Yes, you have the right spirit. There is allot of self discipline needed when tackling this issue because there is allot of information that people encounter and it can be overwhelming at times. Especially when you are personally dealing with this situation in some way. But remember this for now. Its not so much about intelligence or being smart. Its more-so a matter of developing a deductive reasoning process to identify what is relevant to the particulars that you discover, which is also a deductive reasoning process. 

For example, I will elaborate briefly on how I've personally assisted another individual in the healing of a mild skin cancer. Most all cancers have a singular way to approach treatment on the most fundamental level. This, being to fortify and restore as much of the overall metabolic function of the body as possible, and to do so naturally with substances and foods that contribute to the energy requirements of a cell. Skin is a very resilient organ and so treating a cancerous state tends to be easier and with faster results. Maintaining discipline is also easier as a result. Example substances for some types of skin cancer I have seen be effective consist of lots of clean water such as distilled, RO, and spring. BUT, these waters are best to add a full spectrum of trace minerals to for proper hydration to occur. Hydration must be the #1 factor to maintain in addressing ANY illness, period. You must learn the best ways to stay hydrated. When you are dehydrated, which 90% of people are and are not aware of, electrical potential gradients inside and outside of cells becomes disrupted or less prominent. The intake of the proper water preparation are most effective on an empty stomach, especially upon waking. And to never drink excessively during meals. Just a few sips. your body will actually adjust to not leave you with the craving to drink during meals once you allow your body to adjust to a properly hydrated state. Think about it. If you have the urge to eat and drink at the same time, generally it is a body signal you are responding to, and maybe not so much that you simply prefer to eat and drink. 

Proper hydration with sufficient mineral intake allows food to digest more, which allows more nutrient flow through the body along with higher and faster rates of toxin and foreign substance elimination. Supporting your body's natural ability to detox is very important. I could write pages on this but I have to keep it short for now. 

So continuing with using skin cancer for an example, one would also want to consider certain externally applied substances such as CBD rich materials. CBD containing substances have become the talk of the town lately so I wont bother unloading about this issue here, but do some research on CBD and find an affordable, high potency source of it. and no, I'm not talking about THC, although THC is a type of CBD. But why CBD? It seems I'm just blurting it out because I read it off the internet. Nah... not so fast. Your cells have receptors for CBD and your body even makes it in small amounts. Its not a one size fits all answer, but it is one of those things, along with water, that you can make a primary pillar of addressing most disease states such as cancer. 

Deductive reasoning and discipline. The body is designed to be self healing. Ask yourself why too many doctors advise patients to take shortcuts instead of directly addressing the disorder from the molecular level on up? When you cut cancer from your body by force, it actually sends all kinds of bad signals and can increase your risk of cancer in the future, or make a current cancer affliction accelerate. the body is very interconnected. When you are exposed to a typical pathogen in daily living, your body can have antibodies made so fast that they are in your urine within 15 minutes! 

All cancer cells also resemble a placenta cell. So much so that it is safe to say that without cancer, there can be no life. So the problem with most cancers is a metabolic disruption. Restore cellular balance through providing the body the materials it is programmed for and requires, and be amazed at what happens and what doesn't happen. These required materials need an entrance correct? Sure some things absorb through the mouth's various capillary veins right? But absorption site #2(the small intestines) is the big cheese. And if there is significant intestinal function decline, cancer is almost always an inevitable result. A dirty colon = decreased absorption of nutrients + an increase in absorbed toxins from ingested substances due to a reaction in the intestinal villi being choked out from not keeping your guts clean, the villi enlarge as a survival response which unfortunately allows larger particles to enter the blood stream and accumulate into tissue, causing disruption and damage. 

Basically, everything in the body is interconnected. Learn of this aspect and act under the laws of an observed interconnected system and things tend to work properly. At least for long enough... But when there is not much time, finding a trustworthy teacher is valuable. 

I think you are capable of trying some things and seeing results within days to weeks. I will leave you with this one fact to hopefully excite you. 

In the US in the 90's, the medical system had a report funded to see if natural homeopathic medicines were more effective, or or synthetic pharmaceutical substances were more effective. Guess what was found out? Natural homeopathic medicines(aka food, herbs, extracts, etc), were 90% effective in treating and curing various illness and disease. Synthetic allopathic pharma medicine was barely 10% effective. This report was called "The Flexner Report". It was brushed aside as rubbish in an act of grotesque error which has resulted in the death of millions. But some have not been fooled and those who have not been fooled are reaping the benefits of better living.  Just think about what this event has done to out cultural expectations of health. Tears man.... big tears for.  
What is there to lose by munching on a few things that your body is programmed for? 

Oh yea, the medical industry also funded another study to see if chemo and radiation therapy was effective. It found that you are better off not taking chemo or radiation. That live expectancy was higher for cancer patients who did not go through these therapies. Its over dude. We have been duped. I don't need to point out any conspiracies. It is clear as day that the best solution is to realize that we all have much more power to understand ourselves and how we work, better than a robotic protocol driven ineffective system. The system has a place, no doubt. But do not mistake it's place for your place at the appropriate times. 

Don't lose hope. You can be the light at the end of the tunnel not just for yourself, but for others. I can write you more stuff but this reply is more like an indoc session of understanding the importance of excitement under the laws of nature. This usually is how we all find our way in or our of just everything.

Wow.

if you have any questions i can shed light on, do ask. please.

@whatsup, drunk sucks.  Been years since I've been seen running down the street naked.   Seriously, if we managed our lives with quality food we, would be in much better shape in fight against cancer.

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