I was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma in 2015 when I was 7 weeks pregnant with my first child.
I was so young, and I didn't know anyone who'd had cancer so I think I was a bit naive ~ which may have been a good thing.
Because I was pregnant, the doctors said, “we'll just wait until after you have the baby and then we'll do treatment”. But they also said the cancer could get worse because of my hormonal changes from the pregnancy.
And then I was told that it was a cancer that would never ‘go away’ ~ It just had to be slowed down.
So at that point I realised that I was going to have to find a way to live with this, and being an expectant mum, I now had other people I had to take into consideration.
I never thought I would have to find a way to ‘fight’ it, rather how can I support my body to be healthy so I can heal from it.
And the idea of mainstream “cancer treatment” didn’t sit right with me.
I obviously had time on my hands so I did a tonne of research and ended up going to a Health Farm and did a lot of work on my mindset.
And guess what, it went away!
But…
2020 hit and I was already going through some big emotional things (dealing with anxiety), and the cancer came back.
Even though I was taking supplements, I wasn’t really eating well or in a good headspace and this time, it was bad.
It was in my spleen, which got to 17 centimeters (it was previously 9cm) so it almost doubled.
And it was through my stomach and in my groin.
So of course, I started down the path of seeing different doctors and practitioners.
I had a special blood test through my naturopath which tested my sensitivity to treatments which came back at 16%. This was for the mainstream treatment the doctors wanted me to do and even after seeing those results, they still pushed for it! - I said no!
Turns out you can't get a cancer marker for lymphoma, but you obviously have cancer, so you have a marker. Mine was the ovarian one, which was CA125, and it was high.
Again, I knew that I didn’t want to go down the ‘normal’ cancer treatment path.
Anyway, I went back down the ‘research rabbit hole’, and I found a booklet that my naturopath had sent me.
I had read through it before but the first thing it recommended was coffee enemas (I guess you have to be open to seeing it right?)
I started doing more research into it and found that coffee enemas were used in SO MANY alternative cancer treatment protocols so I thought, yeah – I’m going to do this!
And that’s how I found Happy Bum, and they were literally around the corner from my house so I would go in and buy my coffee enema beans.
I was doing two enemas a day so I went through a few…
I also started juicing and fasting, doing saunas and coffee enemas, and that was my healing protocol, and it felt right.
I quit nursing and even went back to the US and did a 14-day water fast.
I had to wait a few months in-between tests, but I was feeling good mentally.
It was totally random but when I got back, I was looking for a new job and one popped up at Bayside Colonics for a Colon Hydrotherapist ~ and this is where I was buying my Happy Bum enema coffee from!
I thought, this is it! This is what I am meant to do…
I still hadn’t had my tests and was avoiding the hospitals, so I had no idea if my cancer had shrunk so I felt guilty when I applied for the job (cancer guilt is a real thing!). I was like, imagine hiring someone with cancer…
Anyway, I got the job and trained to be a therapist. I knew instantly that this was my calling, and a way that I could help others on their healing journey.
A few months in I went back to do bloods and my cancer marker came back down into normal range! And the cancer in my stomach and groin had completely disappeared.
It was still in my spleen but had reduced by 30%.
It was still early days, cancer doesn’t go away overnight, but I knew I was on the right path.
I think people want to fight cancer, but I'm like, oh, I don't want to fight anything. I want to heal my body. I truly believe your mind and your emotions are such a big part of that.
I still do my juicing and fasting and I’m down to one coffee enema a day and I feel amazing.
People are even shocked when I tell them I have cancer.
They are like “you can’t have cancer, you don’t look sick.”
I am not afraid to tell people I have cancer now, I have learnt that it is a part of who I am.
In a way, I am blessed because this was a huge wakeup call for my life and for my health.
It also led me to find my purpose.
I have a special spot for the clients I see in the clinic who have cancer. I think because the journey is so big and you are so mentally fragile I love that I can bring them some hope.
I want them to know that you do have the power to take your healing journey into your own hands and coffee enemas are such an amazing tool for detoxing our bodies.
Best of all, they are so affordable and you get to do them at home!
Thanks for reading my story x
Sam
