I’ve gone missing for quite awhile from this deal.. I got a new GoPro and couldn’t figure out how to put things off it on this so I got frustrated and gave up.
The next thing that happened is my wife’s cancer came back.
Tammy’s cancer showed up strong after 5 years of keeping it in check with good nutrition, Panacur and medical drugs and lots of prayers from lots of you.
It went to her liver and stomach. Not good. In Tammy style she researched and learned and came up with different approaches. She went and did a fast to starve the cancer. She went almost 20 days without eating at a place in California (a vegan based health center).
She came back pretty weak and had to work hard at rebuilding her strength. She then went to Minneapolis to an alternative cancer specialist that she really liked and was t doing her protocol. Somehow she got in contact with Dr Worden in Arizona.
This lady is who we are working with now along with her traditional Oncologist Dr Thomas. From what I see Dr Worden is an amazing expert on cancer that doesn’t just go with one theory or method but looks at everything honestly and if it works she’s for it.
Tammy’s liver was 3/4 tumors and there was cancer in the stomach. The oncologist had been trying to get Tammy to do chemotherapy for a long time but Tammy knew it wasn’t a cure but a delay and she was not satisfied with that but wanted to beat cancer. Dr Worden then said we need to do something as the cancer had gotten ahead of us.
She did the treatment and we headed to Arizona to work with Dr Worden on some oxygen therapy, bee sting therapy, advanced nutrition and make a real strong push to overcome.
We made it to Arizona and had a wonderful apartment that her friend Daun let us stay in. We went to trying to do the treatments and therapy, and Tammy started getting really sick. The infusion drug hit her hard. She ended up in the hospital and in terrible shape being very dehydrated and sick.
We got her back in shape with fluids and we headed north with her in a bed in the car and needing to stop very often with diarrhea and stomach sickness. It was a very difficult trip.
I’ve seen my wife go through some bad stuff but this was terrible. We got back to Montana and headed straight for hospital in Bozeman. She was so sick and miserable
but they got her back on track and didn’t have very good news for us. They said it was over, that treatment wouldn’t help.
I called Dr Worden and asked her what we should do. She said go home and get your affairs in order, and if we wanted we could try what she called a “Hail Mary” drug.
She had me contact a Dr. Hamad Hashemi in Cañada and he told me about marijuana/ flavonoid treatment that they were having great results with. I said send it no matter what it cost. He said they would not charge for it but send it to us. He and a group of doctors are doing this for good, not profit. I wish more of the world felt this way.
Long story short, we got it and Tammy has been high every day for a month! She takes it at night and is still groggy in the morning but the groggy is getting less. Her last numbers were better. I think it’s working. It has really helped her with pain and discomfort. The biggest challenge has been that her liver isn’t functioning properly and she gets a fluid build upon her stomach’s lining and had to have it drawn off a couple times a week. Her ankles and feet started to swell as well. It was really miserable for her. The swelling in the ankles and feet has disappeared and the fluid is getting to be less and less. I think the liver must be starting to work better because of this.
The biggest challenge is nutrition. She can’t eat much and when she does it has a tendency to go right through her. We try to eat lots of high protein meals and stuff to get her stomach working. We have been eating liver, which I have never been able to eat but am now starting to like. Cooking is a challenge for me, but Mesa comes and helps and we are getting through it.
It’s really ironic that something we have really had trouble with and a dislike for because of all the trouble it got our son Rial in is the thing that is giving Tammy relief and hopefully curing the cancer. I really can’t imagine how we could have done it without the “Hail Mary” pill. We would have had to have some help to manage the pain. I really think it’s what’s helping.
The reason I’m writing this is because so many of you have been so supportive through this whole journey. Prayers and encouragement have been what has kept Tammy strong emotionally, and our friends and those that care about her and what she is doing is so big a part of quality of life and confidence to beat this. It wouldn’t happen without the love and support shown by so many wonderful people.
