Pre-surgical optimization
We work to ensure your nutrient stores, immune system, and metabolic health are as robust as possible prior to your procedure to help improve tolerance and support tissue resilience.
Integrative Cancer Care
Cancer Surgery Support
Personalized, evidence-informed support to prepare your body for surgery and streamline your recovery, working safely alongside your surgical care.
Surgery supportPrep & recovery
VirtualOntario-wide
Understanding the surgical journey
Preparing your body, then helping it heal
If you are preparing for or currently navigating cancer surgery, you likely have many questions about how to best prepare your body for the procedure and support your recovery afterward. Whether you are aiming to take a proactive role in your health as you lead up to your operation or you are in the immediate post-operative period and looking to speed up your healing, you are in the right place. Our role is to provide you with a personalized, evidence-informed support plan that remains safe alongside your conventional surgical care, focused entirely on improving your quality of life at every stage.
Surgery is a significant event that places unique demands on your body's resources. While the primary goal of your surgical team is to remove or treat the affected area, your body's ability to handle the stress of the procedure, manage inflammation, and knit tissues back together depends on your foundational health. By focusing on targeted nutritional and physiological support, we help prepare your system for the physical stress of the operation and streamline the healing process during your recovery.
- Build resilience before your procedure
- Support wound healing and tissue repair afterward
- Reduce the risk of post-operative complications
Two key windows
Preparing for surgery, then healing from it
There are two distinct windows where supportive care makes the biggest difference: the weeks leading up to your operation, and the recovery period that follows. Before surgery, the goal is to get your nutrient stores, immune system, and metabolic health as robust as possible so your body is better equipped to handle the physical stress of the procedure. Afterward, the focus turns to calming post-operative inflammation, supporting tissue repair, and helping you rebuild your strength.
Our approach bridges the gap between your conventional surgical team and natural support, so your body has the resilience it needs for a smoother experience. Since JOSIE is a virtual naturopathic clinic, your appointments happen from home anywhere in Ontario, and every recommendation is reviewed for safety alongside your surgical plan, including anesthesia and pre- and post-operative medications.
- Build nutrient, immune, and metabolic resilience before surgery
- Support wound healing and calm inflammation afterward
- Every recommendation reviewed for safety with anesthesia and medications
Our approach
A naturopathic approach to surgical support
Surgical recovery & wound healing
We focus on accelerating the healing of surgical sites, managing post-operative inflammation, and supporting your body's tissue repair pathways.
Immune & systemic resilience
We design protocols to support a balanced immune response, which is crucial for preventing post-operative complications and regaining your strength.
Safe, evidence-informed integration
We prioritize herb-drug-nutrient interaction reviews. Every recommendation is vetted to ensure it works safely alongside your specific surgical plan, including considerations for pre- and post-operative medications and anesthesia.
Your surgery program at JOSIE
Three clear steps, from surgery to lasting recovery
- Step 1
Surgical & recovery support
We begin with a careful review of your oncology timeline, pathology reports, staging, and surgical schedule. Leading into your procedure and through the immediate recovery period, our focus is aimed at improving your tolerance, supporting wound healing, and protecting your overall resilience with precise, safe therapies that do not interfere with your surgical care.
- Step 2
Uncovering post-treatment root drivers
Once you have recovered from surgery, we shift toward long-term resilience — running specialized testing to evaluate five core physiological pillars: blood sugar and insulin regulation, inflammation and immune balance, gut and liver function, nervous system and stress resilience, and oxidative stress and nutrient stores. Together these reveal the exact drivers shaping your recovery.
- Step 3
Supporting your foundations
Once we know which drivers and lingering effects of treatment need targeted care, we build your customized plan — a deliberate, evidence-based strategy of lifestyle adaptations, precise whole-food nutrition, and research-backed natural protocols designed to safely rebuild your foundational health and strength. If advanced therapies such as IV nutrient therapy or mistletoe are indicated as part of your recovery, those in-person treatments are coordinated for you at our partner naturopathic IV lounge in Etobicoke, Toronto, while your consultations and monitoring continue virtually through JOSIE.
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Finding real clarity starts with working alongside an ND trained to look at the deeper physiological picture. Let's eliminate the guesswork, safely coordinate with your surgical team, and build an evidence-based supportive plan tailored specifically to optimize your system.