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我很明⽩，在给别⼈提建议的我，没有经历过同样的痛苦和崩溃。但是，这几年陪伴两个亲⼈治疗，和我本⼈大量的研究，让我明⽩了⼀些我相信可以让很多⼈受益的经验教训。
I write this blog with full awareness that I am giving advice without having gone through the same devastating experience myself. But having helped two loved ones deal with cancer, and after tons of research, I have come to the realization of some powerful lessons that I believe could benefit many people.
克⾥斯·沃克（Chris Wark）通过营养和另类疗法治愈了⾃⼰的三期结肠癌，医⽣扎克·布什（Zach Bush）放弃了传统的癌症研究，致⼒于研究现代⼈类疾病的根源，他们都这么说：
Chris Wark, who healed himself from stage III colon cancer through nutrition and alternative treatments, and Zach Bush, a brilliant doctor who turned away from traditional cancer research to underhand the root causes of modern human diseases, both said this:
癌症不是问题本身，⽽是问题的症状。
Cancer is not the problem, it is merely the symptom.
⼈体具有应对癌症的内设机制。我们每个⼈，每天，身体⾥都有癌细胞存在。但⼤多数时候，这些癌细胞都能够被⼈体的内设计制清除。⼀个变异细胞之所以能够在⼏年内发展成肿瘤是因为免疫系统已不堪重负，⽆法完成它应该完成的⼯作。导致免疫系统削弱的原因才是真正需要解决的问题。
Our body has built-in mechanism to deal with cancer. Every person, every day, has cancer cells in their body, but most of the time, those cells were eliminated. The reason a renegade cell develops into a tumor over the span of several years is because the immune system was overwhelmed and failed to do its job. The factors that led to the weakened immune system are the real problems.
与许多⼈的看法相反，癌症在⼤多数情况下并不是因为遗传所得。引⽤最多的数据是，⼤约5％⾄10％的癌症病例与基因有关。有些研究认为这些病例其实还不到5％。
Contrary to what many people believe, cancer is not a genetic disease for the most part. The most quoted statistics is that about 5 to 10% cancer cases are related to genes. Some researchers believe it is actually less than 5%.
当然还有表观遗传学，这是研究基因如何被激活或者关闭的⼀⻔新兴学科。这意味着，即使我们携带致癌基因，也未必⼀定会得癌症。这⾥⾯有着⽐我们想象的要⼤得多的回旋余地。
Then there is epigenetics, the newly developing science that studies how genes can be turned on or off. Having cancer-causing genes in no way means we will definitely get cancer. We have much leeway than we previously understood.
所以有多于90％因素在我们的控制范围之内。我绝不是说患癌症是⼀个⼈⾃⼰的错。让我们换⼀个⻆度：如果在你控制范围内的某些因素助⻓了癌症的发展，那么你就完全有可能去改变，逆转，和恢复。
That leaves more than 90% of the factors in our control. I am by no means saying it is somebody’s own fault to have cancer. Rather, let’s look at from a different angle: if something within your control contributed to the development of cancer, then you have the power to change it, to reverse it, to recover.
当然我们对癌症的了解还不是很彻底，包括如何预防和治疗。但是，我们已经了解的⾜以给我们很多启示。这90％的很⼤部分是我们的⽣活⽅式：我们吃的东⻄，我们想的东⻄，我们是否有足够的运动，我们吸收了多少无时无处不在的毒素，我们承受着多少压⼒，我们情绪的稳定，等等。
We do not fully understand cancer, including 100% prevention and treatment. However, what we do understand is sufficient to make a difference. Our lifestyle makes up most of those 90%: what we put in our mouth, what we put in our mind, whether we move our body, how much we are exposed to the omnipresent environmental toxins, how much stress we are under, what emotions we experience, etc.
⽣活⽅式是我们可以选择改变的。但在细讲⽣活⽅式之前，我想强调的是另外⼀个更为重要的改变：你的⼼态。
Lifestyle is something we can choose and control. Before we talk that in details, I’d like to emphasize on one change that should come before everything else: your mindset.
