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March 2009
Letter
from Sarah
I was
first diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer at the
age of 26; I had a lump in my right breast. I took
the most aggressive route that my oncologist
suggested: bilateral mastectomy followed by
chemotherapy and a projected 5 years of the
estrogen-blocking pill tamoxifin. A year and a half
later it showed up again in my right lung. Since
then, (I am now 30), I have been on 5 different
chemotherapies, including the one I am taking today.
I began
doing sessions with Alice in early January '09, but
it was not until our 4th session when I knew what
was really going on with my body. I had been off of
medical treatment for a month, still deciding
between a clinical trial and hormone therapy - my
disease in the mean time was spreading quite a
bit. During Alice and my first three sessions, I was
getting more symptomatic, as none of us knew the
extent of my disease. However, after a few MRIs, and
an emergency CT Scan, we knew. My right lung was
riddled with cancer - I couldn't walk 20 paces
without panting for breath. My liver was pockmarked
with lesions. The cancer in my right hip bone had
spread. And, scariest of all, the MRIs found brain
tumors in several places in my head and two places
on my spine, making my hamstrings so tight that I
had to limp.
The brain
tumors were found by my third session with Alice and
I had begun radiation. the lung and the liver I knew
just before our 4th session. I began chemotherapy,
on a drug that I had been on twice before, one that
was effective for me. Having been on it twice
before, I know how quickly to expect results, which
is about the standard two months out. On chemo, on
this drug is next to nothing when it comes to
fighting cancer. The following Monday was my session
with Alice.
She went
to work on me over the phone. We focused on the lung
this time. Alice called in the angels and guides,
the colors, she did her toning. In that session we
dispersed the tension I had been holding on to since
my time in the womb. It was amazing - all the
frustration, stuck-ness, the disconnection- we
worked through in just 2 hours. I got off the phone
with her and noticed something. A big something.
All of
that frustration, stuck-ness, disconnection,
yearning - all this stuff that I had gotten so used
to that I had grown to believe it was normal was
really gone. Instead, I had this beautiful
contentment, peace and, joy come over me. Like I was
in the exact right place - doing exactly what I'm
supposed to be doing. Just being myself in the
moment was the best thing in the world.
The
following weeks have brought so much clarity to my
life. Like the way I used to rush around (in my own
company that is); I wasn't honoring myself. Like I
was waiting for some future time to enjoy me. I knew
all the things that I wanted- all the things I
experience now- but it was like I had my face
pressed up against a glass. Alice was the one who
helped me turn the key, open the door.
And that
is an important point: Alice told me in the
beginning that I would be learning as she was doing
her work - that I would be the one sustaining my
health. She was right: sometimes my sense of
self-empowerment is so great I'm amazed that my head
doesn't spin right off!
After
that fourth session, it truly stopped mattering to
me whether I was sick or well. I was just so very
happy to be. I let go. Something I had been
trying to do forever. Alice, and all the angels
and guides that were helping me that day, found the
way to help me let go.
I want to
go on and tell you about all the wonderful little
"coincidences" that happen to me now, how darn lucky
I am. Or how the Universe seems to make things just
work out of me. Or how I have maintained my
personality, yet have done a 180 degree flip on the
inside. But I know what you are hanging on for is
results. Well, I have good news there, too.
It hasn't
been far enough out for me to do a MRI or CT Scan
yet, however: the Wed after our , Monday Feb 2nd
session, I went from panting and taking ridiculously
short breaths while lying down to being able to take
in a full breath of air. That Friday, my second day
of chemo, I could walk up the stairs and not get
short of breath, Today, March 1st, I an returning to
play the role of Elsa in The Sound of Music (which I
had to drop out of due to health, of course). I have
two full songs to sing. I will continue taking
whatever medicine my oncologist and I decide on as
needed. Now I have zero resistance to it, so it can
actually have the chance to help me on my inevitable
path to being cancer-free.
But back
to my results: I have gone from a limping, wheezing
cancer victim to a singing, dancing actress in less
than a month.
And the
thing is, it's all icing. I would be perfectly happy
in my state of being that Monday after our 4th
session. But the Universe, I now know, can't help
but shower you with the things and experiences you
love when you feel so affectionate towards, well,
everything.
Alice is
amazing. And so are you. You've found your way or
have been guided here to read this. There are no
mistakes. For me, getting as sick as I was may not
have been necessary, but it turned out to be the
greatest blessing. It gave Alice and I the excuse to
take me all the way to everything I really wanted,
which was loving myself. You can't get it wrong.
Follow your inner voice, best you can hear it, and
do what you believe is best for you.
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