Create Option C: My Journey with Cancer with Lourdes Lavoy

Today on Integrative Cancer Solutions I am joined by Lourdes Lavoy.  

Lourdes was on her way to an incredible acting career and then got the dreaded news about having cancer.  She knew right away that she was not going down the traditional way of chemo and had so many great stories to share on this episode.

 Lourdes and her husband Chris produced and directed the award-winning documentary “Create Option C: My Journey with Cancer” Both have worked closely with Hollywood Showrunners and writers on their TV concept based on their story.

Award-winning actress and filmmaker Lourdes Reynolds, AKA Lourdes Lavoy, got her big break in Hollywood after auditioning for a CBS Casting Director, Fern Orenstein. Impressed with her work, she sent Lourdes to audition for the role of Anna Rodriguez on the hit TV series Without a Trace. Lourdes landed the role and was given an exclusive holding deal with CBS.

Lourdes & Chris have written a book, "Our Journey To Option C: An inspirational love story that proves that love DOES conquer all...Including cancer" to help others on a grander scale to know that anything is possible if you incorporate Option C into your life. Option C applies to all areas of your life, not just your health, and they show and explain this in their talks.

Chris and Lourdes met in college. The two came from completely different backgrounds. Lourdes was born in Puerto Rico and was raised in the projects North of Chicago; Chris was born in a small town in Minnesota to a military family and was whisked away to Japan for a couple of years. Lourdes developed lifelong friends. They’ve become her extended family, and they are all fiercely loyal to her. Chris has moved from state to state his whole life and has his immediate family. The two from diverse worlds created a perfect union complimenting each other perfectly. The two started to work together on various projects and found that they complimented each other professionally.

As a young girl, Lourdes knew that she was meant for performing and put on little plays and skits for her friends and family. As a teenager, Lourdes started modeling. Her modeling blossomed into an acting career. Lourdes made a name for herself in Chicago and found herself on a shortlist of actresses consistently getting work in commercials for television and print. Lourdes met and fell in love with her husband, Chris, in college. The pair has two daughters. Lourdes’ print work could be seen nationally on billboards and in magazines. Lourdes and her family moved to California, where her career continued to skyrocket. As an actress, she was put on the ballots to be considered a nominee for an Emmy Award for her guest-starring role on the hit TV series “Without A Trace” as Anna Rodriguez. She has now received several awards as an actress and filmmaker. Lourdes believes that we are on this planet to make a difference for the better. She has done just that with this documentary.

Lourdes was an actress about to break out when she started to experience strange non-categorical symptoms. Exhaustion aches and pains, and strange tumors would come and go. Lourdes finally knew that something was definitely wrong with her when a growth developed on her neck. Though she put off going to see the doctor, she knew before anyone that she had cancer.

When her friends and family found out that she had cancer, it was a devastating shockwave of fear and sorrow. Lourdes had a different thought process. She knew that she was given the opportunity to make a difference in the world.

Lourdes decided that she would not only cure herself naturally, but she would also document her journey. Chris and Lourdes became a team on their journey to Option C.

Cancer is probably one of the most dreadful words in the dictionary. Yet almost 50 % of us have been or will be faced with the diagnosis. Suddenly you are faced with sifting through a mountain of information to figure out how to survive this dreadful disease for the sake of yourself, your children and grandchildren. Many have decided against the orthodox treatment as the only option, because you’ve seen friends and family members who contracted cancer and followed their doctor’s recommendations, only to die within a year or two suffering the devastating effects of chemo and supposedly pinpointed radiation.

Integrative Cancer Solutions was created to instill hope and empowerment. Other people have been where you are right now and have already done the research for you. Listen to their stories and journeys and apply what they learned to achieve similar outcomes as they have, cancer remission and an even more fullness of life than before the diagnosis. Guests will discuss what therapies, supplements, and practitioners they relied on to beat cancer. Once diagnosed, time is of the essence. This podcast will dramatically reduce your learning curve as you search for your own solution to cancer. For more information about products and services discussed in this podcast, please visit www.integrativecancersolutions.com. To learn more about the cutting-edge integrative cancer therapies Dr. Karlfeldt offer at his center, please visit www.TheKarlfeldtCenter.com.