My name is Hillary. I have two girls. Three years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I did the full treatment - chemo, radiation and mastectomy. Western medicine did more damage than good. After the awful effects of these harsh, toxic treatments, the cancer quickly metastasized to stage 4. I suffer permanent damage from the chemo/radiation and now also live with lymphedema, as a result of lymph node removal during my mastectomy. Once my bones started breaking I gave in and decided to further my treatment. Now I am currently on hormone blockers and aromatase inhibitors. They have worked very well, at the cost of my health... The cancer is dormant and my scans are clean. But I also have heart issues, vision problems, awful anxiety, hot flashes, anemia, nerve problems, weak bones, insomnia, hair loss, mouth ulcers, fatigue, to name just a few. I could fill a whole page with symptoms and side effects... This is no way to live. I'm not sure it's even really living... Life day in and day out with these symptoms is barely functional. I also know this is not a long term solution. These drugs are very toxic, effect DNA, every organ and system in my body. EVERY SINGLE ONE! The longer I stay on these drugs, the cumulative toxicity builds. I have to see bone, heart, and eye specialists just because of what these drugs are doing to me. My intuition is screaming at me... "This is not the way!"

I have taken massive steps in changing my lifestyle, diet, habits, mental and physical health. I am proud of myself but I have reached a plateau where there is only so much I can do. And after one trip to Patient First and one ER visit this week for chest pain (scarring from radiation), I know deep in my soul that I have to find a way to gradually get off these treatments, detox and do something else.

In comes functional medicine, integrative oncology.

After a couple years of research, I know I need to heal from the inside, not mask my symptoms or make the cancer "dormant" for just a few years as the drugs literally may kill me first. I understand that to truly heal I need to fix my inner soil- find the root cause of WHY and how this cancer happened to begin with, and start there. I need biomarker testing, special blood tests, detox, special supplements and more natural remedies (under the guidance of a medically trained physician) in order to truly heal. I have done so much for my health, but now I need to open new doors that go beyond the norm, and that certainly go beyond "standard care" because that care has harmed me in unthinkable ways. I began my search for true health, someone specialized in my specific situation. No one existed. Then I found one!

Dr. Jenn Simmons is a functional integrative oncologist who specializes in breast cancer! Her services are amazing as they include personalized health plans based on genome blueprints and biomarkers. She offers root cause discovery and step by step guidance in the journey with personalized nutrition and coaches, testing and getting to the root cause. Problem is, functional medicine is not covered by insurance (crazy how so many poisons are though). I am desperate to take this course and kickstart my deep healing journey to remission! No one can put a timestamp on my life, but I do believe the route I'm currently on would drastically reduce my lifespan. Healing is possible, given the right conditions. This isn't being kooky and eating wild mushrooms and praying for a cure, it's science and it's also nature. It's fixing the problem, not masking it. I am on disability and am not able to work much. I desperately need functional medicine and I am humbly asking for help. I cannot afford this on my own (cost of the course, labs, supplements, etc) I am hoping to raise enough money to do this and get the framework for a long and healthy life. To watch my kids grow up, to see my future grandkids and beat the medical standards. Please, I ask, if not for me, for my children.... Please help!