Life Changes

sandysp

Wow
I am so happy for you. You have always been an inspiration and source of strength to me with your posts. My life is changing too.I think it is wonderful we get to see life anew.

I now start my day with a smoothie of "Green Vibrance", Nutritional Yeast, Blueberries, a banana and Almond Milk. I feel so much better after doing this for a couple of months. I really think freeze dried is a great way to go when it comes to "fresh" greens. I use Walnuts in all my salads which I fix every day. But I believe I will go ahead and invest in a juicer as well as you have so many times advocated. I have given up starchy anything, except small quantities of rice now. (And a slice of Veggi NY Pizza once a week - usually with large quantities of spinach on top). My only dairy is non fat Greek Yoghurt which I save for dessert after dinner. I also use a product called "Calm" which is Magnesium Sulfate. This not only calms me but helps with calcium metabolism. Wheat and Corn are pretty much grains of my past, not my present or future as is clear that I just can't metabolism them very well. Unfortunately, I had to give up Cole Slaw for the same reason.

Good for you for going forth in your life with better health for yourself and everyone else. Music is so healing. It was no problem for me to return to my music church job, but I have not yet started back to my sales position. The church has offered me the opportunity to use the choir room as a voice studio and I had my first student there. I am going to prepare a brochure to set forth my philosophy and qualifications for more students. What a dream come true!

Thanks for continuing to be a source of inspiration. Fondly, Sandy

Angela_K

sandysp said:

Wow
I am so happy for you. You have always been an inspiration and source of strength to me with your posts. My life is changing too.I think it is wonderful we get to see life anew.

I now start my day with a smoothie of "Green Vibrance", Nutritional Yeast, Blueberries, a banana and Almond Milk. I feel so much better after doing this for a couple of months. I really think freeze dried is a great way to go when it comes to "fresh" greens. I use Walnuts in all my salads which I fix every day. But I believe I will go ahead and invest in a juicer as well as you have so many times advocated. I have given up starchy anything, except small quantities of rice now. (And a slice of Veggi NY Pizza once a week - usually with large quantities of spinach on top). My only dairy is non fat Greek Yoghurt which I save for dessert after dinner. I also use a product called "Calm" which is Magnesium Sulfate. This not only calms me but helps with calcium metabolism. Wheat and Corn are pretty much grains of my past, not my present or future as is clear that I just can't metabolism them very well. Unfortunately, I had to give up Cole Slaw for the same reason.

Good for you for going forth in your life with better health for yourself and everyone else. Music is so healing. It was no problem for me to return to my music church job, but I have not yet started back to my sales position. The church has offered me the opportunity to use the choir room as a voice studio and I had my first student there. I am going to prepare a brochure to set forth my philosophy and qualifications for more students. What a dream come true!

Thanks for continuing to be a source of inspiration. Fondly, Sandy

Good for you!
Great to hear that you've made changes in your diet that boost your immune system. I have been on vacation on the Texas Coast and can't wait to get to the store to "green up" for a weekend of juicing.

Colonoscopy on Monday, followed by a regular 4 month PET scan on Tuesday, all at Scott & White. I still allow full fat cottage cheese and non-fat Greek yogurt every once in a while and have eggs and avacado about twice a week. I also drink a little coconut water daily and stick primarily to dark, colorful vegetables, black beans, seeds, walnuts and lean protein from the colder seas. Some lower sugar fruit. Sardines almost daily.

No sugar, no wheat, no milk, no corn. No beer. (I miss my beer the most.)

Lots and lots and lots of clean water.

I did eat some wonderful dark chocolate ice cream this week. A ton of it actually. I cared not that my stomach hated me for it. My taste buds loved it. Also a lot of grilled fish tacos on corn tortillas. But seldom, seldom do I indulge quite so recklessly.

Eating cleaner has become a habit for me now. I don't really miss the 'other' stuff at all. I follow kind of a 90%/10% rule, eating clean 90% of the time. When I do indulge in the other stuff, I feel the negative effects almost immediately. Stomach issues and even worse for me, foggy head/fatigued. I can't imagine going back to my previous eating lifestyle when comparing how I feel. Will look into that 'Calm' product you speak of.

I'm so, so happy that you and others are choosing to make lifestyle changes for the better. Never easy. But not that hard either once you've made up your mind to 'just do it' and drop the excuses.

Please keep me posted on how you are doing and anything new and different that is working for you!

Mucho blessings from Texas!

Angela

sandysp

Shes_my_hero said:

Life Changes
It means so much--to a newbie like me--to hear such an encouraging outlook from a woman who has the same spit-fire determination that my hero, my daughter, has. She's my hero when I see how she is taking on this fight! Just 32 years old, mother of one terrific 12 year old, she was diagnosed in April with T1 Squamous Cell Anal Cancer. After 2 chemo rounds and with three more RT left, we're at the final stretch of this phase. Life has changed for everyone in the family, and in a way, everyone who is praying for us. CS Lewis said that prayer doesn't change God, it changes me. And my experience is that it's true. We see the hand of God in the little details ever since the diagnosis, making a way in the darkness. And we trust in His perfect love to get us through. May God bless each of you who post here. Your courage and generosity means more than you may know.

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Thanks so much for that CS Lewis quote. So true. We are reading The Great Divorce in our bible study class. Cancer slowed me down enough to participate in these classes at church and opened my heart and mind enough to hear and see a few things. I had cancer the first time at age 26. Life isn't fair but it's true that there are little gifts along the way if we open our eyes and hearts to them. Your daughter is likely going to be slowed down by this treatment for quite a while but it's amazing to see how far I've come this year and I'm 62! I'm so glad we have this site where you can be reassured she most very likely if not surely will come through this "mighty fine."
Fondly,
Sandy