by Joe Birch | May 14, 2024 | The Battle with Cancer
Blind-Sided By FEAR For most of my adult life I have been a decisive, “take charge,” fearless individual: I was divorced at 26, raised 2 young children while putting myself through graduate school, followed God’s leading to move to California without so much as a job...
by Joe Birch | Dec 4, 2023 | The Battle with Cancer
HCRH is an action oriented, self-empowerment website for cancer patients around the world who want to improve their treatment outcomes. Based on the belief in the intrinsic power of the body, mind, emotions, spirit connection within each person, HCRH aims to provide...
by Joe Birch | Aug 29, 2023 | The Battle with Cancer
As a Holistic psychotherapist, 34-month Pancreatic cancer thriver, and wife of a 12-year Prostate cancer thriver, I have a unique perspective. No matter where you are on the “Cancer Journey Spectrum,” – newly diagnosed, currently receiving treatment, thriver with “no...
by Joe Birch | Aug 21, 2023 | The Battle with Cancer
In April 2023, a routine Chest CT for my pulmonary doctor revealed an “incidental finding of ‘something suspicious’ in my liver.” At that point in time, I was 30-months clear of any evidence of Pancreatic cancer. After my 2020, Distal Pancreatectomy in the tail of my...
by Joe Birch | Jul 24, 2023 | The Battle with Cancer
On 5-19-23 an MRI revealed that my Stage 1 Pancreatic cancer (which had NO DETECTABLE sign of cancer for 30 months after my initial Distal Pancreatectomy/Spleenectomy was performed on 10-23-2020) had metastasized to my liver. The tumor in the liver was a solitary...
by Joe Birch | Jun 21, 2023 | The Battle with Cancer
Having cancer return, after any length of time, affects your body, mind, emotions, spirit and your perception of yourself as a Whole Person. For me, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Pancreatic adenocarcinoma after a Distal Pancreatectomy removed 40% of my pancreas, all of...
