Live like Liz

My health journey began when I broke out with a very itchy, raised rash all over my body in March 2023. I went to the dermatologist. They had determined it was eczema. With the recent death of my mother-in-law, who was a very close person in my life, I was told, traumatic events and stress can cause eczema to occur at any age in your life. I always had great skin, seemed odd to me, but also made sense. But it looked different then eczema. I treated it myself over the summer. I did get it to go away with Crhistopher's complete tissue and bone ointment and cortisone cream. But August came around and every night for weeks I would wake up with a horrible, excruciating, aching pain in my right arm. I knew something was wrong. Then horrible stomach pains occurred. I got these symptoms to go away with muscle relaxers. I worked out every day and we though it had to be a pinched nerve. The following October, I found a bump on my left chest bone. Odd. I went to the doctor, and they told me maybe it was from putting the bar on my chest at the gym, so I quit doing that. She ordered an ultrasound anyways. Came back as swollen lymph nodes. In this three-week time other lymph nodes in my armpit begin to swell. We did a biopsy, and it was cancer. I couldn't believe it. I felt like the wind had been knocked out of me. This was a hard diagnosis for me. I have always tried to eat the healthiest I could, saying no to treats, soda. I have always worked out for health benefit reasons. Many oncologist visits later and diving into my own research to know as much as I could about my diagnosis this is what I learned. Does chemotherapy work, yes. But it was a 70% survival rate of 5 years (given my age, usually this kind is found in 11–18-year-olds). Would it get rid of my cancer for good. They said, "We can't insure that." I asked, will cancer reoccur. They said there was a likely chance that it could and also could be a different cancer the next time around. With the amount of cancerous lymph nodes I had in my chest, breast cancer could be a possibility. There is always a chance, there is a root cause to every cancer, that chemotherapy doesn't work, the cancer becomes aggressive and learns from the drugs, mutates and becomes stronger and you need to do more chemotherapy. I had so much to consider. I have four beautiful children, I am only 35 years old, and I want to live. To also have a better quality of life. Chemotherapy can cause so many health issues. So, I found some other answers. A strict very healthy diet. Supplements, saunas, Iv therapies. My oncologist told me that there would be nothing but chemo to take my horrible symptoms away. It has been 8 months. My pain is gone, my rash is completely healed. I have had two more scans after my initial first. The cancer hasn't spread to any of my organs, but not getting better in my lymph nodes. There are clinics I can go to for a couple of weeks that do nontoxic therapies and give your body a boost to help healing. But running around $10,000 per week, there is no way I can afford to go right now. With my vegan diet, juicing and supplements it is taking all we have to stay afloat financially. I don't want to give up on this healthier way to healing. I would like to see this through to God willing join the others who have healed their cancer holistically and improve their quality of life. With the social media platform we have now in 2024, I have listened to so many testimonies, podcasts, read books that it is possible! Healing the root cause to why your cells were damaged and healing your body in a nontoxic healthy way. My husband has been so kind and understanding but I see they financial burden taking a toll. If I have to, I will do the chemotherapy covered by our insurance. But I also know too much now, I want to be the healthiest I can and be here for my kids. There is no right decision with this ugly diagnosis. God bless you all and thank you for supporting me in my health journey.