hi my name is Renee Heitmann a year ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer and
I was diagnosed with breast cancer and
I was diagnosed with breast cancer and currently I’m living with stage 4
currently I’m living with stage 4
currently I’m living with stage 4 metastatic cancer that is in my liver
metastatic cancer that is in my liver
metastatic cancer that is in my liver and in my lymph nodes
to see someone that’s the embodies the
to see someone that’s the embodies the you know health and the body and all
you know health and the body and all
you know health and the body and all that get cancer you know I think that
that get cancer you know I think that
that get cancer you know I think that was kind of shocking for most of us it
was kind of shocking for most of us it
was kind of shocking for most of us it was very difficult because Renee told me
was very difficult because Renee told me
was very difficult because Renee told me that she did not want to go through
that she did not want to go through
that she did not want to go through chemotherapy she did not want to go
chemotherapy she did not want to go
chemotherapy she did not want to go through surgery and that she wanted to
through surgery and that she wanted to
through surgery and that she wanted to treat herself naturally my enema bucket
treat herself naturally my enema bucket
treat herself naturally my enema bucket looks like a bit confident we wanted her
looks like a bit confident we wanted her
looks like a bit confident we wanted her to just get a lumpectomy and hopefully
to just get a lumpectomy and hopefully
to just get a lumpectomy and hopefully that you know that would take care of it
that you know that would take care of it
that you know that would take care of it and she would go on with her life but
and she would go on with her life but
and she would go on with her life but that isn’t what she decided to do so
that isn’t what she decided to do so
that isn’t what she decided to do so right now I’m just riddled with cancer
right now I’m just riddled with cancer
right now I’m just riddled with cancer and somehow that doesn’t scare me
and somehow that doesn’t scare me
and somehow that doesn’t scare me because I’m plowing into this natural
because I’m plowing into this natural
because I’m plowing into this natural approach that I feel like is right for
approach that I feel like is right for
approach that I feel like is right for me that decision not to treat her cancer
me that decision not to treat her cancer
me that decision not to treat her cancer with Western methods was very much tied
with Western methods was very much tied
with Western methods was very much tied in for her with you know losing the
in for her with you know losing the
in for her with you know losing the opportunity to have children and the
opportunity to have children and the
opportunity to have children and the toxicity of the treatment causing more
toxicity of the treatment causing more
toxicity of the treatment causing more problems for her things that I couldn’t
problems for her things that I couldn’t
problems for her things that I couldn’t really reassure her around Renee had
really reassure her around Renee had
really reassure her around Renee had researched everything I mean she had a
researched everything I mean she had a
researched everything I mean she had a binder full of like every aspect of her
binder full of like every aspect of her
binder full of like every aspect of her disease my research and all of
disease my research and all of
disease my research and all of everything goes into eventually I sat
everything goes into eventually I sat
everything goes into eventually I sat her down and talked with her because I
her down and talked with her because I
her down and talked with her because I could see as she was in a lot more pain
could see as she was in a lot more pain
could see as she was in a lot more pain they told her that the cancer had spread
they told her that the cancer had spread
they told her that the cancer had spread partially to her heart her lungs her
partially to her heart her lungs her
partially to her heart her lungs her liver I was afraid she was gonna die
liver I was afraid she was gonna die
liver I was afraid she was gonna die right then we decided that because I
right then we decided that because I
right then we decided that because I don’t want the cancer to progress I am
don’t want the cancer to progress I am
don’t want the cancer to progress I am going to start doing some chemotherapy
going to start doing some chemotherapy
going to start doing some chemotherapy for a while she got a lot better we had
for a while she got a lot better we had
for a while she got a lot better we had an party in the park with all of her
an party in the park with all of her
an party in the park with all of her friends and I think it made her happy to
friends and I think it made her happy to
friends and I think it made her happy to do that and then it was only a couple
do that and then it was only a couple
do that and then it was only a couple months later she had to go back into the
months later she had to go back into the
months later she had to go back into the hospital
hospital
hospital I get a notice for my doctor too saying
I get a notice for my doctor too saying
I get a notice for my doctor too saying she wants me to go and um have an MRI of
she wants me to go and um have an MRI of
she wants me to go and um have an MRI of my brain and she calls me the very next
my brain and she calls me the very next
my brain and she calls me the very next morning and notifies me that I have over
morning and notifies me that I have over
morning and notifies me that I have over 50 um
50 um
50 um lesions in my brain my doctor has
lesions in my brain my doctor has
lesions in my brain my doctor has informed me that there are no longer any
informed me that there are no longer any
informed me that there are no longer any viable options for me so she’s put me on
viable options for me so she’s put me on
viable options for me so she’s put me on hospice care and we’ll just take it one
hospice care and we’ll just take it one
hospice care and we’ll just take it one day at a time
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