Tonight; July 20th, 2012 @ 8:36 pm I am starting the "Engine 2 diet- 28 day challenge". For the next 28 days I will be a vegan. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I have done lots of reading from doctors, medical papers, and others. The book "Engine 2 diet" is written by Rip Esselstyn whose father and grandfather are world renowned cardiologists. Rip himself is a firefighter and tri-athlete. Right now I'm just curious to see if I can do it, especially living with a "carnivore extremist". I hope you will follow along as I give this a try. I will post experiences and emotions everyday. So here we go!!!!! I am not a missionary for being vegan. This is just something I want to do for my health and future well being. I'm also starting a yoga class on Monday, at the Canadian Yoga Institute in Lethbridge. It's a class that is specifically for those with a chronic illness or injury. It was advertised at the Cancer Center in Lethbridge.
I start my 2nd round of Chemo on Wednesday the 25th of July. When I saw my Oncologist this passed Monday he gave me a prescription for 2 anti-nausea drugs, one which I have to take 1 hour before I go. I also have to take an anti-inflammatory 1 hour before I go. The first drug will be infused there in the hospital and will take about 80 minutes, I then get hooked up to another drug that I will take-(oops, the power went out just for a second, so glad I didn't lose any of this post), that will infuse over the next 48 hours at home. I then go back to the hospital to get unhooked and don't have to go back for a week and a half. I will get 8 treatments in total that will come to an end sometime towards the end of November. Hopefully I will do as well with this 2nd go round as I did with the first.
Even after all the treatments are done I still have a 30-35 % chance of the cancer returning either again in the colon, or to my lungs or liver. I certainly don't want that to happen. Medical research is starting to show astounding results in the benefits of regular exercise and the recurrence of Cancer. Also the nutritional benefits of eating plant strong. What have I got to lose? Maybe everything by not making any changes, but could gain a clean bill of health for a very long time yet by changing. So again; here I go!!!!