The Road To Recovery : Day 2
Yesterday (24/11/2020) I received the news that I have some sort of malignancy on a nymph node in my neck. This could mean that I have cancer. The report says “The features are consistent with squamous cell carcinoma.”
I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t concerned. I am and the diagnosis has resulted in my attention shifting to a cacophony of thoughts, feelings and potential actions.
Underlying everything is a cautious optimism that I do have a chance of beating this with enough information and research.
I am already doing many positive actions toward my health but now I have to “up my game” and do whatever is necessary to not feed the cancer cells and also whatever I can to kill them off. This is pretty tricky and will need a lot of research and a far greater understanding of the way cancer cells work.
The most important thing is that everything that goes into my mouth is clean and nutritious. Like the smoothie in the picture, it’s full of vegetables and certainly isn’t a taste sensation but it is good, clean food that fills me up and potentially makes me healthier. I’ve given it a name ….. “The Yarra River” mainly because that is what it looks like. Mud from the bottom of the Yarra. Looks can be deceptive.
But having said that I am in unknown territory. I visited my GP again today. She has given me a referral to an oncologist. That is the next logical step. To find out a) if it is cancer b) what sort of cancer it is and c) what stage it has advanced to if it turns out to be cancer.
With this information I can move onto my next steps.
My first steps are to a) modify my diet without going overboard. This means that I will consume large amounts of leafy greens and other vegetables. It seems that the easiest way to do this is in big green smoothies like the one I had for lunch today. Each batch seems to be 5-6 big glass of vitamized vegetables
Thank goodness that I have an infra red sauna at home. This should help with detoxification which can only help.
I will continue on with my oxygen therapy sessions. I’m considering investigating the potential for a vegan diet supplemented with healthy oils and some sort of vegetable protein. So basically a keto diet which I am already on.
