Posters, Coasters and Treating Cancer Naturally

Been cooped up long enough here in Northern Mitten Country! Here, finally, are some of the things I've been working on over the winter and through the woods. Some are designs, some are random new situations but all are part of the adventure.

My friend Kristin belongs to a great organization called Friends of Michigan Midwives, and they are putting on 2 different events in the next two weeks. Next Thursday, May 5, join them in Lansing for a 5k walk/run, a concert featuring Rachel and Dominic Davis, and a silent auction. Sunday May 15, join them in Kalamazoo for a benefit concert at The Strutt. Mechele Peters opens for Airborne or Aquatic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available for both events at www.friendsofmichiganmidwives.com.

I am also trying to update my Etsy shop with new items! Cork Hand-Stamped Coasters are up next!

Our adventure in naturopathic healing is also ongoing, Benn is doing good. I am amazed everyday by the healing power of nutrition and herbs. Just a side story, but Buddy the dog (Benn's parents dog) had a scary week or two this March where we weren't sure if he would live or not. His stomach area swelled up and was very hard for a few days, and he was peeing blood. We were pretty worried about him, but Kelly (of Healthy Basics) suggested we give him some herbs to take care of the fungus that was likely causing all this trouble.

Well we gave him Pau D'Arco, a powerful anti-fungal herb for about 2 weeks. People were telling us we should put him down and everything else. Well I would walk him every day per usual, and watch him closely. Eventually his urine had less and less blood, his hard swollen gut went down, and he was totally skipping around playing with Tiny Dancer! The herbs fixed what most people would have fixed with an early grave. Sad to think people have so little faith in healing things naturally, and that essentially we can fix ourselves with patience and a few supplements we need anyway.

As far as Benn's therapy goes, he is still drinking green juices, eating all organic (except if we go out, there are I think zero organic eateries that I know of in Cadillac). He isn't working right now, due mostly to the massive healing he has to go through right now. The cancer has worked its way out, through natural cleansing through the systems, as well as through a large hole on his chest that seeps painful lymphatic fluid 24/7. He is in a serious amount of pain most days all day long, as cleansing out all the dead cancer cell debris is hard work for the body. He is however, in very good condition as far as the rest of his health goes. Since cancer takes so much energy from the body, he sleeps a lot and small tasks are exhausting. I take care of all his basic needs as far as cooking, herbal teas, essential oil tinctures, and all that goes. Its super hard work, and its hard watching him in constant pain. I am annoyingly positive and try to remind him to stay positive as much as I can, but honestly cancer is super lame and exhausting. So say a little prayer to the universe or your God or just send Benn healing vibrations from wherever you are, as often as you can! :)

We had an awesome day today because Michigan weather is finally cooperating. We found 41 morel mushrooms in the woods today! That is about the most fun you can have here at the moment. Anyway stay tuned for more fun projects, photos and naturopathic miracles! :)

Sharing the wealth... of information.

I wrote this comment on an article about curing lymphoma naturally, because I can't find any information about it. So I figured I should post what Benn is using anywhere I can to help other people with their research on the subject.

My fiance is currently treating his large b-cell lymphoma naturally. He has been building his immune system for about 3 months now by changing his diet (all organic food, no sugar, no yeast.), juicing leafy greens 5 times a day and taking a constantly changing arsenal of essential oils and supplements. Right now his list consists of: Enviro Detox, Red Clover, Food Enzymes, Protease Plus, Pau d'arco, Chickweed, Germanium, Paw Paw, E-Tea, Barley Juice powder, Noni Juice, Vitamin C (and Intervenious Vitamin C once a week), Unadegato, Artemesia, Frankincense, clove, Myrrh, orange oil, natures fresh internally and externally, liver cleanse, CCA with yerba santa, paw paw and golden slave externally on the tumor, infa red light once a day, and Everybody's Fiber. We use Natures Sunshine products because they are the best out there.

He is like mentioned above getting intravenous vitamin C, and he is also undergoing Ultra Violet Blood Irradiation once a week. A process in which 200 cc of his blood is drawn, exposed to UV light, and cycled back into his body sans sugar, animal protein and bacteria. He has had one round of colonics so far, which is essential to expelling parasites from your body. Cancer patients should rid as much toxin, bacteria, virus, and parasites from their body as possible so their immune system can focus on kicking out the tumor/cancer.

He has a thorough naturopath suggesting the supplements after extensive muscle testing and research with her peers. Each week the mixture changes and his body is currently on a build/cleanse/build/cleanse regimen that tells us his immune system is ready to kick the tumor out. Its important to nourish your normal cells, just as important as killing or reverting cancer cells! Your body has to have an immune system to keep you healthy while you fight.

He is currently working still, he is a logger and works very hard but the work keeps his mind off of things. He is 28 years old. Very healthy, active. He is a smoker which we know is the worst thing ever. We have been working on this for about 2 months with some success. There have been a few days with no cigarettes.

It takes a lot of will, faith, hope, positivity to take this route, and from what I have learned the last four months or so is that you can cure any disease this way. Get your body back the way its supposed to be, have faith in god, believe you will be better and never lose hope.

Dani

It's been a while...

Its been a while since I posted anything... I moved back to Michigan about 3 weeks ago and have been really busy ever since! Its been quite a process but I feel like this week I am finally settled in and ready to get to work!

I moved home at the beginning of August from Denver, Colorado to help my longtime boyfriend Benn (10 years... or is it 11?!) fight lymphoma. He is 28 years old, and has a giant tumor that has grown around his collar bone over the last (we think) 5 years. We thought it was scar tissue from a snowboarding injury where he broke his collar bone. This tumor grew in the exact spot.

Anyway Benn feels really good, he is very healthy and through natural methods is cleansing his body so it will kick the tumor out. He opted not to do chemo for various reasons, and I see him everyday going to work and living life without being sick or without his hair. Its truly a blessing.

Benn's only treatment is a UBI - Ultra-Violet Blood Irradiation - which cleanses his blood by way of UV light. Its about an hour long process where he has 200 cc of blood drawn into a bottle from his arm, and its then put back into him after it passes through a crystal cuvet that lies under a UV light. The UV light makes virus, bacteria, animal protein and sugar stick to the cuvet, while the cleaner blood goes back into his body. It probably reads a little more complicated than it sounds, but either way the UBI treatments in essence help to clean the blood which in turn stops feeding the tumor all the toxins that help it grow.

Benn has also changed his diet to be all organic veggies and meat. He doesn't do much dairy, can't have yeast or sugar in anything. Yeast turns into sugar, and sugar is a major tumor feeder. We also juice everyday, and some days more than once. I make him green drinks from veggies like spinach, broccoli, beets, carrots, and chard. All veggies have enzymes that only live about 20 minutes when juiced, so fresh juice is really good. Juicing alone has cured cancer in people. It's very good for you.

Anyway that's kind of the story about why I up and left Denver ya'll. Here is the last project I did for Weaver, a motion graphics piece that I designed, animated and chose the music for. I had a week to do it and am proud of what I accomplished in one week! Although the packing for moving to Michigan may have suffered a little... Enjoy. Link to video, click here.