Tammy has gone into survivor mode stronger than ever. She not a quitter, she’s a fighter. She has turned all the management of Art of the Cowgirl over to Mesa and Jaimie and the rest of the crew that she totally trusts to do what needs to be done.
To be honest she really didn’t have the strength to communicate with anyone and just was concentrating on getting better. She is staring to communicate a little more and I see that as a sign of her getting better. She was really sick and weak.
So I want to thank you all for the support through prayers and good thoughts and all the concern. This has been such an incredible journey that neither one of us thought we would go on.
Tammy has been the most dedicated person I know to good health through taking care of herself. It just is hard for me to understand why someone who is so good to everyone and takes such care for everything has to go through this. I don’t get it, but Tammy is not one to complain, so she just hits it head on. She is one tough lady.
We don’t want a bunch of pity or communication about this. That’s not why I’m writing this. You just deserve to know what is happening and Tammy wants to talk to everyone but just doesn’t have it in her to do it. She will and you can get her side of the story.
One thing I want to say. I have heard lots of seminars lately about suicide and people being depressed because of all the problems in their life. I hear this and then I see how much try and desire my wife has to live and never complain and enjoying things like riding her horse and playing with her grandchildren and knowing what really matters in life, and I hope people will use Tammy as inspiration at what a true woman of the west is and does.
Curt Pate Stockmanship 
Thank you for typing all this. It is good for us to know what to pray. The Lord be with you all.
Thank you
What a challenging journey. Sending you love and prayers for comfort, peace and strength. Life is precious for all.
You are an amazing family. Some of my all time favorite folks! I’ve loved you and admired you for many years now.
Hold each other close. You got this. Press On.
Malama Pono,
Edith
xoxoxo
Edith,
We are and thank you
So very sorry to hear this Curt. But it is no surprise how Tammy is facing it. I think that is maybe why she and Susan were such good friends as they are/were so much alike in stuff like this.
Please give Tammy a big hug for me, and let her know that my thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Love you guys. Prayers for your family. Tammy L Hoover
Thank you Tammy
Will certainly be praying for her, Curt! The thing I’ve seen is that “hope” is the common denominator for all those who beat cancer; never giving up hope! God bless, my friend!
Thank you Lon
Praying for you guys
Thanks
Kurt, thank you for the update. It sounds like things have been exceedingly difficult and I’m praying for you both, your whole family really. I’m praying the Canadian drug keeps providing relief and helping. You are both light in this world. Tammy for her love of people and you for your love of Tammy. God bless you.
Love
Molly
She is an inspiration to all of that has dealt with that nasty stuff or with life in general !! Many prayers and hugs sent your way!
Thank you for the update. Tammy is such an inspiration to so many. Lifting your entire family up in prayer. KEEP FIGHTING!!
Will do!
My heart goes out to you all. Tammy is a woman whom I have looked up to for a very long time. She is a true warrior and exemplifies what women of the west are all about. Please know that I am praying for her and for your entire family. If you need anything don’t hesitate to reach out!
Sincerely,
Cheyenne Glade Wilson
Thank you Cheyenne.
Keto all the way. Thanks for the help
Tammy, My beautiful friend, sending my love and the love of Christ through prayers . May he hold you in his arms and take you through this journey, Thank you for the photo of you in the saddle , as beautiful as ever. Glad I saw you in your element in Mt. The children were precious as were your AOC family. Love, love, love, you my friend. Mary Ann
Stay strong as i know that you all are. Sending love and prayers from Sweden!
Tak!
Thank you for the update on Tammy. She is the hardest fighter I know and I know you all are doing everything.
I love you all so very very much. Please take care of yourselves and give Tammy a big hug and kiss for me.
Kat
Thanks for always being there for Tammy
Tammy, I will never forget the seminar you put on at ncba. I was from the heart. You are an amazing! Susan cochrane
Carrisa plains, california
Thank you Susan. She is pretty amazing!
