She Dares Live

10/09/2026

**I've had inoperable stage 4 pancreatic cancer for 4 years. Still here.**

I get asked why, a lot. (So many reasons! But…) this is part of my answer. My insane optimism which is scientifically proven to help ypur body heal!

Your body doesn't respond to what you say. It responds to what you think. Chemically. Every time.

Your brain can't tell real from vividly imagined. fMRI studies (CU Boulder, icahn Institute) prove it. Imagine a threat, and the same neural circuits fire as if it's actually happening!!!

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6314478/

Your amygdala doesn't wait for evidence. It floods your blood with cortisol, adrenaline, norepinephrine — in seconds.

So:
🔹 That scan result you're dreading before you've even had the scan? Raising your blood pressure right now.
🔹 The awkward phone call you're replaying in your head on a walk? Spiking your cortisol.
🔹 The worst-case diagnosis you're rehearsing at midnight? Suppressing your immune function by morning.

Science calls it "perseverative cognition." Ruminators show higher cortisol, more infections, weeks later. The thought doesn't make you sick. The chemistry does.

Flip it, and it's just as real.

Placebo studies show 15–20% dopamine surges — from belief alone. No drug. No touch. Just expectation.

Your body is a 24/7 chemical translator. Every thought becomes hormones. Immune signals. Gene expression.

Worry rewires your stress axis.
Self-attack fuels inflammation.
Hope and gratitude rewrite your genes.

"It's just in your head" is the most expensive lie in modern medicine. Your head is wired straight into every organ you own.

I talk about the science behind why I'm still here every week — follow along if you want the rest of it. 💛

Ive included this image which chatgpt made for me to accompany this post as it had me in stitches for about half an hour. I have no arms!!! 😆

05/09/2026

A health update & a story I’ve never properly told.
Before I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, I had a close brush with colon cancer.

That experience is part of the story behind my new video on MISTLETOE which i used inspired by Ivelisse Page.

I share the detailed story of Ivelisse Page, whose stage 4 colon cancer led her to mistletoe therapy, and remission.

Her story inspired me to try mistletoe after looking into the scientific evidence against pancan.

I searched for survivor stories and now i document them.

The video also looks at studies on mistletoe and cancer.

Mistletoe has a long history of safe use for hundreds of years especially by Rudolf Steiner. It has been extensively studied but still isnt widely used outside of Germanic countries - which have better cancer survival.

Survivor stories matter.
Too often, people who talk about what they believe helped them are dismissed, ridiculed or told their experience doesn't count.
Of course, 1 person's story can't prove that a treatment works.
But these stories should be heard as we can research ourselves.

I also share my experience of taking mistletoe, doing the injections, the rashes and what happened to my tumour & metastases. I share my experience because there is so little documented experience from survivors of what happened to them trying things. Let me know what you think! Its LONG but you can watch it in chapters.

My personal experience trying mistletoe therapy living with stage 4...

03/09/2026

Yesterday I had another MRI with gadolinium contrast.

I’ve now had quite a few MRIs, and with the growths in my lungs, I’m increasingly concerned about the cumulative exposure and whether there’s anything sensible I can do to reduce retained gadolinium.

I came across this research on using HOPO as a chelator to remove gadolinium:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5849765/

The study found HOPO could promote gadolinium clearance in mice. It’s a fascinating piece of chemistry, although obviously this isn’t evidence that the same approach works in humans. Although, why shouldn't it?

I didn’t have access to HOPO. But when I looked at the chemistry, spirulina seemed interestingly close enough to make me wonder whether it might have some relevant metal-binding properties against gadolinium.
So, for the first time, I had a spirulina shot straight after my MRI.

The other patients were looking at me like I was completely mad. 😂

As usual.

Did it work? I have absolutely no idea.

There’s no evidence from this experiment of mine that spirulina removes gadolinium after an MRI, but there's also no downside and I love that kind of trade!

It was simply my attempt to take an interesting piece of research and think about whether there might be a practical way to apply the underlying chemistry.
Maybe it did nothing.
But given how many MRIs I need, I’m interested in exploring every plausible and safe way of reducing unnecessary exposure.
And yes, this is just how my brain works. 😅

29/08/2026

Why I dont eat tomatoes out of season

I used to be regularly suffering with hand and foot neuropathy. This was possibly a long term side effect from the chemo.

