PHOENIX — A Valley woman was given weeks to live after a terminal cancer diagnosis.
“I made a decision based on a lot of things that I was going to get well," Morrow said.
That decision was made last December when Morrow walked into an emergency room with stomach pain and severe bloating.
The diagnosis wasn't what she expected — it was stage IV metastatic breast cancer.
“You've probably heard that expression, all the blood rushes out of your face," Morrow said. "That's exactly what I felt like. All the blood rushed out of my face."
Up until that point, Morrow was a healthy 55-year-old woman. Or so she thought.
“(The doctor) really said, 'If you don't start chemotherapy now, you have weeks to live,'" Morrow said.
Morrow started chemotherapy immediately and then started losing her hair.
But she never lost hope.
“I think I pretty much just decided that I was going to live," Morrow said.
That's when Morrow found Envita Medical Center in Scottsdale, a clinic that combines conventional medicine with complementary and alternative medicines.
According to Envita's website, doctors customize cancer treatments for each patient based on exhaustive DNA testing.
“From that, they determine how does my particular cancer respond to chemotherapy drugs, because there are lots of them, and then to other homeopathic, naturopathic medications," Morrow said.
Envita's treatment is micro-dosed and genetically targeted, which their website said is gentle on the patient but powerful on the cancer.
“Treatment was every single day, pretty much five days a week," Morrow said.
Morrow was declared cancer-free after 21 weeks.
“Grateful," Morrow said. "Grateful that what I had believed and hoped was really manifest.”
Morrow doesn't think she'd be able to say that without her medical team at Envita.
“I don't think I'd be telling any story. I think I'd be dead," Morrow said.
Morrow is using this opportunity to spread hope to others enduring a similar journey and encourage everyone to take care of themselves no matter how healthy they feel.
"I just didn't do all of the regular checkups that I needed to," Morrow said. "Definitely do that, even if you feel well."
Morrow said insurance doesn't cover most of her treatment at Envita. Her sons created a GoFundMe page to help pay the medical bills. Click here to donate.
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