将癌症当作⼀个改变人生的机会
See it as an opportunity
我知道这不是那么容易做到，但这样的⼼态对康复极为有利。也许让⼈难以置信，但那些从癌症或者其它重症恢复的⼈都对⾃⼰的经历满怀感激，因为正是这样的经历完全改变了他们的⼈⽣， 也改变了他们。
As hard as this sounds, this is an attitude that will be extremely helpful for healing. If you ask anyone who has recovered from cancer or any other serious illness, you would be surprised the overwhelming feeling they have is gratitude. They are grateful for the experience because it transformed their lives and changed them inside out.
癌症是⼀个提醒：让你知道你⽣活中的某些东⻄不能再持续下去了，你的⽣活失衡了。那就找出不平衡的地⽅，重新回到平衡。⽤布什医⽣的话：不要把癌症当作对你的攻击，把它当作赋予你⼒量的源泉。
Cancer is a tap on your shoulder to tell you something in your life is not working, you are off balance somewhere. Find out where the imbalances are, and work yourself into balance. Using Dr. Bush’s words: see yourself empowered by cancer, not attacked by cancer.
⽇本⼈寺⼭新⼀翁在四⼗多岁的时候被诊断有肾癌晚期。在做了⼿术，化疗和放疗之后，所有⼈都相信他只有不到三个⽉的⽣命。他回到了家⾥，以为⾃⼰已时⽇不多。他对每⼀天的⽣命都⼼怀感激。他开始在每天早晨⽇出前去公寓楼的屋顶吸⼊新鲜空⽓，进⾏深呼吸。意识到⾃⼰忽略⾃⼰的身体太久了，他对他的身体和癌症深感歉意。于是，他开始默默地向肿瘤传送爱⼼。他发现，试图去爱他的肿瘤⽽不是去抵御，这让他的病痛⼤⼤减轻。新鲜空⽓，深呼吸，改变对癌症的心态，以及其他的⼀些治疗⽅法让寺⼭开始⼀点⼀点地恢复。如今，他已经84岁了，仍在帮助世界各地的癌症患者。
Shin Terayama was diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer in his late forties. After going through surgery, chemo and radiation, he was sent home. It was believe he had less than three months to live. He accepted the reality, and felt grateful for each day that he is still alive. He started going to his apartment building roof every morning before sunrise to take in fresh air and practice deep breathing. Realizing he has ignored his body for too long, he also started mentally sending love to his cancer. He found by sending love to instead of resisting the cancer, the pain would be dramatically reduced. After practicing this and other alternative healing methods, Terayama began to get better little by little. Today he is 84 and working to help cancer patients around the world to heal holistically.
克服恐惧
Overcome fear
癌症诊断会让任何⼀个⼈都⼼存恐惧。这是太正常不过的⼀个反应。接受你的恐惧，但不要沉浸其中被其淹没。从癌症中康复的最好⽅法是激活你的⾃我修复机制。但正是恐惧这样的负⾯情绪让你的⾃我修复机制⽆法开启。
When facing cancer diagnosis, the most dominant emotion is fear. This is such a natural and understandable response. Acknowledge it, but don’t be consumed by it. The best way to recover from cancer is to activate your self-healing mechanism. Negative emotions such as fear shut it down.
你很可能会想去了解关于你所患癌症的统计数据，例如5年⽣存率。但这些数字是很有误导性的。记住：你并不是⼀个统计数据！不要太在意这些数字。它所代表的是那些很可能只是接受了常规治疗的典型病例。你在阅读这篇⽂章就表明这些数字并不能代表你，因为你相信⾃⼰的治愈能⼒。你不是那些典型病例的⼀个，你的康复机率要⾼很多。
You probably also want to find out the statistics of your type of cancer such as 5 year survival rate. This could be very misleading. Remember: you are not a statistics! Don’t pay attention. Those numbers are from cases where people most likely only followed conventional treatments and did little else. The fact that you are reading this shows you believe in your own healing power. You are not one of them, you have much better odds.
