Thursday 28 July 2011

Sunset cruise....

Yesterday we paid our touristic respects and went on a catamaran sunset cruise with a bunch of other happy holidayers. Beautiful views of lovers beach and the famous arch that is formed by the rocks. I've found a good routine now with my diet on the holiday. When we leave the hotel I bring my smoothie in my to go termos that keeps it cool for hours. Not really the same as enjoying a freshly made margharita but it works.





 Richard got to enjoy a beer though at the famous "Senor froggs".
A lovely waitress came by and offered him a shot of tequila out of her bosom.
Which he declined. Were old farts now! We go on holidays drink carrot juice and go to bed at ten. 




Five more days of mexican sunshine. Its wonderful out here but I must say Im looking forward to coming home and getting all set up at our home environment with juicers, blenders, coleys and finding good organic produce. Im so ready to give this cancer a full on kick in the ass. And I'm also sooooo ready to see my little angel girl. Have missed her like crazy!!!!

 I've had 2 coley shots here in Cabo, monday and tuesday. Monday didnt get a fever or any symptoms. Tuesday I reached a 39°c fever. Good thing is that it doesn't effect the next coming day. I wake up and feel perfectly fine. 

Have had lovely mails from almost all Gerson friends I made at Chipsa. Feels so good to be connected with people that our going through the same thing. People to share embarrassing enema stories with. People who aint doing them usually find it quit disgusting to talk about. Also nice to share the excitement of high fevers and heavy symptoms. 
We also all share the same will to fight this disease and everyone I met there has been so positive. Really inspiring to be in a group of people that all believe it is possible to heal the way we have chosen to. 

Dave and Denise, the first couple we met sent me a real good quote by Muhammed Ali:

 "I use to hate every part of my training. But I knew if I suffered through it now, I would live in glory the rest of my life." 

A bit like what were doing with our treatment.
I'm sure we'll all live in glory for many years to come.




Monday 25 July 2011

Cabo San Lucas.....

Oh my god!!! We are in paradise! Amazing beaches and SUNSHINE!! Feels so nice to be out of the hospital. A bit scary as now were on our own with 3 different kinds of shots to be taken every week and all the juicing to be taken care of. We bought a juicer from Jack Le lanne in San Diego that we are travelling with. Installed a juicing station in the bathroom next to the sink. I spoke to the manager as we got here about my special diet and they will prepare green smoothies for me 3 times a day. So I feel at ease now with the diet for our holiday here.  Were staying at the Sheraton hacienda del mar. Amazing hotel with direct access to the beach. 10 days here and then back to stockholm. Ill be continuing the coleys shots 2-3 times a week. I will also continue doing 5 enemas a day. As for the diet I will be doing mostly raw food but will also use a few things from Gerson.
When I get back I will book to do a pet scan in 4 months time to see the progress of healing.
I feel great. I definitely have less pain than when I started the treatment. My main symptoms are: Pain in between the shoulder blades, pain in lower back area, rasp when breathing, coughing, weak voice. The back pains are due to the cancer in the skeleton. The lower back area is painless  now and between the shoulder blades is half the pain from when I started. Coughing is better hardly nothing these days. The rasp when breathing is unfortunately caused by fibrosis from the radio therapy so that will remain. Although It eased up when I was on 100% raw food. My voice is still weak. The doctors are not sure if it is caused by fibrosis or if it's cancer. I'm hoping its cancer as then It can be healed.
Were getting plenty of healing sunshine and lush sea water.
Yesterday we went in to town and took a taxi boat to lovers beach. So beautiful. We got there really early and apart from another couple we were the only ones out there.
I came here 7 years ago when working on the cruise ship. A bit of a different experience. Then it was lovers beach with the crew a few beers and then off to the beach by the city for margarithas and dancing on the beach with drunk happy spring breakers from the US. Carrot juice wasn't really part of my menu back then.
Today Im gonna do a coleys shot here at the hotel. Richard, who is now my personal nurse will be injecting all my shots. He is so supporting through all this. He makes all my juices, sets alarms so I know when to take my supplements, fetches anything I need when I got the fevers, has patience through my bumpy emotional rides etc.. Hes an angel! Im also blessed with a very supporting family. My father and brother have also been 100% supportive and positive from day one.
To have positive people around helps big times.
Met some lovely people at Chipsa who gave alot of inspiration and hope. Two who will be very missed are Claire and her mother Steph. We miss you!
Here are some pics from san diego, chipsa and Cabo:
Beautiful organic supermarket in San diego...


Green juice and salad lunch in San diego..

Richard Shelter Island San Diego...

