Carrots. Coffee. Cancer.: A personal healing journey.

I’m not a martyr. I’m not better or stronger than you are. I don’t want to convince you or talk you into or out of anything. I do want to explain the less travelled path that I chose when I was diagnosed with stage 3B cancer, to give hope, insight, and the impetus to delve deep into your own choices of treatment, and the validation that some alternative treatments deserve. I chose to heal and not to fight, and this is my personal experience. What I chose to do should not be something that anyone attempts to do on their own, without a practitioner, or many, to guide them. My name is Jamie Holmes, and I have a personal experience that I would like to share. I actually haven’t told many people my cancer story. Many of those in my life, including close friends and family, don’t even know that I had cancer, even to this day. I choose to share my experience now, because I am confident in my own physical and emotional health and stability, and can shoulder the questions, confusion, and criticism that will inevitably come my way. Years ago, however, I was not in this safe place within my body and mind. The very prospect of any questioning of my decisions was too stressful to deflect, and I couldn’t afford any doubt being planted in my mind. At that time, I needed all my focus and all my energy to heal my body. Now, I’m ready to share.