“I feel immortal”: what it’s like to beat breast cancer. The story of a complete cure for breast cancer Real stories of successful fight against breast cancer

“This is not a sentence. This is a disease that can be treated. Any disease requires its own efforts - yes, suffering - yes. But she is being treated,” says a 16-year-old girl, Karina.

“The first thing I thought when I heard the word “chemotherapy” was: “My hair!” – shares smiling Masha with a cute shoulder-length bob. “I wrote down the pills I took in a beautiful notebook and called them something affectionate: prednisalone, for example. This is what my grandmother, who also survived cancer, taught me: she believed that every pill you take is not a chemical nasty thing, but something that will help you. I closed my eyes and imagined how everything bad went away, how the body was cleansed, renewed, and rebuilt.”

"I had luxurious hair, and I felt very sorry for them. And when they shaved my head, I loved it so much! – says Dasha, and photographs of a breathtakingly beautiful, stylish girl flash on the computer screen next to her. “Even later, when my hair started growing again after chemotherapy, I shaved myself several more times.”

“A friend told me: “Tanya, something happened to you and I that everyone is so afraid of: you and I have sick children. What else should we be afraid of? Now we just live and treat our children.” - This is said by a pleasant woman with gentle eyes, and her son Nikita, 7-8 years old, plays on the guitar “a love song for classmate Diana, who is so beautiful!”

The frames are replaced by frames, and in them mothers and fathers, small children, young girls and a young guy talk about what they experienced: fears, pain, anger, despair, feelings of powerlessness, helplessness and vulnerability. Mothers admit that they secretly cried in the toilet so that no one would see. Children describe how they drew food in the hospital that was unattainable to them at that time: caviar, cucumber, hamburger, ice cream cone. The girls remember how they called their friends and howled into the phone.

They also talk about hope. About faith and the desire to survive - at all costs. About the goals they set for themselves. About the fact that thanks to the disease we have learned to appreciate every moment, enjoy sensations and catch wonderful experiences like butterflies in a net.

They remember kind words super-professional doctors and compassionate people who helped them. “You need to communicate, not isolate yourself in your grief, not be a beech. In our hospital, everyone supported each other, especially the new ones, helped out with medicines, shared food. Everyone was encouraging each other."

All these people agree on one thing: “The main thing is attitude!”

“When you are treated with harsh chemistry, you have no body, you can’t do anything. But you have your thoughts. How you build them, how you decide everything, that’s how it will all be. – These are not the words of a wise old professor, but just a student who is just entering life, but who has already managed to overcome serious illness. – Even when my blood pressure was 40 over 20, I lay there and thought: “I will live. Yes, I feel bad now, but tomorrow I will feel better. And I felt better."

Our thoughts are material. Believe in the good and the cancer will recede. In the end, it's just a disease.

We offer you Pavel Ruminov’s film “It’s Just a Disease” - the stories of those who beat cancer. All these people who sit in front of the camera survived. We did it. We were able to. This means that everyone has a chance. Know: you are not alone. Look, listen, see for yourself – and believe in yourself!

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In the world, breast cancer has not been considered for several decades now. fatal disease. ChaiKhana gives a voice to women who have overcome this disease and reminds them of the need for regular mammograms - early diagnosis saves lives.

UMA GEYBULLA, BAKU

Five story building diagnostic center. The ultrasound doctor's office is located on the top floor. I remember I came out of there... I don’t know what was in chest, but it seemed to me that I was carrying the entire globe on my head. I walk down the stairs and hear the sound of tears falling, like stones hitting marble and echoing. This was probably the most difficult thing. You think about how tears can hit a stone. I didn’t even think that this disease could affect me.

In 1990, I got my first lumps. Now I associate my illness with those stresses in the 90s: I experienced those events very painfully: troops in the city, shootings. When the first lumps appeared, the doctor prescribed me treatment, and every six months I underwent it. At that time, cancer was already known, but it was not as radical as it is today. In 1993, I developed redness, and I was told that these tumors, and there were already 12-13 of them, needed to be removed. The breast was saved then, but then the doctor did an ultrasound and everything had to be removed female organs Same.

During the next examination in 1997, the doctor forced me to urgently see a mammologist. But I didn’t understand why it was so urgent. At that time, they already knew about cancer, and I thought that if I had cancer and the tumor was malignant, then definitely - I was doomed to die, I would never get out.

I remember that moment when the doctor announced my diagnosis. I thought I was not me. I thought that it wasn’t me sitting, I thought that I was standing and looking at myself from the side and listening to these terrible words being spoken to her, and some Uma was sitting and watching. And I, I stood behind her and looked at it.

At that time, the cancer was already in the third stage, and it was necessary to urgently undergo surgery and chemotherapy.

We were advised to another doctor at the oncology center, where the diagnosis was confirmed. They called a consultation, where I and all my “heavy artillery of relatives” went (laughs). At first they didn’t let me in, they discussed something without me, but after half an hour they called me in and openly said that, as a modern and intelligent person, I should know that I was seriously ill, and I had to serious treatment. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and medications that help in 70 out of 100 cases. The doctor said that if 50% is the help of doctors, then the remaining 50% is a person who must help himself, must drive away dark thoughts, believe in recovery and trust the doctors.

For me, the most difficult period in my life was the recovery period. Postoperative effects made themselves felt. The arm where the lymph nodes were removed stopped working, some nerve must have been touched. Gradually I began to recover. I was feeling better. Already in front of the doctor’s office, I reassured other women, I told them that in six months you will recover and you will feel better. To be honest, I didn’t immediately believe that I would survive. I realized this two years later.

During chemotherapy, hair falls out and women go bald, but not all. The doctor said that if a person has some kind of intelligence, then the hair falls out completely; for many, the hair falls out partially. When I went bald, my brother was happy and said: “Thank God, now we know that my sister has intelligence” (laughs).

During chemotherapy, what happens to your body is so unclear, I can’t even describe it, and I couldn’t at that time.

After chemo, 3 years later, my kidney failed, I had problems with memory and hearing, I have migraines, and I have trouble hearing.