你应该了解的是那些患有同样的癌症却最终康复的案例。不管你的症状有多么严重，只要有⼀个⼈康复了，就说明你有很多希望！我读过很多很多从极其糟糕的状况中恢复的案例。
Instead, try to research people who have recovered from your type of cancer. No matter how serious it is, as long as there is just one person that has recovered, you have a lot of hope! I have read cases after cases where people recover from the even most abysmal situations.
分享几个资源：（不懂英⽂的朋友需要寻求⼀些帮助。英文文字可以粘贴到翻译软件里阅读）
Here are some resources:
克⾥斯·沃克采访了⼏百个从癌症中康复的患者。在搜索框⾥写上你的癌症类型，你可以看到那些患有同样病症的⼈的采访。
Chris Wark interviewed hundreds of cancer patients who has recovered from cancer. Put in the type of cancer in the search box, and you can see a list of interviews he made with people with that specific type of cancer.
https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/blog/
⽹站“癌症完全缓解”列出了很多世界各地分享⾃⼰康复故事的⼈。在搜索框中输⼊癌症类型，你还可以指定地理位置，性别等来缩小搜索结果。
Radical Remission Project has a list of people around the world who has shared their recovery stories. Put in a type of cancer in the search box, you can also specify location, gender, etc. to narrow down the search results.
https://radicalremission.com/search/
⽣物学研究所在1993年出版了《自发缓解》⼀书，记录了患者在完全没有经过治疗或者经过治疗但没有效果的情况下从严重疾病和癌症中康复的案例。可通过以下链接下载本书的所有章节：
Institute of Noetic Sciences published the book “Spontaneous Remission” in 1993, documenting cases where patients recover from serious diseases and cancer without or with ineffective medical treatments. All the chapters of the book are available for download at the following link:
https://library.noetic.org/library/publication-bibliographies/spontaneous-remission
你的治疗你做主
Take control
当你被恐惧和忧虑淹没时，你最急于想做的就是⻢上找到最好的医⽣，完全遵照他或她的指令去做，尽快治疗，尽快缩小肿瘤。我在刚开始陪伴亲⼈治疗时是⼀样的心态。但这其实并不是最好的选择。
When consumed with fear and worry, the only thing you can think of is to quickly find the best doctor and do exactly what he or she prescribes, get the treatment so the tumor can start to shrink. That was exactly what I felt and did when helping with the loved one. But there is a better way.
不要把所有的决定权交给⼀个医⽣。你的治疗需要你的参与, 你应该来掌控你的治疗⽅案。
Instead of giving all decision making to one doctor, take control of your treatment.
⾸先，停顿⼀下。不要惊慌失措，急于开始治疗，虽然你⾮常想这么做，⽽医⽣也希望你这么做。记住，医⽣给你的⽅案只有化疗，放疗和⼿术，因为这是他们唯⼀受过的培训。他们不会为你提供正确的饮⻝建议，也不会催促你改变⽣活⽅式，但我认为这很多时候恰恰⽐任何药物都重要。
First, PAUSE. Don’t panic and rush into treatments. That’s probably what you are tempted to do and what the doctors want you to do. Remember, doctors are only going to prescribe the standard care options: chemo, radiation and surgery, because that’s what they are educated in and that’s the only thing they know. They are not going to give you the right nutrition advice, neither are they going to urge you to make lifestyle changes, which in my opinion are much important than any medicine.
