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When I was a student of nutritional therapy, about 15 years ago, I attended a lecture given by Charlotte Gerson, the daughter of Max Gerson, founder of the Gerson therapy. She was an old lady then, and she must be well into her 90's now. What I remember of the lecture is that she herself was a rather alarming shade of orange, no doubt as a result of the large amounts of carrot juice that she drinks Indeed, she did so throughout the lecture, the juice being prepared freshly for her by an assistant...
Not much to report really. Still no noticeable side effects from the thyroxin and the antibiotics have worked on my kidney but, surprise surprise, I've developed a mild case of thrush. I know people say to eat yoghurt and the like with friendly bacteria in to counter it, but I don't think that works until the antibiotics are out of your system. After all, you're just introducing them into a toxic environment that killed all their mates. So I just have to ride it out for now.
I've been...
I found out last Thursday that my 30 sessions of radiotherapy will start on Monday. The relief is tremendous. Feelings of excitement (which is a little bizarre, or alternatively I really don't understand my own emotions) .... Coupled with fear of how I might be affected both in the short-term and the longer term .... And also the implications for my family. It is a positive thing that is going to happen. I am going to compare my whole experience to the early days of motherhood. My work is with new...
This week I was going to post my six tips for spotting a cancer scam. Because it's quite a long post, I composed it in Word first, intending to copy and paste it into here. But using control V or the 'paste from Word' function here didn't work, however many times I tried. And right now I can't be bothered to type it all out again. So you are spared my musings on the Gerson therapy etc until I've got the energy to try again.
I'm continuing the mindfulness theme instead....
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