After the operation and removal of the mammary glands, I developed another lump, and it had to be removed. I took my daughter-in-law, hiding it from everyone, and went to the doctor to have it removed. Well, how many operations were possible? I had 6 surgeries and didn’t want to tell anyone. For a person who had gone through fire and water, this small operation was no longer scary.

I don't think doctors should talk directly about the diagnosis. It was very difficult for me to hear about this, I think it would have been easier if I had not known about it. Maybe I'm not so modern man. I know a lot of people don't get told. For example, my nephew's wife was never told.

After my illness, I began to lead a socially active lifestyle. I wrote a lot about this disease, met with patients and talked with them until I had a conversation with one woman. I called her and wanted to calm her down, but she started asking hurtful questions. Where is the guarantee that if you have recovered, then I will recover too, she asked. It was difficult to hear this. You don’t see the person, you talk on the phone, you calm him down, you promise that everything will be fine, in a year we’ll talk to you again, you yourself will say that everything is fine with you, and in response to this I hear “not everyone recovers like You". It was as if she blamed me for being alive. People are different.

Women change after such illnesses. I kissed flowers. Now I can’t imagine how a person can bend down and kiss a flower in the park. I did this, I loved all the people on earth, the entire globe, everything that surrounds me, I saw the beauty around me, which I can’t say about myself now.

I really wanted to live. I was 43 and had dreams of celebrating my fiftieth birthday. I even asked my brother to mark him in advance. Then my brother said, Reagan beat cancer, don't you think you will? Moreover, he doesn’t have brothers and sisters like you!

In fact, family support is a colossal factor, but you still need to trust your doctors too. Maybe God helped me, I don’t know, but something definitely helped me, probably even all of them together.

For example, before chemistry, it was difficult for my brother to see me without hair, and someone told him that there is no need to subject me to such torture, there is some associate professor who treats alternative ways, and he really asked me to go to him. I refused. I said, I trust medicine and doctors, let the doctors do what they see fit.

Usually all the bad things are left behind; during this period I met a lot of people and began to appreciate them more. If before I selectively communicated with people, then I began to communicate with everyone and realized that all people are equal. Values ​​change, attitudes towards many things change, attitudes change.

In 1997 there was no Internet yet, but I was very interested in what was being injected into me. I asked the nurse for the names of the medications, went to the pharmacy and asked their composition, and that’s how I found out that I was injected with snake venom in its pure form.

Starting in 2009, I became an Internet addict, sat on forums all day long, wrote, discussed some issues. There I met very interesting young people, we went to orphanages together, and they still come to my home.

I have written many articles on this topic. I had material about young people I met in cancer center, they both had cancer, they met each other there. The guy no longer had hair, but despite this, despite this terrible disease, he had great feeling humor. I wrote all this in the first person. How then she lost him and described all these emotions.

Once, after the operation, I was coming out of the bathroom and my niece’s son asked, “Auntie, where are your breasts?” And I pointed to the hanger and said, here they are hanging. Then there was a problem with dentures, they put in what they could, I made something out of cotton wool myself and put it in. I often looked at myself in the mirror and cried, it seemed ugliness to me. And he told me, “Auntie, don’t cry, but you won’t have to ask people to turn away when you change clothes.”

Now we have everything, but they are expensive. I wanted to give my first dentures to someone, but no one wanted to. I wrote on the Internet under a false name, and one of my breasts was taken away. This is also a problem, you can’t say it out loud, you can’t advertise it in the newspaper either. I think that if it is intact, then it should be given to someone.

Before my illness, I thought there were a lot of bad people in the world and few decent people; after my illness, I realized that it was the other way around. I think everything that happened in my life has already happened, and everything that is connected with my illness - acquaintances, people - is good. Good or bad, this is my life.

IRINA RYABIKHINA, BAKU

Seven years ago, I myself felt a tumor in my breast, it turned out to be mastopathy, and the tumor turned out to be in a different place. At that time, I was 43 years old when the doctor told me that it was necessary to remove both the upper and lower organs. I decided to remove it in order to live, why die with two breasts.

It's been 7 years since I beat cancer. Nothing has changed in my life. I don't wear dentures. I adapted without them.

I took 6 chemo treatments, of course? After the operations I didn’t feel anything, but the chemo process is not just hard, it’s indescribable, it’s terrible. It seemed to me that I had gone through all the circles of hell. I wouldn't wish this on my enemy. The bruises from the injections still haven't gone away. But am I alive? and that's the most important thing.

Naturally, I was shocked. I cried for one day, then I put on dark glasses and went to get money from the bank. I am grateful to people for their help. My former classmates got together and paid half the amount, I borrowed the other half, my friend wrote to one of the most large companies in Azerbaijan, and one person paid for all my chemotherapy and also gave me money for rehabilitation after chemotherapy. When I called to say thank you, he interrupted me and said thank you for giving me this opportunity, the opportunity to help you. Then I realized that good people more than bad ones. Absolutely everyone helped me.

It seemed to me that I was not depressed, although my children claim that negativity came from me.

Now it hurts me to see someone die from this. Personally, my strong character helped me; I was sure that everything would be fine. I was confident in myself, in my doctor, I didn’t go to anyone else. She said that I would get rid of it and everything would be fine.

Today it’s hard for me to muster the will to go and get checked. I can't go to oncology anymore. I feel bad about what’s happening there, about these queues. I came to sign up at 4 am and sat in the hallway in the cold.

It is very difficult for a woman to decide on such an operation, I went through menopause, I gained weight, hormonal imbalances, my arm began to be lost, but it is worth living, seeing my children, grandchildren, mother. I went bald, wore headscarves, but never a wig. At my daughter's wedding I had a very short haircut and everyone thought that her mother was some kind of extreme sportswoman. And despite this condition, the dark circles under the eyes, yellow face, I thought I looked good.

My attitude towards many things has changed. I always had a lot of plants in old apartment, but when they moved here, they all died. After that I started growing flowers. I also had a dog who was dying from the same disease that I suffered from. This dog lived with us for 14 years, we all adored her. She dies, the next day we go for tests, and everything is fine. I was very worried about her death, she took away my illness. Six months later I got a dog again. Now I treat many things differently, I have become more tolerant, and towards people too. Now I live by the principle of “communicating with whomever I want”

When a person is sick, he clings to everything. I often went to church, and it seemed to me that Matrona was helping me. The main thing is to believe, and it doesn’t matter what, in a doctor, in God, the main thing is to believe.

