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When you first meet Mariana, you are greeted with the most genuine and warmest of welcomes. She invited us to her home for a Pokémon game meet up for our kids when we first met in February of 2023 and I quickly learned that if you're around Mari you will be blessed by her consistent positive energy, infectious laugh and an abundance of storytelling.

One of the first things I noticed when I entered her home was her sense of design. Her house is an explosion of color and creativity. It feels like you're in a garden filled to the brim with life. And, as I got to know her, I realized the many things we had in common were what we made a priority. (Homeschooling, health, and most importantly family.)

This is her story in her own words:

My dearest family, friends and to everyone who decided to sacrifice their time, skills and monetary funds to a complete stranger, Thank You from the bottom of my heart.

To say this has been a humbling journey, with such sad days, and heartbroken moments of despair, thinking I won't be around long enough to see my babies grow up and have babies of their own, is an understatement.

No matter how you choose your cancer journey, every journey is hard, filled with uncertainties, "what if's" second guessing yourself and endless prayers to God, to help me with comfort, clarity, hope and faith to keep going.

At the same time, I have found SO many kindred hearts along the way. People who, being guided by the spirit, reach out to help, who give selflessly of their time and whatever skills they have to help ME not feel so alone and help me in this healing journey.

....I have felt so LOVED and cared for along this Healing Journey.

Just writing about it and thinking of all the endless people who have shown their love and time to me, makes me teary-eyed.

How did we get here?

Almost 2 years ago in January I felt a lump in my left breast. I ignored it, not thinking it was anything bad. Around July it started looking like the shape of my breast was changing. I decided to get a Mammogram. I was called in the next day to confirm what they found with the ultrasound. The doctor then proceeded to tell me I had breast cancer, and needed surgery the next day, and would start with chemo/radiation soon following the surgery. I asked him of my other options, and that since I was shocked by the news I would need time to process this, have to research and see what else I could do. He then told me, there are NO OTHER OPTIONS and that I would DIE if I didn't follow his protocol. I was blessed to have a nurse in the room at the time. I looked over at her and said, "I can go home and think about this right?" And she said, "yes hun, you can". The doctor stood up, walked out and slammed the door.

When I got in my car, I was so angry; not that I had just been told I had cancer, but from this doctor's blatant disregard for my feelings. There was no compassion and no "bed side manners". At that moment I vowed 1- NEVER to go back to that doctor and 2- To find ways to treat this tumor naturally with minimal side effects to my body.

And so the journey of finding a Naturopath Oncologist began; hundreds of hrs of research papers, reading documented studies, watching doctor summits, changing my diet, getting rid of inflammatory foods, blood work, ultrasounds, intermediate fasting, weekly vitamin C IV's, hyperbaric chamber, daily PEMF pads, daily infrared sauna sessions, Onco Bell protocol, off label drugs, vitamins, Frankincense, castor oil, herbs, detox protocols, daily enemas, foot detox, daily rebounding and so so much more.

Healing my body from inside out is a full time job. I am also a massage therapist from home, a Mom of 2 amazing boys whom I homeschool full time and a wife to a husband who supports me in this journey every step of the way.

The medical system doesn't cover a single thing I'm doing other than blood work and ultrasound, IF I can find a nurse practitioner on the side, that is comfortable ordering them for me, even if I'm not doing the main stream cancer treatments. Our insurance does not cover anything my oncologist recommends and prescribes, because it doesn't fall under their "protocol". For the last year and a half we have spent almost all our savings to cover the costs of all the things I do in a daily/weekly basis.

We have been incredibly blessed with our church and so many people who have helped along the way. We would have easily lost our home by now if it had only been our savings covering the costs to this point. We don't know what the future holds for us, how long God will allow me to be in this physical journey; But we have so much faith that God is in control, he knows our hearts, he knows how hard we are working to take the right steps, and trying to be led by him and not by fear.

My body is strong, my mind is strong, my desire is strong, and God has put so many of you in my life to help me stay strong.

Thank YOU for being a part of my journey, for helping along the way, in any way you can. We believe in Angels, Thank you for being one.

❤️ Mariana

Thank you for supporting my friend, ANY and ALL donations count! There are many ways you can help financially if you would like to do something different... Love, Alicia

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