January 2016, Chorley, Thornton-Cleveleys
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any" Alice Walker
Shit.
Feeling really disempowered with all these whirlwind hospital appointments and tests.
I decided to try to take back some control.
After reading Laura Bond's book, "Mum's not having chemo", I started researching how I could help myself.
Two days virtually non-stop research. So much to wade through. Conflicting advice. Miracle cures with bicarbonate of soda, with turmeric, with apricot kernels with with with with... it was sending me bonkers.
Completely overwhelming. I cried oceans of salty tears.
Take action now girl.
I decided that I would start by boosting nutrition levels.
I had stopped having any sugary foods at New Year when I suspected that the lump on my leg was malignant. I knew that cancer was an insatiably hungry sugar monster.
Prior to my diagnosis on 12th January 2016, I had also started looking at how easy it was to get a wide range of organic foods. I chose Ocado which proved to be a godsend after surgery. I knew it was better for me to have organic because I had read a lot about the effects of pesticides, insecticides on the nutrients and cause of soil depletion.
I wrote another list. It was all organic and included items like turmeric root, salt deodorant, flax seeds, herbal teas, apricot kernels, vitamin d/k2, niacin, spirulina, wheatgrass, sodium bicarbonate... the list was endless and expensive but much healthier than my Christmas list. Not as much fun.
I also started to ditch beauty products full of chemicals and to replace with organic. Well actually my friends were happy to have them.
I wanted to start with a green juice fast or feast whichever way you'd like to look at it.
I discovered that I needed to step up the nutritional quality of my juices and not only use organics but also buy a really good juicer.
I already had a nutribullet which I had used for juicing for some time, but research told me that now I was sick, my body needed much higher levels of nutrition.
I chose a Green Star, twin-gear masticating, juicer. Great juicing, the machine regurgitates the pulp which comes out really dry which is a good sign for a juicer, but I wouldn't choose it again. It is so fiddly to clean, especially when you're juicing at least once a day.
I started my juice fast/feast for 8 days in pursuit of a super detox.
The first couple of days were the most difficult and then after that it was plain sailing. In a weird way I actually enjoyed it. I noticed increased vibrancy that shone through my skin, hair, nails, and eyes. Well maybe not so much my eyes.
Actually my eyes are bright but there are huge dark shadows underneath. Toxicity? Shock/stress? Both?
After reading Laura Bond's book, "Mum's not having chemo", I started researching how I could help myself.
Two days virtually non-stop research. So much to wade through. Conflicting advice. Miracle cures with bicarbonate of soda, with turmeric, with apricot kernels with with with with... it was sending me bonkers.
Completely overwhelming. I cried oceans of salty tears.
Take action now girl.
I decided that I would start by boosting nutrition levels.
I had stopped having any sugary foods at New Year when I suspected that the lump on my leg was malignant. I knew that cancer was an insatiably hungry sugar monster.
Prior to my diagnosis on 12th January 2016, I had also started looking at how easy it was to get a wide range of organic foods. I chose Ocado which proved to be a godsend after surgery. I knew it was better for me to have organic because I had read a lot about the effects of pesticides, insecticides on the nutrients and cause of soil depletion.
I wrote another list. It was all organic and included items like turmeric root, salt deodorant, flax seeds, herbal teas, apricot kernels, vitamin d/k2, niacin, spirulina, wheatgrass, sodium bicarbonate... the list was endless and expensive but much healthier than my Christmas list. Not as much fun.
I also started to ditch beauty products full of chemicals and to replace with organic. Well actually my friends were happy to have them.
I wanted to start with a green juice fast or feast whichever way you'd like to look at it.
I discovered that I needed to step up the nutritional quality of my juices and not only use organics but also buy a really good juicer.
I already had a nutribullet which I had used for juicing for some time, but research told me that now I was sick, my body needed much higher levels of nutrition.
I chose a Green Star, twin-gear masticating, juicer. Great juicing, the machine regurgitates the pulp which comes out really dry which is a good sign for a juicer, but I wouldn't choose it again. It is so fiddly to clean, especially when you're juicing at least once a day.
I started my juice fast/feast for 8 days in pursuit of a super detox.
Actually my eyes are bright but there are huge dark shadows underneath. Toxicity? Shock/stress? Both?
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