I have a friend who had a very hard time with my illness, and after the operation I got a gray strand, and she has a gray strand in the same place, but in a mirror image. At my expense strong character, well, it so happened that I was encouraging my friends. They called me to express support, but it turned out the other way around, I reassured them, told them that everything would be fine.

He who is destined to burn will not drown. Maybe I did everything quickly and on time, I didn’t have time to think.

They say, female cancer- this is an insult, this is a reaction to insults, to the grievances accumulated in a woman. With this illness, all my grievances have gone away, I don’t take offense at anyone anymore.

In any situation you need to look for the positive. My positive was that this happened to me at the age of 43, when I women's way has already passed, and not at 33. I saw 16-year-old girls in oncology whose uterus was removed. She had uterine cancer. I saw a 15-year-old boy who was simply cut into pieces, and I saw his mother.

The positive thing is that this happened to me at 43, and it happened to me, not to my children. We need to look for the positive, I have become smarter, kinder, I have many friends, I love life more. You don’t need to ask why, you need to ask why.

When I was sick, I said I wouldn’t want anything, just to get well, but as soon as it passes, I want everything again.

I think I was punished for something, I even know what. But when we are young, we all make mistakes, and at that moment we think that we are doing it right. There are things I’m ashamed of that I wouldn’t do now. They say that wisdom comes with age, I would correct some things, but as they say, history has no subjunctive mood.

Nigar Aliyeva, Baku

It feels like I was never sick when I went to oncology - these faces didn’t reach me. These suffering faces, you look at them and you don’t want to live. It’s understandable, it’s painful, it’s difficult, but don’t make everyone feel sorry for you. I didn't know what I was like. I only cried for the first week of illness, then I pulled myself together. Unfortunately, among our people, if you have cancer, then you are a suicide bomber. That’s why when you go to Zumba right after chemotherapy, everyone looks at you like you’re crazy.

In the summer of 2014, I myself felt a lump in my chest. The doctor told me that I have nodular mastopathy, I was not afraid and did not begin to treat. The diagnosis was made incorrectly. Then I went to Iran, where they also told me that everything was fine, they prescribed some vitamins, which, as it turned out later, accelerated the development of the disease. They were absolutely forbidden to drink. As a result, the oncology department told me that I was already at stage 3 with metastases. We went to Turkey, the doctor said there was suspicion of cancer, and on the third day he performed an operation on me.

After the operation, when I woke up and saw my husband in tears, I began to reassure him that this is not the end of the world, and you came to support me, but on the contrary, you are already burying me.

I understood that this was not the end of the world, this was not everything. My mission did not end here, I did not break. I don’t know, on the contrary, I became stronger, I fell in love with life. All my life I was dissatisfied with everything, I complained, I was tired of everything, everything was wrong. When God sent me this illness, I took it as a lesson, as a worthy lesson, I was convinced that he gave it to me for a reason, and everything is not so bad, it turns out. You probably had to experience this to understand.

When you sit and complain that you don't have a second pair of shoes, or another coat, last phone, and then, when every 21st day you give 2000 manats for medicine, you understand that this is not the main thing. Everyone who gets sick changes something in life, I began to love myself more, to look after myself, which I have never done before.

I thought about the children, about what they would do without me. But most of all, Turkish doctors supported me. For example, when I came to the doctor here (in Azerbaijan), he asked if I was taking antidepressants, I said no. He was surprised and said that I didn’t look like patients. I remember I saw a girl in very bad condition, she looks at me and asks how I can do this. How can I sit and laugh while wearing red lipstick. She was surprised that I also had cancer.

In Turkey they have a different attitude, I have met many women and they all take it as an exam.

I believe that women are strong. We attract everything. This disease can also arise from stress, as it falls immune system. I will not call myself a winner, I am still continuing treatment and this will continue for 5 years.

Olga Khodko, Tbilisi

I was 31 when this disease was discovered. I had a difficult relationship with my husband, he is a very impulsive person, these constant emotional swings, nerves, I am more inclined to this reason. Although I had the first stage, it was in a very aggressive form.

The doctor was 90% sure that it was benign, but it turned out to be a malignant tumor. She was growing quickly, so she had surgery within a week. This was 3 years ago. Cancer today is very young, and in young people it progresses faster.

The doctor asked me to sit down and the only thing he said was that I had a long treatment process ahead of me. He said that I have malignant tumor, and gave guarantees that I would recover. But naturally I had state of shock, I seemed to smile, but tears rolled up. Of course it was a shame.

I was very angry with my friends who felt sorry for me. I saw horror, fear, pity, tears in their eyes. My husband assured me that I was being deceived, that these were not my tests. It turned out that they were not calming me down, but I was calming them down.

The most difficult thing in this process is the chemistry. After that I went bald for a year. My immunity dropped to 0, I started using folk remedies, drank liters of carrot juice.

Then the idea came up - to go and get a license. My husband promised to buy a car, so I was distracted by this.

I understood that there was no way to die, I had a husband, children, parents, I felt this responsibility on myself.

Nana Lazariashvili, Tbilisi

In 2010, I was at the Screening Center and was diagnosed with cancer. They did it to me partial removal and 8 chemistry.

I thought there were even worse cases when there was no way out. At such a moment, the most important thing is psychological resilience. A person needs not only health, but also psychological strength. Before the operation, I did makeup and styled my hair, although of course, during the operation, my makeup was removed, but after the operation I immediately put it on again. Even after chemo, I didn’t lie down, I got up and went straight to work.

Then I got into the Gamarjoba club, a club for women who had cancer. I made a lot of friends here. Here we have love and friends, we know better what life is and appreciate it more.

