I Have This Little Garden

Complementary Therapy

ShareThe effects of breast cancer are so much more than just what you see on the outside – the hair loss, the weight loss, and possibly the loss of the breast. Breast Cancer effects all parts of your body, your mind and your soul. Patients experience not only physical discomforts like nausea and surgery site pain, but mental discomforts, such as... [Read more of this article]

ShareThere is evidence that drinking green tea can aid in the prevention of breast cancer. Green tea has a high amount of anti-oxidants in it and therefore is also helpful in many other diseases and in slowing down the aging process in general. Some information on studies done in regards to breast cancer and other cancers is below, however, there is... [Read more of this article]

ShareThis article by Michelle Reynolds, CAHP, has some great info on essential oils and their uses in helping ease the symptoms of cancer. Remember, ALWAYS check with your doctor and/or other health-care professional before trying anything new. Her site is: Aromatic Health This article is one I’ve been meaning to write for some time. Six years ago,... [Read more of this article]

Breast Cancer Garden

ShareAs Mark said, our mother went to a support group at UMass medical center. They taught her about different ways to care for herself to help her through the cancer and the treatment. She said they suggested she meditate daily for 20 minutes or so. She tried. She said she didn’t like it and couldn’t do it. So she decided to make a meditation... 

ShareThe bed of Rhododendrons under the hickory tree was planted in 1978. Three years earlier an area on the left side of the hill going down to the gazebo and ultimately to the fish pond was cleared to make room for perennial flower beds and a vegetable garden. Both would need a lot of sun and so were placed on the left side where the plants would... 

ShareThe area below the gazebo was once full of mighty oaks and raspberry vines. After that area was cleared some very unusual and beautiful rock formations were found. These rocks became the basis for the planting beds and the fish pond.  The bench at the foot of the rocks is a place for you to enjoy the view of the pond,rocks and the gazebo above. The... 

ShareThe garden is not really a garden. It is a group of gardens that as a whole make up ‘The Healing Garden’. There are really 13 areas that in themselves could be considered to be a garden. *”As you tour the garden… you will see that is garden did not get done in a short time, nor at one time. It has been fun and the source... 

ShareAs with Weeping Cherries, Bleeding Hearts remind me of my Mother’s 7 year battle with breast cancer. Even more, perhaps, than weeping cherries.  Bleeding Hearts are a beautiful plant. This one is one of a group of seven I planted in my own side yard and is not part of The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden that was created to help women battling... 

ShareWeeping Cherries along with Bleeding Hearts remind me of my Mother and the battle she endured for 7 years it took breast cancer to take her away. Her joy was gardening. For almost 40 years she created a series of gardens on an eight acre area surrounding the house I grew up in. When she passed, My Father gave 3½ acres of land adjacent to the gardens... 

Nutrition

ShareDiana Dyer, author of A Dietitian’s Cancer Story, was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time in 1995 at the age of forty-five. She speculates that the new advanced and aggressive cancer was a result of the radiation treatment she’d received as a child. Tired of living in fear, Dyer grew determined to control her health the best... 

Share(Mark’s Note: Lisa Grey knows a thing or two about nutrition. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Lisa used nutritious foods and herbs to help her attack the disease. You will find a lot of tasty AND healthy recipes on her site http://PinkKitchen.info) Food as Medicine: Healing with Herbs By Lisa Grey You may be familiar with...