October 27, 2005

10/27 Evening Update

I’m feeling better than the usual tonight. I feel like I’ve been eating everything in sight. I could probably sit down right now and eat some more – but it’s getting late.

I’m about halfway through Schneider’s book. It is very good reading and gives on a lot of food for thought. He recommends becoming as expert in one’s cancer as possible.

I will tell you, I find that hard. It hard to read about something as life threatening as this is. I find I can only do it in small bites. I think the human psyche can only take so much at once. The good news is, as one becomes more used to the data, it makes a little less impact on the psyche each time.

Late this afternoon I stopped by one of my networker’s house. She’s into nutrition and such. She has some herbs she credits with helping her husband recover from melanoma. Partly to humor her, I got some from her. It’s called Hoxey Red Clover. I honestly don’t expect it to help. However, it’s not expensive and what am I really risking?

While I was there, she gave me all her cancer-fighting tips. As I was getting ready to leave, she related as to when her husband and her two grandchildren were driving out of the yard and I guess the pray together as they go places. While I other people have conversations, they apparently pray – or something like that.

She said that when they were deciding what they were going to pray about, her four-year old grandson said, “Let’s pray for Ted.”

Posted by The Vorlon at October 27, 2005 8:48 PM
Comments

Thanks for keeping posted. Fighting this desease
will be an everyday thing.Until it's gone from your body. Is steven snyder's book more explicit than Lance's Armstrong's book?

Posted by: Mother and Dad at October 27, 2005 11:18 PM

I wouldn't neccessarily call Schneider's book more explicit. Both his and Lance Armstrong's book chronicle their experiences. What sets Schneider's book apart is his challenging his doctors' following standard medical practices. He makes the point to his doctors that he is not an average patient. Just because something is standard medical practice doesn't mean it's the best for a specific individual. Although he doesn't win all those arguments, he wins several. His real point is, one needs to challenge doctors on the basis of, yes this is standard procedure, but is it the best for ME?

Posted by: Ted at October 28, 2005 6:26 AM