by Lisa | Nov 4, 2018 | Book Reviews, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Disease |
Dr Caldwell Esselstyn’s 20 year nutritional heart health study resulted in a plant based nutrition plan that is proven to stop and reverse even advanced coronary disease, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease plan.
In 2007, armed with data from his comprehensive nutrition study, Dr. Esselstyn released The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease book.
Dr. Esselstyn’s patients came to him with advanced coronary artery disease. Despite aggressive treatments such as bypasses and angioplasties, five patients were told by their cardiologists, they had less than a year to live.
Within months of starting Dr. Esselstyn’s plan, cholesterol levels, angina symptoms and blood flow improved dramatically.
After twelve years, seventeen patients who stayed on the plan had no further cardiac events and survived beyond twenty years free of symptoms.
After five years on Dr. Esselstyn’s heart saving plan, the average total cholesterol levels of his research group dropped from 246 milligrams per deciliter (240 is considered high risk) to 137 mg/dL (under 150 is confirmed in cultures with no heart disease).
In the years leading up to the study, the seventeen patients had experienced 49 cardiac events and aggressive treatments.
After beginning the eating plan, there were no more cardiac events in the group for a 12-year period.
Angiograms taken during the study show a widening of the coronary arteries, improved blood flow and reversal of heart disease.
by Lisa | Mar 3, 2018 | Brain Cancer, Brain Tumor |
My name is Zahra* and I am a warrior! I am sharing my story in the hope that if you or a loved one has been recently diagnosed with cancer, it will take you beyond the illness and help you through the difficult days ahead.
Exactly four months after my wedding, I started having killing headaches. I was in great shape otherwise, so I was not particularly concerned when the emergency room doctor told me he needed further scans. The medical consensus was that I had probably too much stress due to being distant from my spouse (visa issues!) and being newly-wed so…! However, my internist ordered a battery of tests. Even though everything else was ruled out, he was as shocked as I, when the CT scan showed evidence of a metastatic disease.
Life turned surreal as the medical tests began to determine what kind of cancer I had. It then became affirmed that I had a brain tumour!
The days passed in slow motion as I waited to find out whether I was a candidate for surgery and then for the date of the surgery to arrive. When the details of the surgery were explained to me, they literally took my breath away and brought tears to my eyes. Although there was no evidence of cancer outside the tumour, the doctors recommended chemotherapy following the surgery. Again, I was absolutely terrified but I felt I had no choice. Three long months of chemo passed; it was pretty terrible, but not nearly as bad as I had imagined.
The diagnosis and treatments wreaked havoc on my world. Perhaps because I was accustomed to being strong, self-reliant, in control and, of course, a little pushy. Suddenly, I was not in control; instead of giving help and support, I was accepting it. That too - from my parents who literally looked 40 years older in those 4 months! Without much warning, I was too tired and weak to walk around; instead of running miles, I was in bed too exhausted to even lift a book. The next thing I knew, I had changed from a healthy, newly-was, 22 year old into a cancer patient, a frail, fatigued and, once chemo began, somewhat bald, old lady.
During this period, life revolved around cancer.
No matter what your state of health, the diagnosis of cancer is overwhelming for the patient and for everyone close. Anxiety, sadness and depression are common for most cancer patients, and I was no exception. However, one fine morning, I finally thought to myself - no matter what, I have to win!
Over five years, with chemo, radiation, immunotherapy and 13 surgeries - from a brain tumour to leukaemia, the battle still goes on! I suppose it is natural to take stock of the past when the future is so seriously threatened. Strange as it may sound, I feel like one very lucky woman: I am blessed with parents and friends to care for me; one special one who has grown from a friend by chance to a sister by choice! I had access to skilled and compassionate medical help from Tanzania to India! Not forgetting my teachers who try to understand my situation and help me pursue my goals!
Indeed life is uncertain and fragile for all of us.
In our society, it is easy to go through life rushing to get things done. Cancer is a reminder to live each day fully; to seize the opportunity to express love and appreciation to those we care about, to take the time to stop and notice little things that can make life so enjoyable, to help others and to remember to be thankful for whatever good fortune we have.
