Back on the Road

When I began this blog, I was truly on the Road Less Traveled. I used alternative therapies (among them mistletoe -- hence, the photo); I sought help from an integrative M.D. who steered me in the direction of good nutrition and supplemental support; I traveled to Tijuana, Mexico to receive therapies that are forbidden (or unknown) in this country.

I achieved some success. Inflammation decreased, numbers improved. But a few months after returning from MX, things started going south. For all of the details, just head into the archives; there, you can ready the story.

In a nutshell, I left that "road less traveled" and entered the world of allopathic standard of care: CHEMO. I have been on IV chemo + an oral chemo study drug for 20 months. Again, just read the archives for details.

I have always known that cancer cells LOVE sugar. Prior to being on chemo, I ate what I thought was a very healthy diet: for a while no dairy / no gluten / no sugar. But I was still eating a lot of carbs. When I went on chemo, I kind of "gave up" on the good diet thing; I guess I figured if I was pouring all of that poison into my body, what the heck? I might as well eat whatever I wanted to with wild abandon.

But I knew, deep down, that it wasn't right. And after being "stable" -- nothing really changing for months and months, cancer is still in my bone (and probably my lymph, although hard to tell on the scans). I started to ask myself, So this is it? I'll be on this poison that is keeping me "stable" for the rest of my life? I knew it was wrong -- deep down in my gut (where there is a lot of bad stuff going on, believe me!)

In my previous post, I shared this pearl of wisdom: "Hope is really belief coupled with a plan."
My plan is to get back on that road less traveled. I do have a plan -- a couple of them, in fact. Stay tuned for details.