You can’t cancer-proof yourself! But there are things you can do to fight cancer and prevent other health issues.

In February 2018, at 54 years of age, I discovered that I had stage 3 ovarian cancer. I had almost no symptoms. While researching ovarian cancer, I found out cancer is known as the silent killer of women for a reason, and most women are in the later stages of the disease when they discover it. My youngest of four sons was getting ready to graduate from High School and I wasn’t even sure if I would make the graduation! My husband and I were in shock. I was given a packet with suggestions to eat a healthy diet. Period. I followed the diet suggestions but I knew there had to be more.

So the beginning of my cancer-fighting journey was eventful and I was reminded that God truly has a hand in the details of our lives. A woman in our ladies’ group at church, Leslie, had stage 4 metastatic breast cancer and was having some issues with the chemo affecting her hands and making them painfully sensitive. I volunteered to help clean her house. That afternoon as I was cleaning the bathtub in the master bath, I thought I heard someone from the doorway behind me say, “you need to make a doctor’s appointment”. I turned around and no one was there. I went back to cleaning and thought about that several times because it almost sounded like my Dad’s voice. That following Monday, I called my doctor’s office and made an appointment to be seen that day. When the nurse asked why I was there, after a lack of knowing what to say, I just told her I needed to get up during the night to use the bathroom. When my family doctor examined my abdominal area, he was concerned and sent me over to get an ultrasound near the hospital. He had me come back to see him and explained that he was sending me over to see an OB/GYN oncologist. When I went to the appointment, I was surprised that the doctor I was seeing was already making a plan, he said I had a large mass and it needed to come out. A few days later he performed the long debulking surgery, and he let my husband know I had ovarian cancer. It was also just 12 days from the time I was cleaning Leslie’s bathtub to the time I had surgery. I felt that I was being watched over. Leslie and I went through our treatments together, she took her’s at home. Because her cancer was so advanced, surgery wasn’t an option, she had to stop working as a nurse.

Leslie actually shared the name of some herbal supplements, Carnivora & Moringa she was taking at the suggestion of a family member to maintain good health. Several months later, in addition to that, I learned about several habits that I could implement that could help my body fight cancer. They were all centered around boosting the immune system and gut health. I learned about some of them on trips my husband and I took down to Costa Rica to what’s known as one of the “Blue Zones”, where people live to be 100 without having health issues. I’ve implemented the ones I felt led to pursue, and so far they have helped me immensely and allowed me to continue to work and enjoy my family.

So, I’m finally writing this blog to share the products that have worked personally for me physically and mentally. It’s been an interesting journey, and I hope I can help just one person. I was told again in August of 2022 that my cancer is still gone and I’m still NED (no evidence of disease). I actually requested another scan to make sure, even with my CA 125 marker still in the single digits. My doctor told me that this is NOT the usual outcome for someone that had stage 3a ovarian cancer with NO medicine taken since the surgery/chemo. He said, “Whatever you are doing, keep doing it”. My friend Leslie, who had terminal stage 4 breast cancer is totally cancer free too and is back to work as a nurse again. Her doctor is baffled and is saying the same thing to her. With no medicine since your chemo, you shouldn’t be alive. We are all walking testaments that faith in God, modern medicine, and natural superfoods. We truly are what we eat and do. Our diets and habits can alter our immunity for the bad or for the good. Even though we can’t cancer-proof ourselves, we can give ourselves a much better chance of surviving cancer and other diseases.

Nancy Davison - Wife of the love of my life, mother of 4 wonderful sons, 3 beautiful daughters-in-law, and 3 perfect grandbabies. Horse lover, and Stage 3 Ovarian cancer survivor.