Thank you for the update! It’s definitely not the one we are wanting to hear but I’m not surprised how Tammy is facing this, she is such a fighter! We are continuing to lift you all up in prayer and are here to help in anyway we can!
Thank you
Love, prayers,family, friends , strength, courage and mostly faith in God will fulfill your life journey Tammy ❤️🙏🏻❤️
May the Lord bless and keep you.
I cannot begin to tell you, and Tammy, what an impact you’ve both had on my life. I know my time with y’all was brief, but it was lasting. I have the deepest love and respect for Tammy, something I’ve carried with me through all these years, and I know what a true fighter she is. There is hardly a woman stronger than her that walks on this earth. Praying so hard over this, and you, and your family.
Thank you Lindsey. You had lots of Texas influence on us as well!
Keeping Tammy and you in our prayers!
Thanks
Curt,
Thanks for the update… We will keep tammy and you in our prayers.
Kit Pharo
Pharo Cattle Co.
Cheyenne Wells, CO
Phone: 1-800-311-0995
Email: Kit@PharoCattle.comKit@PharoCattle.com
Website: http://www.PharoCattle.comhttp://www.pharocattle.com/
Thank you Kit
Thank you for this update. We will keep you
Curt
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Love you guys, and you are all in my prayers! I am also thankful that you are sharing this. We all need the names of the good doctors involved in helping her!
Thank you Candy
I will continue to and have been keeping all of you in my prayers. I love you all so very much…..always have, always will.
Thanks Janet. It meant a lot to Tammy
Dearest Tammy, Curt, and Family,
Thank you for sharing a part of your journey with us. You do not need to. I hope, however, that you can feel how far your impact does reach.
Please know, that through all of this, Tammy and the rest of you have never had our pity. In fact, our admiration for her as grown ten-fold, as she continues to let her true beauty shine. All I’ve ever wanted to become is like Tammy.
At the risk of sounding a bit on the nerdy side, I want to share an example of the impression you leave on those around you. Years and years ago, your family was traveling through Wisconsin. My school was taking a field trip, and our bus and your rig happened to be in the same large shopping center at the same time. I saw Tammy and Mesa swirling and dancing together, and I pointed out to my friends at how much love, fun, and LIFE there was between the two of them. My friends and I agreed that it was an incredible moment to witness. Since then, all I’ve ever wanted was a relationship with my future children like Tammy has with hers. I’ve always wanted a daughter who knew I loved her with my whole soul, like I know Tammy does with both Mesa and Rial and now your grandbabies.
God continue to bless and hold you close. His understanding is greater than we can comprehend.
All our best, Leah and family
Leah,
You are very special. Tammy loved the note and you cheered her up!
Thank you
She is one of the strongest women I’ve ever had the pleasure to spend some time with. She has been and will remain in our prayers!🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you. We have lots of good memories with you guys.
1945 My Dad became very ill. His brother and my uncle Paul took him to the Mayo Clinic, and they sent him home, giving him a couple of months to live. I believe his diagnosis was cancer. He spent most of his time in bed for 1 year and 3 months. They were giving him morphine to ease the pain. A quack doctor from New Mexico diagnosed him as having Empyema. This is an infection between the lungs and the rib cage. He took him off of the morphine and he seemed to be improving and his pain was gone. They drew puss out to allow for breathing space, but it is my belief that he went into pneumonia in New Mexico and they couldnât get him to the hospital in time to drain his breathing space.. That doctor would put it on the tip of the mineral on a straw and blow it onto my tonsils and it would draw big chunks of puss out of them. I have heard of it curing many cases of cancer. I have used it on injuries, bee stings, animal wounds. It is a powder that he concocted. He just called it a mineral. By November 26, 1941, Andrew J. Moyer, the lab’s expert on the nutrition of molds, had succeeded, with the assistance of Dr. Heatley, in increasing the yields of penicillin 10 times. In 1943, the required clinical trials were performed, and penicillin was shown to be the most effective antibacterial agent to date. Penicillin production was quickly scaled up and available in quantity to treat Allied soldiers wounded on D-Day. As production was increased, the price dropped from nearly priceless in 1940, to $20 per dose in July 1943, to $0.55 per dose by 1946. I It is a possibility that penicillin could have cured my dad. They were forced to sell the ranch in the fall of 1945. Mom, along with the help of the doctor that had been giving him a mineral and had taken him off of the morphine that he was on to make him more comfortable. Mom bought a van, put a mattress in the back and took him to New Mexico for the winter. He died December 27th.1945 After his passing she drove the van home with the help of a man that they rented their apartment from. It was a horrible trip from Denver and into Wyoming. The products for this concoction can be purchased from a drugstore. Amazon If you would like the recipe I will send it to you. Cell phone or email.
