Cancer Rocked my World
The writings of this young cancer survivor, that proves that UCAAN survive and thrive after cancer, even in style!
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Healing Powers.... We All Need Something to Believe In
Whatever it is that you believe in, there are some people that believe in the powers around us, the possibility that energy has a way of healing us. In the past, I honestly was very pessimistic as I’m sure many people still are, however, it took a leap of faith and chance for me to see it –I had to give in whole heartedly and accept that it was real.
As many of you know, one of the many side effects of my cancer treatments include lymphedema (Definition here) and my lymphedema had progressed into something that could have been serious – the start of Elephantiasis and possibly a rare and terminal cancer. The fact was that I had lymphedema for well over 4 years and had gone untreated, not even my oncologist knew what it was. So, I got a second opinion from an oncologist in my area, who in turn wrote me a prescription for lymphedema treatments. Now, I started the treatments quickly, one leg at a time and on this one day as I was visiting with an old friend of mine and sharing with him the situation with my leg, he offered to do a healing on me.
When I first heard those words out of his mouth, I was somewhat skeptical, I was unsure, but I also knew that I trusted in him, and his life saving story of how he received his gift. So, I accepted and allowed Bruce Gold to do a healing energy treatment on my right leg, which had not yet been treated by the standard lymphedema treatments. We filmed the progress, the healing that took a little over an hour. As I heard his calming voice tell me what he was doing and asking if I felt the heat through my leg, I did. I felt the warmth of his hands around my leg (without touching me). By the end of the healing session, I did feel like he had done something and it wasn’t until the next day that I witnessed the proof of his healing power. Now, some may call it coincidence, but I witnessed it with my own eyes – the shrinking of my right leg that had not had any standard lymphedema treatment the very next day. When they removed the bandages from my left leg, I compared it to my right leg, which had shrunk significantly: 7 inches on the right and 12 inches on the left (from the standard treatment). I didn’t tell the lymphedema therapist why it had happened, because I didn’t want to risk her trying to disprove it or not believe in it.
But this wasn’t the only act of healing that I witnessed Bruce Gold do. One of our dear survivors had passed and while at her memorial I met her best friend Rose, we connected and she was able to tell me her story. She was only 28 and diagnosed with multiple health conditions including Crohns Disease, and on top of that she was stricken with daily pain. When she first came to UCAAN as a volunteer, she embraced everything we did since we had helped her friend who had passed. When Rose heard about Bruce, she was interested in finding out how he could help her.
Her first session with him was remarkable; she went from a pain scale of 10 down to a pain scale of 2, all within an hour. Rose, who was confined to use a cane and a scooter was now standing before me without her cane doing lunges and walking all around the office. That was the only session that Rose had from Bruce Gold, but it was all she really needed – her pain continued to be a 2 for weeks past that and since has not been as high as a 10.
The most recent healing that Bruce Gold did was on one of our patients who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and was given no option for treatment. A business owner and older woman named “Jen”. Jen had initially come to us for support and resources, but when she heard about the opportunity to see a healer, she jumped at the chance. Jen has had 3 sessions with Bruce to treat her terminal cancer, which is in her vaginal region and has metastasized to her stomach. Jen is in constant pain and discomfort, she is having problems eating and when she does she cannot keep her food down. She is in need of some sort of treatment and is on the verge of trying something outside of the traditional, since that isn’t an option. So when Jen first came to get a healing from Bruce, I didn’t think she had her mind really open to it, she was nervous and unsure but still willing to try it. By the second session, she had let her walls down and allowed some healing in. I could see the expression on her face, the feeling of relief, her pain was still there but it had decreased a bit. By the third session, when I went to pick up Jen from her home, there was something clearly different about her, she was smiling and glowing. As she got into the car, she told me how she was feeling so much better than before and was looking forward to her healing with Bruce.
When we arrived at the office, Bruce could see it too, Jen was glowing and happy, he was looking forward to starting the session. As I watched him work on Jen, I continued to see improvements in how she was feeling and acting. It was like she was a new person. Her pain decreased and by the end of the session Jen was laughing and having a great time! What an improvement, from how she was in the beginning at the first session. She said to Bruce “I just had to allow the healing to come into my body, at first I was scared and didn’t but now I am accepting it to heal me. I am healthy.” The affirmations that Bruce used with Jen had worked for her, it allowed her to open up and experience something new and different. When Jen left our office that day, she had a great new attitude and was ready to take on the world. She’s looking forward to some more healing with Bruce!
These are just 3 stories of people who have been impacted by the healing sessions that Bruce offers here at UCAAN. He has taught these participants that he is a conduit, and they must open their eyes and beliefs that they can use their energy and his healing to heal them. Attitude is everything a folk, no matter what you are facing it’s very important to know that our attitude can make or break us. That positive affirmations can make a difference as well… by reciting words like “I am Healthy”, we are affirming that it’s true and trying to show ourselves that we can overcome even the toughest of obstacles. When we are faced with life threatening diseases and are left to fend for ourselves, what else do we have to believe in? If we are given an alternative to the standard treatments, what do we have to lose? This is why we offer this as an option for the patients that need it most. We all need something to believe in – we can believe in ourselves and we can believe in the possibility that we too can heal ourselves.
If you’re interested in meeting with Bruce, please let us know!