Love you my mama, papa and bro! Oh and did you think I forgot you Afsheen?
Thank you for all that you do! I am sorry for the days that I am low and tend to vent out on you! I only vent out on you because you are my source of strength.
*Names changed for privacy.
For all of you reading this - we are gateways to our emotions! Grief, anger, regret, sorrow and even pain! Nothing is strong enough to break you - except yourself! So love, live and laugh!
Zahra
by Lisa | Jan 19, 2017 | Find A Story, Ovarian Cancer |
Diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in 2000, Evita chose to heal naturally with a raw vegan diet and intensive cleansing. Although she could have gone the route of hysterectomy, Evita was only 25 years old, and didn’t want to give up on ever having a child.
After miraculously reversing her disease, she was able to conceive and carry a child without problems.
It’s such a beautiful story and I hope it inspires you to make ‘radical’ changes to your diet and lifestyle, so you may too reclaim your body, health and life.
“I’m going to give myself time, it took me years to develop this condition, so I’m just going to give myself a few months and do something so radically different that I never did before and see what’s going to happen because I already feel, in my body, better.”
~ Evita Ramparte
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by Lisa | Jul 12, 2016 | Breast Cancer, Breast Tumor, Find A Story |
Ann Fonfa was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001. She had several recurrences in her breast and on her chest wall (Stage IV) and fought breast cancer for seven years, having a total of seven surgeries and a mastectomy. Now Ann is healthy, thriving and cancer free many years after her initial breast cancer diagnosis in 2001.
“The truth was I got a recurrence in less than two years however, this time the cancer was growing so slowly it was slower than normal cells.”
~ Ann Fonfa
Healing Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer Using Surgery, Alternative Medicine and Chinese Herbal Medicine with Ann Fonfa, Founder of Annie Appleseed Project.
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by Lisa | Apr 19, 2016 | Breast Cancer, Breast Tumor, Cancer, Find A Story |
Healing and Thriving After Three Breast Cancer Tumours With Help From Functional Medicine, Sheryl Malin:
“I believe its up to the individual person to do their research and to make the choice of what they feel is comfortable for them.”
~Sheryl Malin, Thriving After Breast Cancer, Researcher and Author
Healing Breast Cancer Tumors Using Functional Medicine with Sheryl Malin, Researcher, Author and Champion for Quality Of Life.
Four years ago Sheryl Malin was diagnosed with three tumours in her breast. Sheryl held the past experience of her father and all his siblings dying from cancer. She worked in the medical field and was acutely aware of side effects and long term damage caused by some conventional treatments.
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by Lisa | Mar 7, 2016 | Cancer, Cancer Diet, cure for cancer, Find A Story, Lung Cancer, Nutrition for Cancer, Prostate Cancer |
Lung Cancer Survivor for more than 40 years, Dr. Carl O Helvie:
“It’s empowering to a person to be able to make their own decision about what they want and also to have the support of people for that decision once it’s made.”
Dr. Carl O Helvie, RN, DrPH
Healing Lung Cancer Naturally with Dr. Carl O Helvie, RN, DrPH with Physical, Mental and Spiritual Aspects of the Body as well as the Environmental, Relationship and Political Components of Health.
Dr Carl O. Helvie is a Registered Nurse with a Masters Degree in Public Health Nursing from the University of California, a Masters Degree in Public Health and Wellness and a Doctorate in Public Health and Wellness both from Johns Hopkins University and continued Post Doctoral study in the Divinity School at Duke University.
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by Lisa | Feb 9, 2016 | Anal cancer, Bladder Cancer, Bone Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Diet, Cervical Cancer, Colon Cancer, cure for cancer, Cystitis, diet for cancer, Find A Story, Kidney Cancer, Leukemia, Liver Cancer, Liver Cancer, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma, Melanoma, MS, Multiple Myeloma, Multiple Sclerosis, non Hodgkins Lymphoma, Nutrition for Cancer, Oesophageal Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Rectal Cancer, Sarcoma, Uterine Cancer |
“The most inflammatory substance as far as I’m concerned is cow’s milk. There is no animal on GOD’s earth that has animal milk, any milk at all, after weaning; only human beings.”
