Yep, that's right new chemo again, for those of you who don't know yet. After the first three weeks of the Xeloda my markers remained unchanged from 118 to 119. Dr. C decided to step it up a bit and added Cytoxan oral chemo and Avastin IV chemo to the Xeloda. He decreased the Xeloda to 3 pills a day instead of the 8. This first week was kind of rough with headaches and fatigue. I should be used to the fatigue by now but it's different with each type of chemo. I'm tired of getting headaches, those are getting old. Today my headache got worse because I took the kids to the Cairo pool for a couple of hours and the sun got to me. I want to keep it as normal as possible around here but I'm afraid this regimen may be harder than the last.
I just started a new book today, "This Time's a Charm" by Donald Wilhelm. It's about a guy who has had cancer 5 times. He has lymphoma that keeps coming back. He has a great attitude and positive outlook. I'm anxious to finish it. Even though he has a different kind of cancer, there are so many similarities, I feel like I'm going right along with him through so much of it. I had kind of sidelined the thought of writing my book after this 3rd bout began but he has convinced me to start it back up.
I want to share a quote I read in a book the other night. It's from Living Beyond Breast Cancer by Marcia Weiss and Ellen Weiss. She says, "You can wake up each morning and worry about dying, or you can wake up each morning and celebrate living. Before you know it, several years may have passed. Do you want to waste that time with mourning or use your time to celebrate?" This is something her oncologist said to her. It really hits home after hearing that the medical side opinion of my situation is 1-4 years with what they have to treat me with right now. I plan on blowing that out of the water with whatever I have to do. The days I don't feel good are harder to be positive but the good days I feel like I can do anything!
Hope everyone has a good week! Heather.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Day 3
Just checking in, wish I felt better but i'm draggin today. I went up to the high school and walked 3 miles but i feel like i could just go back to bed. I hope everyone doing the cleanse is doing good. i am not doing a good job as a "faux leader" because i've been so tired. Try reading Kris' blog everyday. She had a great post about gluten yesterday. She has some great suggestions today if you feel like you're hitting a wall! http://crazysexylife.com . I am going in tomorrow for blood draw and to see if they can look at my neck/throat area that is really sore. Hope it's nothing but since that's where some of the tumors are it's hard to think that. Anyway, have a great day it's beautiful outside! Heather.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Day One
I hope everyone that is doing the cleanse of some sort had a good first day. I have a bad bad virus on my laptop so I am posting on the other computer. I will post more after I get rid of it. I've been burning backup cds all day. I have to get my laptop wiped clean so I need to get all important pictures and stuff off of it tonight.
I feel okay today. The last few days have been rough, lots of headaches and dizziness with the Xeloda. Have a good day two and have a good week. Heather.
I feel okay today. The last few days have been rough, lots of headaches and dizziness with the Xeloda. Have a good day two and have a good week. Heather.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Adventure starts next Monday!
Just wanted to share a couple of things about the Adventure cleanse next week. There are 4 levels you can choose from if you want to do this with us. It sounds like there are a lot of people who want to try it!
Adventure Level one - 50/50 - raw to cooked ratio
Adventure Level two - 70/30 - raw to cooked ratio
Adventure Level three - raw till dinner, then 80/20
Adventure Level four - 100% raw with a mini juice fast
Level one is pretty much half of the food and juce you eat in a day is raw fruits and vegetables. You could have fresh fruit until afternoon, then a salad for lunch, maybe some nuts and dried fruit for a snack and then for supper chicken and steamed veges and more salad. Kris wants everyone to eliminate all meat and dairy for this month but she also said if giving up meat is too difficult limit it to two days a week.
Level two is a little more raw foods than level one. You can have cooked veges or grains during the day as long as it's not more than 1/3 of what you're eating total for the day.
Level three is what I do and will do during the challenge also. Raw til dinner means that everything you eat or juice during the whole day is raw; fruit, veges, nuts, dried fruit (just make sure it doesn't have added sugar or sulphurs) you have to read labels on that. Then have a big salad or dish of veges for supper and you still have 20% cooked to use after you eat some raw supper. Always eat your cooked food after your raw food, it will digest better.