Examination in our center is free, but after 40 years. Both doctors and psychologists work here. In addition, we, the members of this club, meet every two weeks and enjoy life, go to the theater, dances, excursions, theater and cinema, we know each other’s birthday and try to celebrate. There are already 300 people in our club. Together we are strong. 5 years ago, all this did not exist in Georgia, but now it is all free, and immunostimulants will be distributed free of charge starting in February. They are very expensive, people sold their apartments to pay for them. One bottle costs about 5,000 lari, when you need from 5 to 18. The state has created a program, and from February 1, this drug will be financed by the state.

I think this is the minimum that can happen in our lives. It’s not because of stress, it’s not even because of what. The main thing is that every woman should be checked once a year, especially after 30. A woman should love herself. You can’t grieve, you have to fight and be strong.

I lived in Kaliningrad, my husband died, and I was left with two children. For several years I treated mastopathy, but since their medicine is weak, they had to take tests and send me to St. Petersburg. When my chest had already turned blue, the doctor told me that I was already one foot in the next world. The son was 5 years old, and the daughter was in school. When the doctor told me this, I felt like the ground was leaving under my feet. I look at the child and understand that it is impossible to cry and lose consciousness. On the same day, I took the child’s documents from school and came home. Here they immediately performed surgery; there was already a metastasis. I went through 6 chemo treatments and 25 radiation treatments.

After chemo, I couldn’t even sleep, I kept thinking about what would happen to me if I died, what they would do, because I had no one. I knew that I shouldn't die. In the Caucasus, when someone is sick, all relatives come to the hospital. I came myself and told the doctor that no one will come to you, since I have no one. To which he replied that I would live happily ever after. Of course, I couldn’t lie down for a long time, I have small children, then I got on a program where they gave me an apartment. It's been 6 years since I had surgery.

Cancer is not a death sentence. Eat worse disease than cancer. If you do everything the doctor says and boost your immunity, you will recover faster. When you love life everything is fine.

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Hello, my name is Olga. I am 45 years old, I live in Obninsk Kaluga region. I was cured of stage 3 breast cancer without surgery or removal. More than four years have passed since my illness, and I am completely healthy. I hope that my experience will help many people. Now I want to tell my story.

Four years ago, in 2011, I was diagnosed with stage 3 left breast cancer. I discovered my first small tumor in October 2010. Even then I understood what this meant. But I was afraid to go to the doctor, and by April 2011 the tumor was already huge. The oncologist prescribed me a course of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery complete removal left breast and left axillary lymph node.

I wanted to get better and did not want to have my breasts removed, so I began to look for an alternative to surgery, because I understood that my breasts would not grow back after surgery. I found statistics on 5-year survival of cancer patients after all medical procedures and realized that very few people survive the cancer center after 5 years. In an article on breast cancer, there was survival data for no more than 2% of patients, that is, out of 100 people operated on and irradiated, only two people remained alive after five years!

At that time, I met a cancer patient who had been operated on several times. Each time after the operation, the tumor appeared again, and something was cut off again. They operated on one breast, then the other, then the liver, then the metastases went to the lungs. In the end, the surgeon injured her muscle during the operation. right hand, and she stopped bending. It was a very sad sight.

And then I realized that I didn’t want to go down this path. I don’t want to be afraid of relapses all the time and have my body cut into pieces.

I started looking on the Internet for something that would help me. Almost immediately I found information about the Italian oncologist Tulio Simoncini. He believed that cancer cells– these are not mutated cells of our body, but multiplied Candida fungi. According to his theory, these simple fungi live with humans all their lives in symbiosis, but as soon as the immune system (that is, the body’s defenses) weakens, they begin to multiply in the body. And he said this phrase: cancer cells really love 3 things:

• Animal protein;
• Sugar;
• Depressive thoughts.

And I realized that I had found a solution to the problem

Then I read that thousands of cancer cells are formed in the body every day, and if the body is healthy, then the immune system simply destroys them. This means I need to stop feeding cancer and start strengthening my immune system.

To be brave, I fasted for 3 days on the water. Then she switched to a vegetarian diet. It was soaked buckwheat, herbs and vegetables. Also drank clean water. Then I just didn’t know that it was called a raw food diet. I completely eliminated all store-bought food.

The third step for me was the realization that we all lack vitamins and microelements to boost immunity and for the normal functioning of the body. I studied this issue and realized that vitamins can be artificial (i.e. chemically synthesized) and organic (made from organic raw materials). I found a company that grows its own herbs and fruits and produces dietary supplements from them. And I started taking these dietary supplements. By the way, my whole family and I have been taking them for more than 4 years and feel great.

And finally, what I consider the most important thing in recovery from any illness. This is a recovery mindset. The wise said: “One person gets sick, but another person recovers.” Those. If a sick person does not change, he will continue to get sick. I needed to change the tone and direction of my thoughts.

I started tracking my thoughts

And it turned out that almost all of them were gloomy. I constantly thought why I was given this disease, and was upset that it was I who got sick. Those. I spent my already low energy on fears and grievances. Therefore, I began to read affirmations (positive statements) and learn to thank life for everything that exists. I woke up in the morning, but someone didn’t wake up. I have a family, a job, and a favorite city. If you wish, you can find so much beauty in our wonderful world! I began to practice being in a good mood and not allowing myself to slip into depression. It was difficult, especially lying in the cancer center, but I understood the importance of this and practiced a good mood every day.

At the cancer center I underwent two chemotherapy treatments and one radiation treatment. Now I regret it, because I severely burned my chest and left armpit. Only three years later did my left mammary gland begin to recover from severe radiation injury. My hair fell out from two chemotherapy treatments, I became very weak, and my hemoglobin dropped significantly. In general, taking poison to get rid of a disease – I don’t think it’s wise.

The tumor did not shrink from these procedures, and I decided to leave the oncology center. The doctors tried to persuade me for a long time, saying that they had many cases where people left without completing treatment and then died. But I understood that doctors are fighting the consequences of oncology, and not the cause. The tumor is cut out, the person does not change his diet and way of thinking, and after a while the cancer returns. Often in a much more severe form, since chemotherapy greatly undermines the already weak immune system.

Visualizations helped me

I constantly imagined myself healthy, even when the tumor did not change. Every day, morning and evening, I did visualizations, that is, I mentally saw my body as healthy and beautiful. The most important thing, especially when you don’t see results right away, is not to stop doing visualizations. At first I didn’t see any changes in the tumor, but every day I told myself: “The process has already begun, even if I don’t see anything, but inside I’m already getting better.” It is very important to believe and tune in to health and do visualizations every day.