我不喜欢传统的癌症治疗⽅法，但我意识到，对于某些⼈在某些情况下这种治疗是有必要的。你可以决定这样做，但不要认为这是你唯⼀可做的东西。有大量的研究可以去探索，互联⽹，书籍，与⼈交流，把你的研究结果汇总下来，制定⼀个计划。⼀个计划会给你⼀个⽅向和掌控，这对于康复来说非常重要。
I’m not a fan of conventional cancer treatments, but I do recognize the need to have them for some people in some situations. It is fine if you decide to do them, but don’t stop there, thinking that is all you can do. Do your own research, surf the web, read books, talk to people。Put together your options, and make a plan. Having a plan will give you the sense of power and control, which is an extremely important part of the healing journey.
愿意做出巨大改变
Be willing to make radical changes
肿瘤要经过很⻓时间才能⻓成，它也不会迅速或轻易地消失。你必须愿意做出⼀些⼤的改变，让你的身体开启自己的自我修复机制。这些改变不仅仅是吃什么，不吃什么，或者多⼀点运动，虽然这些都挺必要。更困难和更重要的变化是那些与精神状态有关的变化。也许是结束⼀个让你身⼼疲惫的感情，也许是⼤⼤减轻⼯作量，也许是学习接受⾃⼰，也许是原谅那些伤害过你的人，也许是宽恕⾃⼰，也许是放开不安全感，怨恨，愤怒，后悔，嫉妒等等负⾯情绪。总之，放下那些让你⼼灵疲惫的包袱。
It takes years and years for a tumor to develop, it won’t go away quickly or easily. It requires drastic changes from your part, and you must be willing to make those changes to turn on your self-healing mechanism. By changes, I don’t just mean stop eating this or start eating that, or start exercising more. Those are all necessary, but the harder and more important changes are those that have to do with your mental state. They could be ending a toxic relationship, they could be dramatically reducing your work load, they could be learning to accept yourself, they could be forgiving others, they could be forgiving yourself, or they could be letting go of negative emotions such as insecurity, resentment, anger, regret, jealousy, etc. Offload your burden, let go.
克⾥斯·沃克在《克⾥斯击败癌症》⼀书中谈到宽恕是他癌症康复历程的⼀个重要组成部分。他甚⾄列出了⼀个“宽恕名单”: 原谅伤害过他的⼈，请求那些他伤害过的人原谅他。
In his book “Chris Beat Cancer” Chris Wark talked about how forgiveness is a big part of his cancer healing journey. He actually made a “forgiveness list”, and worked on forgiving people who had hurt him, and asked for forgiveness to people whom he had hurt.
不管是什么样的改变，不管有多难，你都要去做，尤其是那些和情绪有关的改变。因为如果你仍旧被负面情绪和压力困扰，你其它所有的治疗，饮⻝和补品都不能发挥最大的疗效。
No matter what it is, no matter how hard it is, you need to have the determination to make changes, especially the mental ones. Because if you are still full of negative emotions and stress, it will outweigh all the treatments, diets and supplements you are doing.
放下包袱，释放压力，这是你康复之路的第⼀步。
Let go of negative emotions and stress, you will be well on your way to recovery.
祈祷
Pray
我们⼤部分中国⼈没有很强的宗教信仰，所以这个建议看起来有些不切实际。但你并不需要有宗教信仰才可以祈求帮助。向上帝，佛陀，宇宙，更⾼的⼒量或任何你可以接受的东⻄祷告。请求帮助，询问你需要做什么可以愈合。不要只做⼀次，不要只做⼀天。每天都做，每天做多次，最终很可能⼀些答案会慢慢浮现出来。
For the majority of our readers who probably don’t have a strong religious belief, this may seem like an unrealistic request. Pray anyway. You don’t need to be religious to ask the universe for help. Pray to God, Buddha, the universe, the higher power, or whatever you believe in or feel comfortable with. Ask for help, ask what you need to do to heal. Don’t do it just once, don’t do it just one day. Do it every day, do it many times, some answers may eventually bubble up.
总结
Bottom Line
永远永远永远不要放弃希望。相信你身体的⾃愈能力。找出你⽣活失衡的地方。做出改变。
Never, never, never lose hope. Believe in your body’s power to heal. Find out what parts of your life are off balance. Make changes.
