Let’s Take Back our Health, Ladies!

Hello bOObs Bloggettes:

A few thoughts on the journey through my film endeavors: My bottom line of both projects is to help people — via education, enabling and empowerment — to take back their health.

There’s so much being thrown at us from environmental insults, things in our food, our air, our water. It’s a constant battle to stay healthy and free from chronic diseases, like cancer. But it’s totally achievable.

I disclosed my personal account of a breast cancer scare I had brewing in one of my breasts a few years ago — but I empowered myself through education and research and I reversed the situation before it became worse and more difficult to change.

This is what my two films are aiming to do: Help people overcome the feeling of helplessness following a frightening diagnosis of a chronic disease, and empower them to overcome and/or avoid getting these diseases in the first place.

My “bOObs” film explains the current situation of the breast cancer screening world, and then divulges something non-invasive/non-radiative women can seek out and use instead: thermography and ultrasound. People ask me why I spent so much time on reviewing the detriments of the present primary screening tool of mammography in the film before laying out a solution; I simply felt that woman should really understand what’s going on, and then if they still want to undergo a mammogram, that’s their prerogative. But women should have Informed Consent prior to receiving any medical test, procedure or medication.

My second film will be entitled “A New Standard of Care: Alternative Cancer Therapies”, and will review many of the non-conventional treatments available out there. I hope to give people hope so that they may either avoid cancer or reverse it if they already have it.

My late husband didn’t care to even investigate non-conventional and passed away after two rounds of five chemotherapies — a tragic ending. Six years later, I grabbed a cameraman and went out into the world to investigate these alternative therapies and came back feeling empowered and no longer afraid of any possible cancer diagnosis, if ever I were to receive one. I know this sounds hard to believe, but it is truly how I feel — and I want everyone to feel this way.

Scary Statistics: About 40% of the U.S. population will contract a chronic disease in their lifetime. About 10% have diabetes and another 10% don’t know they have it, which equates to one in five people in the U.S. with this disease. One of eight women will get breast cancer, one in three women will get any variety of cancer, and one in two men will get cancer in their lifetimes.

Those are all frightening statistics and should be reason enough to proactively seek out a prophylactic “how to avoid a chronic disease,” and a “cancer plan” should one be needed. For once faced with a diagnosis, oftentimes it’s difficult to think clearly; this is what I noticed of my late husband’s reaction and what I’d like to help you avoid.

BOOBS BOTTOM LINE:  Some ideas: Go out and watch a lot of the great health documentaries floating around on the internet to educate yourself; buy books on the same subject matter; learn and practice how to eat more healthy (non-GMO and organic foods) and cut down processed sugar intake (you’ll feel better!) and cut out the junk food (easy to say, hard to do:)); filter your drinking water and air in your house. Do your best to relieve as much stress as possible in you life: try exercise, meditation and/or yoga. For a “cancer plan,” watch Ty Bollinger’s series on “The Truth About Cancer” — a great starting place to find out about alternative cancer therapies.  Empower yourself: You can do this!!

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Stay healthy,

Megan

Megan Smith, M.S.
Director, bOObs: The War on Women’s Breasts

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