Level four is 100% raw with a mini juice feast on Wednesdays of each week during the cleanse. I wouldn't recommend this level to anyone just yet...
An example of what I eat as a level 3;
Upon rising until about 4pm
Fresh fruit (a lot!)
Fresh vege and fruit juice from the juicer (bottled juice is heat processed with added sugar)
Lots of water with lemon
about 4
dish of cold veges like cauliflower, carrots and broccoli with salad dressing from previous blog
about 6 or 7
gigantic salad; lettuce, spinach, mixed greens from Sams, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini,
red onion, red bell pepper, with salad dressing from before.
about 9 or so
Raw Revolution Bar ( like a raw brownie) they have them at Hyvee in the Health Market and once you try them you can get them on amazon.com
Exercise is important to make time for too! I feel great even on this new chemo and I have been lifting weights and running and it's helping! Have a good weekend and see you Monday! Heather.
Adventure Level one - 50/50 - raw to cooked ratio
Adventure Level two - 70/30 - raw to cooked ratio
Adventure Level three - raw till dinner, then 80/20
Adventure Level four - 100% raw with a mini juice fast
Level one is pretty much half of the food and juce you eat in a day is raw fruits and vegetables. You could have fresh fruit until afternoon, then a salad for lunch, maybe some nuts and dried fruit for a snack and then for supper chicken and steamed veges and more salad. Kris wants everyone to eliminate all meat and dairy for this month but she also said if giving up meat is too difficult limit it to two days a week.
Level two is a little more raw foods than level one. You can have cooked veges or grains during the day as long as it's not more than 1/3 of what you're eating total for the day.
Level three is what I do and will do during the challenge also. Raw til dinner means that everything you eat or juice during the whole day is raw; fruit, veges, nuts, dried fruit (just make sure it doesn't have added sugar or sulphurs) you have to read labels on that. Then have a big salad or dish of veges for supper and you still have 20% cooked to use after you eat some raw supper. Always eat your cooked food after your raw food, it will digest better.
Level four is 100% raw with a mini juice feast on Wednesdays of each week during the cleanse. I wouldn't recommend this level to anyone just yet...
An example of what I eat as a level 3;
Upon rising until about 4pm
Fresh fruit (a lot!)
Fresh vege and fruit juice from the juicer (bottled juice is heat processed with added sugar)
Lots of water with lemon
about 4
dish of cold veges like cauliflower, carrots and broccoli with salad dressing from previous blog
about 6 or 7
gigantic salad; lettuce, spinach, mixed greens from Sams, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini,
red onion, red bell pepper, with salad dressing from before.
about 9 or so
Raw Revolution Bar ( like a raw brownie) they have them at Hyvee in the Health Market and once you try them you can get them on amazon.com
Exercise is important to make time for too! I feel great even on this new chemo and I have been lifting weights and running and it's helping! Have a good weekend and see you Monday! Heather.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Good morning Monday!
Wow what a busy weekend! Tanner played in the Kennel Klassic baseball tournament in Gi this weekend. They won their first three games and got second place in the Championship game. It was fun! Wish it could have been a little warmer. The girls went to prom on Saturday night. They were crown and flower bearers with Cade Huxtable. I haven't gotten to all the pictures yet but I'll post a couple. They had pretty turquoise dresses and I fixed their hair and nails. They felt like princesses. We had a wonderful surprise when we came out of prom. There was limo waiting for us, (courtesy of our great friend) thank you again!, to take us for a ride. It was very special!
Also, cleanse (detox) starts next week. Here's Kris's blog to share a little more about what is allowed to eat. http://my.crazysexylife.com/forum/topics/adventure-cleanse-tuneup-act-1
I will also post a more simple list later this week. Even if you can switch your diet to 50% raw foods/50% other it would be super! Hope everyone has a great day! Heather.
Friday, May 1, 2009
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