One of the things Dr. Huber has prescribed to me is Avemar, a fermented wheat germ supplement that has great promise in fighting cancer. I first heard about it through my friend Pattie, who learned about it when receiving care at Cancer Treatment Centers of America. I also received information when I stopped by Avemar’s table while at [...]
Remember those Preference by Loreal commercials where the model emphatically states, “Because I’m worth it”? Well, that’s going to be my mantra these days. It strikes me how absurd it is to worry about money when it comes to saving my life.
Over the past two years, I’ve read books, researched the Internet and piggybacked on what [...]
It’s been an interesting couple of days. Yesterday I met with Dr. Gary Huber who has guest posted on my blog (www.healthyalterego.com). It was a real eye opener.
Here I was, all proud of myself for not eating sugar. Now I learn the rice crackers and even Ezekial bread I’m eating are converting to sugar in my [...]
I went in for lab work this week at my oncologist’s office and had my dreaded weigh-in. We just returned from my cousin’s son’s Bar Mitzvah, so I knew it wouldn’t be pretty. Sure enough, my weight was up.
Actually, my weight has been slowly creeping up all year. I’ve justified it with eating healthy food – no sugar, [...]
OK, now that I have your attention, I want to admit that I’m kind of a prude when it comes to sex. It’s not something I talk about, and it certainly has not been top of mind these days as a person living with cancer. And that’s the problem; I think survivors spend so much [...]
As I was catching up on my newspapers, I came across an interesting article about a study at The Ohio State University on the Amish and cancer. Not surprisingly, they found the Amish have a lower incidence of cancer than the rest of us.
Part of the reason is that they grow and raise their own [...]
I’m back home from the Annie Appleseed conference and, as promised, I will share what I learned. There is way too much for me to share on a post or even multiple posts, but I’ll do my best to boil down the highlights as I saw them.
The best part of the conference? The fabulous people [...]
Day one of the conference and I feel like I’ve been thrown into an honors biology class by mistake and am totally lost. There is so much information and many of the presenters seem to pack everything into a short time with lots of scientific lingo. I just assume that everyone here knows a lot [...]
Well my friend Ashlie and I finally made it to West Palm Beach for the Annie Appleseed Conference. I was wondering if we’d ever get here, given the five-hour delay with our flight. Snow closed Chrissy’s school, as well as most in the city. It was sunny and in the sixties when we arrived, but [...]
We’re all busy with the holidays coming up, so I’ll make this quick. Yesterday I featured Ann Fonfa, founder of the Annie Appleseed Project. She had some great basic tips for people like you and me who are living with cancer.
”I tell people the healthier they are going into treatment, the better off they’ll be,” she [...]
