see also the group called 'melanoma'



Love and Healing



Ian



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From: Ian Dixon [mailto:iandixon25lr@...]
Sent: 03 July 2006 07:35
To: 'melanoma@yahoogroups.com'
Cc: 'Faith'
Subject: FW: FW: for Angie/newbies



For Faith



There are so many people coming with this disease



Love and Healing



Ian



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From: Ian Dixon [mailto:iandixon25lr@...]
Sent: 26 June 2006 12:51
To: 'emma@...'
Subject: FW: FW: for Angie/newbies



As discussed



Links in 4th October email below



Regards


Ian



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From: Ian Dixon [mailto:iandixon25lr@...]
Sent: 21 June 2006 23:07
To: 'Joe Colebank'
Subject: FW: FW: for Angie/newbies







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From: Ian Dixon [mailto:iandixon25lr@...]
Sent: 21 June 2006 08:22
To: 'darci monroe'
Subject: FW: FW: for Angie/newbies



Darci



I am cutting and pasting from other emails – I still have cancer – but less
than when I was diagnosed stage IV with 6 mets to my liver. At one stage I
had anly days/weeks to live



I made my own luck – probabilities do not count – but I made decisions and
then did not stress if they were suspect



I was lucky – when diagnosed I came across a small being with cancer –
reluctantly and with guilt I took a second glance and yes – it was a child
of about 8 years of age



How lucky I had been as compared to that child



We each have our own journey and path



Send him my wishes for him finding his and living in Grace



Love and Healing



Ian



From: Ian Dixon [mailto:iandixon25lr@...]
Sent: 10 May 2006 07:40
To: 'shdean'
Subject: FW: FW: for Angie/newbies



I cannot give you medical advice – but I have been in a far worse position
than you



But, for the love of your children, you will wish to fight



I enclose my missive/story for you



Happy to help if needed



Love and Healing



Ian



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From: Ian Dixon [mailto:iandixon25lr@...]
Sent: 16 April 2006 09:45
To: 'melanoma@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: FW: for Angie/newbies



I sometimes ask people what is their greatest asset – they think of houses
and cars – then I remind them it is their brief time of life – a gift



We can choose to use it wisely – make that choice today – thousands die
today unexpectedly without the opportunity we have – and many will waste
time – their gift



Take joy in every day – the beauty of a petal of a flower – what a miracle,
the laughter of a child, the taste of good food, feeling raindrops on your
bare skin, the warmth of the sun…..



Time to stop – take time – to enjoy your time



And by relaxing, placing stresses and worries aside – meditating – change
can occur and health replace disease



Love and Healing



Ian



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From: Ian Dixon
Sent: 31 January 2006 21:26
To: 'Lorna Dixon'
Subject: for Mel's boyfriends Dad







A few comments



I read an interview in an Easyjet flight book - a few months after being
given a terminal diagnosis of just six months - given December 19th 2003
(Happy Christmas!)



Interviewer to dot-com millionaire:

'So you were lucky then?'



Dot com millionaire:

'Yes I was lucky - I made my own luck'



There ARE things he can do - the white coats do wonders but they do not know
why I am alive over two years later – statistics mean nothing for one person
- my last scan was stable with just one lesion out of 9 or 10 (that was when
I had just a few weeks left - just under 2 years ago)



My recommendations



When you hear of a little child aged 3 - Sammy - dying from cancer - then
you appreciate just how lucky you are. When you see a small being, scaly
grey skin, matted hair and you look furtively a second time and then realize
it is a child aged about 10 - then you stop being sorry for yourself - these
are starting points for change



Bristol Cancer Help Centre run a residential 2 day course (cost for 2 would
be c £600 - but what is life worth? - this was my 'turning point'



Change diet



Reduce stress



Enjoy the gift of life



Meditate regularly



Some lucky ones say prayer works



I regularly go to a meditation session at St Michaels Sanctuary, Church
Street Ewell - the sessions are most Friday mornings from 10 a.m. to c 12 -
we tend to bring along snacks for sharing afterwards - he would be welcome -
contribution towards costs is £10



I am happy to receive calls or emails



Love and Healing


Ian

Leatherhead, Surrey



Below email to another friend:



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From: Ian Dixon
Sent: 05 October 2005 22:06
To:
Subject: FW: FW: [melanoma] New Here



Hi Christine



I remember people saying – ‘sorry to hear your news’



and I grinned and beared it and felt like saying –



‘Your not half as sorry as I am’



– so I will instead just say welcome to the huge band of people fighting the
‘beast’. You have awoken to the fact that we are all terminal (most through
age) – today is the first day of the rest of your life – may you have many
joyous and beautiful days ahead



I know it is a shock, but remember that for many cancers most people do
survive – OK chemo, etc is not fun – but it is worthwhile



But also be aware that ‘they’ – the oncologists and doctors – who try so
hard – do not always understand or ‘know’ why some respond and others do
not. I am convinced that we can change the odds in our favour.



