Testimonials

TESTIMONIALS

GREG HAYES

My name is Greg Hayes a 53 years old massage therapist and father of 6. Sons 25 and 24 daughters 18, 14, 5 and 9

My story is one of both sadness and Joy, of setting a goal and achieving it in what seems to be extremely adverse circumstances and mostly of God's great and mighty grace and mercy.

For the past five years I have been locked in a battle to gain custody of my two youngest children, daughters aged 6 and 9 years. Two days before Easter this year (2001) I was given full custody of them.

When I heard that I was going to get custody of my two daughters I decided it was time to give up smoking, which I promptly did.

Always being the extreme optimist I thought my health would return to how it was prior to starting up smoking. A few weeks after I kicked the habit I found I could not do anything requiring any effort, without folding over and gasping for breath. As I was working in a medical centre I decided to see one of the doctors in the centre who sent me for an x-ray of my lungs. It showed that my right lung was only partly working. Then I was sent to a cardio-thoracic surgeon who found I had a build up of fluid in my right plural cavity and the fluid was drained. Next I was off to see another surgeon in Sydney, he told me he wanted to operate on me to prevent me from any further build up of the fluid I had beforehand, also to find the cause of the fluid build up. One week later on the 22^nd of May I was in hospital under the knife.

I woke up and the surgeon who performed the operation sitting on the end of my bed. When I asked how it all went he said, "it doesn't look good, your right lung is covered in tumours. We still have to find out if they are malignant and that will take a few days till the test results come back". They were malignant, what a shock. Only a few weeks after getting my girls I was told I had a form of lung cancer known as mesothelioma.

The first thing I did was to pray and ask for God's peace to be on me and for him to help me in this situation. That was the smartest thing I did.

The next day it all started to happen, a good friend Rick Baker came to visit me and told me of the reported benefits of a number of Neways products for cancer sufferers and also dropped a book in my lap the name of the book was "Cancer, Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth" by Phillip Day. Talk about opening my eyes, this book certainly answered a lot of questions about why the medical profession and treatment of cancer and other diseases. He then told me of a number of people who could give me more information. One of these people was Mark Elliott a Buteyko practitioner from Melbourne who told me of a seminar he was having in Sydney on 6^th June. That is where I was given hope to carry on and to achieve a normal life once again.

As an alternate practitioner myself I had doubts from the start of the ability of the doctors to do anything that could remove or cure cancer. Like all of us I have seen relatives and friends waste away and die while still believing that modern medicine can return their health. I have seen clients come in with shoulder, neck, back, hip and leg problems that they had had for years and been continually taking cortisone, or panadeine fort to elevate the problem. Just another band-aide. Those conditions come under the heading of "easy to fix"

Mark Elliott has one of the simplest and most amazing resources imaginable; he calls it the Cancer Attack Pack. What he has done is put together a list and availability of different nutritional supplements and therapies known to have a positive effect against cancer.

With the help of a complete diet change, use of nutritional supplements, Buteyko breathing, filtered water lots of sleep, regular exercise, lots of good massage, healthy thinking and heaps of prayer. I am sure I have beaten what I refer to as "rust"

It is commonly believed that "Mesothelioma is always fatal, any treatment is unsuccessful in terms of long term care. Care can only be Palliative." I find that statement impossible to accept, given the fact that my health is improving not deteriorating.

One of the saddest things I have found out since my diagnosis was a man who was diagnosis with Mesothelioma only one week after me. He is now dead. What a waste of human life, certainly not the way God intended it to end

At the moment I can honestly say I haven't felt this good in over 20 years. Now I run 2-3klms each day and swim over 2klms 4 days a week. Not a bad effort since 6 months ago I couldn't even swim 25mtrs then get out of the pool without puffing. Most important of all I can be involved with those I love and watch my children grow up (and not out-run me) knowing I have many years of healthy living ahead of me.

Let’s face it if the so-called elite of academia can tell us that the big bang really happened and that mankind evolved from the apes. How could we believe that modern medicine could restore us to the level of health God created us to have?

N.B Sadly, Greg Hayes passed away in 2007, outliving his prognosis by almost 6 years. He suffered 2 heart attacks within a space of a few months, the last was fatal. Unfortunately, his focus was almost exclusively on the nutrition side to health and wellbeing, often ignoring the mental/emotional side. He was the first to admit this fact, it took him 2 years to “try” EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and he practiced that for over a year and then he did embrace the ZPoint process for emotional wellbeing for a few months before neglecting to practice it on a daily basis.

We cannot emphasise the importance of healing on all levels to stay physically alive, and even if you choose to die, then die at peace with yourself, knowing that unresolved emotional/mental issues with yourself and others are healed. All is well, you are loved.

GEOFF COWAN My Journey to Recovery

I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (cancer in the bone marrow) on 19 December 2001. The Oncologist strongly advised me to commence chemotherapy treatment in January, and on 7 January I was booked in for a full skeletal X-ray and a bone marrow biopsy. This diagnosis was a total shock as I rarely consulted a doctor, (as I've always been fairly healthy in a physically demanding job) but did so at the insistence of my daughter who thought I had lost a bit too much weight.

