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sandramj
8 years agoMember
Moderation folks. I think we need to have anything and everything we want and need but in moderation. In my younger years I lived in a complete state of fight or flight with a very stressful job, running a home and with three teenage kids. I had lots of bad health years after that including heart attack, major PE & brain tumour and gradually through these years after that changed my mental state mostly and have to say other than breast cancer diagnosed Feb this year I don't need to visit doctor unless its for prescriptions or referrals as the previous issues cause me to have ongoing care with several specialists. If only I d been able to be calm and know the things I know now back then about the repercussions of long term stress and anxiety on my body, I may have dodged all of those permanently damaging effects. I believe this breast cancer came along due to a family crisis when our youngest son and his wife split after thirteen years and the wife and two children 9 & 7 moved in with us. It was heartbreaking every day, it was soul destroying listening to the wife cry alone in her room while the kids weren't there, to see and feel her heart breaking as she came to terms with the break up. My anger with our son for being the one who called the break up - the distraught feelings of having this family break up and the future of the kids in peril (in my eyes). To see the little boy ask his Mum if they could please move back to be a family again etc etc. This was in September last year and breast cancer diagnosis in February. there was no breast cancer in our family, anywhere. I'd breast fed three babies for 12-18 months, and had regular mammograms. AND I did not WANT Cancer EVER! But in my left breast closest to my heart cells changed and cancer began. Again Ive had the lesson to remain calm, stay relaxed and worry only about things I can control. But the breast surgeon said to me being over 60, overweight and with a liver roll made me pretty assured of developing breast cancer. We didn't discuss the emotional part, but I know how detrimental this was for my health over four months or so. And so I chose not to drink alcohol, to give my body the best change to recover. Also I only like sweet wines so SUGAR is in my mind a feeder of cancer and not good for anyone. But I had a champagne yesterday for my birthday, and cake as a celebration. I think that depriving myself is harmful to my spiritual side so I think moderation - balance. And whatever you think will help you, most probably will. I believe the power of our minds has not been tested and the ability is way beyond how we use it now. I read a lot of Louise Hay's books when I had the brain tumour and it helped immensely then and Im back reading it again. And other things like meditation, relaxation, taking time out and smelling the roses etc. If we could eat all of our own home grown vegetables, fruit etc and eat our organic meat, fish chicken etc Im sure cancer would be reduced in the world, but again, we can do what we can do, that is in our own best interest. Just saying......