Green Juice To Go Jug....
                                            
                                                         Our room at chipsa with ocean view...



Lovely Claire...

Lovely Claires mother Steph on the sun terass at chipsa...

Breakfast view from our hotel in Cabo...

Juicing station at the hotel....

Coffee enema station....

Beach cabo...

Lovers beach....

Lovers beach...

Lovers beach...

Thursday 14 July 2011

Photos....

I've been exhausted from the treatment and haven't been in the mood to write. It's 7 more days to go.
Gonna hang in here and ride out these fevers. Ill give an update after we've left.
Richard is still writing daily posts about our stay here and the different stages of the treatment summerinmexico.blogspot.com

A few photos from the institute:


Breakfast...

View from dining room...

Beach just down the road from hospital

Me and Richard..

Dr. Galindo...

Swollen Coleys arm...

Knocked out with fever...

My "Gerson" birthday cake...

Wednesday 6 July 2011

Egg shampoo and banana conditioner....

My first natural hair care experiment kind of went a bit bonkers.
I found a recipe for a shampoo though that actually worked very good:

1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 tsp honey
1 lemons juice

Mix it all up and leave in for 5 min. I only left it 1 min, cause of my lack of patience.
It managed to give my hair a real good cleanse but unfortunately the smell was a bit off. The egg gave a rather unpleasant flavor to it all.
I found banana to be one ingredient amongst others in one conditioner. Thought the banana could help with the smell. As I only had banana out of the ingredients I used one mashed banana to condition . Big mistake!
The banana was impossible to wash out. Tried brushing it out, hot water, cold water...
Worked more as a mega tangler rather than a detangler.
I broke my "no body products" promise and sent Richard out to get me the most natural looking shampoo and conditioner one can find in a mexican pharmacy.
It took 3 washes to get the banana out. Still have little traces left.
Will keep up the conditioner search and keep you posted.

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Coley's reaction...

Yesterday I had quit a heavy reaction to the coley's. I was pretty much wiped out all evening. Heavy coughing and a lot of tumor aching. I reached a 39,5° fever. The doctors and nurses get all excited and cheer when a high fever is reached and tumor pains are created. The heavy coughing is also part of the healing process. So it's all good.
Saturday we visited a resort, a tour organised by the hospital. Probably not the best place to take a bunch of Gerson patients as it was an all inclusive with beautiful barbecues and plenty of bars to enjoy a margerita.
We had a walk on the beach and observed drunk americans that came over the border to celebrate independence day.
I'm halfway through the treatment here at Chipsa. It's hard to say if theres been any positive changes as the Coley's tends to create more symptoms and pain. They also say this is a long healing process and some people wont experience tumor changes until 6-9 month after ongoing treatment.
There has also been exceptional cases where people have had total recovery within 4 weeks. Not long ago a girl my age had this quick recovery with her pancreatic cancer.
I will be continuing with the Coleys at home, 3 times a weeks.
I'm very positive and I believe with all my heart that I'm doing the right thing.
My hair is starting to stink though from the washing consisting of only water.
I will be experimenting with natural ways of washing and will keep you updated on what I find.
Iv'e seen on the net people using vinegar, lemon, chia seeds etc... I'll let you know which works best. Please let me know if you know of any good ingredients.
I have now reached 38,5° so I'm gonna head to my bed and sleep.

The pier outside Rosarito resort Tijuana, Mexico
Richard enjoying the lovely fragrance of my non toxic hair!

Saturday 2 July 2011

Pella....

I miss my baby girl incredibly much. Four more weeks to go.
I found a video clip from when she was 1,5 years old. 
She developed a shoe fetish when she was 1 year old and has been walking around in my high heels ever since.

Here she is trying on a pair of my boots!



Sugar a toxin.....

As we were traveling here to Mexico we saw a headline on the news that read "Sugar is a Toxin".To see this on the news in the US was quit cool! This was ten days ago at the terminal of Newark airport. As we were at a busy gate we couldn't really hear what they were saying. But it caught my interest as I've been reading about the dangers of sugar in cancer. Today I was googling and I found a lecture by Robert Lustig, "Sugar: The bitter truth". Lustig is a specialist on pediatric hormone disorders and the leading expert in childhood obesity at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. This lecture will most definitely change your view on sugar.
The lecture on youtube has had 1,500,000 viewers at a rate of 50,000 viewers per month. So he must be saying something thats caught interest.  
He doesn't only mean the refined white sugar but also and mostly the high-fructose corn syrup which is used as a thickener and a sweetener in commercially-prepared foods like ketchup, bread, kellogs, fruit drinks etc.. I found a listing that shows products with high-fructose corn syrup at corn syrup list. It's a short list. But gives you an idea. He uses the terms "Toxic" and "Poison" in his lecture. There are so many products that I didn't even know contained this syrup. 
In Lustig’s view, sugar should be thought of, like cigarettes and alcohol, as something that’s killing us.
He compares a can of coca cola to a can of beer describing thoroughly the same damages they cause and how they both are just as toxic. See lecture for explanation. 
You can read an article about Robert Lustig here NY Times Article.
I also found a swedish article that refers to his lecture Svensk artikel Robert Lustig
Hes convinced me! 
After this lecture a kids birthday party with cakes, cookies, soda pops and candy doesn't seem much healthier than a big alcoholic mash up party. It's definitely made me think twice about what I'll be serving at Pella's next birthday.
He's a great speaker and has lots of interesting facts in his film.

