Fasting pre and post chemo

[Ginger999]

Fasting pre and post chemo

I lost a high school friend this past Wednesday to pervasive cancer. He'd been feeling crappy for a long time but refused to see a doc. He only knew for two weeks before he passed. Our area is one of the highest for environmental cancers. I know a cancer doc from back east that started a practice here. He says he's never seen so much cancer in one area. He's swamped all the time. New patients every week.

MHP, I'm glad you are listening your nutritionist and your body. You are so wise to be taking the approach you are taking. I'm so excited for your garden. I love the examples in the link you shared. I have a huge back yard that really needs a face lift. I'd have to stay home long enough to do it though and that just "ain't" going to happen any time soon.

Tuesday will be 100 days AF for me. Can you believe it?

Love you guys!!

[scottish lass]

Fasting pre and post chemo

MHP - stinks you have to deal with hormone stuff on top of everything else! I thought I was sailing thru menopause, then got a period last month - have the gammit of testing and drs to visit now!
My garden is big and could be wonderful - but will cost a fortune - small sounds good, you can make it what you want and be able to keep it up!
Ginger - 100 days is spectacular

[myhappyplace]

Fasting pre and post chemo

I reckon chip away at your big garden bit by bit SL. Just start with a small section for yourself and see what happens. I found some old pics of the front yard BEFORE the pup got to it....yep....And the menopause thing is something that will occur automatically if you go onto chemo, I just didn't expect to get the SE's now though. Hope your tests are ok x

I'm sorry about your friend Ginge. Its incredible there is such a high rate where you are.

And...GINGER!!! will be celebrating your 100 days with you on Tuesday. What you do, celebrate those wins lovely one, its really important.

[myhappyplace]

Fasting pre and post chemo

I reckon chip away at your big garden bit by bit SL. Just start with a small section for yourself and see what happens. I found some old pics of the front yard BEFORE the pup got to it....yep....And the menopause thing is something that will occur automatically if you go onto chemo, I just didn't expect to get the SE's now though. Hope your tests are ok x

I'm sorry about your friend Ginge. Its incredible there is such a high rate where you are.

And...GINGER!!! will be celebrating your 100 days with you on Tuesday. What you do, celebrate those wins lovely one, its really important.

[Ginger999]

Fasting pre and post chemo

I didn't know that chemo threw you into menopause. That totally sucks. UGH. As if chemo weren't hard enough to go through, menopause gets added to it. Hang in there, as I know you will.

Tomorrow afternoon the mobile vet comes to put down my precious pup Ellie. She's 19 and failing fast. I have to do what's right for her even though I hate to. Not much of a 100 day celebration though. We will be leaving for an adventure on Thursday so I'll count that as my celebration. However, it will be my first trip without Ellie and that will be hard. UGH (again).

Love you guys :'(

[NoSugar]

Fasting pre and post chemo

Happy, your garden ideas look beautiful. How fortunate you are that you live in a place where such vibrant plants can grow! I have too much yard and several garden areas - it indeed can become overwhelming so I try to work on manageable pieces that I most enjoy and try not to stress about the weeds that seem to appear overnight everywhere else .

I thought of you often during my week at the beach. It does feel like a healing place.

I'm glad your nutritionist encouraged you. Does she still think your fasting plan for this week is ok? And what does she think should be the general plan day to day?

It will be great to have your hair grow back! I wonder if it will have changed? A few of my friends had very lovely but incredibly different hair in terms of both texture and color post-chemo. Kind of exciting to be a New Woman .

Ginger, congratulations on your 100 days. I am happy but not at all surprised to see you have done it. Your attitude has been just what is needed the whole time and in my (humble) opinion, attitude is a huge percentage of what is needed to get this done. I'm so sorry it coincides with letting your little pal go. I took a photo of my cherished dog on her last day and now that it has been awhile and the pain of losing her isn't acute, I'm very glad to have it and be able to look at it now and then. Like you are experiencing, she told me when it was time to let her go.
:l.

[myhappyplace]

Fasting pre and post chemo

Ginge, I'm really sorry to hear about Ellie. Like NS and probably lots of other folks here I've had the same sitch. I think her idea of having that photo is a good idea, I scratched around after we had our dog put to sleep earlier this year to find photos that really showed his personality. It just helps your heart.

And yes, menopause is a side effect of chemotherapy. Something I didn't know either before starting but put away as I'd already "done" it. My heart goes out to those women who are still looking at having children and the choices they need to make prior to having treatment. There are quite a few things that come up that aren't common knowledge, everyone just thinks its hair loss and feeling sick. My own concerns now are the neuropathy. I'm already losing some sensations in my fingers and toes, numbness and pins and needles. Just have to buckle up and get on with it though.

NS! I have been thinking of you and hoping you were having a great time. Fasting is still part of the plan but not for as long as I had been. Nutritionist says my plan should be to have last meal Tuesday evening, lay low on Wednesday - chemo on Thursday - then come back with a light breakfast on Friday. So refining what I had planned a bit. And yep, my hair is starting to appear already, not much that haha!! but I think when it does it will be grey or white and most friends in the same sitch have said it was curly initially. New woman definitely

NS,

[Ginger999]

Fasting pre and post chemo

Here's Ellie and my last picture. :'(
Thanks for the idea of one last photo with her.

[scottish lass]

Fasting pre and post chemo

Just saying Hi MHP hope all is good with you.....
Also to Ginger - happy 100 days to you, and so sorry for your day...hopefully it was a peaceful process and you can find comfort in happy memories...:l:l

[myhappyplace]

Fasting pre and post chemo

I wanted to check in to see how you are Ginger? Been thinking of you a lot today. x

[Ginger999]

Fasting pre and post chemo

Thanks for asking after Ellie. It didn't go as smoothly as I'd hoped but I won't bore you with details. It's done and she's buried in the garden out back. Ginger is wondering around looking for her. I think that's the hardest part. Ellie raised Ginger from a small puppy. Ginger misses her adopted Mama. Today is a new day and I'm thankful for everything I have been blessed with. And.... The thought of alcohol never entered my mind through this entire thing. I'd have hated to try and get through this in my early days of my quit. Maybe in the back of my mind that's why I kept putting it off. I wanted to be stronger in my quit before I faced this. In any case, today is 100 days AF for me and eventhough my heart doesn't feel like celebrating, my mind knows this entire ordeal would have been so much worse with AL onboard.

MHP, hope you are doing well. I'm always thinking of you and sending you healing thoughts.

[scottish lass]

Fasting pre and post chemo

So sorry Ginger - hope you have been kind to yourself today...also to the other ginger....
sending lots of hugs to you both across the way:l:l:l

[Ginger999]

Fasting pre and post chemo

Thank you, SL. Today was very hard.

[myhappyplace]

Fasting pre and post chemo

Thinking of you Ginger. It's really hard. Like SL says, make sure to take time to be kind to yourself, not just for one day. Go easy and be well. xx

[NoSugar]

Fasting pre and post chemo

Hey, Happy

I hope your treatment and the breaking of your fast went as well as they could. Maybe you are resting happily as I write this. I hope so. :l NS