- Flora Essence (Essiac Tea) from local health food
store, or another brand of this tea called Caisse’s Tea, through mail order
1-800-998-2563 better value, 2 ounces 2 or three times a day.
- Acidophiles for better digestion of foods, local
health food store or Bread & Circus Markets.
- Super Enzyme Caps also aid in digestion of foods,
Bread & Circus Markets (2 caps before meals)
- Vitamin A 25,000 IU, Natural, Brand - Solar, 1 cap a
day
- Vitamin C 1000 mg, with Rose Hips, Natural, Brand -
Rite Aid, 1 cap twice a day
- Vitamin E 400 IU Natural Brand - Solar, 2 caps twice
a day
- Una De Gato (Cat’s Claw) 500mg caps Brand RainForest Bio-Energetics mail order 1-800-835-0850.
The above vitamins, herbs,
or enzymes I have taken for at least three months.
The main thing I did was centered around my Macrobiotic
Diet, which is basically a vegetarian type diet focusing around organic foodstuffs.
Included in the diet are brown rice, whole wheat, whole oats, and barley grains, beans
such as soybeans, azuki beans, lentils and black beans, and many types of organic
vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage, carrots, daikon and some types of
sea weed. The diet also included nuts and seeds such as almonds, sesame seeds, sunflower
seeds, and pumpkin seeds.
The diet took my wife sometime to learn to cook. Just cutting up the
vegetables properly was a new art to master. The food shopping was also time consuming. We
did most all the shopping at Bread & Circus Markets since they carry all natural and
organic foods, which the diet stresses.
The no no’s of the diet are all meats, all dairy products, and
eggs. Fish is allowed only occasionally while you’re regaining your health. ...At
first I had to think of the new foods as my medicine; but after a short while, I actually
started to enjoy the food.
The payoff is in how well you start feeling. It only took me a week
to notice a big change. More energy, welcomed weight loss and a feeling of well being.
Also my bowel movements returned to normal and a strange side effect was that my nightly
snoring went away. I had my annual physical done after being on the diet for only 8 days
and my cholesterol reading dropped from 247 to 190.
To get on the diet you can contact the Kushi Institute in Beckett
MA at 1-413-623-5741. You can go for a consultation and lunch for
approximately $225 which is well worth the fee. You can then sign up to stay at the
institute for a week of training in the Macrobiotics Ways.
I chose to read Michio Kushi’s Book "The Cancer Prevention Diet" and got the names of a few
local macrobiotic cooks that were willing to come to our house and show us the
basics for the new way of cooking.
Exercise is an important part of any health plan. Most all
the books I read recommended exercise on a daily basis. I decided that I would do a
moderate walk each day for 35 minutes. Believe me it is not hard. Instead I found it very
enjoyable and it gave me more energy during the day. The only trouble was finding the
extra time to do it. You must remember you’re sick, and this exercise can help
your body to recover.
Visualization was suggested by some of the books as a helpful
tool for relaxation to release tension and worry and to help focus the mind on
strengthening the immune system. As my audio tape "Cancer Wellness Series, Immune
System Imagery" stated that your body houses the best pharmacy in the world. Our
immune system has the power to produce all the drugs and new cells necessary to fight off
the cancer, and to restore the body to health.
Praying to God to help in my healing. My brother and
sister-in-law from California, my sister-in-law from Sudbury, my other sister-in-law from
California, and my family prayed many times for my health to return and many other
relatives and friend also said prayers for me.
My main strength came from my loving and caring wife, Virginia.
These prayers and show of support were extremely important to me. Without it coping would
have been unbearable. I started to go to church again after a 25 year absence. I found the
Greater Grace Christian Fellowship of Framingham and Marlborough. The energy,
support, and prayers received from the church body was amazing. Give it a try.
Other things I did or took on occasion: juicing
with all organic vegetables and a little bit of fruit, acupuncture treatments to
help with my nausea and lack of energy, Coenzyme Q10, Super Blue Green Algae
by Cell Tech, Aloe Vera Juice, Kombucha Tea, and wheat grass.
You need to take charge of your healing. Don’t leave
it up to others. Doctors, friends and family can and will help with treatment,
support, suggestions, prayers, and hopefully love. Your health and your body is
your responsibility. "We can control the sails but we can’t control the winds".
Please have faith in yourself, love yourself and be active in your healing. Then
and only then, can and will you recover your health.
I only hope some of this information can help you. There is a lot of
good stuff out their for you to discover. Remember, you are not alone. Get well
soon!!!
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