Friday 1 July 2011

D vitamin for children....

As I raised interest for the vitamin D issue I started to research if their are good supplements to help us through the autumn and winter as we hardly have any sunlight during those semesters in Sweden.
I found some from Thorne which are supposed to be a reliable source of vitamins and minerals.
When I continued to search for childrens supplements I stumbled upon some scaring information.
When we  have a child in sweden we are given D vitamin drops from our pediatrician to give to our children up to 2 years old. The drops we are given are from the brand Acos. They contain E320(Butylhydroxianisol-BHA). The food administration and the EU do not allow E320 as an additive in foods or food supplements for children or babies. This is because WHO:s international center for cancer research IARC believe that E320 is a potential cancer-cause. The EU also believe that E320 can cause damage to the immune system, endocrine disrupting and hyperactivity. However The Läkemedelsverket (medical products agency)  still allow E320 in medication to children and babies including D vitamin drops. They say the doses are at Recommended Daily Intake, RDI. But how can we know for sure that these doses are not causing damage to our children. One thing I have learned is that medical product agencies will try everything to make it sound safe so they can sell more and make profit.
I found a D drop vitamin that does not contain E320,  D vitamin oil Dunmedic. They are sold in the swedish pharmacies.  A lot of people believe that certain diseases are inheritable, genetic. From my experiences these past few months I do not agree. I strongly believe we can control our health with our diet and more importantly start controlling our kids health with what we feed them. Asthma, allergies, eczema etc.... can all be cured and prevented with nutrition.
I worked as a substitute teacher for a while in 2008 for kids 7-10 years old. I was chocked at the behavior in the classroom. The lack of concentration, mood swings, loudness, tiredness etc...
I believe a diet full of sugar, wheat, conservatives, chemicals etc... can attribute to this kind of behavior.
We have a lot more adhd, diabetic, depressed and autistic kids. We also have an increasing number in cancer, arthritis, ms and other degenerative diseases. And the ages of the effected are getting low. I'm a perfect example, lung cancer at 28. So why is that we will rather read a magazine about Brad and Angelina's love problems than read and research what we put in our bodies?

Periods and Sunlight...

I've had two significant changes this week from the change of diet.
My period and my tan!
I finished my period a few days ago, it is the first one since I've been on Raw food and Gerson diet.
My period would usually last 5 days and I would bleed quit heavy the first 3 days.
This period only lasted 2 days and I bled about one tablespoon a day and no pains.
At the retreat Victoria spoke about the sun and its healing powers and how we can prevent sunburn by keeping a nutritious diet.
I've been researching a bit on the net and found some interesting articles.
The sun is the only source of vitamin D. Sufficient vitamin D can prevent cancers, osteoporosis, depression and schizophrenia. This information I found from an article by Michael Holick author of The UV advantage.
He also speaks of the hazard of using sunscreen. Using even weak sunscreens (SPF=8) block your body's ability to generate vitamin D by 95%. This is how sunscreenproducts actually cause disease by creating a critical vitamin deficiency in the body. You can find several interesting links to sunscreens if you enter the link I attached above.

"It turns out that super antioxidants greatly boost your body's ability to handle sunlight without burning. Astaxanthin is one of the most powerful "internal sunscreens" and can allow you to stay under the sun twice as long without burning. Other powerful antioxidants with this ability include the superfruits like Acai, Pomegranates (POM Wonderful juice), blueberries, etc."- Mike Adams

You can find more information on the sun and vitamin D from Mike Adams and Micheal Holicks at http://www.naturalnews.com/003069.html
I've been spending an hour or two in the sun a few days this week. And what I've noticed is a big change in tan color. Before I would burn easily when exposed to strong sunlight and my skin would go red. This week I haven't burned and I have a golden brown tan.