by Solis Cancer Community | Oct 29, 2021 | Testing and Tools
I had a request come in a while ago for this one, and I’m excited to finally get to it! CTC (circulating tumour cell) tests are something that I have utilized since the beginning to achieve two important goals: monitor my response to my integrative protocol during...
by Solis Cancer Community | Jul 9, 2021 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
I remember when…I was first diagnosed. I remember how terrified yet numb I felt. It’s such an odd emotional place to be in; odd, and no fun at all. I had no idea what to expect, and it was all I could do to follow their instructions and get to my car, get to the...
by Solis Cancer Community | Jun 18, 2021 | Latest News, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health
In part one of this series, I talked about how fear plays a role in our experience after a cancer diagnosis and how our western medical system, though full of compassionate and caring doctors, often ends up disempowering us and increasing our feelings of fear as a...
by Solis Cancer Community | Jun 11, 2021 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health
Fear plays such a role in our lives. It influences our development as kids, it impacts how we behave in and perceive the world around us as adolescents, and it can prevent us from living the life we dream of as adults. Fear begins as a practical emotion. It helps to...
by Solis Cancer Community | May 14, 2021 | Detoxing, Testing and Tools
*An important note before we dive in that you should always check with your healthcare team before undertaking any of the suggestions below; you want to make sure that you are doing the things that will help you the most and not interfere with or worsen what’s going...
by Solis Cancer Community | May 7, 2021 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
When my MRI results came back clear last year, I had an unexpected reaction to them. You can read all about it here, but basically, I felt this wave of confusing and mixed emotions. There was the happiness and relief of course, but then came twinges of sadness, grief...