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A Fable About Our Work
A young man in India complained to his guru about the pain in life. The guru sent him for salt. The guru mixed a handful of salt in a glass of water and told him to drink. "How does it taste?" asked the guru. "Bitter" replied the young man. The guru then took him to a lake, mixed in a handful of salt and told him to drink. "How does it taste?" "Sweet." The guru explained, "Pain in life is like salt in water. Do not strive for less pain. Strive for more life."People in physical or emotional pain often turn inward and experience less of life. The antidote to pain is more life - more family, more friends, more places, more sensations, more connections, more experience, more service. Oncology massage brings more sensation, more connection, more relaxation, more peace. It produces an intense focus on the good in life.
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Vitamin D and Cancer
Although the use of Vitamin D for the prevention and treatment of cancer has not achieved the status of accepted medical practice, there is progress on multiple fronts that suggests it will do so.
Healing Well After Breast Surgery There are a number of steps clients can take to speed healing after breast surgery (or any surgery for that matter). This article is by Dr. William Goodson, a breast surgeon who has practiced in San Francisco, California for over 25 years.
Interest in Oncology Massage Exploding. An analysis of links returned by Google shows interest in oncology massage increasing by a factor of 10 in just 5 years. The number is increasing by 2+ million links per year.
Healed But Not Cured Curing is about the body. Healing is about the mind and the soul. Kathy LaTour, Editor-at-Large of CURE Magazine, shares how her road to healing began with a caring but very straight talking oncologist.
Massage Shortens Chemo Recovery Time With massage, my chemo side effects lasted three days instead of seven ...a human interest story from channel 6 in Tulsa.
Cancer Brain ??? Cancer patients and their oncologists have had a long standing difference of opinion about the cause of chemobrain. Perhaps there is a larger explanation.
Cancer Patient Held at US Airport for Missing Fingerprint "A Singapore cancer patient was held for four hours by immigration officials in the United States when they could not detect his fingerprints -- which had apparently disappeared because of a drug he was taking ... capecitabine, commonly used to treat cancers in the head and neck, breast, stomach and colorectum."
Catholic Church Forbids Reiki "Reiki therapy is not compatible with either Christian teaching or scientific evidence. [It is] inappropriate for Catholic institutions ... or persons representing the Church ...to promote or to provide support for Reiki therapy." More information here and here.
Study: Massage Eases Pain of Mammograms "They were just more relaxed and (the mammogram) didn't bother them as much." [11/09 This article is now only available by purchase for $3.95.]
Award Presented to S4OM Founder
- 6 minute video
Bruce Hopkins was recognized with a 2008 "Six Who Care" Award for his
hospital-based volunteer oncology massage program. Northern New England's
Channel 6, The United Way of Greater Portland and TD BankNorth present the
awards annually at a recognition dinner, premiering promotional videos for
4th quarter airplay and presenting $600 charitable grant checks.
Unemployment Hits Cancer Survivors Harder "When the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study in late February that showed people with cancer had a higher risk of being unemployed, it wasn’t surprising to some survivors...."
Back To Normal - "Patients may need a strategy to adjust to life after treatment, including re-examining life choices....."
The Final Journey "For six months, contributing photographer Beatriz Terrazas and CURE editor-at-large Kathy LaTour met with the Abernathy family, documenting their lives as they traveled this final journey. This story is dedicated to them, for while it was Judy who invited us in, it was her family who opened their hearts to allow us to remain as they said goodbye to a woman whose life was inextricably woven through each of theirs as mother, friend, wife, or grandmother....."
Resolving Your Own Death "I experienced an amazing euphoria that others have told me they also find ... I felt like I had finally moved into the valley of the shadow of death—and hung curtains. I made it my place and took control of it instead of letting it control me. Until then, I spent an inordinate amount of time trying not to think about dying; now ... I had just moved into a place where my own death did not terrify me anymore."
Manual breast exams can only be done so fast. Your dentist recommends you spend 2 minutes a day brushing your teeth. Does your physician take that long to do a thorough annual breast exam? Check out this thought-provoking video.
