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Making a case for equality and balance in a truly democratic health care system

This is a story which began as a courageous decision to choose the unsupported path of alternative healing for breast cancer and a parathyroid tumor simultaneously. The journey evolved into a powerful life lesson about the political, financial, medical, emotional and physical ramifications of the challenges facing me. The desire and efforts to restore my health to normal was intensely rivaled by the unfair circumstances adding an extra burden of stress to the process. After months of researching and experiencing a variety of options available to me, I achieved success in a way that seemed impossible. As I reflected on everything I learned during the intense six months of devoting all my time and attention to achieving my goals, I realized my story had become an interesting tapestry of information worth sharing with others. My original desire was to offer a successful testimony and details about how I achieved healing. Then I realized my lessons gave me a whole new perspective on what it means to be living in a society where healthcare is governed by a controlling monopoly. My story became an exercise in free speech to shed light on the unfair disadvantages and challenges one experiences by refusing to be subjected to a one-sided medical paradigm. In addition to sharing that it is entirely possible to heal root causes of disease without harmful side effects, I give testimony to the treatments I experienced which could easily be part of our mainstream supported health care for everyone.