Hope For Heidi

My story starts with an irritated eye. I went to the doctor expecting to be told I had something embarrassing like pink eye. My normal doctor was out and I had to use another doctor in the clinic.  He started out with the typical look in your eyes, ears, nose and mouth routine.  Then he began feeling my neck and throat area which he kind of was taking longer than usual. He then felt the lymph nodes under my arms, but kept returning to my neck for some reason. After he was done with the standard exam it was like he forgot all about the eye and wanted to talk about my lymph nodes. He wanted me to have a chest x ray "just in case" you know and he wanted me to go see an ENT Specialist. November 17th we took the trip up to Trippler Army Medical Center in Hawaii to the ENT Specialist.  The first doctor used the ultra-sound machine to check out the swollen lymph node in my neck and after just a few minutes declared that it didn't look like much to be concerned about.  So boy were we relieved! But then another doctor walked in and they spoke for just a moment then he wanted to check it out as well, so out came the machine again.  Now this time was different, there was a lot more pointing and talking happening between the two doctors.  Then the faces turned upside down!  "Ma'am, it looks to me like you have Thyroid Cancer! If you see here, you have these tumors all around your thyroid. We need to do a needle biopsy to be definitive though and I highly recommend we do that immediately."  This was a scary moment! I was just overcome with emotions. FEAR! FEAR! And FEAR! So we did the needle biopsy and he sent me home to wait on my results.  This is a crappy day by the way.  You never want to have to wait by the phone to hear a total stranger tell you that you have Cancer.  Anyway, the next day while Tom was at work I get the call. "Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Nodular Sclerosis"  is the diagnosis.  Now I'm freaked out; call Tom, "GET HOME", call Mom "Cry, Scream, Cry", Cry, Cry and Cry some more.  I think I lay in that bed for 2 days crying! But then I was done! Then I started reading and watching and praying and reading[I know I already wrote it once] until I came across "The Truth About Cancer". After watching the documentary and praying a lot, I just kept feeling like this was the route God was telling me to go. (Know I think it is important for you to know.  I'm not a holistic person, I'm a mom of four who uses Tylenol and drinks Dr. Pepper like its my lifeline.  I love Chocolate and Wine.  My go to meal is pasta, and not that bland gluten free stuff either!)  But just seemed like every time I read my bible and prayed I felt like I was being led to this method of treatment.  I will tell you that its been interesting so far.  I've had family and friends write and call to tell me that I'm being "irresponsible, stupid, ignorant and even childish" which at first would really make me rethink things and even convince me that maybe conventional Chemo is the way to go.  But it seems like every single time I lay that at God's feet he sends me some of the craziest and boldest signs you wouldn't even believe.  Out of the no where an old friend called to tell me they ran into a random lady in the supermarket that said she had lymphoma and cured it with natural herbal therapy.  I walk into an herb shop which happens to be like one mile from the new house we are buying and the lady that runs it is a CNHP that has been helping people fight cancer this way for almost 30 years.  I find that a friend of mine from Tennessee has a close friend that is currently at Hope4Cancer. It's just been a very wild ride so far and every time I think that Conventional Medicine is the right route to take I get another blatant and obvious sign to stay the course with the Holistic Medicine.  I see that it can only help.  Even if in the end I am forced into Convention Medicine financially then at least I will have boosted my immune system and better prepared my body for the turmoil chemo is about to put me through.  Since November 18th I have been detoxing.  I have been taking Essiac Tea twice a day to detox. I've also been taking probiotics, NoPal, Turmeric, Myrrh Essential Oil on my tongue, Frankincense Essential Oil on my tongue, Frankincense Oil with Coconut Oil as a lotion all over my body, vitamin C liquid and B17 every day. I have also changed my diet to cut ALL sugars. I juice greens and fruit twice a day and drink tons of water now which is more challenging than one my comprehend.  Thanksgiving and Christmas; NO Sugar!!! This journey is so challenging.  I don't expect many people to "get" why I have chosen to follow the path God is leading me down. Its a scary road that even I don't understand. And if that road somehow curves back to conventional medicine than I will happily follow God there as well. But for now, Holistic Medicine it is.  I am trying to raise the funds to allow me to go to Hope4Cancer, which is a Holistic Cancer treatment center in Mexico.  They have had extraordinary success with natural healing and long term remission.  Because the center is in Mexico they don't have any payment plans. They only accept payment up front and in full which is why I am now forced to resort to asking friends and family to help support my journey. I simply don't have 40K, nor the ability to earn it in a short enough period.  I'm not asking anyone to donate much but it you could donate a few dollars and share our page then maybe after hundreds are reached then I will have enough money to seek treatment.  I don't know what my future looks like but I do know that I serve an Awesome God who makes miracles happen every day.