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The writings of this young cancer survivor, that proves that UCAAN survive and thrive after cancer, even in style!
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Healing Powers.... We All Need Something to Believe In
Whatever it is that you believe in, there are some people that believe in the powers around us, the possibility that energy has a way of healing us. In the past, I honestly was very pessimistic as I’m sure many people still are, however, it took a leap of faith and chance for me to see it –I had to give in whole heartedly and accept that it was real.
As many of you know, one of the many side effects of my cancer treatments include lymphedema (Definition here) and my lymphedema had progressed into something that could have been serious – the start of Elephantiasis and possibly a rare and terminal cancer. The fact was that I had lymphedema for well over 4 years and had gone untreated, not even my oncologist knew what it was. So, I got a second opinion from an oncologist in my area, who in turn wrote me a prescription for lymphedema treatments. Now, I started the treatments quickly, one leg at a time and on this one day as I was visiting with an old friend of mine and sharing with him the situation with my leg, he offered to do a healing on me.
When I first heard those words out of his mouth, I was somewhat skeptical, I was unsure, but I also knew that I trusted in him, and his life saving story of how he received his gift. So, I accepted and allowed Bruce Gold to do a healing energy treatment on my right leg, which had not yet been treated by the standard lymphedema treatments. We filmed the progress, the healing that took a little over an hour. As I heard his calming voice tell me what he was doing and asking if I felt the heat through my leg, I did. I felt the warmth of his hands around my leg (without touching me). By the end of the healing session, I did feel like he had done something and it wasn’t until the next day that I witnessed the proof of his healing power. Now, some may call it coincidence, but I witnessed it with my own eyes – the shrinking of my right leg that had not had any standard lymphedema treatment the very next day. When they removed the bandages from my left leg, I compared it to my right leg, which had shrunk significantly: 7 inches on the right and 12 inches on the left (from the standard treatment). I didn’t tell the lymphedema therapist why it had happened, because I didn’t want to risk her trying to disprove it or not believe in it.
But this wasn’t the only act of healing that I witnessed Bruce Gold do. One of our dear survivors had passed and while at her memorial I met her best friend Rose, we connected and she was able to tell me her story. She was only 28 and diagnosed with multiple health conditions including Crohns Disease, and on top of that she was stricken with daily pain. When she first came to UCAAN as a volunteer, she embraced everything we did since we had helped her friend who had passed. When Rose heard about Bruce, she was interested in finding out how he could help her.
Her first session with him was remarkable; she went from a pain scale of 10 down to a pain scale of 2, all within an hour. Rose, who was confined to use a cane and a scooter was now standing before me without her cane doing lunges and walking all around the office. That was the only session that Rose had from Bruce Gold, but it was all she really needed – her pain continued to be a 2 for weeks past that and since has not been as high as a 10.
The most recent healing that Bruce Gold did was on one of our patients who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and was given no option for treatment. A business owner and older woman named “Jen”. Jen had initially come to us for support and resources, but when she heard about the opportunity to see a healer, she jumped at the chance. Jen has had 3 sessions with Bruce to treat her terminal cancer, which is in her vaginal region and has metastasized to her stomach. Jen is in constant pain and discomfort, she is having problems eating and when she does she cannot keep her food down. She is in need of some sort of treatment and is on the verge of trying something outside of the traditional, since that isn’t an option. So when Jen first came to get a healing from Bruce, I didn’t think she had her mind really open to it, she was nervous and unsure but still willing to try it. By the second session, she had let her walls down and allowed some healing in. I could see the expression on her face, the feeling of relief, her pain was still there but it had decreased a bit. By the third session, when I went to pick up Jen from her home, there was something clearly different about her, she was smiling and glowing. As she got into the car, she told me how she was feeling so much better than before and was looking forward to her healing with Bruce.
When we arrived at the office, Bruce could see it too, Jen was glowing and happy, he was looking forward to starting the session. As I watched him work on Jen, I continued to see improvements in how she was feeling and acting. It was like she was a new person. Her pain decreased and by the end of the session Jen was laughing and having a great time! What an improvement, from how she was in the beginning at the first session. She said to Bruce “I just had to allow the healing to come into my body, at first I was scared and didn’t but now I am accepting it to heal me. I am healthy.” The affirmations that Bruce used with Jen had worked for her, it allowed her to open up and experience something new and different. When Jen left our office that day, she had a great new attitude and was ready to take on the world. She’s looking forward to some more healing with Bruce!
These are just 3 stories of people who have been impacted by the healing sessions that Bruce offers here at UCAAN. He has taught these participants that he is a conduit, and they must open their eyes and beliefs that they can use their energy and his healing to heal them. Attitude is everything a folk, no matter what you are facing it’s very important to know that our attitude can make or break us. That positive affirmations can make a difference as well… by reciting words like “I am Healthy”, we are affirming that it’s true and trying to show ourselves that we can overcome even the toughest of obstacles. When we are faced with life threatening diseases and are left to fend for ourselves, what else do we have to believe in? If we are given an alternative to the standard treatments, what do we have to lose? This is why we offer this as an option for the patients that need it most. We all need something to believe in – we can believe in ourselves and we can believe in the possibility that we too can heal ourselves.
If you’re interested in meeting with Bruce, please let us know!
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