Thankful For...

I am thankful for my husband most of all things in this world, but I'm also very thankful for my cancer. 

It sounds crazy to someone who has no idea what it's like being a cancer fighter, but what I know is that I am a changed person thanks to cancer. It was right before Thanksgiving in 2015 that I was diagnosed and at this point I know I'm not the same, but in a very good way. 

Yes, there have been some bad days when I had a mental breakdown or two and just wanted to cry, but I picked myself up and went on stronger than before. 

It's like mentally, I've gone through a tunnel and when I got to other side I finally realized that all the petty things I used to worry about don't really matter. I've thrown myself so far out of my "comfort zone" in many ways during all the cleanses and the experimental protocols while trying to find what worked for me. 

I've stuck 100% to my all-natural plant-based cancer diet and in the last year I have had ZERO sugar. That's right. I am living without chocolate, without bread, without anything sweet. Why? Because, without it I feel amazing. I have lost 55 pounds in the last year and I'm slowly working on toning via Yoga, jumping on my Rebounder, running, jogging, and walking with the dogs.  

I'm thankful for all of mine and my husband's research. I'm also very thankful for my husband's 100% support throughout my cancer fighting journey. 

This change over the last year has really opened my eyes. It's like I can finally see the big, wide world all around me. Rather than let moments go by me, I like to take time out of my day to just be present. I love just being part of the world and taking in the little moments like feeling the sunshine on my skin, smiling just because, laughing like crazy, grabbing more hugs, stealing more kisses, and enjoying more walks with my dogs.  

I have to say that I truly do experience things more deeply than I ever have before. Food tastes better (when I get to enjoy things like fruits and whole veggies), acts of love feel nicer, my Yoga practice is so very blissful (even when challenging), and I just have this glowing inner happiness that I've never felt before.

Knowing that others haven't been so lucky with fighting cancer makes me ever so grateful that what I've been doing has kept me alive. Even if it takes me another year or more to get rid of my cancer spot and scar tissue, I'll never give up, because this life is worth living! 

Miraculous Changes

The last few months have been really defining for me. As much as I wanted to do everything, I had to admit that some things just weren't the right thing for me and other things weren't working at all. In the end, I'm not "Superwoman" either and I know there just isn't enough time for me to do EVERYTHING so I've taken all the regimes I've come across and narrowed my daily activities down to things that I feel have been the most beneficial to my body, made the most difference in killing cancer, and what has helped in healing the tongue after the cancer fell off. 

Here's a glimpse of what a day in the life of me looks like:

-Wake Up, Let Dogs Out,  

-Pack my backpack with about 20 different vitamins, a mixture of sulfur water and Liph water, and some Essiac tea to take to work with me for later.

-Feed Dogs 

-Mix Cottage Cheese & Flaxseed (CCF) (Yes, I realize cheese isn't Vegan. This is the ONLY exception to my diet. Yes, it's for a purpose. The Budwig protocol calls for this and due to the Flaxseed the dairy properties are voided out.)

-Jump on trampoline for 15 Minutes

-Eat CCF

-Blend the grossest green smoothie which will be for dinner (My husband helps with this). The smoothie is nothing but veggies and mostly all leafy greens that no one in their right mind would enjoy drinking. Ever. 

-Go to work - Wait 3 Hrs. and complete routine of drinking Liph and Sulfur Mixture and eating a salad for lunch.
  

-30 Mins. later, take packed liquid Vitamin C, the rest of the pill form vitamins, and drink a Green Tea with the Essiac tea blended in. When possible I follow up with a second, plain 8oz. Green Tea.

-Take a break for 1 hr. Yoga (this happens twice during the week on Tuesday/Thursday)

-Go Home, Jump on trampoline for 20 Minutes

-Care For Dogs

-Force myself to gulp down the grossest smoothie ever for dinner 

-Drink another Sulfur/Liph Water mixture. Wait 30 minutes and take round of vitamins.

-Reward self with another Green Tea with Essiac Tea blended in

-Have a giant avocado for snack and/or 1/4 cup sized portion of Quinoa

-Take 10 more pancreatic enzymes  

-Spend time with husband, relax, enjoy television, computer time, etc. 

-Go to bed 

I left out the mundane things of life such as laundry, dishes, and other chores as they just get worked in whenever there's a slight gap. Thankfully, weekends aren't quite as crazy as I don't have to work, but I still go to Yoga on both Saturday and Sunday for one hour as well as keep up with everything else. 

This is my life right now, but it's all for the better, because I'm getting stronger mentally and physically. Not to mention, as you can see from my progress photos my sore spot has made some major changes in the last few months. It's like something out of a science fiction movie! It's crazy to think that pieces of my tongue literally have fallen off, left a giant hole in my tongue, and cells are regenerating to fill up the gap. The body truly is an amazing thing and can do so much when we simply allow it to do so without the interference of poisons! 

My tongue has improved more than ever before and I'm getting to the point where I think testing to make sure my cancer is gone for good will be happening very soon! Stay tuned for updates!