I have had a rather large lump behind my left ear for many years, and have forever been unsure of what it is. It appeared a few months after I had an operation on my ears (to have them "pinned" so as to curtail the abuse I was receiving from playground antagonists) and has remained the same size and shape ever since. I can not recall exactly when I had this operation, but it could only have been between the ages of eight and ten. I am now twenty-six years old and desperately wish to rid myself of this irritating affliction...
Do you have any insight as to what this "lump" might be; and if so, how would you suggest it be treated and, indeed, removed altogether (without the use of surgery, which surely contributed to its appearance in the first instance)?
Around my eighteenth birthday I began noticing a few lumps and bumps appearing in certain areas of my body - the underside of my left arm and my neck especially, although many of these simply disappeared with time. I have read suggestions that this may be caused by lymphatic congestion, but I do not yet grasp why some lumps and bumps would appear and then disappear whilst others retain their size and shape. I have read much of your "Timeless Secrets..." book (skipping the section on addictions as it does not apply to me, thankfully), wherein it suggests that my problems may be lymph-related, however, I would greatly appreciate a "personal" diagnosis, if you would be so kind as to grace me with your thoughts and words; not only on how one should rid oneself of the offending abnormalities but also some form of explanation as to why they appeared. Much of my life has been plagued by supposition, suspicion and fearing the worst, and only now in my twenty-seventh year can I begin to face my imperfections (fears) and attempt to deal with them once and for all.
Thank you so much; your comments and answers never cease to inspire me,
Lee.
(edited for coherence after the mad dash to meet the posting deadline)
I think Andreas had a similar question before. I believe the response was that liver flushing is in order. I had a friend with similar lumps and it was toxic stuff choosing the wrong route out, but certainly liver was strongly indicated in his case. It may take a number of flushes to influence the lumps.
Best wishes,
Janaki
...Whoops, meant to say that the lump appearing after a surgery could be due to medications taken at that time.
Thank you so much for your response. It resonates with what Andreas has advised and thus I can now plot my resurgence ever further. Perhaps my "condition" is not near severe as I had imagined, and if this is indeed the case it appears I have wasted the past eighteen years of my existence worrying about something that may not be...
I do hope that your operation went well, and that you are now free of woe and consequently ready for yet another adventure!
Surgery always injures lymph vessels, blood vessels and possibly meridians. There are numerous lymph nodes around the ears. By cutting off or injuring a local lymph vessel network that drains metabolic wastes and dead cells from that given area of tissue, there can be an accumuation of these wastes in any of these attached lymph nodes. Since the outlet for these wastes is cut off from the larger lymphatic vessels, the waste products and dead cells mingle with the rest of the tissue and form a lump. These lumps can occur without surgery, and many people have them. They all result from lymph congestion.
There are a number of things one can do. Liver flushing improves lymphatic functions and blood circulation to and from congested areas. Gently massaging the area with expeller-pressed sesame oil i nthe morning can reduce it over time. Swishing expeller pressed sunflower or sesame oil in the mouth for 3-4 minutes in the morning before brushing the teeth (then spitting it in the toilet)can be helpful, too. Ear candling works on clearing lymphatic congestion in the head and chest areas. Also, placing bentonite clay like Pascalite or green magnetic clay over the lump area can help draw out wastes. Frequently holding the palm of your hand over the lump with the intention to break it up is also a good idea. Most importantly, changing your attitude toward the lump is most important. It is not there by accident. It is part of your inner healing you have been going through. As you increasingly love all parts of yourself, including the lump, you may one morning wake up and no longer find it there.
Thank you so much for your insightful and beautifully logical response. If you do not mind I shall perhaps read your reply each morning, in the hope of providing continued inspiration. I have experienced great difficulty when flushing in the past (pain, nausea, vomiting, etc) and your wise words may inspire me to continue when results have thus far appeared somewhat futile... (My attitude may well be responsible, however...)
