And now it gets serious.....again.

Greetings and welcome to the weekend!  What started out as my cancer story has turned into our cancer story.  We are embarking on our new even healthier livin’ plan to beat cancer and it ain’t easy.  Those of you who know us well might think we already eat pretty healthy – Apparently we can do even more and we will.

We are following the research of Dr. Thomas Seyfried (he is the author of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease)  http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/biology/facadmin/seyfried.html 

And also the research of Dom D’Agostino. http://ketonutrition.blogspot.com/2012/12/starving-cancer-ketogenic-diet-key-to.html

The research is so exciting.  It’s complicated, they’ve written volumes, but the take away is that a carbohydrate restricted ketogenic diet (and reduced insulin) helps starve all types of cancer.  So that is what we are doing.

In addition to all of these changes Johnny will be starting hyperbaric oxygen therapy prior to starting his chemotherapy next week.  The research by Dom D’Agostino demonstrates even greater efficacy of the ketogenic diet when paired with the hyperbaric oxygen treatments.  We’re fightin’ with all we’ve got!

Hypobaric chamber

Along with all of this Johnny will be doing exercise every single day!  As I have warned him-if you’re not exercising during chemotherapy the fatigue will eat you alive.  So this is a big one.  I understand now why so many people choose to just take a pill.  Going this route is extremely time consuming, sometimes complicated, costly and a lot of hard work.  But for us I believe it is worth it.  We’re healthier and have more energy that a lot of folks who don’t have cancer.

We’re still trying to fit in nightly meditation and just living life the best we can for us.  We’re so grateful we’re even able to follow this path.  We have the support, finances, education, organizational skills, the time and ability to do all these extra things.  It can be so over whelming and confusing.  This is a big part of the blog and why we’re sharing our story.  First to let friends and family know what is going on and second to support others with their battle.