You have just been diagnosed with breast cancer. All the love and all the comforting words and hugs from friends and loved ones help, but they don’t make the fear or the feeling of being alone go away.

Fear, anger, depression, confusion, and a new found interest in statistics replace the thoughts that had been occupying your mind up to the moment you received the news.    

I’m not a woman and I have never had breast cancer, so I believe that there are others who could write this article much better than I ever could. Perhaps this article will encourage others to write about this very important subject.  After all, the goal of the blog is to educate and to spur discussion.

Instead of me talking about breast cancer as a researcher, I would like to relate a story about a wonderful woman who has become my friend in the last couple of years.  

This woman lives in a small town in Washington state and she was diagnosed with breast cancer in the summer of 2008.  She received the news shortly after her younger brother passing away following his fight with cancer. 

Her oncologist recommended a partial mastectomy, which was performed successfully in September 2008.

The oncologist schedued my friend to begin chemotherapy in December 2008 as a precaution.  The protocol was for her to receive 6 treatments at two week intervals.   Two weeks prior to commencing chemo, her oncologist  prescribed pills to control nausea.  My friend chose to forego the pills.  She decided she would drink alkaline ionized water and eat a strict alkaline diet as long as her oncologist didn’t object.   Her oncologist had never heard of alkaline water, but had no objections to her trying “her water”, as she didn’t see how it could hurt.  

She began eating her fruits and vegetables and drinking the water right away.  She started out drinking water at a pH level of 8.0 and increased it to 9.5 over the duration of her chemo treatments.  My friend drank her body weight in ounces each day, which is double the recommended amount for a healthy person to replace the liquids that the body naturally uses each day.  

My friend lost her hair in the first two weeks as expected and it didn’t seem to phase her one bit as she had her wigs ready and waiting.  She actually had fun with her ”new me” looks.  Now to the good part.  She didn’t experience any other symptoms of chemo treatment during her entire program and she never missed a day of work.  The staff in the oncology  department and other patients that were receiving treatment at the same time were amazed at how well she sailed through chemotherapy.  During and after the chemotherapy, she didn’t miss a day of work, or as she describes it “a day of life”.

Radiation treatments followed her chemotherapy and were scheduled for 38 straight days.  During her radiation program, she experienced significant discomfort due to thinning of the skin on her breast.  The doctors prescribed antibiotic cream, but it wasn’t helping and she had to suspend treatment.  My friend decided to try using acidic water from her water ionizer as a mild antiseptic.  The acidic water cleared up the problem completely in three days, which allowed her to resume her treatment regimen.

The story gets better.  My friend ended up placing a water ionizer in the oncology department at the hospital where she received her cancer treatments.  Today, most of the staff in the department drink the water everyday at work, including 2 of the oncologists.

The story gets better once again from my persective, because I’m a huge fan of water ionizers.  My friend has helped educate at least two thousand families about the the benefits of the water over the past couple of years.  She loves what she does and is always willing to share her story, and the stories of the people she has helped with the water.  I’m proud to call her my friend.  

The information in this article is not meant as medical advice.  It is recommended that you always consult your health care provider for health care issues.

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My research into the benefits of ionized water in regards to helping cancer patients lead me to start blogging about  water.   I don’t know how people find this blog, but they do.  As a result, I continue to hear from more and more people with cancer.  While cancer may have not reached epidemic levels yet, the number of people diagnosed or living with cancer is alarming.  This is an inspiring story about a man who had been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer and used ionized water to beat the disease and improve his overall health. This story was referred to me by a friend and cancer survivor, and involves one of her relatives.   

“ Don & I are in our 80’s and have lived in Washington for our entire lives.  My husband was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer and we were told he didn’t have much time. Don was getting weak and we had to make some decisions quick! We sold our home & property where we had lived for 50 yrs, as we wanted to downsize in preparation for the inevitable.   The Doctors gave Don radiation tablets but things didn’t look good and we weren’t hopeful.  Just before Christmas time 2008, Cheryel told us about this water thing.  I couldn’t remember much of the conversation other than she had been going through chemotherapy herself, and she kept talking about this water that she swears by. 

We were interested in Cheryel’s story, but Don was feeling poorly as he was having a hard time with his kidneys and we had to leave.  We didn’t think about the conversation again, as we were preoccupied.  However my nephew showed up at our house one day shortly after Christmas with this a water ionizer that Cheryel had loaned to us.  She thought it might make Don feel a little bit better at the very least.

Don has been drinking the water ever since.  When Don started drinking the water his PSA was 253.  When we last saw the oncologist at the end of April 2009, Don’s PSA had dropped down to 1.1 and has remained at low cancer free levels ever since.   Don’s kidney’s continue to get better. 

We haven’t made too many changes other than drinking the water and eating a bit better.  I can’t think of anything besides the water that helped Don.  Whatever that water does, we love it and think everyone should drink it.  Don & I want to thank Cheryel .

Don & Billy Howard, Washington State”

I want to thank the Howards for taking the time to share their story.   I expect to be able to share many more similar stories in the future, as they are out there.  I just need to find them. 

I’m not a physician and I don’t offer medical advice, but I believe it is both reckless and senseless to continue to leave cancer treatment up to the pharmaceutical companies and physicians.  An improvement of only 5% in survival rates for cancer in 60 years is just not good enough. 

As always, this article is the opinion of the author and should not be taken as medical advice.  Always seek advice from your health care provider for health issues.

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