The head of the UK macrobiotic association told me he often saw this. Macrobiotic diets are also wfpb and I've also seen other vegans mention problems with this neuropathy style issue.

He advised me to remove nightshades from my diet for 2/3 weeks and see if that made a difference. My diet was quite rich in nightshades because who doesnt love a tomato, pepper or aubergine or a potato! (Though i do not eat many white potatoes) He said he had never seen a case where this hadnt made some kind of a difference. It did work for me also! I now only eat tomatoes and peppers and aubergines seasonally according to when they are growing in my country.

This might not work for everyone, but worth investigating if one is in a similar situation. I should say i am very closely surveilled from a medical perspective so i knew it wasnt a vitamin deficiency which is probably what you need to check out first. X

20/08/2026

People local to TN8, Today im having live blood analysis (which is where they look at your blood under a microscope and are able to spot parasites or other nasties). Its usually £220 but today £85 as they have brought the equipment over specially for me in any event. Would anyone else like to see what their blood looks like? I totally geek out over this kind of stuff! Spaces from 15.45. Contact Sarah on +44 7379 462850 ###

19/08/2026

Its lovely to be getting my 10k steps walking along in the countryside at the moment with the smell of blackberries everywhere....

**10,000 steps is a "magic number" — and my body is proof.**

The 10,000 step target was actually dreamed up by a Japanese company as a marketing gimmick — it just sounded good. But here's the thing: it turns out it wasn't just hype. Research shows people who hit 10k steps a day have a lower risk of all-cause mortality than those who only manage 7k. (Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32207799/)

For me, it became something close to a religion. There were days, when I was at my sickest, when I could only manage about 15 steps at a time. I had chairs dotted around the garden just so I could rest between stretches. But I kept going. Every single day, whatever "10,000 steps" looked like for me that day.

And that ties into something bigger I believe deeply: your body is talking to you all the time, if only you listen. Not just through the big, obvious symptoms — but the little things too. A pale tongue. Toothprint marks along the side of it. Chapped lips. These aren't random — they're signals.

Paying attention to those signals, moving my body every single day even when it was 15 steps at a time, and genuinely listening to what my body was telling me — that's a huge part of how I've stayed on top of stage 4 cancer for 4 years.

Keep moving. Keep listening. 💛

19/08/2026

Yup!

Hard to kill and stubborn AF!

17/08/2026

Off to the Marsden in Oxford Street today for something a bit different — a Guardant360 test. It's a blood draw that looks for circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA): fragments of cancer cell DNA that can leak into the bloodstream. If there's anything there, it can help identify what type of cancer it is — without doing a biopsy on my lungs. And it would also be helpful to know there is nothing there!

It's not cheap, and the sample has to be flown to the US for analysis, which is why it has to be done on a Monday — any later and the blood would be too old to test by the time it arrives, or it'd get stuck in weekend post. Im very grateful BUPA has signed this off for me.

Fingers crossed it gives me answers and either way Ive staved off the biopsy a little longer. Will keep you posted 🤞

Ps - the picture is MY blood, but not the blood for the ctDNA test.

16/08/2026

A friend I just lost to cancer had told very few people. Her partner said: "You have to keep going — you're doing it for her too now."

This isnt the first time Ive been told this. I think it myself about my own mum. I carry that with me every time someone else I know gets diagnosed. And lately, that's more often than I'd like.

I don't always know what to do with that weight. I just know I'm still carrying it. X

15/08/2026

I got a haemangioma (a knot in my liver) from taking too much niacin. When you are fignting liver metastases and stage4cancer, this was a serious setback! (All liver mets gone now) I dont believe you should be able to buy such high doses over the counter. Its dangerous.

The first couple of days it felt great - even gave me a little buzz - but a day or so after that the sharp back pains started.

I believe it is part of Gerson therapy but just goes to show why alternative solutions do not work for everyone.

It also disproves the common of approach of when a little is essential, suddenly taking a massive dose of it because that must be better. Look out for yourselves and always listen to your body.