Diet Day 2

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Another good day, too early to be due to my diet attempts.  I'm doing Chinese bone breathing and visualisation as well, as advised by Professor Gearin-Tosh. 

Saw my GP today to get him up-to-date since my oncology visits.  He spent more time gazing into his computer screen than looking at me, in order to find answers to some of my questions.  At least that sign outside his door about appointments for 10 minutes and one symptom only has gone!  I met the practice manager while I waited and she was charming.  She really is trying to get the practice to be as patient-friendly as possible.  Interference from the D of H is less now she says. 

My fruit today includes fresh apple, fresh banana, grapes and clementine and grapefruit juice.  Apparently I may have to stop the latter (grapefruit) when I start on abiraterone.  I am also cutting out sucrose sugar as far as possible so that while my wife has choc eclairs I have fruit as dessert.

My energy levels have been up recently, again not yet due to the diet.  I hope this continues.  However, walking to the surgery and around the village without crutches showed that my legs have become weak and I must build them up gradually.

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    May i ask, what is Chinese bone breathing and visualisation?

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi Marian, thank you for your enquiry.  I checked your profile and see you haven't written anything about yourself so I have no idea what type of cancer you may have.

    Chinese bone breathing is described in Michael Gearin-Tosh's book, "Living Proof", which I bought soon after its publication date in 2002.  The idea is that, if you have cancer metastases in your bones, as I have, you do the exercises thus: in your mind as you breathe in, do so through the toes of your left foot right up to your pelvis.  Breathe out in the reverse direction.  Repeat seven times.  Repeat for the left foot and so on.  Should your cancer be somewhere else in bone continue by breathing in from the fingers of one hand into the chest and out again, seven times.  Do the other hand of course.  Also one should go up one leg and down the other seven times and from one hand right across the chest to the other seven times too.  One can then progress to going up the spine and out of the top of one's head.  My description is only approximate and is best read from the book itself, if you can get it.

    Visualisation goes with this, of course.  You have to imagine the oxygen going into your bones while you do the above exercises.  It doesn't matter if your knowledge of anatomy is not up to medical standard, just think of the bones from foot, through ankle, leg, knee and thigh up to your pelvis.

    Another part of the visualisation is to think of your cancer cells, wherever they are, as some kind of creature or enemy that you have to hunt down and kill.  Mine are in my pelvic bones so I have decided to take my team into the bones and seek out the miners and their rats that dig away at my bones.  The team, of course, are the white blood cells that attack infections and foreign substances in the body; the immune system that has looked after me so well to the age of 81!

    Please let me know a little more about yourself and I hope my description helps you whatever your problem may be.  Cheers,

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Dear David,

    Thank you for your answer, i researched a little today on the Chinese breathing as well. It is very interesting. As my personal understanding, Chinese tradtion tend to emphysis on the Qi (air, enegy) in the body which help the system work well. Once the Qi got disturbed or unbanlanced, not enough or too much etc, illness will occure. Because Qi and blood work together achieve a health sysytem.

    I am sorry I didnt write much about myself. I am very new to this site and lucky me I dont have cancer, but my mum does. She had operation in July for her breast cancer, and just had chemoembolisation last month for her liver cancer. Her condition quite complicated since English is not my first language I am learning all the new vocabularis on the way. Hope my discription is correct. I live here in England with my own family but i am Chinese from Beijing/Peking China. Rest of my family still there, so my dad and my sister looking after my mum now. I was with her for past five months but i cannot stay there any longer since my own family needs me too. This is one of those unforturnate that i have to face, torn between two places.

    Another reason i didnt write down much because i dont know what to say. It was a shock to us all i think my parents still in a stage with plenty hopes. It is because of that, I dont want myself think or write anything negative, i try not to feeding my fear and thoughts by think too much. When one dont know how and what to do, keep silence maybe the best way allow oneself to have a clear mind. 

    I also found these sites is so wonderful that provide so many informations and so many resources one can read and run through. In China, there is no place, people or organisation that one can turn to. Informaitons and help we can get is very limited. That is also why I am busy reading and searching rather than telling my own story. But i like your approach and your attitude to your illness. You know in China we always consider older people are the wise one. By reading your words, sure you are one. :) 

    Thank you for your time, please do forgive me for my spelling mistakes or grammer erros and good luck with your diet. 

    Ps...the book you have introduced  today also sounds interesting, i will find some time give a go, love a good read.

     

    Marian

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Thank you for your reply Marian.  I am very sorry to read that your mum has cancer and I hope very much that the chemotherapy will help her.

    I have read your profile about yourself and understand that you are proud to be a very loving daughter.  Your mum is very lucky to have you and your family.  Being in a foreign country, away from your home must make this illness much more difficult to bear.  I sincerely hope you find support and information on this MacMillan site. I like your quotation "the buddhism saying: to knowing the death is to live better" very much.

    The full title of the book is Living Proof, a medical mutiny, by Michael Gearin-Tosh.  I don't know if it is in print at the moment as I bought it in 2002.  If you go to Amazon books you may find it there and you can order a copy to be sent to you.

    My best wishes to you, your mum and all your family.

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Dear David,

    I should be the one thanking you to make the effort talk to me and answer my questions. Do you like to read too? maybe you can share some of your readings one day. Its weekend again, lets hope a good weather and we can all go out for a nice walk and bit of fresh air.