I mentioned my test results to my friend, Rosalie, who asked if I was open to listening to alternative forms of treatment. I said that I was and she lent me a book by Phillip Day entitled 'Cancer, Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth'. Then Rosalie and her sister Jenny came to see me on 27^th December and introduced me to the idea of nutritional supplementation.

Perhaps I should mention here that Rosalie and I had just met 5 weeks previously on the 10^th November 2001, at a funeral, after not having seen each other for 37 years. We had grown up together through the church and youth club at Box Hill (Vic.).

Rosalie had been trying to contact Mark Elliott who was away on holidays at the time, but the message on his answering machine suggested contacting Laurence Billing for anything urgent. We rang Laurence and he suggested immediate changes to my diet and so commenced the "No meat, no fish, no dairy, no sugar, no caffeine, no eggs, no alcohol, NO NEGOTIATION". In the meantime Rosalie wrote to Mark so that a letter would be waiting for him on his return, and he rang her on New Years Eve. We then went together to a workshop Mark conducted on 2 January 2002. We spent the afternoon learning of all the different therapies contained in Mark's 'Cancer Attack Pack'. After several hours, with our brains almost 'hurting', we commenced our journey home again - a good two hours. I remember there was not too much conversation on that homeward trip as we were both consumed with our own thoughts.

With all this new information I decided to follow some of the strategies Mark had suggested. Rosalie arrived at my home on the 6^th January with several nutritional products so I could get started on them immediately. I also cleaned out the bathroom of all the chemical-laden products and replaced them with toxin-free alternatives.

I rang the Oncologist and cancelled the appointment for 7 January. He was the same doctor who had treated my sister, Barbara, in 1982/3, following her diagnosis of lymphatic cancer. Barb had only 6 months of treatment before she died.

The following day I had a telephone call from the Oncologist wondering why I had not kept the appointment. I told him of my decision to try the natural therapies for a while and he was very unimpressed and told me "natural therapy of course does not work, especially in cases of Multiple Myeloma". Some time later, my GP told me that the Oncologist had written back to him and advised that 'he really had nothing to offer me anyway'. That GP later tried to refer me to another Oncologist - I haven't seen him since.

Rosalie committed to support me with the 'diet' and we spent each Saturday night together learning new recipes of the vegetarian persuasion. I also ordered filtered water to be delivered, saw a massage therapist and an EFT specialist etc. etc. etc. I changed my way of thinking and started to shy away from the negatives and only took in positive thoughts. I also became more spiritually aware and had a very specific 'healing' event take place during the wee small hours of 23 February 2002. I had been having some strong pain in my back and having been out of bed for a drink, I got down on my knees and asked for help and begged for the pain to be taken away. Some time later, back in bed, I awoke and was aware of 'movement' above my back. The pain had gone by the time I awoke in the morning, and it never returned.

Over the next few months my weight improved and I continued to have blood tests every 4-6 months. We had found another GP who was very supportive and willing to arrange for these blood tests for me. Most of the indicators gradually moved back into the normal reference range with the exception of the protein level.

In April this year, I was referred to a Haematology Oncologist who ordered very extensive x-rays and blood and urine tests. The results showed NO TRACE OF CANCER IN MY SYSTEM ANY MORE. What an achievement - NO chemotherapy, NO radiation, and taking a purely holistic approach.

Rosalie and I were married on 10^th November 2002 at the old church where we grew up. We had chosen to have a 'bring and share' luncheon so we did not have to restrict the numbers. It was a fantastic day with over 300 in attendance! I'm quite sure that our happiness has greatly contributed to my recovery. I firmly believe that God has been in charge of the whole journey from the first day my path crossed with Rosalie's, meeting Mark Elliott and then coming into contact with several other therapists all with amazing God-given talents. I will be forever grateful. To Him be thanks and praise.

Geoff Cowan

5^th May 2004.

Geoff can be contacted at geoffcowan1@bigpond.com

This article may not be altered in any way. Permission has been given by the author for it to be reproduced in its entirety.

Z-POINT TESTIMONIAL

Hi Mark,
I just wanted to let you know that I told Melanie (my daughter who has just turned 5) about saying "Love" over and over again when she is feeling sad or lonely etc like you were telling us at your seminar the other day.
I explained it to her and the following day she told me she was lonely when she went to bed at night and she had said "Love" over and over to herself. I asked her what happened and she told me that she felt like there was lot and lots of people all around her and she wasn't lonely anymore. I thought that was just so beautiful and I wanted to share it with you. She has also reminded me to say it to myself lately whenever I have been annoyed or upset (for any reason) She must have really taken it in.
So thank-you for sharing that with me - it certainly has made a difference!!!
Hope you and all the family are well,
Love Shelley