I joked about handling nausea like I was pregnant. I really have all the crazy cravings like I was pregnant! This past week I found myself eating the strangest things. It started with David brought home a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips. I thought I would eat one just so I share something with him since I had not been able to eat much at the time. Well, like they said, you can’t just eat one. I ate a whole bowl of it and waiting to throw up, well, I didn’t. Guess what? I started eating potato chips! Isn’t that a root vegetable?! lol! David and I have shared a family size bag of potato chips everyday since!

Well, it didn’t stop there. I went to the store the other day and thought I should have some fermented food since I need to rebuild my gut flora. I bought some kim chi because that was the first thing came to mind. I normally don’t even like kim chi, they are smelly and yucky. Well, they tasted like the most delicious food in the world right now! lol!

Those are just two examples, but I have been eating up a storm of weird things I don’t normally even think about eating!

Last time I was at tai chi week, a friend of mine told me when she went through her chemo and radiation for her lung cancer 10 years ago, she lived in a little town at the time and they couldn’t do chemo there, so she had to go to Toronto to do it. Being in the big city at possibly the last stage of her life at the time, she was determined to enjoy herself! She took herself to movies and museums and binged on french fries that she stayed away from for most of her life. She said she was the only person she knows that gained 20 lbs during chemo. Well, she is about to meet another one! I gained 2 lbs already since chemo day 10 days ago. 🙂 I lost about 20 lbs since the whole cancer thing started. At the rate, I will be right back on track by the time I finish chemo… with a new healthy body and good spirit to boot!

It has been a week of recovery. So far so good. Some side effects, nausea and diarrhea did hit me on Day 3 & 4, but not bad at all and was quite manageable. I am a bit low on energy depending on the day. I was happy to take my “sickcation”, enjoy a good book and some TV shows which I rarely do. It has been an enjoyable week overall! 🙂

I have also figured out ways to handle nausea better. I feel like I am pregnant all over again. LOL! I tell myself it’s ok because this time I am giving birth to my True Self!

What I discovered was I have a little guardian angel by my side, Oreo. Oreo was adopted and am pretty sure he was abused. He is scared of everything and everyone, rarely shows up, hides around the house all the time. He is the sweetest soul when he shows himself though and I always feel so special when he lets me pet him. When I was feeling really sick, he could sense it somehow and the more out of it I feel, the more he watches over me and let me pet him, even slept on my bed with me which happened maybe a handful of times of the 3 years he lived with me. This one is special!

Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend! I am in Orangeville for tai chi week this week. This is the best tai chi week I have had in a long time where I am able to participate in most of the activities. I am definitely sweating and getting a lot of circulations going whether is from the heat or from tai chi, I am happy I am getting all the junk out of me.

I also visited a Korean doctor while I am here. He mostly works with people on diet and exercise. He told me I have been eating all the wrong kinds of foods for a long time. According to his practice, I am supposed be be eating everything underground not above ground, so root vegetables are good like potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. everything above ground is bad for me especially fruits. Of course I have been eating lots of different kinds of fruits and vegetables for antioxidants, etc. Go figure! So, a new diet to try out! He also gave me a Korean acupuncture treatment which is very different than the Chinese acupuncture treatments that I get weekly. He also put a gel patch on my back to help dissolve the tumors in my lungs. It’s itching me like crazy but he said that means it’s working! 🙂

I am also trying a very fancy PEMF mat to reset my energy on a cellular level. PEMF mats have been used in Europe to treat cancer. It’s a very expensive purchase of course, so I am renting it for 5 weeks to try it out. I am suppose to be able to see a difference in my blood test results next time I go to the doctors. Fingers cross!

Speaking of doctor’s appointments, I am meeting with my oncologist next Wednesday to go over my liver biopsy results. Would be interesting to see what he recommends as the next step. Will keep you all posted!