The spider web-like mass found in my right breast the summer of 2012 had me thinking about my mom, the farm she was raised on, DDT, Rachel Carson, and Cannabis – in that order.

I saw the configuration while proactively peeking over the shoulder of both the mammogram and ultrasound technician. While waiting for the biopsy I decided to do some research and easily found an image of a nearly identical mass on the Mayo Clinic’s Web site, naming it, “Lobular Carcinoma.”

This type of cancer begins in the milk-producing glands of the breasts or lobules, affecting 10 to 15 percent of all women in the U.S. It’s a mass, not a lump, as with Ductal Carcinoma, affecting up to 85 percent of women in this country, annually.

LOBULAR CARCINOMA IS A BREAST CANCER THAT AFFECTS 10-15 PERCENT OF WOMEN IN THE U.S. IT’S A SPIDER-WEB-LIKE MASS, NOT A TUMOR THAT CANNOT BE MISTAKEN FOR A CYST.

Pass the Mayo
This information can be found in the Mayo Clinic’s tedious, page-by-page listing of incredibly limited information, with the only cause listed as hormone replacement.
This stumps me as my sister – who is 18 months older – had this same type of cancer just three years prior, undergoing surgery, chemo and follow-up radiation – and she never used hormone replacement prior.
Surgeries are invasive, chemotherapy often does more harm than good, and radiation is known to cause secondary cancers, such as lymphomas. The FDA is actually considering taking it off the market for this reason.
In my mind, being proactive about one’s health is equal to being able to see past the smoke screens of modern day medicine. Being a Cannabis patient I’m skeptical of traditional treatments that seem to do more harm than good.

Once Upon a Time
My mom grew up on a farm in Illinois just outside the State Capitol of Springfield. Yes, Springfield. Kind of like The Simpsons – the difference being, my mom told childhood stories of dancing with my aunt and uncle beneath the rain of DDT falling down from crop dusting airplanes on the waving fields of grain. None of them grew a third eye, but all died of Cancers.

Before my Aunt passed she phoned me, urging me to look into the pesticides used on the farm. At the time I was dealing with my own daughter’s autoimmune disorders, having been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia at 13. I was also just diagnosed with Thyroid Disease – another disorder under the autoimmune spectrum – but I never connected the dots to the family’s ailments from the DDT.

I’m second generation DDT, my daughter is third. This means something, as we have a lineage of chemicals in our genetic bloodlines, with many other toxins and heavy metals literally showered on us for decades. Recent studies indicate that DDT alone stays in the genetic blood lines of lab rats up to five generations that they know of, with cancers in our stem cells.

American Biologist Rachel Carson spoke out on the dangers of DDT when the compound was first found to have insecticidal properties in 1939 which were then marketed. While the chemical successfully eliminated the mosquitos causing the Malaria – gracing it with the tag, “savior of mankind,” Carson outed its dark side.

WHEN DDT WAS RE-CONFIGURED FROM AGENT ORANGE AFTER WWII, BIOLOGIST RACHEL CARSON WARNED US OF ITS DANGERS IN “SILENT SPRING,” PUBLISHED IN 1962, INSPIRING THE CLEAN AIR AND WATER ACTS OF 1973 / 1974.

Published in 1962 “Silent Spring” was Carson’s warning, hitting the newsstands long after the non-water-soluble poison saturated our soil, water, and ultimately our food supply, for decades. In the book, Carson warns of cancers, describing how DDT attacks the Central Nervous System of its prey – paralyzing and rendering them defenseless until the immune system fails and organs stop functioning as they suffocate and die.

Those familiar with neurological, autoimmune, or central nervous system disorders leading to physical debilitation, such as Parkinson’s, ALS, or Alzheimer’s just got a chill. For that matter, most of our modern day ailments stem from some kind of toxic poisoning from the chemicals or heavy metals surrounding us, daily.

The good news is, as listed in the U.S. Patent No. 6,630,507 B1, “Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties … useful in the treatment of a wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases … (with) particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limited neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and HIV dementia.”

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S PATENT ON CANNABINOIDS, ONE OF THE BENEFICIAL COMPOUNDS IN CANNABIS.

The information on the patent is crucial, as it provides us with the knowledge we need to move forward with our own Cannabis self-care. My doctor was unaware of the advantages of Cannabis before I presented my findings to her. How could she?
But we learned together as I slowly did away with the cancer, the pain, and up to 10 prescription meds.

“We can’t stop the toxins around us, but we can educate ourselves and others to this good medicine – one person, one plant at a time.” — Sharon Letts’

In general the medical industry today tells the average American they are at fault for their own health woes, as if all the poisons polluting the world had nothing to do with any of it.

