001-04:002020-08-27T12:46:02.635-04:00Michael D'Alton in Toronto, Part 2 (Context)Michael D'Alton was in Toronto to give Level 1 of his workshop May 3rd and 4th. People paid anywhere from approximately $500 to $1500 to attend, depending on when and where they purchased their tickets. Regardless of how much they paid, they all learned the same material and they were all likely invited to Vancouver to take more advanced levels of the method.<br /><br />
A friend of mine attended Mr. D'Alton's free preliminary evening and was impressed by his polished presentation. He spoke a lot about chakras and also about mind/body interaction. She read some of her notes out loud, and much of it reminded me of Louise Hay and <i>The Secret</i>. Some examples: if you have problems with your eyes, there is something you don't want to see; if you have problems with your ears, there is something you don't want to hear; if you have lower back problems, you feel unsupported; if you believe something, so it is. All solid New Age wisdom you can get free from your library or Youtube, and I honestly don't know anyone in my circle who doesn't already know it, but then that tells you more about who I hang around with than what the general population is aware of. I am sure the workshop itself goes into it in greater depth, and that I would find information in there that I didn't already know, but, really, <a href="http://bioenergyandcancer.blogspot.ca/2013/04/how-to-be-wise-consumer-of-bioenergy.html">$1500</a>?<br /><br />
My friend and I started discussing the possibility of doing the training in Ireland with the Plexus Bioenergy folks who trained Michael D'Alton, on the grounds that a trip to Ireland would be more exotic and less expensive than a trip to Vancouver. Neither one of us has been to Ireland before, and Michael O'Doherty of Plexus Bioenergy only charges 350 euros for his Level 1, which is about US$485 or CDN$535. But then I found a <a href="http://plexusbioenergygalway.com/pages/training.html">webpage</a> entitled "Plexus Bio-Energy Institute (The Domancic System) - Diploma Course Outline". The magic words here are "The Domancic System". I have already learned the Domancic Method (Level 1, US$600; Level 2, US$800) from Zdenko Domancic's authorized North American representative, Zoran Hochstatter, in Toronto and Sarasota. I imagine that the Plexus Bioenergy course is the Domancic Method plus what Michael O'Doherty added to it, and Michael D'Alton's course is the Plexus Bioenergy course plus what Michael D'Alton added to it. Since the Domancic Method is probably the most effective free-standing healing system I have encountered in all my studies (and since all healing methods are strongest at the source), I see no reason for anyone to add anything to it. So I guess there is no need for that trip to Ireland after all, unless I want to go as a tourist.<br /><br />
I am still puzzled about why Michael D'Alton charges 2 to 5 times more for his workshops than his peers and competitors, including the very people who taught him. Is it pure capitalism (what the market will bear)? Is it <i>chutzpah</i>? Or does he sincerely believe that what he offers is that much better? And if so, what are his reasons?<br /><br />
<i>Postscript</i>: Just for fun, here is Level 2 Domancic therapist Alex doing psychokinesis. He would look a lot more impressive if he weren't chewing gum, but maybe he is saying "look, I can do psychokinesis and chew gum at the same time".<br /><br />
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Psychokinesis is one of the first things taught in the Domancic Method. Its chief purpose seems to be the wow factor it introduces, giving the client incontrovertible proof that the therapist can affect his or her energy field. It's an interesting question what it adds to healing, as many modalities manage without it.<br /><br />
Here is Michael D'Alton doing his version, with a cool light effect and the wow factor in full evidence. He seems to be adding a second technique we were taught called "take-out" that is also part of Pranic Healing:<br /><br />
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And for further reference, here is psychokinesis in Zagreb:<br /><br />
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And since I'm on a roll, I can't leave out this gem I just found, a 1986 video of Zdenko Domancic himself doing psychokinesis. Start watching at 24:18.<br /><br />
