Woman, 32, with aggressive breast cancer refuses chemo – and vows to beat it with COFFEE ENEMAS, turmeric and two litres of organic juice a day

A woman diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer has discussed her reasons for refusing traditional treatment – and vowed to beat the disease using natural therapies.

Fio Aguila, 32, from Beaconsfield, NSW, was told she had stage three breast cancer in May, but after undergoing surgery the mother of one has cancelled all her chemotherapy appointments saying, ‘you can choose quantity of life or quality – I choose quality’.

Ms Aguila said her partner Jared, 34, initially urged her to reconsider, but accepted her decision after she gave him an ‘ultimatum’.

Now the couple is raising funds on Go Fund Me so that Ms Aguila can travel to Mexico to undertake Gerson Therapy – a ‘natural therapy’ said to activate the body’s ability to ‘heal itself through an organic, plant-based diet, raw juices, coffee enemas and natural supplements.’

Ms Aguila, a former chef, explained her diagnosis came at a time when she was in a ‘really negative state of mind’ and was ‘tired and stressed’.

She woke up in bed one day to discover one of her breasts felt heavier than the other. ‘It felt like I was breastfeeding,’ Ms Aguila told Daily Mail Australia. ‘I thought it was related to my period.’

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But four days later, the feeling was still there and then she found a small lump, which she got checked out by a doctor. A mammogram and biopsy followed, and Ms Aguila was told she was suffering from ‘aggressive’ breast cancer.

‘At that time I was very ignorant of everything related to cancer and health. My father died from cancer more than 20 years ago,’ Ms Aguila revealed. ‘I never wanted to talk about it. I was blocking it from my mind this whole time.’

Ms Aguila, who is a mum to a little girl, Naia, two, said her initial reaction to the discovery of the tumour was ‘let’s get this thing out of me’.

Two months ago she underwent surgery to remove the tumour – which was bigger than expected – but said her feelings about what treatment was right for her changed.

‘I was recovering for a couple of weeks and they told me that even though they were awaiting results of tests on the tumour they heavily thought chemo was a must,’ she said. ‘But I was having a weird feeling about chemo. I felt sick every time they were talking about it.

‘It was not fear,’ she went on. ‘It was the whole idea of feeling it did not feel right for me.’

Tests confirmed the tumour was aggressive.

‘That’s when they told me again. “It’s 100 per cent necessary that you have chemo and radiotherapy”,’ Ms Aguila said. ‘I was crying. I was devastated.’

Ms Aguila said that when she was given a list of possible side effects of the treatment at an appointment, instead of being convinced to proceed, it was the ‘total opposite’.

‘They started to tell me about the possible side effects,’ she said. ‘Infertility, premature menopause, hair loss, sensitivity to infection… I thought, “am I the only person in this room that thinks that this is not right?”

‘My partner and I were talking and I said “I feel this is wrong”. He said, “are you crazy?”‘

Ms Aguila was told that without chemo, there was a 50 per cent chance of her cancer returning but that did not change things for her. Although she agreed to book in her recommended chemotherapy sessions, she left her appointment that day deeply unsure if she would proceed.

‘They were shocked,’ she admitted. ‘But I’m aware. I know what’s happening with my body and I’m just not sure this is the right decision.’

Following the news, she took some time away to relax and think things through. After returning home, Ms Aguila started researching cancer and discovered some alternative treatment options, including information about the Gerson Therapy.

The therapy is said to offer a ‘whole-body approach to healing’ and reactivate the body’s ability to heal itself – ‘with no damaging side effects’.

Other outspoken supporters of the Gerson Therapy include the late Jess Ainscough, an Australian cancer patient who was an advocate of alternative treatments and went by nickname ‘The Wellness Warrior’.

Ms Aguila said that when she revealed her interest in alternative options to her family, they were concerned.

‘My family and my partner were thinking I was insane for even considering not having chemo,’ Ms Aguila said.

She candidly admits she gave her partner an ‘ultimatum’ and she told her family that if they pressed the issue it would drive her away.

‘I want them in my life but I would not be able to be with anyone who did not support the decision I made,’ she said. ‘I felt like I needed to do it that way. It was stressing me out. I’m not crazy.’

Having done further research, in early July Ms Aguila went to a hospital appointment where she told her doctor she was not going to have chemo.

‘I finally told her I’m not going to do this and it was like my whole body was vibrating, I was a ball of happiness.

‘This is not a decision I’m taking because I want to close my eyes. My eyes are more open than ever before.’

Days later, Ms Aguila cancelled all her chemo appointments and radically overhauled her life. She became vegan, banned animal products from her life and began doing daily juice cleanses.

She said she thinks the life choices she made as a chef – including partying, travelling and stress – had a role to play in causing her cancer.

‘Even though I’ve changed a lot since I stopped being a chef, I cannot repay all those years,’ she said. ‘I did not know I was doing wrong until the cancer hit me.’

Now, in addition to drinking two litres of organic juice each day – including carrot, beetroot, ginger, kale and celery – Ms Aguila ‘cleanses’ her liver with two coffee enemas and supplements her diet with turmeric and aloe vera. She also exercises up to five times a week and practices yoga.

She is raising funds in a bid to travel to Mexico for therapy at the end of September.

‘I’m feeling really great at the moment,’ she said. ‘A lot of people won’t agree or support what I’m doing but everyone needs to be confident and take a decision on what they think is right for them.

‘If you’re in the middle of a treatment you don’t believe in, nothing is going to save you.’

Written by Katherine Davison for The Daily Mail ~ Australia ~ August 23, 2016.

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