One of the things I remembered most was when my oncologist said, "You need to eat healthy and exercise." I thought to myself, "Oh dear, I'm going to have to make some BIG changes in my life!" When my daughter Jenna first heard of my cancer diagnosis, she came right over with a
Huron Juicer 100 and convinced me that I needed to start juicing carrots, apples, and you name it. After she showed me how to use it, I slowly put the cup to my mouth as if she was feeding me poison and I REALLY loved it! It tasted so fresh! Then I introduced all the different juices to the rest of my family and they loved it too! The next big step was to eliminate most sugars from my diet. This was kind of easy because sugar makes me sick anyway. Now to think that I would no longer drink diet Dr. Pepper was too much to handle. But I personally felt that soda should be eliminated from my life. Oh this was HARD! I was even at Costco the other day and saw that they were selling 32 cans for only $5.99!! But I just kept walking on down the aisle. (Even though I wanted to go back several times and put the case in my basket!)
Not only is eating a healthy diet important, but so is daily exercise. I have to admit that exercising is not my favorite thing to do. I do like a good game of racquetball (even though I haven't played for years) and I like to dance for fun with my daughters (which is very embarrassing when you catch them videoing you) but changing my exercise lifestyle is a must! I can't do anything too crazy like trying to balance on a trapeze or
Fencing because the treatment I'm on causes brittle bones. However, walking 30 minutes a day is definitely important. Who knows, maybe I can go back to Fencing one day. Hey, back in the day, I was a pretty good Fencer at BYU!
Isn't it interesting that sometimes we can have something hard happen in our life that makes us change for the better? I feel blessed to have an excellent oncologist, surgeon, treatment plan, and now a healthier life style that includes eating well and daily exercise. Wish me luck!!
Freshly juiced carrot and apple juice!
Got to get you started on wheat grasd. You can get a flat of it at Whole Foods and keep it in the frig. I'll check with my Besties who was diagnosed almost 4 yrs ago with non Hodgkins lymphoma as has done nothing but alternative cancer treatments. I know from her that sugar feeds cancer and vitamin C (she does IV'S along with oxygenating her blood) has been huge. There's actually a nasty green drink that has tons of cancer fighting properties...I'll find that out too. She has had a mom, her sister and 2 brothers die of cancer in the past 7 years and they all did traditional treatments only.
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