The results came in (11/23/15). I was at work and I got the phone call to come in to the doctor's office for a review of my biopsy results.
I. HAVE. CANCER. Yes, it's true. Stage 2 Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cancer. It's in my tongue and it's not just on the surface, but in my muscular tissue. It's still sinking in for me.
Even more frustrating was that literally as soon as the doctor told me what my results were, he had already scheduled an appointment for me to go see another surgeon the following morning.
At that scheduled appointment I was supposed to talk about the surgery which would result in cutting out part of my tongue, skin grafting from my legs and/or inner arm and putting it in my mouth.
We told the doctor NO!
Yes, cancer is serious. We know, but we also know the body has its own healing abilities when given the proper nutrition to do so.
Over the last 5 days my husband has been doing non-stop research. We watched several documentaries about food and nutrition on Netflix. Then, my husband found a website called "Chris Beat Cancer," which led him down a rabbit trail of sorts.
Even more frustrating was that literally as soon as the doctor told me what my results were, he had already scheduled an appointment for me to go see another surgeon the following morning.
At that scheduled appointment I was supposed to talk about the surgery which would result in cutting out part of my tongue, skin grafting from my legs and/or inner arm and putting it in my mouth.
We told the doctor NO!
Yes, cancer is serious. We know, but we also know the body has its own healing abilities when given the proper nutrition to do so.
Over the last 5 days my husband has been doing non-stop research. We watched several documentaries about food and nutrition on Netflix. Then, my husband found a website called "Chris Beat Cancer," which led him down a rabbit trail of sorts.
That website led my husband to learn about Cancer Tutor and that led to The Truth About Cancer: A Global Quest. This 10+ hour documentary (that we broke up and watched over a few nights) gave us hope, determination to make the changes necessary and enlightenment!
I made my "Giant Cancer Fighting Salad" for Thanksgiving while everyone else around me stuffed themselves with toxic foods.
My husband's family was supposed to come over on 11/27/15 for our Thanksgiving, but I canceled the eating portion of the festivities and asked everyone to just come over, play games, watch movies and if necessary, discuss my cancer.
I hadn't chosen to tell anyone else about my cancer yet, because already I received comments such as:
"I know you want to be healthy, but don't you think you should do what the doctor says?"
"Try something else if your Vegan diet plan doesn't work."
"Are you sure about all this?"
Let me be clear. It's my body. It's my choice.
I am not doing chemo or radiation which only serves to put more poison into my body... the exact thing I am trying to avoid since that's what caused my cancer in the first place.
I am not having a surgery that doesn't even have a 100% guarantee of curing anything, because after all the cutting up of body parts and skin in my mouth, there would still be a chance the cancer could grow elsewhere.
My answer? Nutrition. I'm starting with that.
I hadn't chosen to tell anyone else about my cancer yet, because already I received comments such as:
"I know you want to be healthy, but don't you think you should do what the doctor says?"
"Try something else if your Vegan diet plan doesn't work."
"Are you sure about all this?"
Let me be clear. It's my body. It's my choice.
I am not doing chemo or radiation which only serves to put more poison into my body... the exact thing I am trying to avoid since that's what caused my cancer in the first place.
I am not having a surgery that doesn't even have a 100% guarantee of curing anything, because after all the cutting up of body parts and skin in my mouth, there would still be a chance the cancer could grow elsewhere.
My answer? Nutrition. I'm starting with that.
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