Dr. Patrick Kingsley, Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
Optimum Nutrition for Cancer | Cancer Diet
As a physician, Dr. Patrick Kingsley practiced nutritional and environmental medicine, worked in Anaesthetics then Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He worked in a pharmaceutical company for eight years, finally settling into single handed, rural dispensing, general practice. This is where Dr. Kingsley really began to learn why people get sick and what it truly takes for them to get better.
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by Lisa | Jan 19, 2016 | Cervical Cancer, Find A Story, Ovarian Cancer, Uterine Cancer |
“I think that’s a big part of why we are sick, because we hold onto so much emotion, spiritually and emotionally.”
Angel Howerton, Holistic Coach, Native American Herbalist
Healing Uterine Cancer
After Angel was in a serious accident, her body was unable to heal properly, since unbeknownst to her, she was bleeding from somewhere else and her red blood cell count was dangerously low. After many tests and more than 80 x-rays, Angel was told she had Uterine Cancer.
Shortly after surgery to remove the uterine cancer by radical hysterectomy, the cancer began growing and spreading along her incision. Now Angel was told she was ‘Stage IV’ and was given only 3 weeks to live. Angel’s doctor told her to go home and be with her family because there was nothing more they could do for her.
Returning home made Angel stronger and her conviction and promise to herself that she would not give up, became the foundation upon which Angel was able to eradicate uterine cancer from her body. She had help, through the spirit of her late Mother, Angel remembered her roots to herbal medicine and began educating herself until she knew enough to treat herself with Native American Herbs.
Listen in as Angel shares her 12 step protocol, which Native American Herbal blend she uses, what she eats and how she was able to first spiritually, then physically heal her body from uterine cancer, known as ‘the most deadly cancer for women.’ (more…)
by Lisa | Oct 29, 2015 | Find A Story, Pancreatitis, Weight Loss |
“It was really discouraging as a teenager to feel different than your peers and know that I was already bigger than my friends.”
Jessica Wyman, Certified Health Coach
Certified Holistic Nutritionist Jessica Wyman shares her own weight loss healing journey and great tips on how to transition from fast food to healthy eating.
There are also insights into pancreatitis, from a teaching through her husband’s recovery from recurrent bouts and how toxic fats made him so sick … super interesting!!
What Jessica said really made me think about how toxic fats are affecting our digestion so badly, clogging everything up, and how they reduce our ability to remove sugar and toxins from our blood, how they congest the nutrition flowing into cells and waste flowing out.
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by Lisa | Oct 14, 2015 | Breast Cancer, Cancer, Emotional Healing, Find A Story |
Wendy Banting, Author of Wake Up and Eat The Kale, shares the story of her journey through advanced breast cancer.
She speaks about using a specialized macrobiotic diet, conventional treatments, and natural therapies and including energy work through yoga. Wendy shares her experience in traveling out of the United Stated to attend sessions for with a faith healer, a therapy wrought in mystery.
Wendy found her own way to healing and through sharing her story of success over advanced breast cancer, she hopes to encourage you to find therapies that resonate with you and heal you.
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by Lisa | Mar 23, 2015 | Black Salve, Breast Cancer, Cancer, teeth |
Even though Dr. Veronique Desaulniers was eating organic food and living a healthy lifestyle, 24 years into her Chiropractic practice she found a lump in her breast and was subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer.
After extensive research and reflection into her personal situation, Dr. V. learned there were still some issues which were causing her body to be out of balance.
Dr. V changed several things, including having a hidden cavitation repaired. She used Bloodroot and Black Salve and applied it to the tumor in her breast. She later realized the product she used was inferior and caused only part of the breast tumor to fall out. She chose to let the wound heal instead of applying more salve and after two years, the tumor started growing again.
Listen in as Dr. V. shares exactly what she did to remove her own breast tumor completely.
Dr. V. also shares details of her seven essentials for healing your body in this short interview.
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by Lisa | Feb 10, 2015 | cleansing, Find A Story, Weight Loss |
Dr. Kelli Austin, Chiropractor shares her family’s 400 pound weight loss journey using the Isagenix cellular cleansing system.
