Marina Ashville had complained of an odd type of lump stretch mark for years on her right breast but was told by doctors not to worry because it was nothing. Finally she went for a sonogram with the urging of her daughter Anna. They were shocked to find out that Marina had stage 2 estrogen positive breast cancer. Living in NYC allowed for the best possible treatment at one of the leading medical facilities there. After all the traditional treatments Marina was on the road to living life. In 2018, she began experiencing bone pain and became persistent for a PET scan to show a large spread of disease in her bones. After new scans and tests they would find out that Marina now had stage 4 cancer spread to her bones. With the news, Anna her daughter, took six months off of work to step in and roll up her sleeves to be her mom’s advocate.

She decided to look outside the traditional box of standard care in hopes of finding a new cutting edge direction that could offer her mother a better chance at life.

This journey would bring her to the offices of Dr. Mark Rosenberg, an integrative medicine doctor, who specializes in care for various stages of cancer patients. So far, following the trail blazing approach of Dr. Rosenberg, Marina is thriving with his treatment regiments and her pain has vanished.

We are so thankful that Anna as her moms advocate sat down with us and shared their story.