July 21, 2011 - Posted by tamilb
Kelly Turner's research looks beyond the medical explanations for beating the odds.
Today’s guest post is by Kelly Turner, PhD. Kelly is a researcher, lecturer, and consultant in the field of integrative Oncology. On Wednesday’s post , Kelly shared three of six most common cancer ‘treatments’ she found from interviewing healers and survivors (who healed without traditional medical treatment). Today she shares the other three:
Releasing repressed emotions
Because many of my interviewees believed that illness represents a state of blockage, they believed that it was healthy to release any emotions they had been holding onto, such as fear, anger, grief, or resentment. One woman who healed from liver cancer said:
“I didn’t really know how to express the anger… But that anger lodged in my liver… And understanding that pattern doesn’t mean that it [the anger] goes away, but it does mean that I can know it when it happens, and I can manage it now, which I couldn’t before.”
Taking herbs or vitamins
Many of my interviewees took various forms of supplements, with the belief that these helped to detoxify their body and/or boost their immune system. One man who healed himself from gastric cancer describes his supplement regimen:
“I got myself on IP-6….Since IP-6 is the messenger molecule, it needs a message to carry, and that is made of trace minerals. [I] added a trace mineral supplement, but the molecule is still considered a free radical by the body, so I added Vitamin C to allow free radical passage from the blood stream through the cell walls. Then Aloe Vera juice – Vitamin E – to aid in cell reproduction and recovery … Added some anti-parasite herbs, and come Thanksgiving, was doing quite well … all I used were herbals and better nutrition to create a ‘cancer abortion.’”
Using intuition to help make treatment decisions
Finally, many of my interviewees expressed the importance of using intuition to help decide which treatments to pursue. For example, one woman who healed her metastatic pancreatic cancer said:
“At that diagnosis appointment, I was sitting on the table or whatever you call it – the bed – and I – are you ready for this one? I heard a little voice in my head. I never heard voices before. I heard a voice that said, “Not that way, not this time.”…He [the physician] became very frustrated, told me that the diagnosis was very serious and that I needed to follow his exact rules and guidelines in order to get myself better. If not, I did not have a good prognosis. Nonetheless, I told him that I was not going to do that and I don’t know why. I just knew that that voice meant something.”
You can read about these and more in my full dissertation, which you can download here: http://www.shuniyahealing.com/offer/research.html .
I am currently designing a website ( www.TrueHealingStories.com ) that will allow me to continue to collect, verify, analyze, and publish cases of exceptional remission. This site will also be highly search-able, so that people who are currently battling cancer will be able to find healing stories that match their diagnosis.
Finally, I am always looking for more amazing cancer survivors to interview. If you know of any, please invite them to email me at kellyturner@ShuniyaHealing.com .
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Kelly Turner's research looks beyond the medical explanations for beating the odds.
Today’s guest post is by Kelly Turner, PhD. Kelly is a researcher, lecturer, and consultant in the field of integrative Oncology. On Wednesday’s post , Kelly shared three of six most common cancer ‘treatments’ she found from interviewing healers and survivors (who healed without traditional medical treatment). Today she shares the other three:
Releasing repressed emotions
Because many of my interviewees believed that illness represents a state of blockage, they believed that it was healthy to release any emotions they had been holding onto, such as fear, anger, grief, or resentment. One woman who healed from liver cancer said:
“I didn’t really know how to express the anger… But that anger lodged in my liver… And understanding that pattern doesn’t mean that it [the anger] goes away, but it does mean that I can know it when it happens, and I can manage it now, which I couldn’t before.”
Taking herbs or vitamins
Many of my interviewees took various forms of supplements, with the belief that these helped to detoxify their body and/or boost their immune system. One man who healed himself from gastric cancer describes his supplement regimen:
“I got myself on IP-6….Since IP-6 is the messenger molecule, it needs a message to carry, and that is made of trace minerals. [I] added a trace mineral supplement, but the molecule is still considered a free radical by the body, so I added Vitamin C to allow free radical passage from the blood stream through the cell walls. Then Aloe Vera juice – Vitamin E – to aid in cell reproduction and recovery … Added some anti-parasite herbs, and come Thanksgiving, was doing quite well … all I used were herbals and better nutrition to create a ‘cancer abortion.’”
Using intuition to help make treatment decisions
Finally, many of my interviewees expressed the importance of using intuition to help decide which treatments to pursue. For example, one woman who healed her metastatic pancreatic cancer said:
“At that diagnosis appointment, I was sitting on the table or whatever you call it – the bed – and I – are you ready for this one? I heard a little voice in my head. I never heard voices before. I heard a voice that said, “Not that way, not this time.”…He [the physician] became very frustrated, told me that the diagnosis was very serious and that I needed to follow his exact rules and guidelines in order to get myself better. If not, I did not have a good prognosis. Nonetheless, I told him that I was not going to do that and I don’t know why. I just knew that that voice meant something.”
You can read about these and more in my full dissertation, which you can download here: http://www.shuniyahealing.com/offer/research.html .
I am currently designing a website ( www.TrueHealingStories.com ) that will allow me to continue to collect, verify, analyze, and publish cases of exceptional remission. This site will also be highly search-able, so that people who are currently battling cancer will be able to find healing stories that match their diagnosis.
Finally, I am always looking for more amazing cancer survivors to interview. If you know of any, please invite them to email me at kellyturner@ShuniyaHealing.com .