“There is so much more attached to food than just nutrition … All of my childhood memories are wrapped around baking, good food, big meals, and so I know that a lot of people seek comfort with food.”
Scroll Below for Dr. Kelli Austin’s Video Story. (more…)
by Lisa | Jan 4, 2015 | Acid Reflux, Arthritis, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Diabetes, Find A Story, Kidney Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Weight Loss |
Under the most dire of circumstances, you can still heal your body and turn your life around.
Dave Conrardy was 430 pounds, his diabetes and blood sugar were out of control and he was experiencing a myriad of diseases and syndromes including colon cancer, Type 2 Diabetes, severe acid reflux and arthritis. One of Dave’s kidneys was infected, and both were leaking protein into his bloodstream, a very serious and devastating issue in late stage diabetes.
“At 430 pounds, I was a walking, talking toxic waste dump and I didn’t even understand it or know it or realize it.”
Scroll Below for Dave’s Video Story, Scroll Below the Video for links to the books and recipes Dave used and to connect with Dave on his Facebook and YouTube pages (more…)
by Lisa | Nov 13, 2014 | Breast Cancer, Cancer, Find A Story |
Diane’s humorous and joyful spirit shines through in this beautiful and sometimes funny video interview below about her journey through breast cancer. Her story moves through pressure from doctors to have double mastectomy and oophorectomy (removal of ovaries) to a compromise that included lumpectomy and localized radiation only. First though, Diane took six months to research, learn, find support and build a foundation for healing.
Doctors partly based their decision that Diane should have double (or single) mastectomy on their false assumption that she was positive for the BRCA1 gene. Three months into Diane’s six month experiment on the Macrobiotic diet she got authorization to take the test, which turned out to be negative.
After she found a lump, which turned into two, the stage one diagnosis turned into stage two because of the presence of multiple tumours. Even with the massive fear that surrounds a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment, Diane was able to recognize that in order to make the right decisions, she must remain calm and in control. (more…)
by Lisa | Oct 14, 2014 | Cancer, Children with Cancer, Find A Story, Inner Power |
A courageous and devoted volunteer at a Children’s Cancer Hospital in the Middle East shares his experience in providing moral support to families and children with cancer.
There is more wisdom in his words than even he realizes.
He carries a deep love and loyalty to his country and his people. His message about reasoning versus violence rings true around the world, not just in his own country. The people of the world are beginning to see how hope, faith and a more positive way of thinking can change our world in ways we never imagined and most important, these ways of being and thinking are crucial to helping children heal, overcome cancer and live much better lives.
At times during the interview, his voice breaks and you can feel his emotion pouring through as he almost begins to cry. I wish you could hear the interview, however he prefers to remain completely anonymous to protect himself and (more…)
by Lisa | Jun 30, 2014 | Acne, cystic acne, Find A Story, skin |
Suffering from acne changes your life and clearing that acne changes your life in ways you never could imagine. This is Sazzu’s story, living in a dark period from the age of 13 where at times she completely ignored what was happening for the pain it caused her emotionally and physically.
She never gave up though and this is the key to all healing - be persistent - be patient, healing takes time. Sazzu reports it took her one and a half years to completely clear her acne and the changes she made in her diet not only cleared up her acne, you can see her skin is radiant now, it also changed her life in wonderful ways. It gave her more energy, cleared her depression, helped her lose weight, balanced her hormones and gave her (more…)
by Lisa | Jun 11, 2014 | Adenocarcinoma, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Cancer, cure for cancer, Find A Story, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Squamous Cell Cancer |
After years of struggle and relentless persistence, hundreds of cancers and many different treatments, Doug finally calls himself ‘cured.’ How is this possible? It’s got to be Doug’s indomitable human spirit! Please like and share this inspiring story!
Doug’s words:
“My first basal cell carcinoma appeared 30 years ago under my right eye. The dermatologist cut it out and radiated it. Over 100 other basal and squamous cell cancers have been treated since.
