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Raise the Realm Day 6: Leigh- Cancer

  • March 6, 2019

Raise the Realm Day 6: Leigh- Cancer

My name is Leigh. My first personal experience with cancer was in 1995 when my mother was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer and given 6 months to live. Her name was Charlotte and she was a visionary. She lived for 6 years instead of 6 months and when I was first diagnosed in 2012 with Stage 1 breast cancer I remembered her words…”I wish I had never done that chemo or the radiation.”

I chose to have bilateral mastectomies after determining I was BRCA positive. I declined the pharmaceutical drugs that were offered to me and went on my own path to healing. That path has included exercise, healthy eating and juicing, keeping stress low, being grateful…my recipe changes along with the seasons.
In April of 2016, I began taking Charlotte’s Web for swelling in my right hand from overwork, not knowing the cancer was back. In late June, with the swelling completely gone in my hand, I scheduled a surgery to remove scar/fat tissue from the site of the previous cancer and it ended up being malignant. I upped the Charlotte’s Web to therapeutic doses along with high-dose THC in August and completed 60 grams of The Stanley Brothers’ THC Concentrate in 60 days after moving to Colorado in November. I have just gotten a clear PET scan. I am so grateful that the laws are changing and the research is finally beginning on cannabis. I know had the researchers been allowed to explore the medicinal benefits of this “weed” there would be more wellness on the planet….and my mother could still be alive. I am certain that CBD/THC are main components to my wellness and I am so grateful for the access I have to these medicines.

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