I must admit that ever since the lump first appeared I felt I had cancer...not an entirely pleasant thought for an eight-to-ten year old to deal with, and I do believe it has shaped my entire existence up to this point. Your advice concerning a change of attitude is wonderfully poignant, and comes as something of a slap in the face for I have attempted to achieve this in the past but to no avail.
Again, thank you so much. I only hope you realise how much you are appreciated here, by myself as well as many, many others.
It must have been a scary thing for you as a child..
perhaps a little *rethink healing* going back and calming those inner fears,
that have festered there so long (subconciously now still affecting you)
needs to be released.
go back and tell your inner child that everything is OK 8)
Love yourself as you would show that love to a physical child of your own,
if we can't love ourselves (or parts of ourselves, it becomes blocks to
loving others, since we are all one anyhow.
What I took the long way around to say was this:
my own experience:
At a point in my life when I was in a state of physical loss of ability
to get up from a bed most times, my earrings got pushed into the pierced
holes (because of the constant weight of my head on the earring area)
and the skin grew over the top of the diamond earring posts.
I had to break the skin to get the earrings out,
which left very large holes to heal.
and because of my lowered health took a very long time to heal properly.
What I ended up with were large *pearl-like white scars,
that actually look like little round earrings themselves *smile*
but are really overgrown scar tissue.
this was embarrassing to me (why I don't remember now)
I guess cause we just naturally want to *look * perfect,
and We all have a vain side that wants to appear *normal *
by preprogrammed identity processes thru out our lives.
I so much wanted to repierce my ears, (to cover up the scars)
but was unable to do this, cause the tissue is soround and extended a bit.
So I would leave my hair hanging over my ears to hide it,
Nowadays, I love my *natural earrings* (smile )
They look special and beautiful to me and are truly *one of a kind*
I would never dream of making earrings for myself,
unless they were non pierced (hang over the ears kind)
And I am currently in a learning pattern of jewelry making!
So that makes it even funnier, that I make beautiful earrings,
but not for myself,
(tho I do hang pretty pendants around my room and on things, lol)
A long post I know, but the point is.. the manner of perception
will help determine attitude.
So don't worry what others think, if they see it 8)
It is a beautiful part of you , unique as you are.
If you say to one part I shun you , then it affects the harmony
in your body, when all should be embraced completely by you.
Love all you body parts. to do otherwise only hurts yourself.
(well .. lol .. and me too , since we are all parts of each other anyhow.)
Love,
Ami Joi Benton
We share a couple of unique ears huh? *smile*
Did you stop to think that it might be connected as well to you embarrassment about your ears? when you had them *pinned back* ? of course a child is vulnerable to
alot of thing others say..but that is when it appeared.. so maybe when you go back,
and soothe the fears of your inner child, you can also love your ears as well?
maybe tell them I am sorry I was a child, etc... sorry I hurt you and altered you
from how you naturally were?
(I can relate, I look a bit like an elf lol!)
my ears stick out from my long hair, but I like my *elfish look*
But young children can be very mean, and I am sure you were subjected to
many childish, thoughtless mean words... but most of us were as well..
to me childhood schooling seems almost an exercise in hatred/separatism
creations of lowered self esteemed confidence social programming,
rather than a place of actual learning and good healthy growth environments.
First of all, I must thank you for your thoughts and advice. It is wonderful to receive responses from others, especially those so analytical, reassuring and indeed hopeful.
The lump is directly behind my left ear and in no way visible to others, although I tend to always be aware of its presence. I discovered the lump so early in my youth that I immediately perceived it to be “cancer,” for cancer and lumps were synonymous in my young mind. I hid its existence from my parents for fear of being “found out” and forced to confront my death via treatment. (Even at this early age I was well aware of the fact that people with cancer went in for treatment and never returned.)