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by Lisa | Jun 11, 2014 | Cancer, Cervical Cancer, cure for cancer |
“I joyfully sent yet another story of healing from advanced cervical cancer naturally. Everyone’s journey is perfectly unique. My healing was not nested in the physical things I did; it blossomed from a surrender and a commitment to love myself with the time I thought remained. To anyone reading this with cancer, cancer is an experience and a teacher, if you allow it to be. I am grateful for my experience and the chance to really LIVE my life. ANYONE has the potential to heal. If I could heal with limited resources living the oft chaotic life of a single mother of four children…….so can you! They said it couldn’t be done until the fool who didn’t know it couldn’t be done came along and did it. I am, with the utmost gratitude for my life that ‘fool.’
I did not climb a mountain or find a secluded months-long retreat. I did not learn Yoga or wear a turban. I did not chant a mantra or meet with a passel of healers. I simply had no time for these valuable but elusive tools. I am not wealthy nor have I been a perfect wife, mother or even person. I however have healed from advanced cervical cancer naturally. I healed in the context of a busy often chaotic everyday life of a single mom with four kids. Even better, I had a baby at 43 years of age, four years after a diagnosis of advanced cervical cancer. If one person can do this, the portal to all possibilities has opened. Read ON! (more…)
by Lisa | May 1, 2014 | Cancer, Caregiver, cure for cancer, Find A Story |
Jonathan Chamberlain is a researcher and author of four books on cancer as well as a personal memoir on caregiving and living with his profoundly disabled daughter, Stevie. After losing his wife to cervical cancer, Jonathan has spent the last several years researching cancer and the many aspects that surround this often misunderstood and just as often mistreated dis-ease.
“Cancer is an early warning signal that the ecology of the body is out of sync.”
In this short interview, Jonathan shares golden gems of insight for healing your body.
He tells the true story he documented in ‘The Amazing Cancer Kid: The totally true story of Connah Broom,’ about a young boy who was sent home to die with eleven tumors in his body. When doctors told the boy’s grandparents he would be dead in 18 months, they refused to believe. They changed every aspect of Connah’s life that mattered. Now he is very well and entering secondary school.
“He’s robustly healthy. He plays football. He dances … and he still has cancer.”
Jonathan also talks about how to create a support team around you if you are in healing mode.
He speaks from a caregiver’s perspective on the best way to support someone with cancer.
Scroll down for a link to download Jonathan’s newest book ‘Cancer? Don’t Panic,’ completely FREE. (more…)
by Lisa | Mar 31, 2014 | Brain Cancer, Brain Tumor, Cancer, Find A Story |
Mindy is an inspiration to all of us. She glows with health and vitality despite a diagnosis of brain cancer and unbelievably as a result of her reaction to that diagnosis.
In this interview which took place in September of 2013, Mindy shares her uplifting story of transformation as she moves through brain cancer tumors in this personal and poignant story.
She shares frustrations about receiving incorrect information from her Neuro-Oncologist, who told her to eat cheeseburgers, fries and milkshakes to help her gain weight. To gain fat and ill-health he surely meant.
Moving through cancer has produced a transformation in Mindy that she believes would not have happened otherwise: “As a result of having cancer, my personal life has improved, all my relationships, I believe are better.”
Her neurological symptoms began with speech and motor control problems. She describes the pain of realizing there was something terribly wrong and of having to tell her husband: ‘I have brain cancer.’ She says it was the hardest thing to ever leave her mouth.
Several months ago Mindy had a biopsy on one brain tumor which was never removed because of its inoperable location. MRI’s show that (more…)
by Lisa | Feb 25, 2014 | Find A Story, Lyme Disease |
Katina Makris shares her five year healing journey through Lyme Disease.
She describes how some outdated blood tests can’t find Lyme Disease and how crucial it is to have newer testing, as the slow-growing Lyme spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, can spiral its way through and out of the bloodstream, into the spinal cord and up to the brain.
She shares first symptoms and chronic symptoms and explains how many physicians aren’t trained in recognizing the symptoms of Lyme Disease. If left undiagnosed, the illness caused by this bacteria can become chronic and debilitating.
Katina describes how she was able to finally get properly diagnosed and treated to kill the bacteria and regain her health.
