Elaine was raised until the age of three in a small town in Pennsylvania, before her family moved to LaSalle, Michigan, just north of the Ohio border. She attended Monroe High School where she studied business. She later took courses in business in college.

Her marriage at a young age sadly ended in divorce, yet gave her four beautiful children. She worked in a factory until her children were grown, then left the factory to begin her own business.

She was again married, this time happily. Her husband joined her in her business until his death in 2005.

Elaine owned and operated Woodland Embroidery in Marion, Michigan. Today Elaine lives in Kentucky and owns and operates American Designs.

Elaine also spends much of her time listening to, and giving encouragement to, others who are going through the same kind of ordeal that she went through.

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In August of 2009 I was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer.  When I heard this news, my overall reaction was a sense of numbness.  This was only the second mammagran I had ever had in my life, although I would often get referrals at doctor's visits.  I just didn't think I was at risk, and I hadn't felt a lump. For whatever reason (the prompting of the Holy Spirit, perhaps), I just felt led to make the appointment this time.  Even prior to the diagnosis, I searched the internet for alternative options.  I figured it couldn't do any harm to have the information in advance.  I definitely didn't want to walk into the doctor's office prepared to passively place myself in his/her hands.  Protocel was the one method that seemed to resonate with me, and I began taking it a few weeks prior to the actual diagnosis, because I figured it couldn't do any harm. 

A lumpectomy was recommended, and I felt okay about that procedure.  Several weeks later I was informed that they had gotten 99.9 percent of the cancer and wanted to take some more tissue and test lymph nodes.  I wasn't thrilled with the idea of more surgery, but I did comply.  Initially the doctor had told me the tumor measured 2.2mm, but when it was removed, it turned out to be 1.3mm, so it's very possible the Protocel would have taken care of the tumor without surgery, and I could have kept the lymph nodes.  I just didn't know enough about Protocel at that point, and I certainly didn't have a lot of support from family members, several of whom are conventional medicine fans.  After the second surgery, I was told everything was clear, and it couldn't have been better.  Of course the surgeon pushed the idea of radiation, assuring me that the cancer would return if I didn't do it.

I was referred to an oncologist, whom I saw several weeks later.  He felt under my arm pit and noticed a swollen lymph node, which he assured me was cancer.  He said he'd been doing this for 40 years, and he knew what he was talking about.  He told me I would need surgery to have all the lymph nodes removed on my left side.  However, a Pet scan had already been scheduled, and it seemed foolish to me to have the surgery (which I had no peace about) until I received the results of the scan. At this point, I had been on Protocel for six weeks.  A week ago I (reluctantly) returned to the oncologist to learn the results of the Pet scan.  It turns out it was totally clear!  I will continue taking the Protocel for the recommended year as well as IC3, because my cancer was hormone driven. 

It's incredible to me that this doctor (and the surgeon concurred with him) would have whisked me into an unnecessary surgery.  My advice to anyone on this journey is to arm yourself with knowledge and if you are a Christian as I am, pray, pray, pray.  I printed up healing scriptures from Joyce Meyer's ministry and read them aloud several times a day until they became reality in my spirit.  They were my medicine along with the Protocel, IC3, vitamin D and enzymes.  The Lord was definitely an essential part of my healing. 

Barbara Byrd