Rethinking Cancer Part 4

Dawn Westrum
Dec 12, 2025
2 min read

Updated: 3 days ago

A 5‑Part Series for People Willing to Look Deeper

Part 4 — Terrain, Immunity, and the Rise of Unwanted Growth

Joe Tippens, Fenbendazole, and Why Environment Matters

Joe Tippens wasn’t trying to start a movement. He was trying to stay alive.

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer and told there were no remaining options, Tippens did what many people do when the system runs out of answers — he started asking different questions.

In his search, he came across information about fenbendazole, a common veterinary dewormer. Not a cancer drug. Not even a human drug. But something that appeared, anecdotally, to be helping in certain situations.

He tried it. And his cancer went into remission.

That doesn’t make fenbendazole a miracle cure. But it does make the story impossible to ignore.

The Question His Story Raises

The most important part of Tippens’ story isn’t the substance itself. It’s the question it forces:

Why would changing something related to parasites and metabolism affect cancer at all?

To answer that, we have to talk about terrain.

What “Terrain” Actually Means

Terrain is simply the internal environment of the body.

Think of it like soil. Healthy soil grows certain plants. Damaged soil grows weeds.

In the body, terrain includes things like: - immune strength - inflammation levels - oxygen availability - blood sugar stability - microbial balance

When the terrain is strong, abnormal cells are often kept in check. When the terrain breaks down, things that shouldn’t thrive suddenly can.

Cancer Rarely Shows Up Alone

Cancer tends to appear alongside: - chronic inflammation - immune exhaustion - microbial or parasitic burden

This doesn’t mean parasites cause cancer in a simple way. It means weakened environments invite opportunistic behavior.

In nature, when order collapses, something always moves in. The human body is no different.

Why This Matters in Cancer Treatment

Many standard cancer treatments: - suppress the immune system - increase inflammation - disrupt the gut and microbiome

These approaches may kill fast‑growing cells — but they can also further damage the terrain.

From this perspective, cancer isn’t just something to attack. It’s something that emerges when conditions allow it.

Change the conditions, and behavior changes.

A Different Way to Think About Growth

From a terrain lens, cancer behaves less like a foreign invader and more like a response to an unhealthy environment.

That doesn’t mean doing nothing. It means recognizing that destroying cells without restoring the environment leaves the door open.

In ecosystems, restoration prevents recurrence. In biology, the same principle applies.

Cancer, in this view, is not just something to fight. It’s something to outgrow by restoring order.

Want to Learn More?

Joe’s Cancer Protocol and Website: https://mycancerstory.rocks/81-2/

Joe recommends Fenbendazole from Panacur™ or Safeguard™. If you get the liquid version here, there are 454 doses in a bottle. https://www.chewy.com/panacur-suspension-horse-dewormer/dp/201475