She also covers how the physical and emotional trauma of being attacked by this aggressive bacteria left her unable to deal with normal, every day parts of her life.
Katina teaches three cutting edge labs for Lyme Disease Testing and shows us how to find a Practitioner who is knowledgeable and certified for treating Lyme Disease. (more…)
by Lisa | Jan 14, 2014 | Find A Story, MS, Multiple Sclerosis |
“Hi, Writing you from Croatia. Thank you soooo much for giving me hope. I’m 34 years old and waiting on diagnose of MS for 6 years and I have 6 year old son so I’m only reading positive stories and yours is my favourite one.”
Thank you. Lots of love, Nina B.
Is the ‘cure’ for Multiple Sclerosis inside your own belief system? If you have Multiple Sclerosis you’ll want to watch this movie. You might want to watch it even if you’ve never experienced an MS attack. If you have a friend or loved one with Multiple Sclerosis, please be kind and share this movie with them!
Dr. Sharon Bertrand was so deeply connected with Western Medicine that her belief system lived there as well. She had no idea that the way to heal her body was to heal her beliefs first. She began her long career in the medical community as a Junior Volunteer. Then she moved on to be a Nursing Assistant, then a Registered Nurse and finally she spent years working as a dedicated and much overworked Hospital Vice President: “Make Your Mind Up Because Your Biology Follows Your Thoughts.”
This profound statement reveals a secret that is so powerful, it has the potential to help us heal almost any dis-ease: When we align our physical body with our inner desires, (that which makes us happy) we have the ability to overcome dis-ease and heal our body. (more…)
by Lisa | Sep 19, 2013 | Cancer, Find A Story, Hodgkins Lymphoma, Lymphoma |
In this heartfelt story, a young couple married only three months had their lives changed drastically when Cortney developed a second growth in her armpit, second to the one which had been in her neck for years. At a very young twenty-six years old, she was diagnosed with a slow growing lymphatic cancer known as Hodgkins Lymphoma.
A long term, chemotherapy cocktail is the ‘only thing that will cure’ Cortney’s cancer, her oncologist stated and when she and her husband Kevin learned of the high infertility rates and toxicity associated with the treatment, they focused their energies elsewhere.
Kevin went into protection mode, devoting all time and energy to finding an alternative method of treating her cancer. Cortney says she was negative and defensive, ‘one of the other side’ (more…)
by Lisa | Aug 15, 2013 | Diabetes, Find A Story, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes |
When Dan and Sally Roman’s son Gabriel was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes they immediately sprang into action, researching, studying and experimenting with low carb, low glycemic, non-allergenic foods. Although the results weren’t immediate, it took only a few months for Gabriel’s blood glucose levels to stabilize and for him to feel much better and more energetic. Soon though his brother Nathan was also diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Nathan’s journey to health took much longer, as it was almost two and a half years until his blood sugar was stabilized. Sally worked to develop over 100 healthy, diabetic alkaline recipes, in seven recipe e-books, which are all available on their website. Now both boys are living healthy lives without insulin injections or diabetes medications. (more…)
by Lisa | Jul 27, 2013 | Cervical Dysplasia, Find A Story |
Hello Everyone,
I decided to write this post because I read TONS of forum board discussions and articles and posts that were extremely helpful and comforting for my own healing process and decided to try to do the same thing for someone else.
I had been sexually active for approximately 6 years and I went in for my first pap smear at the age of 24. I got the dreaded phone call saying “Your pap results are abnormal. You have cervical dysplasia. This is pre-cancerous”. My heart froze. CANCER. what? I was scared out of my mind.
I did a ton of research and basically became an expert in everything related to the cervix and it’s abnormalities. My gynecologist told me I should come in for a colposcopy. Again, i was so scared.
The colposcopy results came back and I had CINII, stage 2 cervical dysplasia. She said that CIN2 was extremely dangerous and that she didn’t even think cryosurgery was going to help (during cryosurgery they freeze off the affected parts of your skin with liquid nitrogen and then they fall off with pain, watery discharge and a lot of discomfort) so she told me I needed to get LEEP (laser surgical removal or a part of my cervix) in other words she wanted to chop part of my cervix right off. (more…)
