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suzan w · 12-20-2012, 06:06 AM

I really like this plan!!! Would like to shed about 20 lb that has crept up on me over the past 10 years. I have decided (since last June) to eliminate meat/dairy from my diet and be as VEGAN as possible. It is a lot easier than I first thought. I am also very concerned about the GMO foods that are rampant in the food chain. Trader Joe's brand claims to be totally non-GMO. Healthy eating has become an enjoyable pursuit!!! Have also discovered a vegan restaurant chain called The Loving Hut. They are scattered throughout the country and make the dining out experience a blast!!! Dont know if anyone has heard much about the desperate condition of our ocean's fish...a chef I know told me the other day that since the Japanese tsunami and the nuclear power plant disaster, that all the ocean's fish (yes I said ALL) are now radioactive.
Here's to healthy lifestyle choices!!!

12-20-2012, 06:06 AM	#7
suzan w Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Naples FL Posts: 1,744	Re: Fighting Breast Cancer With Healthy Lifestyle Choices I really like this plan!!! Would like to shed about 20 lb that has crept up on me over the past 10 years. I have decided (since last June) to eliminate meat/dairy from my diet and be as VEGAN as possible. It is a lot easier than I first thought. I am also very concerned about the GMO foods that are rampant in the food chain. Trader Joe's brand claims to be totally non-GMO. Healthy eating has become an enjoyable pursuit!!! Have also discovered a vegan restaurant chain called The Loving Hut. They are scattered throughout the country and make the dining out experience a blast!!! Dont know if anyone has heard much about the desperate condition of our ocean's fish...a chef I know told me the other day that since the Japanese tsunami and the nuclear power plant disaster, that all the ocean's fish (yes I said ALL) are now radioactive. Here's to healthy lifestyle choices!!! __________________ Suzan W. age 54 at diagnosis 5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast 5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++ 6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg. Oncotype DX-high risk 8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C 10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin arimidex-5 years 2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis 7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE 8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy 10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis) 6/14/10 5 year cancerversary! 8/2010-18%increase in bone density! no further treatments Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance" I say,"What a long strange trip its been" 'One day at a time' 6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY! 7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use 6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! 7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis 2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL. 6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! still suffering from CIU. 4 hospitilizations in the past year as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!! 6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!