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Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-13157170221148171052014-04-08T12:14:00.000-04:002014-04-08T16:35:19.649-04:00Michael D'Alton in TorontoVancouver's Michael D'Alton is coming to Toronto to teach Level 1 (Bio-inspired) of his bioenergy healing method on May 3rd and 4th. If you are considering taking the workshop to become a practitioner, you may want to ask whether you will also need to take the significantly more expensive Level 2 before being allowed to set up a paying practice. According to information I received from someone who trained in the method, Level 2 can cost anywhere from $3500 to $6000 ($3500 is the early-bird discount). I discussed Mr. D'Alton's pricing in the context of energy healing courses in general in an earlier blogpost, "<a href="http://bioenergyandcancer.blogspot.ca/2013/04/how-to-be-wise-consumer-of-bioenergy.html">How to be a wise consumer of bioenergy healing workshops</a>".<br /><br />
Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-51534006430085091282014-04-06T09:30:00.000-04:002014-04-07T13:45:59.279-04:00An energy healer speaks outThere is a wonderful internet resource for cancer patients called <a href="http://www.cancercompass.com/">CancerCompass</a>. It provides a wide variety of forums for cancer sufferers, and among a large selection of topics on conventional treatments it also offers a section for alternative approaches. It was in this section that some years ago I first encountered the name of an energy healer who specializes in treating cancer, Kurt Peterson.<br />
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According to his website, <a href="http://www.cancertouch.com/">Cancertouch</a>, Kurt Peterson has been treating cancer exclusively since 2008 with his own signature energy healing method. He keeps meticulous records and says that between January 1st, 2009, and December 31st, 2012, he has seen a 71% success rate. Almost 3 out 4 people he treats go into remission even though the cancers he treats tend to be advanced.<br />
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There was a <a href="http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,29357,0.htm">discussion</a> about him on CancerCompass beginning in 2008 when someone on the forum asked whether anyone has heard of him and whether he was any good. There were some positive comments and some comments that indicated that he could not help everyone. Then suddenly he came on the board to participate in the discussion. Here is part of what he said:<blockquote>I'm going to make a really bold statement here: If every major cancer hospital in the world were to use energy healers for cancer, using the DNA Signature Destruction Method, percentages of remissions would double and even triple. This is not my opinion. This is a fact. Being a healer, I've been the target of many critics over the years. I've heard every hostile name that one can throw my way and been a punching bag for the E/H industry. I'd like to see the cancer hospitals all over the world at least try to implement it. While you may not be able to charge $250,000 for it, like you can for chemo and radiation, it can still be made available as a paid service. I know that there will be critics to my message here, but that's okay. I believe that within one decade, energy healing will be a part of every single cancer patient's treatment. When a person suffering from this horrible disease witnesses another beating it with E/H then they will step up and demand it as well. This is exactly what all patients or consumers should do ... All cancer patients have huge choices to make when seeking treatment. Energy healing should be, and is, a viable adjunct treatment method for this disease.</blockquote>The bottom line is that for cancer patients any kind of energy healing is a net positive, especially if they have no other options. And yet, no matter what their options are, energy healing is the one option they are being denied, in most hospitals. This is in part due to ignorance, and in part to general hostility to an idea most doctors don't understand. But shouldn't compassion, humanity and the recognition that the patient's needs come first prevail over fear and ignorance?Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18091681019123807333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828126709433748201.post-75945695600195827422014-03-20T20:10:00.000-04:002014-03-29T16:46:40.756-04:00Hot off the presses: Kelly Turner's "Radical Remissions"Dr. Kelly Turner, who did a PhD dissertation on spontaneous remissions of cancer around the world, just published her book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Radical-Remission-Surviving-Cancer-Against/dp/0062268759/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395106514&sr=8-1&keywords=Kelly+A.+Turner#reader_0062268759"><i>Radical Remissions</i></a>. In this book she describes the nine factors that the cancer survivors in her research believed to be instrumental to their recovery. Her goal is to empower cancer patients on their healing journey.<br/><br/>
Here is an interview:<br/><br/>
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