I am not saying that I ‘know’ – just that in my position – well the
prognosis was so bad I was open minded to most things – and have sifted
through piles of emails, websites and journals – the email below is the best
I can offer for sources of support.



Obviously hopefully you are stage 1 – i.e. the cancer is localized. The
stages go up to stage IV – ‘dead and dying/untreatable’ – I suspect it is
most unlikely you are other than stage 1. I was (and probably am) stage IV



Christine – I know what it feels like – I have been there – and attached is
my story and below my suggested sources of help



As you are local there are two further sources that you may wish to consider



Losely in Guildford run a church service and sharing every other Tuesday.
Sometimes they have healing – but although I have been maybe four or five
times now, I regard this as a support group which is more about socializing
than action



Friday mornings occasionally I go to meditation in Ewell – and I found this
sort of meditation hugely welcome – the group is small and is not just
cancer patients. The person who runs it is a journey practitioner – Marion –
and is very supportive. Some aspects feel are a bit cranky – but they have a
logic which I doubt I understand linked to acupuncture – anyhow they are
fun, and I see no harm in them and possibly some good – so I feel it worth a
try. If you are interested let me know and you can come along with me if you
like. They charge £10 a go – start at 10.00 a.m. on a Friday and finish at
12. Generally we all take some carrots/humus/snacks and have a shared lunch
together. I happen to be going this Friday.



Please do give me a call if you wish a chat – or would like just to pop over
for a cup of tea – talking about it really does help



Love and Healing



Ian



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From: Ian Dixon
Sent: 04 October 2005 08:27
To: 'Valerie'
Cc: 'melanoma@yahoogroups.com'; 'fighttogether@yahoogroups.com';
'cancercured@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: FW: [melanoma] New Here



Valerie



I live in the UK and went to the Bristol Cancer Help Centre on a course –
they do provide dietary information along with spiritual healing,
meditation, art therapy, visioning and other tools – I know that sounds
cranky, but I have met sane people who are doing well against expectations
and who believe each of those tools have enabled their survival. I went to
BCHC for dietary advice because Prince Charles is their patron and therefore
I thought they would be benign (as opposed to some who merely seek to
exploit our disease for personal gain)

http://www.bristolcancerhelp.org/



Alternatively there is the Gerson Diet - or more an approach to cancer
itself – I gather that costs around $4,000 per year but it is a credible
therapy that many believe does have an impact in so many cases

http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/9_7.htm

http://www.gersonsupportgroup.org.uk/



Much cheaper is to subscribe to a new charity here in the UK Canceractive –
I have only recently found their journal ‘Icon’ but it seems to me to be so
useful - annual subscription here is c $45 p.a. for four issues. I am
actively trying to help them as it is a charity and is giving clear and
consistent messages which conform to my own learnings.

http://www.iconmag.co.uk/



But I would also seriously consider meditation – even if just to try a
session or two. Personally I have found it to have a profound effect –
clearing away unhelpful emotions (anger, rage, grief, STRESS) and replacing
them with positive emotions (joy at the beauty of life, appreciation of the
priority of love, a belief/hope that the mind can induce the body/immune
system to fight the cancer). I do go to a journey therapist – I have been on
one course and attended two more as a volunteer helper. I have seen them in
practice and I would recommend this also

http://www.thejourney.com/ourpractitioners.html



My strategy is to proceed cautiously but with an open mind – and take a few
gambles that might help but that have few costly risks. Who knows?



Love and Healing



Ian



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From: Valerie
Sent: 04 October 2005 03:41
To: Ian Dixon
Subject: Re: FW: [melanoma] New Here



Hi Ian,



Thanks so much for sharing your story.I found it extremely
interesting......I would definately be interested in hearing more about diet
if you happen to have any good links you could pass along....thanks
again....



Take care,



Valerie

Ian Dixon > wrote:

Attached - my story

Best wishes

Love and Healing

Ian





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