Our Health Depends on Us (conclusion, by Dr. Fung Lee)

All these years, not only did I see a lot of cancer patients, but I also became friends with some of them; fighting and sharing experiences together and encouraging each other to work harder to live longer. We have realized that those who live longer and those who live lives with full colors are those who are brave enough to reflect upon themselves and insist in changing their own lifestyles. “The more we change in more complete ways are the ones who recover faster” has become our principle.

Nutrition is essential provision that our cells rely on to sustain their lives. If we keep on eating meat full of hormones and antibiotics, it is hard for our cells not to get sick. Food full of pesticides and chemicals can also intoxicate our cells. Only when returning to nature can our cells have the chances of recovering.

Exercising is good for our body’s circulation, as it helps take nutrition and oxygen to places where they are suppose to be. In this case, it’s very important for the sick cells. If we choose one or two types of the exercises that we like and are suitable for us, and do it persistently, there will be a day that the results will show naturally.

The adjustment and regulation of our psychological aspect is absolutely important. Do our own cells in the body listen to us or somebody else? Of course they will listen to us. Then we have to command our cells not to respond to any orders that are harmful to our body – they are being angry, having afflictions, being pessimistic, etc.  When our cells have no worries, it is easier for them to cope with internal problems and the immunity to fight cancer will increase in order to adjust to our inner self. The immune system will increase and this is the fundamental method to rid cancer.

Self-introspecting and exercising are not as difficult as we think as long as we persist.  Moreover, if we are persistent, all ailments and cancer will automatically yield and healthy cells will grow. 

We are unable to decide the length of our lives;
however, we can improve the quality of our lives.

Dr. Fung Lee has gained 37 plus years after she was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer and might have only 6 months to live. Now she has published a series of books about her experience to treat cancer and established a Cytopathologic Center to help those who have cancers. 
 

Our Health Depends on Us (by Dr. Fung Lee)

Brief Biography of Dr. Fung Lee

Education: National Taiwan University Medical Department, Graduate study at Toronto (Canada).
 Work Experience: National Taiwan University Hospital Physician, National Taiwan University Hospital Associate Professor of Pathology  

Peacefully coexisting with lymphatic cancer, was one of the biggest challenges in my life. However, I am thankful towards my illness, as it has allowed me to learn many things and to gain a lot of valuable experience. The most important lesson I’ve learned that our health is dependent on ourselves.

Thirty years ago, when I was still in Toronto Research Institute at Canada pursuing a master’s degree, I was diagnosed with cancer prior to finishing my degree. An operation was to take place the next day.  My boss came to visit me in the hospital. At first, he talked about how sorry he felt. Then he told me, that working for the society, is like being a small screw in a big machine. If that small screw no longer functions, it would affect the big machine. Following that, he pointed at me and said, “As for you, you’ll have a period of time where you can’t work, and I’m sorry say this, but please resign immediately.”  When my boyfriend clearly became distant, I understood that I was totally isolated. I not only lost my job, was given up by the society, but also was abandoned by someone who loved me.  I was forsaken by my own body – my health. The value of my existence was almost totally denied.  As a result, my mood plundered down to the deep valleys.  I thought of committing suicide.  I went through operations and radioactive therapy.  The effect from the treatment was not good.  My health condition went back and forth and I was still at square one.  Cancer did not disappear but remained.

At the end, chemotherapy was the only solution left.  The technology of chemotherapy then was very coarse in comparison to what we have today.  After a period treatment, the number of blood platelets decreased.  If I bumped into something, I would get a bruise immediately. If my internal organs bled significantly, I would probably lose my life. After discussing this with my doctor about whether or not the treatment could be stopped, he disagreed with me. In this case, I could take medicine which led to internal bleeding and death or I could choose not to take medicine and will be sick to death.  Being a patient, I was dilemmatic.

After repeated consideration, I decided to be a rebel and stop the treatment of chemotherapy. Thinking back now, being a rebel then saved me.

It wasn’t until I returned home to Taiwan, which was a familiar environment, there, I not only regained the warmth of old friends, but I luckily resumed working. With this change, my mood slowly turned from passive to positive.  Although my cancer was still present, I learned how to peacefully coexist with it.  My condition didn’t get worse. Because my body was weak and the side effects from treatment came one after another, I was going in and out of hospitals repeatedly.  My stomach became like a big medicine bottle.

All along until more than ten years ago, because of a high fever that lasted for two weeks, I was admitted into the Taiwan University Hospital. After many tests and examinations, the doctor announced that I had third stage tuberculosis. At that time I was in dismay, but yet I had to accept the truth and followed the doctor’s prescriptions.

After taking medication for three days and after a blood test, I found out that because of the medication, I got toxic hepatitis. Again, I naturally rebelled against any doctor’s recommendations and stopped taking any medication. Every day when I wasn’t sleeping, I would sit in meditation. After a month and another radioactive examination of the chest, the doctor told me my tuberculosis disappeared. This led me to believe the diagnosis of tuberculosis a month ago was a mistake, because TB cannot be cured in a month without taking any medication. This discovery made me think deeply about how taking so much medication would cause all these side effects. Will I end up dying from cancer or from other complications?

While being hospitalized this time, I decided that from now on, I wouldn’t rely on medicine anymore.  It is true from then on, I have never swallowed a single pill, including vitamins.

This time while staying at the hospital, I also saw the limits of Western medicine. I started to consider alternative therapy other than taking medicine.  I have also read quite a few books and investigated the traditional treatments.  I discovered the fundamental approach is to rely on yourself.  We rely on ourselves to adjust our health concepts and make adjustment of our dietary and living styles.

With ten or more years of hard work, I discovered my thinking was right, so from that point on, I have not checked-in to hospitals.  Even in the recent years, I seldom caught any colds.

“I’m healthy, why did I get cancer?” When a lot of patients hear their doctors telling them they’ve been diagnosed with a serious illness, they usually show an innocent face and hoping that by forms of slicing, cutting off, intoxicating and killing, to rid of their ailment.  However, would illnesses really come from nowhere?

In the world, there is no such thing as “I became sick all of the sudden.”  Take catching a cold for example: If patients really looked back at what they have done, they would usually admit that they have pulled a few all-nighters prior to catching a cold.  Some say, they have been overly exposed to the wind or rain.  Some would say they have a lot of stress from work and have been having frequent headaches and suffered from insomnia. Actually, all these factors are causes of a cold.  In another words, if a patients’ level of alertness is high enough, they could naturally prevent themselves from catching viruses.

Using myself as an example, when I was working at the research lab in Canada, being diagnosed with cancer was something I brought upon myself. First of all, I am a cold-natured person.  Choosing to study in Canada already violated the natural health principles with my body. 

Second of all, in taking care of my family, I studied and worked at the same time.   In order to save money, I only ate a cheese sandwiches for breakfast and lunch.  At night, I would boil some vegetables, frozen peas, or cheap chicken or dock gizzards.  Later I then realized I have eaten so many horrible foods that were harmful to myself.  On top of that, my boss being Jewish, who was very demanding of his employees.  One can naturally imagine the stress caused to the body and the mind.   

During that period of time, work was nerve-wracking and I had no friends.  I repeated the days of going to work, getting off work and going to school.  My health condition naturally went downhill day after day.  Luckily cancer saved me.  It allowed me to leave that kind of environment behind and found a new path in life.