Petra's Healing Journey

It feels quite bizarre when I meet people and they say things like, ‘I’m so sorry to hear you’re unwell, or Sorry to hear your news‘, as I’ve never felt healthier or more positive in my life! I feel grateful if anything as this has motivated me to make some really drastic changes to my diet and lifestyle, which have made me feel amazing. I feel high on life!

Cancer is a great motivator!

Giving up sugar is something I’ve wanted to do for years.

I was a heroin addict for the majority of my twenties, and practically lived on sugar during that time.

I also smoked cannabis for many years, which, as many of you will know gives you intense sugar cravings. I was never one for smoking during the day, I was definitely not a ‘functional smoker’, but I would use it as a reward at the end of the day and smoke in bed while I read my book, and then wake up halfway thru the night and raid the cupboards, and consume my bodyweight in chocolate!!

No doubt this fed my cancer and caused it to grow. It’s a habit I have really struggled to let go of, even after my awakening, although I had a deep seated awareness that it was hindering my spiritual growth. I’m not saying that cannabis is bad, or that it can’t be used in a spiritual way, but using it habitually is not healthy, at least, not for me.

Similarly, I’ve wanted to give up processed foods for years as well, as I’m very aware they are full of carcinogens. When I was in Morocco earlier this year I noticed my IBS disappeared completely, and as soon as I returned to the UK it came back with a vengeance. The only difference in my diet was that I stopped eating processed food. The doctor diagnosed me with Stress Related IBS, years ago, which I knew wasn’t right, as after my awakening, my PMT disappeared into thin air and I stopped worrying pretty much completely, but my IBS remained the same.

The ketogenic diet has completely eliminated my IBS! 🥳

I’m pretty sure this is because I’ve given up processed foods. It’s not the carbs or sugar as I ate those in Morocco. Processed foods are the work of the devil 😈

As I’ve said before, I believe I chose to get cancer, I believe we choose our major life events for a reason. Maybe my reason is so I started writing my book, maybe it’s so I would stop putting harmful things into my body, or maybe it was so that I started this blog so that other women could learn that we have choices and that we don’t have to rush into surgery.

Surgery is the only treatment offered for DCIS. Less than 20% ever becomes invasive, so many women are having mastectomies for no reason.

One thing I do know is that I feel at peace, and since I changed my diet so radically, I feel healthier than I ever have in my whole life.

I feel incredibly grateful for that. 🩷

I feel I am living my purpose, I feel joyful a lot of the time, which feels amazing 🤩

Writing makes me happy, I’ve loved it since I was very young. During my heroin years I wrote a lot of poetry. I actually had two poems published during that time. I’ve also written a little children’s book about my cat Kookie, who is a real character. I just need to illustrate it and print it.

I’m currently in the Borders, in a little town called Moffat visiting my family, while my daughter is in Morocco visiting her boyfriend. It’s her first trip abroad without me, and Morocco is a bit scary for a female alone so she has strict instructions not to go out alone!

Next week I will be introducing Methylene Blue, in conjunction with red light therapy 🥳