Cancer Support and Caregivers Who Are Trail Blazers!

[Novelafemme]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ihGCj5mfCk8

I can't figure out the Youtube video thing, but this is an awesome video Katy posted on her FB page this morning that I just love. Enjoy

[pynkkameleon]

There are some days (thankfully not many) when I wake up and find myself riding the rails of the pity train. Today was one of those days.

Then something or someone comes along and I get kicked back into reality.

Thank you for sharing that video.. It brought tears, smiles and that extra bit of strength I needed to get back up, dust my hindquarters off and chase the blues away ~

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Novelafemme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ihGCj5mfCk8

I can't figure out the Youtube video thing, but this is an awesome video Katy posted on her FB page this morning that I just love. Enjoy

Wow. This is SO fantastic, Novela! I remember dragging those bags of poison (chemo) around on a pole! Egad. Memories.

I love seeing both the kids and the nurses kick cancer's ass!

I don't have a FB account, but am going to ask TF to post it to hers.

[deb_U_taunt]

my daughter sent me this, it is wonderful

Originally Posted by Novelafemme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ihGCj5mfCk8

I can't figure out the Youtube video thing, but this is an awesome video Katy posted on her FB page this morning that I just love. Enjoy

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Novelafemme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ihGCj5mfCk8

I can't figure out the Youtube video thing, but this is an awesome video Katy posted on her FB page this morning that I just love. Enjoy

This is so awesome Novela! Inspiring but have to tell you it made me pretty tearful, too.

Kids will get me every time!

12-years cancer-free for me following total Thyroidectomy for multiple Papillary nodules throughout my thyroid.

Dealing with non-cancer health issues right now and it helps to be reminded that kids never give up-no matter what.

Thanks for posting it and congrats Tommi!

[deb_U_taunt]

[Tommi]

[pynkkameleon]

I hope everyone is doing well, smiling lots and enjoying life's simple pleasures.

[DapperButch]

I have talked here numerous times about my commitment to and my belief in eating a vegan (plus fish) diet, exercise, supplements, and a couple of other things that I believe will keep a recurrence at bay.

Well, I am here to say that I fell off the wagon. I need to recommit myself to my health, so I am here to say it outloud.

The commitment to regular (structured) exercise fell by the wayside first. My commitment to exercise outside of sports/recreation activities have never been that good, so I knew I needed to set myself up for success. I bought an eliptical. The problem is that I couldn't get through 10 minutes without my lower back hurting. I would have to get off the machine, stretch out my back, and then get back on. Only to have it happen again 10 minutes or less later.

I tried different remedies and solutions (stretches, the shoes I wore, the way I held my body during the exercise), but nothing helped. I suspect the issue is that my core is not very strong due to the cutting of abdominals muscles twice (I had to get two surgeries two weeks apart due to complications).

The solution then, is to build up my core. I am commiting myself to this and know what types of exercises I need to do to get there.

My use of supplements took a nosedive in the last 1.5-2 months. Money. Now with summer here I have more things going on that require money. The supplements were costing me about $250-$300/month.

Here's the reality, I believe in the supplements, so I have to put that back in my budget.

Food. I believe in a vegan+fish non processed diet as a way to stop a recurrence. The last 1.5- 2 months has seen me ebb and flow a bit with eating more processed stuff. For the past month or more, I have not been eating enough vegetables (by a huge margin). For the past 2 weeks I have been eating dairy and white flour, which is really bad.

Being more active in the summer lends itself to grabbing food as you go. I need to recommit myself to eating healthy.

Alcohol. Alcohol speeds up tumor growth. Outside of red wine, which one should only have infrequently, one who has had cancer should really not consume alcohol. I love beer. And summer is the time for beer. For the past 3-4 weeks I have stumbled in this area.

I need to cut that shit out too.

So, that's it. I came to say the above to an audience in hopes that it will push me a bit. I will start with ordering what supplements I can online, right now.

Thanks for listening.

[Soft*Silver]

My chrissy has a younger sister who has had cancer twice before in her life. She worked for a company where there is a very large percentage of people who developed cancer while and after working for that company. After the first recurrence, she lived in fear that it would return. She felt in her bones it would mean sure death, because she felt she could not handle another bout of it.

A few months ago she was told it was back..and it had spread to another organ.

She has had chemo and while she was certain it would not help, she put her faith in prayer, and in the comfort and courage of her family and friends who believed for her that this too, would pass.

Yesterday, the doctors told her she had absolutely no cancer in her!

chrissy wept. My physically big, emotionally strong and spiritually powerful man wept as he told me his sister was going to live.

I am by no means a Christian but they are. I participated in their prayer circles and did my own songs. We live across the nation from one another. She is in california and we are in Ohio. Battling this with her long distance made it even harder on all of us.

But thank heavens, the universe and everyone who participated in helping her keep above the darkness, for she is once again, a survivor...

[clay]

Thanks for sharing these things of importance, Dapper! Sending you a hug and a ^5....you CAN do it, my friend!!! Hang in there!!! Good luck!!!

Originally Posted by DapperButch

I have talked here numerous times about my commitment to and my belief in eating a vegan (plus fish) diet, exercise, supplements, and a couple of other things that I believe will keep a recurrence at bay.

Well, I am here to say that I fell off the wagon. I need to recommit myself to my health, so I am here to say it outloud.

The commitment to regular (structured) exercise fell by the wayside first. My commitment to exercise outside of sports/recreation activities have never been that good, so I knew I needed to set myself up for success. I bought an eliptical. The problem is that I couldn't get through 10 minutes without my lower back hurting. I would have to get off the machine, stretch out my back, and then get back on. Only to have it happen again 10 minutes or less later.

I tried different remedies and solutions (stretches, the shoes I wore, the way I held my body during the exercise), but nothing helped. I suspect the issue is that my core is not very strong due to the cutting of abdominals muscles twice (I had to get two surgeries two weeks apart due to complications).

The solution then, is to build up my core. I am commiting myself to this and know what types of exercises I need to do to get there.

My use of supplements took a nosedive in the last 1.5-2 months. Money. Now with summer here I have more things going on that require money. The supplements were costing me about $250-$300/month.

Here's the reality, I believe in the supplements, so I have to put that back in my budget.

Food. I believe in a vegan+fish non processed diet as a way to stop a recurrence. The last 1.5- 2 months has seen me ebb and flow a bit with eating more processed stuff. For the past month or more, I have not been eating enough vegetables (by a huge margin). For the past 2 weeks I have been eating dairy and white flour, which is really bad.

Being more active in the summer lends itself to grabbing food as you go. I need to recommit myself to eating healthy.

Alcohol. Alcohol speeds up tumor growth. Outside of red wine, which one should only have infrequently, one who has had cancer should really not consume alcohol. I love beer. And summer is the time for beer. For the past 3-4 weeks I have stumbled in this area.

I need to cut that shit out too.

So, that's it. I came to say the above to an audience in hopes that it will push me a bit. I will start with ordering what supplements I can online, right now.

Thanks for listening.