My prayers are with you and Tammy. I lost Don September 7, 2022. Miss him terribly. Now I am losing my son to ALS. Knowing that life goes on after this one and families can be together is what makes what we are going through bearable. Love and blessings Marva Luraski
Sent from Mail for Windows
Thank you Marva
praying for both of you.
Thank you Shelly
Good morning Curt,
We’ve never formally met, but I read your emails whenever they come. I want to extend my wishes and prayers for Tammy and you. What a journey you are going through. I’m sure it’s not for the faint of heart. Thank you for sharing and we – as readers – appreciate it. We will do our best to send well wishes Tammy’s way. You and your family stay strong, and together with all you are going through.
Best to you, and I hope Tammy continues to improve. I surely commend her for the alternative measured approaches she has tried, as opposed to the conventional medical route. Hopefully in your network of friends, there continue to be more good people come your way as she is healing with even more options.
Aaron
Aaron Paulson
Compass Cattle LLC
704 Otter Creek Road
Big Timber, MT 59011
406-581-1607 cell
Aaron,
Thank you. Hope to catch up soon
Curt – thank you for sharing as indeed so many love you, Tammy and the Pate family and can continue to send healing prayers. Also thank you so much for the photos of our Tammy on her Smoke !!
Smoke is such an important part of her, as are you
Dear Curt & Tammy: I haven’t the words to say how sad & heart sick I am at the news about Tammy. Why bad things happen to good people like Tammy I just don’t know, I wish I did. All I know is there is no more caring & positive person than Tammy Pate. She has made a big difference in a lot of lives !
Wayne ________________________________
I’m still praying 🙏 Phillipians 4:13
“Be OK” by Lauren Daigle was playing when I was reading your update.
Curt,
I am always amazed by the strong women that we have in our lives. Our prayers are with Tammy and your family. Thank you for sharing such an inspirational story!
Sid Hall
Tammy, Curt, Mesa, Rial and the rest of the family,
Our prayers are with each of you. Tammy is a strong willed woman and we serve an able and strong willing Lord above! Keep on keeping on with the Hail Mary’s! John & Marcella Jones-VA
Big hugs to you all and continued prayers for complete healing! 🙏
Curt, Jeff Baldridge here, worked for Ron McDaniel at Merck. Met you at Ernie’s fall ride in KS. Just a Thank You for putting this information out there for all of us. I have shared Tammy’s story from the Western Horseman magazine with many who battle cancer & want to know more about Panacur. Although this is proof that it’s not a cure her story & honesty about what she is trying has helped many. Please pass on this gratitude to Tammy & we are more of the many who will continue prayers for her comfort & blessings from above. Please contact me with ways I can ever help. You & Tammy have done so much to help us all. And for all your efforts Many Thanks, Jeff Baldridge
308-530-0407 13664 W Wildlife Rd North Platte, NE 69101
Prayers for ya’ll, Curt.
We measure strength in how much a person can lift, but we should measure it on how much a person can carry, such strength and courage in the both of you. Happy trails.
Sending you thought and hugs from me in Sweden./ Linda
Curt and Tammy,
Thank you for sharing your journey and please know my heart and soul hold you tight.
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