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StephN · 03-21-2008, 12:51 PM

Good call, Leslie! IN DEFENSE OF FOOD has some excellent points we all need to know about.

Understanding what they call food these days is something that I have been working on since my extensive liver mets in 2002. I became VERY careful what I ate as I wanted to take the toxic load off my liver as best I could.

Shopping "the perimeter of the store" is something I learned myself, but this can help in lowering your purchases of frozen and convenience food that are full of things we need to avoid.
These habits persist and I find that more and more evidence is pointing to my hunch as being a good one.

Eat FRESH and ORGANIC. A very simple rule. The first local farmer's market opened March 5th and their produce is MUCH better and cheaper than the grocery chains.

03-21-2008, 12:51 PM	#37
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Good call, Leslie! IN DEFENSE OF FOOD has some excellent points we all need to know about. Understanding what they call food these days is something that I have been working on since my extensive liver mets in 2002. I became VERY careful what I ate as I wanted to take the toxic load off my liver as best I could. Shopping "the perimeter of the store" is something I learned myself, but this can help in lowering your purchases of frozen and convenience food that are full of things we need to avoid. These habits persist and I find that more and more evidence is pointing to my hunch as being a good one. Eat FRESH and ORGANIC. A very simple rule. The first local farmer's market opened March 5th and their produce is MUCH better and cheaper than the grocery chains. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.