I dreaded visiting the hairdressers, as I feared that someone would notice this lump and promptly tell my parents. I watched television programs featuring cancer “victims” so as to prepare myself for what was to come, all the time existing in misery awaiting my death. I can even recall later learning of the death of a somewhat famous football player (Davie Cooper), who died instantly of a brain tumour, and I prayed that my death be that swift, causing no pain and no prolonged hassle to my family! I do not believe any child need suffer this, and to even think of it makes me ill. Due to my lack of knowledge I perhaps falsely diagnosed myself, which has in turn lead to the past eighteen or so years of my life consisting solely of depression and “unlife.” Now that I have studied and researched in the hope of curing myself of “cancer,” it appears almost laughable that I have wasted so much time worrying about something I could never have been certain of! This thought makes me sick with rage (for what a waste); yet, one has to wonder why the previous happenings “happened” in the first instance…
Now that I have educated myself somewhat, the “lump” can be explained via relatively simple means, and the explanation Andreas so kindly provided sums it up perfectly (and his reassurance was more than needed). Plus, prior to my hopeful searching I fell ill (around my eighteenth birthday), and was in crippling pain with no appetite, incessant nauseau, black-outs, etc., for over three years; but now all this can be easily explained by the term “auto-intoxication.” The pain, I now realise, was situated in my liver/gallbladder region, which may well explain why flushing has been such a chore for me, as it also explains almost every symptom I have experienced over the past eight or more years! I feel ridiculous having worried for so very long about what might or might not be...but, as Andreas says, the lump's presence is no accident, and thanks to your post as well as Andreas’ I can hopefully now begin remedying all the ailments it has caused, most of which are clearly mental/spiritual rather than physical (although the lump disappearing in time would seal the deal, so to speak...)
Ami, everything you wrote graces my eyes like the full moon in a star-lit sky, and I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to “speak” to me via this occasional phenomenon known as the internet! I am so very emotional at the moment my words may well seem nonsensical...I am so full of energy that I am not even sure where I can possibly begin! Ah, vernal equinox, Monday; there is surely no better time!
Here is to hope, generosity, knowledge, relief and “life,” perhaps for the very first time in my previously unfulfilled existence!
and now I have tears too as I read your post.
8)
I know you will get the healing inside that you are looking for,
as well as you do,
cause we both know there really is nowhere to search,
it is already there (has always been there inside you 8) ready to *blossom*
and how timely, for spring in earth has begun as well!
You are of course correct, my dear. I pondered for some hours today, and my "inner voice" is suggesting a fast beginning Tuesday after Monday's liver flush. I think I deserve some "me" time; for if I am to be reborn (symbolically) then I must determine what it is I am to become...
Philanthropy never ceases to stun me, thus I am at a loss for words to convey my delight. A simple “thank you” just does not seem appropriate, yet it is the only coherent thought in my head as of this moment; so, thank you!
why become? that which you already are?
You silly i know words here sure get confusing sometimes,
but I know that you know what I mean cause we have read similar things,
and seem to share that area of life.hmmm
Perhaps the word *allow* better serves the purpose,? Instead of becomming anything,
instead I will *allow* that who I , have always been and will always be,
to be freer in my state o f being (of living)
as an eternal merged with a humna physical body in harmony.
there is no need to become that which you already are, just naturally
*blossom and unfold the glory of yourself .. your true self.
every thing else falls into harmony the more we do that,
but you already know these things 8) so they are jstu little reminders to you .
Words can sure be limiting huh? i find it to be so..
so easily misunderstood based on every persons unique experiences and perceptions.
ahh well here's to sipping lemonaide in the sweetshade of a willow tree,
while the birds and squirrels chatter near by and children laughing can be heard,
no words needed just good happy feelings that every thing really is in harmony..
we dotn ; have to *go anywhere to create whatever reality we choose.
Isn't it strange when you realise that every one around you is in a separate
yet closely intergrated reality of their own creation as well?
unlimited realities constantly changing (but really doesn't change)
cause when it is all said and done we will still remain... exactly as we truly are.
Wow Can you tell i have been up all night? i better get my head to bed 8)
nite err day or afternoon .. talk to you soon ..