Also, recovery stories from the Internet helped me a lot.

The story of the American doctor Ruth Heydrich, who healed a breast tumor by vegetarianism, and she has been healthy for more than 25 years. I was also very inspired by the story of a man with colon cancer. He talked about how he refused surgery and visualized his tumor getting smaller every day. He imagined his tumor as a coil of barbed wire and several times a day imagined how he burned it piece by piece on a fire, and it became smaller and smaller.

I came up with a visualization for myself with a tree. I love birch trees very much, so I constantly imagined how I was pressing my chest against the light trunk, how my energy from the tumor was leaving the tree. And I tried to feel how the tumor was shrinking, softening and I was feeling better.

In addition, I constantly read spiritual books

“Conversations with God” by Neale Donald Walsh,” “Reality Transurfing” by Vadim Zeland, books by Richard Bach. Marcy Shimoff’s book “The Book of Happiness” is very helpful. Every day I watched two comedies or two positive films - that is, I imbued myself with the energy of joy. I also found happy pictures on the Internet and laughed.

The tumor began to go away after a month

From being stone-heavy, it gradually began to soften, its contours began to blur and shrink. And after another two months it completely disappeared. I did an ultrasound and a mammogram: the doctors were shocked - no tumors were found in me!

Now I undergo examination every year, which confirms my full recovery. In May 2015, I was tested using a phase contrast microscope using a drop of blood. And the biochemist said that I don’t even have atypical cells in my blood, which former cancer patients always have.

I communicate with those women with whom I was in the oncology center. They all completed the entire course. traditional medicine: dozens of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery. Unfortunately, most of them have already died or are on disability. I know of several cases when after full course official treatment, people return to oncologists with metastases.

After oncology, I was a vegetarian for three years. I completely gave up meat and alcohol. Once a week I ate fish and consumed dairy products. I felt good about being a vegetarian, but I didn’t like everything. I was healthy, but overweight didn't leave. With a height of 165 cm, I weighed 76 kg. Started to intensify age spots on the skin of the face and new ones appear. And when undergoing a medical examination, I discovered that my blood sugar was high - 6.4 (the norm is 3-5), and my cholesterol was higher than normal. I was very surprised, but then I realized that this was the effect of chocolate, buns and various store-bought sweets. That is, I understood that by giving up meat and alcohol I was on the path to health, but I had to change my diet more seriously.

A year ago I decided to completely give up cooked food.

Now me, my husband, eldest son and my sister eat only live plant foods. I lost 12 kg of excess weight. The skin on my face cleared up and the gray hair went away. I am constantly in a good mood, high performance and large number energy.

On at the moment I've been on a raw food diet for a year now. And I want to talk about interesting experience. Two months ago I began to allow, in addition to chocolate and cheese, some not raw foods. I could buy cake, halva, chocolates, store-bought salads with mayonnaise. There is an opinion that you can easily break away from a raw food diet. In my experience, after 10 months of a raw food diet, the body was sufficiently rebuilt and cleansed. And when I allowed non-raw foods, the body’s reaction was sharply negative. Immediately the stool became loose, even liquid, and my stomach hurt. In the morning there was severe sneezing, my tongue was very coated, there was heartburn, and after several pieces of cream cake, in the morning I felt as if I had drunk alcohol yesterday and was severely poisoned. I had the same feeling about store-bought salads and candies. The migraine returned, which I had forgotten about on a raw food diet and from which I had suffered for decades. The excess weight immediately returned. If in 10 months I lost 12 kg, then in 2 months of such “pampering” I regained 7 kg of weight. I was very uncomfortable with this non-raw food, so I was very relieved to go back to the raw diet.

About spirituality

We haven’t had a TV at home for 2 years now; we watch all movies from the Internet, without advertising. I watch videos about raw food diets all the time. Very grateful Sergei Dobrozdravin , Mikhail Sovetov , Yuri Frolov. I really liked the project "1000 stories about raw food diet". I enjoy watching Pavel Sebastianovich’s video. In June 2015, we were at the Moscow Festival of Raw Food and Vegetarianism. We really liked it there.

A year ago I learned that the method with which I was healed has long been used in Holland. Back in the 40s of the last century, the Dutch doctor Cornelius Moerman treated cancer patients vegetarian diet, natural vitamins and mandatory psychological support. The complete cure of 116 cancer patients out of 160 people has been documented. And these were very seriously ill patients with stages 3 and 4 of cancer. Refused most of them official medicine. The remaining patients received significant relief. K. Moerman's method is 5-8 times more effective than traditional medicine methods. Without any operations, disabilities and consequences for the body.

In Holland, in oncology patients can choose official treatment, or Moerman's method. Often, after operations and radiation, people switch to the Moerman method to prevent the cancer from returning.

The Gerson Institute has been operating in the United States for many years. Many thousands of hopeless cancer patients were completely cured by changing their diet according to Max Gerson's scheme. There is a wonderful film online - Gerson Therapy. (Note from MedAlternativa.info: most likely we are talking about the film. The film is truly wonderful).

Then I came across Katsuzo Nishi’s book “Macrobiotic Nutrition” and it said that in Japan they also very successfully treated oncology with vegetarianism, therapeutic fasting and a magnesium diet. This diet included raw vegetables, soaked uncooked cereals and taking vitamins, especially magnesium. Katsudzo Nishi said that sugar, salt, canned food, smoked foods, starch, white flour products, and alcoholic beverages should be completely eliminated. And I realized that I did everything right.

Then I read Evgeniy Gennadievich Lebedev’s book “Let’s Cure Cancer.” In it, the author describes how he cured many dozens of hopelessly ill patients with oncology. And the emphasis in treatment was precisely on macrobiotic nutrition and changing your spirituality. The author himself went through oncology, in the book he gives detailed diagrams treatment of cancer patients, and I completely agree with his methodology.

