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Beyond the Tumor: Why Integrative Healing Deserves a Voice (and why I refuse to stay silent)

I’ve gotten my fair share of pushback about my healing journey—comments like  “Well, you’re just lucky,”  or  “It’s because they removed the tumor,”  or  “Your surgery is what saved you.”  And while I’m grateful for every part of my story, I also know the truth:  cancer was already in my lymph nodes.  Tumor removal alone was never going to be the magic bullet. That’s just not how cancer behaves. My healing has been a whole-life journey—physical, emotional, spiritual, nutritional, metabolic—and it took  every single layer,  not just one moment in a surgical room. And that’s exactly why this conversation matters so much. Could outdated medical thinking be costing people their lives? It’s not easy to talk about, but we cannot pretend it doesn’t matter. Most people don’t realize how slowly medicine— especially cancer medicine —actually changes. There’s a documented “clinical lag” of 10–17 years between what science knows and what standard pr...
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Remission, Rough Roads and Sweet Reminders πŸ’«πŸ©·

Yesterday we officially hit the road again! We pulled out of Las Vegas, pointed the rig east, and started our journey toward Tennessee — our winter destination and new workamping adventure at Ober Mountain in Gatlinburg. Before leaving Vegas, we stopped to visit family and squeeze in a little medical maintenance. I had blood work and a doctor appointment, and by all accounts, I’m still in  remission ! πŸ™ŒπŸΌ Of course, I still prefer the word  healed … but you know. πŸ˜‰ God is good —  all the time. We were also blessed to make it to church while we were there, and it was exactly what our hearts needed — a beautiful time to get refueled, refocused, and filled up before hitting the road again. πŸ•Š️ We left Las Vegas bright and early yesterday morning—our first stop: Winslow, Arizona. (No, unfortunately, we didn’t stand on the corner. πŸ˜‰) Let’s just say our “landing” into Winslow wasn’t exactly smooth… in fact, it was a rough landing — literally and figuratively. When we opened ...

That’s a Wrap!

Our front yard for the past 6 months Today marked the end of our very first workamping season!!     We’ve had the incredible opportunity to call     Teton Cabins our home for the last 6 months.     What an unforgettable journey it’s been. When we pulled into Moran, WY on April 21st, we were two newbies stepping into a brand-new chapter — ready to learn, explore, and trust that God had placed us here for a reason. Looking back now, it’s incredible to see just how much this place has shaped us. As the months unfolded, so did countless blessings: breathtaking hikes beneath the Tetons, crisp mountain mornings, and friendships that quickly began to feel like family. “People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime”  The friendships we built are for life πŸ’• From the moment we arrived, the Grand Tetons surrounded us with beauty and peace that words can hardly capture. Every hike, every sunrise, every quiet evening reminded us that we were exac...