Counseling BEST

20 November 2025

We made it home from Mexico on Monday! I’m already missing the new friends, the nurses, my doctor, and my B.E.S.T. counselor. Thank you to everyone who prayed and financially gave for treatment at Hope4Cancer. I feel like I was on a spiritual retreat while getting anti-cancer therapies. Not only did my body get a heavy dose of detoxing, but my thought-life did too (more on this below).

I had hoped to send an update sooner, but I got distracted. I had an allergic reaction from a nutritional supplement powder. Hope4Cancer, my husband, and I are looking for a solution to move forward with that supplement. Hopefully by next week I will be in the full swing of home therapies, and we'll start sharing what I'm doing at home for the next three months of this one-year cancer treatment program.

An Ezra connection: Chapter 4 talks about the opposition the Israelites faced while building the temple. The allergic reaction, along with our mailbox getting demolished and a few other things, seems like opposition; however, we are continuing the journey to restore my body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

As a continuation of my previous update: The other two consultations Hope4Cancer offered me while in Mexico included a dental review and three sessions with a B.E.S.T. counselor.

Dental: A dentist reviews each patient’s teeth from a cone scan to see any potential issues that could hinder cell health (for example: mercury fillings and any areas where an infection may be occurring).

Result: I have no mercury fillings and in general have good teeth health, although I have a dark area where I had a wisdom tooth pulled that should be attended to soon. In addition, two teeth that were involved in an accident (biting down on glass) some 25 years ago need the root canal pulled. Inflammation is growing in those areas.

Six B.E.S.T. Counseling Session (Behavioral, Emotional, Spiritual Transformation): Hope4Cancer knows that God is the one who heals. These sessions help each patient to manage their emotions from the cancer diagnosis, their need to live in a healing environment, and their necessity for God to be part of their lives. (Three sessions occur during the first three weeks; three sessions occur while at home.)

Result: Because of my meditation of God’s Word, I have managed my emotions from the diagnosis and have created a healing environment. But the counselor helped me see the negative views I had of myself. I know I have been redeemed by my Savior from my past sins, yet I tend to walk in public with shame.

To state differently, Ephesians 4:22-32 and Colossians 3:5-14 speak about getting rid of our sinful nature and clothing ourselves with Christ. When I pray to God, I am free and open—my clothes radiate life. When I step outside of that intimate time with the Lord, however, it is as if I go to the trash can, pull out that old sinful nature, and put it on as a cloak when I go out in public. You may not see it, but I do. And so, I have hindered myself from fully embracing who I am in Christ.

I may not be healed of cancer yet, but I am nearly healed of my former view of myself. It has been a truly remarkable journey. Now that I’m home, I need to put what I learned into practice. I just need to take that trash can to the dump, so I never put on that sinful cloak again.

BTW: For everyone who gave financially, a big hug to you. We were able to pay the initial amount of $61,000 in full. AMEN!

Love,

Tammy

Written by Tammy Lea Fabian

Edited by Mia Atteberry