I would like to note that E.G. Lebedev insists on the Orthodox way of life. But we must understand that Katsudzo Nishi, from whom E.G. Lebedev took his technique, learned about this method of healing from Zen Buddhist monks, who used it for many hundreds of years. I also adhere to Eastern views and recovered using this technique. Therefore, in my opinion, it doesn’t matter which religion you belong to, what matters is what you bring to the world. If this is love and joy, then it is love and joy that will return to you.

Now I am working on a big project - to create a health center in Russia using the Cornelius Moerman method. I called this wellness center “Life”. Patients will live there for 2-3 months for complete cleansing and recovery from cancer.

Why do I insist that patients should live in a health center? The fact is that I have written about my experience of recovery in many medical newspapers. And my story was published by the newspaper “Grandma’s Recipes”. I began to receive letters from cancer patients who either did not want to undergo surgery to remove the tumor, or such surgery was contraindicated for them.
I answered all the letters and described in detail what should be done and how. I especially insisted on changing my diet, taking vitamins and working with the mindset of recovery. Out of a dozen letters, only one woman wrote that she was a vegetarian; the rest could not overcome the craving for kebabs and sausage. But all of them had tumors growing, that is, the cancer was progressing. And I realized that it is very difficult to cope with cancer alone.

So I want to create medical institution, where, under the supervision of a nutritionist and a good oncological psychologist, patients will recover and, no less important, learn to live on without relapses.

I also plan to have groups at the Life Wellness Center therapeutic fasting – how to do it correctly, transition groups to vegetarianism And raw food diet. Weight Loss Groups naturally. Recovery groups using naturopathy methods from diabetes mellitus And cardiovascular diseases. Which is also very effective and without any side effects.

Now I am training as a clinical psychologist and have already completed courses as an oncologist

There are very few oncological psychologists in Russia now, only a few dozen, although in the West oncological psychologists work at every scientific and oncological center. There are statistics that when an oncopsychologist works with a patient, recovery rates increase many times over.

I have a business plan for the “Life” health center ready, and now I am looking for sponsors - people who are ready to invest money in a new and very promising type of business for improving people’s health using naturopathy methods.

Thank you for reading my story. I will be glad to talk with all listeners who are interested in the topic of healing from cancer using naturopathy methods, the topic of raw food nutrition. With those who want to fully recover from cancer and who are not candidates for chemotherapy or surgery. Or who does not want to undergo body-mutilating operations and procedures. And I am waiting for proposals from business partners for health center"Life".

Olga Tkacheva(you can get advice through the section)

I got sick in 2013. Before that, I had already treated my mother for six years for the same diagnosis - breast cancer. The doctor warned me that I was at risk; I knew that I had to pay especially close attention to my health.

Every four months I was examined and thought that I was ahead of the curve, I thought that even if I found something, it would be at an early stage... But cancer is an insidious thing that is very difficult to catch. He's on his own early stages doesn't show up at all.

When I found out about the diagnosis, I was mentally prepared for it, but it was still stressful. While doctors choose treatment tactics, you are between heaven and earth. You are waiting for the verdict: is the cancer operable, do you have a chance... The doctor told me that it is operable.

There are many methods, depending on the stages and types of breast cancer. Someone begins to be treated with radiation therapy, then surgery, then chemotherapy. For some people, the tumor is slightly reduced with chemotherapy, then it is removed, and then radiation is prescribed. Some people undergo chemotherapy for a whole year to shrink the tumor, only then it is removed and radiation is prescribed. The methods are different even with the same diagnosis, because everyone’s body is individual. It is not at all necessary that everyone undergoes surgery-radiation-chemo in exactly the same order as I did. Everyone has their own way.

It is necessary for the doctor and the patient to be allies. Of course, the patient, having learned about the diagnosis, begins to rush around, search for information on the Internet, listen to the advice of incompetent people... The role of the doctor is very important here. Only when doctors are willing to spend enough time to convey all the nuances to the patient can the treatment process proceed normally.

Mona Frolova,

I didn't know who to turn to for help. I was very scared, I pulled myself out of despair, I found out everything about the disease myself. But it helped me that I had experience in treating this disease with my mother. I thought it would be very difficult for other people experiencing this for the first time. And around the same time, the idea of ​​creating a volunteer organization that would unite people fighting this disease first arose.

Natalya Loshkareva

Chemotherapy is constant drips of very powerful poisonous liquids that kill both good and bad indiscriminately. They kill everything. My hair is falling out completely and I feel terribly sick. I just lived in the bathroom and toilet for five days. After the fifth day you begin to come to life a little - you find yourself able to drink a little or even eat an apple. With chemistry, you understand that you are being poisoned. But, unfortunately, there is no other treatment against cancer. More than 100 years - and nothing was invented!

Now the principles of treating patients, especially hormone-dependent cancer, have changed significantly. Non-toxic tableted hormone therapy is prescribed for long time. Sometimes for years. At the same time, patients can lead a normal, full-fledged lifestyle.

Mona Frolova,

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Department clinical oncology Federal State Budgetary Institution Russian Scientific Research Center named after N. N. Blokhin, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Chemotherapy is a very, very difficult ordeal. Friends and family must be supportive. It is impossible to cope alone.

I did not allow myself to relax, because my mother was still undergoing treatment. I had to encourage her with my example. Sometimes I cried, I wanted to feel sorry for myself, but I had strong motivation. I was energized by my husband and daughter, who said: “No, we won’t let you go, we want you to be with us.” My friends also supported me. In the hospital people came to see me all the time. I knew that I had to move on, I had already entered this battle, I had made a decision, since I had the operation, now I will do everything that the doctors say. But during chemotherapy, I also had moments when I wanted to give up. It hits you very hard at night, you think that life is pain, it’s easier to just take everything and leave it.

Treatment should not be more severe than the disease. We must not only prolong life, but also maintain its quality for the patient. And fortunately, such opportunities exist today. Now new drugs are appearing, so-called targeted drugs, that is, drugs with targeted action. Unlike traditional chemotherapy, they only target molecular damage in the tumor.

