by Joe Birch | Oct 10, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
Let me begin by saying it’s a miracle that I am alive today. This is my 4-year Anniversary! Pancreatic cancer is notorious for its high mortality rate. It is often not detected until patients are an advanced Stage 4, with few warning symptoms. It is an extremely...
by Joe Birch | Sep 18, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
In this video you will see me working hard to restore my back garden – which had overgrown passion fruit vines and fig tree, wooden planter boxes filled with hard, poor soil, and a network of stubborn, tough vines that I needed to remove. I use this work in the...
by Joe Birch | Sep 11, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
Next month I will be living with Pancreatic cancer for 4-years. To get to this point, I have endured a Distal Pancreatectomy in October 23, 2020, which removed 40% of my Pancreas, my entire Spleen, 8 lymph nodes; 6-months of the chemotherapy Gemsar from January...
by Joe Birch | Aug 29, 2024 | Finding and Nurturing Your Spirit
After a 6am walk around our wild property, breakfast on our Inner Patio is the morning ritual for me and Hopie. We pray, we eat slowly, we thank God for this new day, we sit in the quiet and listen to the greetings from our birds – who make a joyful chatter. We...
by Joe Birch | Aug 14, 2024 | Blessings from Nature
In my 4-year journey with Stage 4 Pancreatic cancer, he has been my nurse – tending to me after surgery, chemotherapy, Ablation and Cryoablation, side effects of treatment. He has been my therapist when I was caught in a 4-month cycle of Anxiety and FEAR of...
by Joe Birch | Aug 14, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
Despite the adversity I experienced in the first 4 days after the procedures, I must say that Day 8 is looking wonderful to me.This is the first day I have been able to take a 1-hour walk (with wrist weights) in my neighborhood since the procedures – which...
by Joe Birch | Aug 14, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
On Day 6 of my recovery from Liver Tumor Ablation and Cryoablation of Small Tumor on my Abdominal Wall, I am feeling strong enough to start cooking nutrient-dense organic foods to begin the healing process of building back healthy gut bacteria and to promote the...
by Joe Birch | Aug 12, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
The day started innocently enough. I took an hour run/walk at 6:30 am and sent an email to my doctor that “I am bringing Jesus (a Sacred Heart of Jesus 2×3” photo duck taped to my Left thigh) with me today to bless and guide you and the Team.” He answered back,...
by Joe Birch | Aug 2, 2024 | Miscellaneous
For the last nearly 4 years I have been sharing my journey with Pancreatic Cancer. You have seen videos and posts about the day of my Distal Pancreatectomy for Stage 1 Pancreatic cancer surgery on October 23, 2020.You have seen me going through 5 months of...
by Joe Birch | Aug 2, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
This Video Was Supposed To Accompany My Most Recent Article”Possible Psychological Effect of Being a “Medical Patient”I recommend you read the Article to understand the importance of this Short. It shows my life in Santa Fe with my beloved Brutie Boy...
by Joe Birch | Jul 1, 2024 | Miscellaneous
Today is actually the SECOND time I have watched this video.The first time I watched the interview that was shot 3 weeks ago was yesterday. This is what I had to say: “Seeing it today made me a little sad, and I will tell you why. Normally I am pretty happy and...
by Joe Birch | Jun 17, 2024 | Miscellaneous
This article is dedicated to the large number of my Followers who are writers. This one is for you: At 5:00 a.m. this morning I was awakened by a conversation with The Spirit. I was taken on a journey down memory lane: At age 6, my first recorded sentence was “Jerry...
by Joe Birch | Jun 13, 2024 | Miscellaneous
Welcome To My First Zoom Interview For My Holistic Cancer Recovery Hub website.This is a very special event for me! I have been in recovery for Pancreatic Cancer for nearly 4 years now and have been posting videos and articles about my journey since 2020, on YouTube,...
by Joe Birch | May 31, 2024 | Miscellaneous
This Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Research is an excellent resource for understanding the science behind the functioning of the pancreas. This article might also be helpful for other people, with other types of diagnoses, who experience digestive problems....
by Joe Birch | May 29, 2024 | Miscellaneous
On my last post, dated 5-20-24, I wrote some questions to God just before my most recent MRI: Malabsorption – “I do believe my body is experiencing Malabsorption: extreme, painful bloating in the entire abdominal cavity difficulty digesting and eliminating...
