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...
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 | Jul 19, 2023 | Miscellaneous
When you commit to an anti-cancer diet, you will find that it takes time and discipline over the long haul. It can be very tempting to eat like the rest of your family – who eat all kinds of bread and dessert items. You may feel envious of their freedom to order...
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...
by Joe Birch | May 31, 2023 | The Battle with Cancer
The recent MRI scans of my Abdomen and Pelvis revealed a 21mm/2cm tumor of my original Pancreatic Cancer made its way to the upper left section of my liver. Much to my relief and answered prayer, there is no metastatic cancer anywhere else in my body! Once again, I am...
by Joe Birch | May 15, 2023 | Finding and Nurturing Your Spirit
This Sunday I am sending Love and Acknowledgment to all the mothers, grandmothers and mother-like women around the world: aunts, cousins, mothers who have adopted and nurtured children, animals, plants, trees, community projects; marvelous teachers who instill wonder,...
by Joe Birch | Apr 11, 2023 | Understanding and Treating Anxiety
Prior to the Hirshberg 17th Annual Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer, I was interviewed by the editor of UCLA Health. She wanted to hear about my experiences with the Pancreatic cancer journey – from surgery through the end of treatment. She also interviewed Agi...