Mona Frolova,

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Department of Clinical Oncology, Federal State Budgetary Institution Russian Cancer Research Center named after N. N. Blokhin, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

When I went to see my chemotherapy doctor, I saw her separate stack of patient records. One day I asked who these people were. She replied that these were the patients who came, underwent one course of chemotherapy and never returned; it is not even known whether they are alive or not. I was shocked: “How? Don't you call them? Don’t you recognize it?” The doctor answered me: “They have no motivation. Some people's husbands have left them, others' children have already grown up and are living separately. Women aged 40-50 who are faced with cancer do not have the strength to endure all these trials. There’s nothing stopping them, unfortunately, we’re so busy that we don’t call them.”

My mother had breast cancer four years ago. She herself discovered a tumor - a lump in her breast. I went to a mammologist in Moscow, and when my fears were confirmed, I immediately went to Germany. I was living in England at the time, and she didn’t tell me anything about the illness so that I wouldn’t worry. She just said she was moving. For our family this is nothing special: my mother lived in different countries, traveled a lot for work and pleasure. But then my mother transferred all our property to me. This is where I got worried. “Mom, what happened?” - “I got sick and don’t feel well, it’s hard for me to keep track of things, banking and work now, so I’m rewriting everything to you - sort it out yourself.”

Since this disease progresses differently in everyone, doctors do not use the concept of stages. But you can get your bearings: there is initial stage, when the tumor is up to one centimeter, then when it is larger, but still without lymph nodes. Then the second A - when one lymph node is involved, the second B - these are two or three lymph nodes. On the third, all the lymph nodes around are affected. On the fourth stage metastases appear. My mother had a pre-metastatic condition. Her entire chest was affected.

The chemotherapy worked so well on her that the tumor resolved. After the first operation, only a small piece where the tumor was was removed. The mammary gland was not touched. But then, just in case, they decided to have a second operation, and to prevent the cancer from returning, they removed the breasts and installed implants. It seems to me that they are like this now good quality that the person himself does not feel the difference.

My mother recovered. Before her illness, she was in control of everything: God forbid she drinks an extra glass of wine, God forbid she oversleeps during a workout at 7 am. She never allowed herself to deviate from the regime or eat too much. Now she is completely different - much more relaxed and cheerful, she wants to go everywhere and see everything.

Diagnosis

My mother started sending me for regular examinations, and I had an ultrasound every six months. I didn’t like it then, but now I think that every person should be examined.

Last year, during one of my examinations, a tumor was discovered. Small, about one centimeter. They did a biopsy - this is when they pierce the chest with a syringe and take a puncture from the tumor. In the conclusion that the laboratory wrote, there were tumor cells, but it was not clear what type. Mom thought that the Russian laboratory had made a mistake. We went to Germany. We had a mammogram. The doctor said that at my age (I was 25 at the time) it was impossible for me to have cancer, but benign tumors- the norm. We relaxed and forgot about it for two months.

When they say that you have cancer, the first feeling is: everything inside is falling, the world has collapsed. But then nothing. I went on a date that same evening to take my mind off

At this time, I was planning a trip around the world - I saved money for a year, found a volunteer organization where I was supposed to teach English. Five days before departure, when I had already packed my suitcase, my mother asked me to come to Germany again for examination - for her peace of mind. The tumor has already grown, the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes. The doctor said that everything looked very bad and that he needed treatment.

When they say that you have cancer, the first feeling is: everything inside is falling, the world has collapsed. But then nothing. I went on a date that same evening to take my mind off things. Had a great time. Then, when my hair had already fallen out, I told this boy: “I’m sorry, I can’t see you because my hair has already fallen out. Let's see you when they grow back." And we correspond with him once a month, he asks if our date is still valid.

How is cancer treated?

The attending physician told me about our plan. There is only one chemo in the entire world that is used on all breast cancer patients. At first, the so-called once every three weeks is heavy chemistry, you need to go through it four times. Then once a week for three months - Taxol. This is already easier. Then they perform an operation and fix the effect with radiation. But everything depends on the results. If the chemistry doesn’t work, then the course is interrupted and you have surgery, they can remove your breasts.

The first thing I needed to do before starting therapy was to freeze my eggs, because after treatment there was a risk of remaining infertile. I gave myself hormonal injections in my stomach for two weeks. It doesn't hurt, but it's strange and scary. My eggs felt like they were growing: my stomach was swollen, it was uncomfortable to walk. Then a 15-minute operation - and you're done. After it, I passed all possible tests in one day. They injected me with contrast fluid and scanned my whole body to see all the cancer cells and whether there were metastases. The tumor was marked with metal staples in order to then monitor how it shrinks, and so that if it resolves due to chemotherapy, they would know what part of the tissue to remove during surgery.

The chemotherapy is an IV, but it is not injected into a vein in the arm, but through a port - a plastic box in the area of ​​the collarbone - into the vein that goes to the heart. During each procedure, the skin is pierced with a special needle, into which a dropper is already inserted. Therefore, the next step was to install a port for me. This is also an operation, under local anesthesia. They fence you off with a screen so that you don’t look or be afraid, but you can talk to the doctor. He tells you: “Now I’m cutting you open, now I’m looking for a vein to your heart. Oh, I found it! I’m putting the phone in.” And you really really want to talk, because under anesthesia it seems that everything is great, there are no problems - it’s wonderfully simple.

The next day you come to your first chemistry session. Thus, it takes about three weeks from diagnosis to treatment, but the clinic tries to do everything as quickly as possible. We even had one piece of paper missing for billing, but this did not affect the start of treatment: bring it when you want, pay when you can. The Germans do not require papers or evidence at all - they always meet you halfway. For example, I received a residence permit. I explained to the employee that I needed treatment. He took it in a comradely way: “Oh, you poor thing, let me run and collect all the papers, since you don’t speak German, I’ll arrange everything for you myself, I’ll call all the institutions for you and do everything.” And so it was in everything.

We also chose Germany because, oddly enough, with an Israeli passport it is cheaper here than in Israel. The entire treatment cost around 5 thousand euros, and I saved even more for the trip. We had money. It would be possible to meet the sum of 20 thousand euros - it would be enough to sell the car.

