Healed by Dr Jesus – How Clarice Brown survived cervical cancer

IT was in March of 2010, just a month after her mother had lost her battle with cancer, that Clarice Brown was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She was prompted by severe back pains and irregular bleeding to visit the doctor, where she received the dreadful news.

“They said it was stage three and climbing,” she told All Woman. “The road to recovery was hard. I did radiation and chemotherapy for six weeks, and got treatment at [Kingston Public Hospital] for a year after that, and I still had to go for check-ups for another three years.”

While the treatment fought the aggressive cancer cells in her reproductive system, it also took a toll on Brown’s health. Within a matter of months, she dropped from an overweight 280 pounds down to just 80 pounds, which was not enough to support her 5’9” frame.

“The doctor told me that I could not afford to lose another pound,” she remembered.

“But I didn’t give up. I kept my faith,” she said. “With the support of family and friends that I had, and being the strong black woman that I am, I think that is what took me through my time of recovery.”

It was by divine intervention, Brown believes, that she received her healing from cancer in 2016.

“My church had a members’ retreat which I decided to go along with to St Elizabeth. That was where I got my healing from Dr Jesus,” she said. At her next examination, the doctors declared that Brown was completely healed from cervical cancer.

The experience drew her closer to God, Brown said. It also brought her closer to her four children and grandchildren, and her church brothers and sisters, on whom she had to rely for support when she was most vulnerable.

Her brush with death also caused her to become more conscious of her health.

“I had to change my lifestyle, especially in terms of eating. I’m now not eating any meat or drinking anything sugary,” the vivacious 64-year-old said proudly. “To God be the glory, here I am today, and I’m weighing 190 pounds now.”

Brown used the opportunity to urge women to have their Pap smears done regularly, in order to detect abnormalities in the cervical cells before they become as advanced as hers was.

“Having this thing is not easy,” she said. “But, thank God, I am OK now.”