The rhetoric seems to be, if you have Lobular Carcinoma it’s because you took hormone replacement; you have Ductal Carcinoma because you drank more than three glasses of alcohol a day, you had children after 30 or you didn’t have them at all; Lung Cancer is due to your use of cigarettes, or closeness to someone smoking them; skin Cancer is for lack of sun screen; heart disease, you ate too many fatty foods.

The limited lists of illusive causes for serious illness and disorders, combined with the redirecting of blame for our modern-day ailments is enough to make anyone sick. As a Cannabis patient, I’m frustrated at the lack of information and research on Cannabis and Cancer, let alone the vague information on why or how I became unwell.

Once Upon a Time
What we do know is, my mother was raised on a farm in Illinois and danced under the rain of DDT as crop dusters flew above. It was a game. The pesticide companies told them it was safe, they even told them it was good for them. Everyone in my mother’s family died of cancers.

I’m second generation DDT, but I also came up in the age of lead paint, and even if I were to blame these two substances solely for my autoimmune or autism disorders, the world today contains more than seven million recognized chemicals. 80,000 of them are in common use, with 10,000 more in use pending testing from the small, underfunded government agency in charge of our safety.

POOR MAN’S JUICING: (SEE APOTHECARY PAGE FOR RECIPES) ADDING A HANDFUL OF LEAF TO A SMOOTHIE DAILY IS STRONG MEDICINE, PER DR. WILLIAM COURTNEY. SMOKING FLOWER BURNS UP MOST OF THE BENEFICIAL COMPOUNDS IN CANNABIS.

Eat Your Medicine!
So there I was, looking at the mass, when I remembered an earlier conversation with Dr. William Courtney the year prior on juicing. The former physician in Mendocino, California helped his wife do away with more than 20 prescription medications previously needed to treat Lupus.

I also remembered hearing of the strong oil, otherwise known as RSO or Rick Simpson Oil and began networking with medicine makers for a batch.

In the five weeks prior to the biopsy I had eaten raw leaves in salads, and made a drink in the blender. I had already been ingesting a light oil for sleep from a company in the Bay area called “Internal Oil,” but I was not diligent in ingesting it, and was not hopeful the minimal ingesting would do anything.

Before surgery, as I laid there with the technician gliding the magic wand over my breast, he said strangely, “I can’t seem to find the mass.”
After looking at past and current ultrasound views, the surgeon said, “We might not do this today.” To which I replied, “I’ve been ingesting raw Cannabis – that may be the reason,” to which he asks if he can do that therapy too.

Typical Stoner vs. Enlightened Patient
Stoner jokes seem to come into play when this medicine is discussed. As if getting high is the end-all, as I lay there with my jellied boob exposed, facing the big “C.”
My moment to enlighten, I advised, “no, ingesting raw Cannabis will not get you high,” and teased that it may not be the treatment for him, to which he was comically disappointed.
He then informed me that he was part of a Cannabis experiment in medical school during the 1960s that found medicinal value in the plant, such as in treating nausea.
As he tells it, they injected him with a Cannabis serum (heated, no doubt), and he said he became so excited (intoxicated is more like it), he grabbed the ass of the attending nurse. This admission was met with howls of laughter from the attending staff, but I pressed on.
“That must have been a strong batch,” I say, to more chuckles. I then advise him of the practice of eating raw leaves versus heating Cannabis for the psychoactive effects of THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol).

Personal Trials: 60 Grams in 90 Days

Stumped at the lack of mass, the good doctor wanted to go ahead with the procedure! “… as long as we are all here,” he declared. I took my chance to take a pause and asked if we could postpone the procedure another month while I continue with my own therapy. Thankfully, he agreed.
During the next five to six weeks I ingested the strong cannabis oil, while still ingesting raw leaves. And the most amazing thing happened, all my symptoms from Thyroid Disease and additional hormonal issues from Menopause fell away. Complications with digestion, fatigue, and numerous other symptoms ceased to exist.
“The first night of taking the oil I didn’t need a sleeping pill, the next day I didn’t need my pain killer for a partially disabled knee. Within two weeks of taking the oil I was able to do away with up to 10 prescription medications and numerous supplements.”
— Sharon Letts’

Prior to taking the strong oil I had only smoked to medicate, and used the light oil, “Internal” for sleep. Eating the raw leaf combined with the oil turned my body around completely. The strong oil (RSO) used to treat cancer and other serious ailments was re-invented by Canadian Rick Simpson more than ten years ago. The recipe is specific, using bud, stem and leaf for whole plant theory and the most medicine.