Love,
Ami Joi Benton
The never-ending confusion of virtual communication! I enjoy your use of the word "allow," as it conveys what I meant to declare in my previous post. To decide what I am to become was a rather awkward explanation of my wishing to shed the fear and supposition that has prevented me from nurturing my true Self; thus, I shall allow myself to become who was always meant to be. (This, of course, I already am, yet somewhat veiled by the past: it is this I seek to shed myself of, and considering all happens for very definite reason and at exact points in "time," surely now is the moment...)
Similarly, I must allow myself to define what it is that will satisfy me most, and seize it rather than flee from it as I have done for too long. The illusion of victim-mentality and lack of control has been released...time to prosper!
hmmm I have my profile as noted that I am a 47 year old woman and live in Kansas lol!
A friend just showd me how my profile shows up and it should not say that how odd.
thanks for mentioning that or I never would have known.
I will find out if there is a glitch in it.
Hah, no problem... I viewed Andreas' profile and he too appears to look like an old prune smoking a cigar! I suspect this is a standard picture for those who have not modified their profile...most amusing.
You are of course correct, my dear. I pondered for some hours today, and my "inner voice" is suggesting a fast beginning Tuesday after Monday's liver flush. I think I deserve some "me" time; for if I am to be reborn (symbolically) then I must determine what it is I am to become...
Philanthropy never ceases to stun me, thus I am at a loss for words to convey my delight. A simple “thank you” just does not seem appropriate, yet it is the only coherent thought in my head as of this moment; so, thank you!
Dear Lee, I also got emotional reading your story.
Please have a look at this site: http://www.vivation.com/, maybe this method of healing negative emotions resounds to you. It is a kind of rebirthing, Jim Leonard was one of the first followers of Leonard Orr. I do something similar, a hybrid of many versions of rebirthing, every day for one hour. It is very pleasant, and it works deeply, helping also to establish a powerful connection with the body.
Here is another technique that I have liked much: http://www.maud-nordwald-pollock.com/feeling_dissolve_method.htm. It did wonders to me.
There are also very interesting techniques in the taoistic tradition to help you work on transforming negative emotions and beliefs. Give a look at this: http://www.universal-tao.com/, the technique of the inner smile is a very elementary one, then there are many more advanced, they are all part of the so-called "inner alchemy".
There is another extremely powerful technique of the Vajrahiana Buddist tradition, but I can't find anything at the moment where to address you. It is the one I use for special occasions, because it requires great courage and trust, but I never found anything so powerful until now. If you have friends in Tantrism, they might know.
Then there is EFT of Gary Craig: http://www.emofree.com/. I never used it but I saw Andreas suggests it.
These are tools that might help you in your purpose to change attitude towards your lump and all that has derived from it. There are many others, and I'm sure you will find the one that suites you.
I wish you all the best
Sofia
Wow...I must have missed your post! How foolish of me.
Thank you so much for coming to my aid. I have been offered so many links to salvation by generous CureZonians that I am not entirely sure where to begin. I suppose I should just jump in head first to one that takes my fancy and see what happens...
i too have a problem with liver flushing. this is what i am doing and it is helping. i take a small amount of olive oil and lemon juice every morning. start out with the smallest amount, so much you barely noticed you took any. then keep increasing. soon you will see that the olive oil/lemon juice becomes just another part of your day. then the next time your flush its really not a big thing, just more of the same. taking a big heap of olive oil and jucie all at once out of the blue can really jolt some people (like me) but by doing alittle every day you really get used to it. plus of course if you do this first thing in morning (actually i first do an herb tea, mineral/lemon juice cocktail, followed by the lemon juice/olive oil about 20 min later) this helps your liver to decongest and for the bile to flow more freely. try it, i think it will help.
I performed the "mini-flushes" for quite some time, and felt a little better for them I must admit. However, the lemon juice began to erode my teeth, leading to rather noticeable grooves so I have ceased drinking lemon juice for now...
benign lyphomas could what you have. they are benign tumors or fatty cells under the skin and may never become cancerous. they grow in various places in the body. keep check of them if they grow larger. this information was obtained from a sports med doctor.
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