Carolyn's Story: Yes to Life helped me recover my health

Today's blog post is by the amazing Carolyn Axtell, who recently took part in the Tour de Salah to raise funds for Yes to Life who helped her recover her health.

Yes to Life's unique services, rediscovering the joys of cycling and the support of my wonderful community all played significant roles in helping me to recover my health after being diagnosed with cancer.So what better way to celebrate and mark 2 years since finishing my treatment, than taking part in the Tour de Salah bike ride around London's mosques to raise funds to support the essential work of fantastic charity Yes to Life?

Years of chronic ill-health, repeated infections, prolonged stress, exhaustion from raising three young children and neglecting my own needs culminated in my breast cancer diagnosis.

The cancer journey is a minefield and it's difficult to make informed treatment decisions when you are emotionally vulnerable. It's all too easy to get carried along on the production line as a passive patient.

The key to recovering my health was taking charge of my care and treatment, and working with experienced practitioners to identify and address the underlying factors in my cancer. My diagnosis gave me a great opportunity to take stock of my life and reassess my priorities.

Through Yes to Life I discovered integrated cancer treatment options. Tests not available on the NHS showed that I was not metabolising oestrogen safely; that I had chronic inflammation, adrenal stress,  heavy metal toxicity and a number of other factors. After adopting various protocols recommended by my naturopath and nutritionist to correct these deficiencies, further tests showed fantastic improvements.

As a result of the lifestyle changes I have made, my health is better than it has ever been. I am grateful every day for the opportunity to enjoy life and I feel extremely blessed to have found a new role supporting others to take up cycling, which has given me and many others a new lease of life!

So please help Yes to Life to empower more people to take charge of their health and wellbeing. You could even start training for next year's Tour de Salah...

So far Carolyn has raised a whopping £1,037.50 for Yes to Life. You can still donate to Carolyn's fundraising page by visiting https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/carolyn-axtell?

To find out more about the Tour de Salah, visit www.tourdesalah.org.uk

For more information on Hornbeam JoyRiders women and family cycle club, visit https://www.facebook.com/JoyRidersWalthamstow