Weekend

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Went to the drive-in last night. It was wonderful!!! Terminator and Star Trek were playing. Ron and I went in the tow truck. Boy do kids just love that truck. They wave and smile and yell "hi!!!". As soon as we park here comes the sheriff. First words out of his mouth.... "you lookin' for somebody?" Nope, it was funny, "is it as bad as they show on T.V.?" Nope. That's usually every one's first question. Not that exciting. Rarely exciting. But fun.

Surgery. ASAP.

Well this sucks. So much for organic making a difference in 2 1/2 weeks. The 3 new spots GREW. Damn. The doc said I must go in for the "next available" surgery time. :( Back to the hospital. Damn. They will biopsy one of the nodes.... it could be an infection.... or cancer. Then we will go from there. I meet with the doctor 10 days after surgery. Not sure yet how long I will be in the hospital. The gal better call me today with my surgery date. I am a VERY impatient patient. Maybe I am just being cynical but I told the doctor.... "I know it's not an infection" and you want to know what his response was???????? "I know, we just have to prove it". AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comments would be nice. I know you are all checking for updates but a few uplifting words would be greatly appreciated. :)


xoxo

Dawn

TOMORROW.

Nervous about tomorrow. Should have results on newest scan by 2pm or so. My dad is going with me. All day in Seattle again. Hope it doesn't resort to that for months and months again.

Is all this worth it??

Organic, free range, no sugar, no coffee.... AHHHHH is it doing any good? It is tough. If I was single and lived alone it would probably be much easier. It really sucks though sitting at the dinner table eating a Boca burger that has been chopped up in a HUGE salad while everybody else is putting gravy on their non-organic potatoes and having some roast (red meat). AAAAAHHHHH I may just KILL for a coffee one of these days. I want a MOCHA. Thanks to everyone that is staying updated with me again. I was gone for quite a while. :) Sorry. Love ya!

Off to read a book.

Eating Organic and the OCA

I went to see a cooperative alternative medicine doctor that specializes in cancer patients. He's based out of Swedish in Seattle, last Tuesday was my visit with him. I KNEW I should have gotten an espresso before going there. Boy did he tell it to me straight. No red meat, well... once a week two times a month is OK. But only free range, chicken and turkey too, only organically grown veggies and fruits, green tea and "filtered" water. That's what I get. No coffee, no Diet Coke, no regular Lipton Ice Tea, as little sugar as possible. Fish is okay as long as it is "wild" salmon or cod, nothing else. Organic dairy products, organic eggs, good luck finding organic cheese... I'm staying with Tillamook. The package says something about no bad stuff in the cows it came from. It is VERY hard to get in 64oz of water per day, along with at least 3 8oz cups of green tea. (it's not bad, but it would be nice with a little sugar). 2-3 fruits a day, 5-7 veggies per day, 64 grams of protein, and attempt to reach 2100 calories per day to maintain my body weight. It is harder then heck to reach 2100 calories!!! I did it today though! Actually got about 2800!! It's only do to the fact that I got a vanilla flavored protein powder though. TONS of protein and TONS of calories. A perfect lunch. I am about fed up with salads. That's about all I eat. Or so it seems. Add a Boca Chicken patty, to my salad, spice it up for the day. I am still so new at the "eating healthy" thing it's hard to get used to. Recording every oz. of food I eat, making sure to write the calories and protein down. Search after search of how many calories in this, how many calories in that... found a great website to help with that though http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/ check it out. I will end this with the thought of.... I really need to get my calories up. To maintain my current (well previous) current weight I needed to eat at least 2100 calories. I have lost 9 pounds in 6 days. Not a bad thing. But not what I was trying to do. Organic Soy Chocolate Milk is good. Organic cream cheese tastes the same. OOOOOOOhhhhhh STAY AWAY FROM ORGANIC COTTAGE CHEESE. That was not a tasty experience. I have only tried two different kinds, but oh boy. Not so good.

I can say that I have felt much more energetic and healthy since starting this way of eating. Not going to use the word DIET, just sounds like a bad word to me.

BTW my title links you to the Organic Consumer Association (OCA) if you are interested in checking it out. :)

Have a good night everyone.

I'm still here!

I am still around... :) trying to get updated on the Internet. I have neglected all of you and haven't kept you informed. Sorry. After my stem cell transplant I went through a bunch of radiation. My 3month check up was in the end of April, on the 27th of April I found out that I have THREE new spots. In my lungs. The plan right now is to wait until the 27th of May and get another scan to see if the spots have either stayed the same, gotten bigger or gone away completely. We of course are hoping for gone away completely but nothing is for sure. If they get bigger there will possibly be a biopsy, and if the stay the same I will just have to wait another 30 days and see what happens.... so that's a mini update. I promise to get back on track with blogging. My laptop has a desk area in my room now so it is easier to set at it and type. :)

Love ya!!

Dawn