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...
by Joe Birch | May 28, 2024 | Miscellaneous
Today we are going to join Hopie as he shows us around his kingdom: his dog/bird/cat house in the avocado tree, his new Japanese Maple tree named Megumi, Mont’s Place Japanese Tea House, his other trees and plants and spinning fish.This is where he brings Mama...
by Joe Birch | May 21, 2024 | Miscellaneous
This video includes a Journal Entry I wrote just before my most recent MRIs on 5-9-2024 and the video I shot right afterwards: Dearest Lord Jesus, We are here waiting, as we were almost 4 years ago. I know something is incredibly wrong:– I can’t digest food• My skin...
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 | Apr 3, 2024 | Blessings from Nature
“Your body’s Divine ability to heal itself is amazing!” Just as I struggled for hours to write this tale yesterday, stumbling to gather the facts and construct them into a discernible format, I went to bed knowing that the Spirit of God would help me filter them into...
by Joe Birch | Dec 29, 2023 | Blessings from Nature
Last year I made a comment in a LinkedIn post: “I’ve never been the kind of person to give myself a Birthday party and I always admired people who did.” To my amazement, over 200 people viewed that post and gave me support. I was blown away! This year I am emboldened...
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 | Sep 12, 2023 | Blessings from Nature
What is the significance of a 30-year Wedding Anniversary? For me it is ENORMOUS, in so many ways: Given the circumstances in my family of origin, I couldn’t have been more ill-prepared for marriage. I was not brought up with emotional intimacy, had no intimate...
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...