Chemotherapy

You cannot eat the day before chemotherapy. It is believed that this will make you feel less sick. Although theoretically the only thing that is not allowed during treatment is grapefruit juice(I don’t know why), everything else is based on how I feel. Smoke it if you want, drink it if you want, whatever you want. I just don’t really want anything.

The area where everyone comes for chemotherapy is like a spa: large chairs, candles and aromatherapy lamps. Patients gather at approximately the same time, all in good mood, because every chemotherapy is minus one point in the treatment plan, it’s closer to recovery.

The girls, mostly, however, all 50–60 years old, discuss who has what symptoms and how they feel. If you don’t want to sit, you can walk with an IV throughout the hospital. Yes, I feel a little nauseous and my head is cloudy, but nothing supernatural or terrible.

To prevent my hair from falling out, I decided to do a “cooling cap” during chemotherapy. This new technology, she is only two years old. The hat is large and connected to all sorts of sensors, so you can’t walk around with it. You put it on half an hour before chemotherapy and take it off two hours after it ends, that is, you sit in it for about seven hours. This is the worst thing. It's hellishly cold in there, so cold that it's worse than any pain, anything at all: you can’t run or jump to warm up. You sit and freeze. I did two treatments and my hair still fell out. The hat really helped my friend, but she couldn’t stand it more than six times.

Two hours after EC, when you’ve already arrived home, you feel incredibly ill. Terrible nausea, but you don’t vomit, your head and muscles hurt a lot, pain relief doesn’t work. You can't sleep. But after a few days everything goes away.

A week later, menopause begins. The body believes that it is dying and discards all unnecessary functions - reproductive functions in the first place. Hot flashes happen: when you are first unrealistically hot, then unrealistically cold. This is enough.

After EC, a course of Taxol began. It is dripped once a week. I came to the clinic, prepared that now, as usual, after the procedure I would feel bad. But it didn't. There is no nausea, on the contrary, I want to eat and sleep. After the first taxol, I slept for a day, but then I got used to it and slept like a normal person.

I was always craving bread and sweets. The hunger is terrible, but you can eat right away with chemotherapy - and that’s what everyone does. As a result, I lost 10 kg with EC, and gained it back on Taxol.

Normal life

My mother believes that a person is obliged to enjoy everything and do what needs to be done. My mother and I are friends, but I don’t need her support. I don’t need support at all - I can handle it just fine on my own. I am always glad to see my friends, I love them very much - someone came to see me almost every weekend. But I don’t need someone to sit next to me, look into my eyes and hold my hand. I need to be entertained, well, taken to a bar, for example.

I exercise a lot, and chemotherapy has not affected my training at all.

When you're in treatment, you don't constantly think, “Oh my God! I have cancer! No, you live yours ordinary life, you just come for treatments from time to time. It becomes a habit.

I started treatment in October, and in November I went to German courses - so I study the language four hours a day. I also keep my diary in German to practice.

I exercise a lot, and chemotherapy has not affected my training at all. Now I'm into CrossFit. The coaches all know that I do chemistry, but if I hadn’t said it, no one would have noticed. Nothing happens to your muscles, you may get tired faster if you walk around the city all day, but you are not weak, you don’t want to lie down all day. I just usually wanted to sleep not at 11, but at 9 pm.

Before chemo, I didn’t think hair was important. Just think, they will grow back. When they fell out, I was even glad - at least I won’t suffer in a cooling hat, I don’t have to bother with my hair: I put on a hat or scarf - and it’s good. But after some time it became difficult.

For example, when men stopped looking at me as a woman. I’m used to, for example, coming to a cafe and the waiter there is young. I tell him: “Bring me this.” And he said to me: “Yes, I’ll bring it to you quickly and also give you some candy for your coffee.” I don’t do it on purpose, that’s how I communicate. And now you flirt, and there is no backlash. It's a shame.

I wore a hat all the time and felt that people were looking and thinking: “Why are you wearing a hat?” I just bought a wig a month ago, it's an amazing thing. I hadn’t thought about it before only because my mother said it was hot and not comfortable.

Heavier than hair, lack of eyebrows and eyelashes. I dye my eyebrows all the time. Without them, or if I take off my makeup at all, I look like... like I have cancer.

During treatment, I traveled only twice. For Christmas I went to visit a friend in Hannover. This was difficult; you are still very tired for traveling. On New Year I wanted to go to Munich. But they told me to stay at home because the leukocyte level was immune cells- was very low and the risk of catching any disease was high. I called a friend: “This is how bad I feel. I’m alone for New Year, everyone will go to Munich, but I won’t.” He arrived the next day, but the first thing he said was: “I’m so sick, I’ll go to the pharmacy and buy an inhaler.” Naturally, I became infected.

Having cancer is very strange. Actually, you know how sick you are, you've been sick a hundred times in your life - you know that a runny nose goes away in a couple of days. And then a week passes, and the runny nose is like the first day.

The taste of food and smells also change. You stop loving some foods. It seems to me that the brain just plays some strange tricks: I once drank fruit tea during chemistry, and after that I can’t stand strawberries. The same thing happened with ginger or my mother’s favorite perfume, which I also used to perfume myself with.

Recovery

The same doctor performed the operation on me as on my mother. The day before, I passed all the tests, they scanned me again after administering a contrast liquid, and they also inserted a wire into the lymph node in order to find the path to the tumor during the operation. The wire stuck out from under the armpit - it was inconvenient.

When I was wheeled out into the corridor on a gurney, every nurse who was undergoing chemotherapy (there are only 10-15 people) came up, hugged me and wished me good luck. In a hospital in Germany, everyone hugs all the time.

After the operation, everything came to me sports group, with whom I worked to support. And the pharmacist from whom I bought painkillers sent flowers along with the order. Classmates from Moscow recorded a video with songs and dances.

After the operation, I have to come for an ultrasound once a month. I am now on a course of radiation - it is done every day for five minutes for six weeks. It consolidates the effect of chemistry. Radiation has no side effects, but you get very tired.

After this is over, I will need to take anti-cancer medication for five to ten years to prevent the cancer from coming back. I will be participating in an experiment testing a new drug, and there is a 50% chance that I will be given a placebo.

I am healthy again and now I feel immortal. I want to teach English and work in a kindergarten.