The RSO protocol is to ingest 60 grams in 90 days, with a step-up dosing regimen allowing the patient to get used to the strong THC. At upwards of 80 percent THC, dosing is critical with the patient starting small, initially taking a piece of oil the size of a half grain of rice. After some time a full grain of rice is taken, working up to one full gram a day until the full 60 gram treatment is finished. Some of the most invasive Stage 4 cancers have been found to be gone in less than 90 days.
RSO Suppositories are said to be best as it gets the medicine right to the bloodstream and organs for healing, not digestive processing, with patients reporting no head-high. This is huge, as THC is an issue for many.

Other oils have come on the market as medicine makers step up. But the rule of thumb is to make sure it’s lab tested, as the numbers need to test high on THC, and it must be cooked down then tested for toxins. When you make a concentrate out of the plant, you are also making a concentrate out of whatever was left in the growing of said plant – and not all farmers are organic.

ONCE THE PROTOCOL OF 60 GRAMS IS COMPLETED AND CANCER OR OTHER AILMENTS ARE IN REMISSION, THE MAINTENANCE DOSE FOR CANNABIS OIL (RSO SHOWN) IS THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF RICE. SHARON HAS TAKEN THIS DOSE, NIGHTLY, FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS SINCE PUTTING HER CANCER INTO REMISSION AND DOING AWAY WITH UP TO 10 PRESCRIPTION MEDS.

Look at me, I’m Cancer Free!
Happily the second scheduled biopsy found nothing, with the mass completely gone from both the mammogram and ultrasound. The attending technician called it a “technical error,” stating the initial technician probably got it wrong. But I was there looking over her shoulder and saw the same distinct spider-web mass in both the mammogram and ultrasound. The oncologist’s assistant was called in to have a chat with me, stating sometimes there is “dense tissue” that can be confused with cancers. But his lecture on the subject was long, convoluted, and did not make sense to me at all.I was polite and reiterated that I treated myself by ingesting Cannabis oil, but he didn’t know anything about the treatment, and refused to engage in a conversation. The follow-up letter received from the lab stated they felt the “dense tissue” remaining in my breast was “probably left over from a prior surgery.” This gave me a huge laugh, as I have never had surgery in that breast or the other one, for that matter. I also felt this was an insult to my intelligence and the treatment I used, but until the masses are educated on this plant we can’t expect this process to be easy. At the very least everyone involved heard my words.

SINCE SHARON BEGAN INGESTING THE STRONG OIL, KEEPING CANCER AT BAY AND DOING AWAY WITH UP TO 10 PRESCRIPTION MEDS AND SUPPLEMENTS, SHE HAS FOUND MANY WAYS TO USE THE PLANT AS MEDICINE. SHOWN HERE (CLOCKWISE) CANNABIS OIL, JUICED LEAF (FROZEN IN CUBES), TOPICAL SALVES, SUPPOSITORIES (NO HEAD HIGH), AND KIEF CAPS. NOT SHOWN ARE TINCTURES, INFUSED ALCOHOL FOR TONIC COCKTAILS, INFUSED HERBAL WATER, AND EATING FRESH HERBS, VEGETABLES AND FRUITS, DAILY. (SEE APOTHECARY PAGE FOR RECIPES.)

My cancer experience happened in 2012 and to this day I ingest with various deliveries I make myself. Here’s what I use:

• Blending raw leaf daily (when available ) for digestive issues, prevention of illness, and overall well-being (no psychoactive effects).
• Maintenance dose of RSO at night for sleep and prevention of illness and cancers.
• Cooking meals using infused oils, butter, honey, etc.
• Cocktails with infused alcohol, such as gin or rum – quelling the inflammation leading to headaches and hangovers, prevention of illness.
• Cold and flu prevention: If I feel a cold or flu coming on I up my ingesting and the infection lasts just a couple of days.
• Use of infused topical salves, lotions, deodorant: Daily skin regimen for cancers, rashes, bug bites, burns, acne, and numerous disorders of the skin.
•  Smoking as needed for depression associated with hormonal disorders (Thyroid Disease/Menopause… see Sharon’s essay, Cannabis: Calming the Crazy Bitch)
•  Added other fresh herbs to food, infused water – such as chamomile, which is calming for everything under the Autistic Spectrum, and nearly mimics CBD, one of the other deep healing compounds in cannabis.

The stigma is still great and plant propaganda exists. But the times are changing, and with each new story of healing shared people learn the truth. You can’t stop the truth from spreading – thankfully, the truth is a cancer in itself.

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