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- A Brush with Jesus ChristSubmitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Bob EllalIn 1991 I was diagnosed with Stage Four bone lymphoma and given six months to live. My oncologist proposed a six-month regimen of double doses of CHOP chemotherapy, twice as much normally given for a man my weight. I started meditating and visualizing several times a day to help my immune system ...
Views: 1936(3 votes) - Vitamins and Herbs--Should You Use Them During Cancer Treatment? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Bob EllalIf you have cancer and you’re undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation treatment, you need to keep yourself as strong as possible—as these treatments have debilitating effects, as you may well know. But should you try to build up your immune system with vitamins and herbs? Some researchers ...
Views: 2113 - Do We Cause Our Own Diseases? - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Bob EllalThe idea that we cause our own diseases comes from ancient societies that didn’t have any knowledge of bacteria, viruses, and genetics or of the dangerous effects of chemical and radiation pollution and poor diet. In ancient times, people thought that repressed or negative feelings could cause ...
Views: 1987(3 votes) - Abdominal Breathing: Fire Up Your Immune System - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Bob EllalYou’re in a convenience store, examining a can of Spam in one of the aisles. Suddenly a hooded man bursts through the door, pulls out a .45, and waves it in the cashier’s face demanding the contents of the cash register. You begin breathing shallowly, from the chest, as fear for you own life ...
Views: 2948(5 votes) - Standing Post Meditation - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Bob EllalQigong means "energy study." It's an ancient Chinese art used to bring health to the body, calm to the mind, and power to the martial arts. It's based on the same theory as acupuncture: That there are energy pathways—meridians and channels—that flow throughout the body. When energy, or chi, runs ...
Views: 4103 - Seize the Monkey - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Bob EllalUnless he is already doomed, fortune is apt to favor the man who keeps his nerve. The maxim from the ancient Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf reverberated in my skull, over and over again like a mantra, until the words no longer made sense and were simply a collection of sounds. My breathing slowed and ...
Views: 1501 - Beating Cancer Four Times - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Bob EllalImagine being sequestered in a bone marrow transplant room for a month while high-dose chemotherapy drugs drip into a catheter in your chest, destroying your bone marrow--your immune system--and hopefully, all the cancer cells in your body. You have a headache which feels like a cheap red wine ...
Views: 1375 - Beating Cancer with Qigong: A Success Story - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2009 from Bob EllalIn 1991 I was diagnosed with Stage Four lymphoma cancer and given six months to live. I was 32, and my sons were aged two and six months. I was a writer at Aetna Life & Casualty, Inc, and my wife and I had just built a beautiful house on a lake in eastern Connecticut. I had everything to live ...
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