42. From Diagnosis to Thriving: How Taylor Dukes Chose Integrative Medicine to Heal Brain Cancer

About this episode

Taylor Dukes shares her journey of healing from brain cancer through integrative medicine and the power of positive thinking.

A free way to support your cancer treatment? Shifting your mindset and finding the positives in life. This week, I'm joined by Taylor Dukes, a family nurse practitioner, mother of two, and former colleague. We sat down to discuss her cancer journey—from finding out she had a brain tumor to entering remission—what she's learned in the years since her initial diagnosis, and how reframing her mindset helped her thrive. In this episode, you'll discover: Integrative Approaches to Cancer Treatment: When doctors found a brain tumor in Dukes' right frontal lobe, the mother of two didn't jump straight into surgery. Instead, she implemented a lot of integrative therapies such as coffee enemas, hyperbaric oxygen chamber therapy, wearing a red light helmet, and more. "In the five months between when I got diagnosed and when I actually had surgery, we were able to shrink the brain tumor in half," says Duke." The Power of Positive Thinking: Dukes, who currently has "no evidence of disease," believes that as long as you’re breathing, there is always hope and there are always options. "No diagnosis, no test, no statistic has the ability to figure out the number of your days," says Dukes, who…

People in this episode

Host: Amy Myers, MD

Guest: Taylor Dukes

Topics covered

• cancer treatment
• integrative medicine
• mindset
• health
• remission

Keywords

• brain cancer
• integrative therapies
• mindset
• remission
• health maintenance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Integrative Approaches to Cancer Treatment, hyperbaric oxygen chamber therapy, coffee enemas, red light helmet

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