Todays blog probably won't give you even a smile on your face...much less a belly laugh or a warm and fuzzy feeling...but it could very possibly...save your life.
I recently learned that a good friend has pancreatic cancer...two of the scariest words in the English language...because the survival rate for pancreatic cancer...past 5 years...is 5%. Most are gone in less than 1 year...and many of those in about 6 months.
The problem with diagnosing pancreatic cancer early...is that there are usually no early warning signs...nothing you can really 'put your finger on'...and by the time you get symptoms that are alarming enough to go to the doctor...it's already...too late.
When I researched this yesterday....to refresh what I had learned in 2000 at the Golden Carrot...I found that 43,140 people were expected to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2010...wish I could have found an update to see what the expectation is now...3 years later.
Some of the symptoms of pancreatic cancer are pain in the upper tummy...nausea...significant weight loss...sometimes a yellowish skin tone...
If you're already in your senior years and newly diagnosed with diabetes...that's often an early warning sign...
Causes of pancreatic cancer are...smoking, a diet low in fruits and veggies, a diet high in red meat, drinking too many soft drinks.....the common sweetener, Frutose...has been linked to growth of pancreatic cancer cells....gingivitis is also sometimes a prelude to pancreatic cancer........SO what does all of this mean exactly and what in the dickens can we do about it...to keep it out of 'our' lives?
All food and drink....goes through the liver. The health of the liver is mandatory for the health of the pancreas...ALL of the organs in the upper tummy need to function properly...for all of those organs to stay healthy...the stomach itself, gallbladder, liver, pancreas, and deuodonum (sp?). So it just stands to reason to 'me'....that we should be first and foremost...eating foods and drinking liquids that support the liver...
ANYTHING....ANY FOOD OR DRINK...in excess...is damaging to the liver and pancreas.....The liver manufactures and releases bile...and bile helps digestion....BILE...is a dark green or yellowish liquid that's made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder...to help with digestion...Hardened bile..is what makes gallstones.
There are foods that support the liver and improve its function. Those are foods that detox the liver...and foods that support and make the liver 'healthier'.
Some detox foods are: broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage....these are all very powerful foods...that work to keep the liver healthy.
Lemon..in hot water...first thing in the morning..helps to cleanse the liver and promote a detox...it stimulates bile production and cleanses the tummy and bowel...
Delores used to say...at the Golden Carrot...heal the gallbladder...but whatever you do...don't take it out....but doctors will tell you...it's giving you a problem...we'll just take it out...a gallbladder is of no use anyway...WHAT???
I was having horrific gallbladder problems in 1999...the come and go pain was unreal. I went to Dr Patel who did an ultra sound and told me my gallbladder was functioning at 20%...he said "I know how you are about pills and for sure surgery...so it's up to you...when you can't take it any longer...let me know...but that's what's going on with your pain."
SOOOOOOOOOO I headed to my old stand by...Delores, at Golden Carrot and told her my news. She gave me Milk Thistle...told me to do the lemon water first thing in the morning and add liver healing foods...I did and BINGO...haven't had a problem since....That old gallbladder may still be functioning at only 20%...or it may have withered and died by now for all "I" know...I don't have a clue...but it isn't bothering meeeeeeeeeee and I'm not about to bother 'IT'....
Free radicals...are little molecules that damage our organs and make us AND our organs...age. But eating foods high in antioxidants...will prevent that damage....
And antioxidants...the other foods that are good for the liver..are: prunes, raisins, all kinds of berries, blue, black, strawberries......oranges, pink grapefruit...canteloup..apples...pears....apples are actually said to reduce the stress load on the liver....so who ever made up that saying "an apple a day keeps the doctors away"...may have known what they were talking about...
When we did craft shows decades ago...we had a saying we'd put on a sign and it absolutely sold like hotcakes....It was just a simple saying...something we ALL know...but it was a good reminder and you know how we all stay so busy busy busy....it simply said, "The best time to tell your spouse you love them...is before someone else does." But another version of that saying could go right here...."the best time to battle cancer...is before you get it" Amen??? I'd say.....AMEN!!!
If you have cancer...and your doctor can get you in remission....chances are...it's gonna come back...in another spot..and usually more agressive the 2nd time than the first....BECAUSE....you get a 'cured' diagnosis...so you go right back to doing what you did in the first place that let those cells come to life.
Cancer is kind of like a mole in the yard...you see the lump....you do what you think you can do to kill that mole...you make a hole in the lump and put all kinds of goofy things in that hole...and set back and go ...."aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh I showed THAT rascal"...but before you even pack your bags for a good vacation...you look out and there that rascal is again...in another spot....and when you look closely...you can see the little tunnel he took to get to that 'new spot'...cancer does the same thing....you kill it out in one spot...but cancer isn't going to go away...just because you said so or tried to make it happen...'after' the fact...
So we all need to be eating healing foods...and even drinking healing juices...
When I told them I was leaving the Golden Carrot...everybody was having a fit...because I had a real passion for taking the time to take people aside and really help them put together a healing program...and I used to tease them and say...It's no big deal...I'll have an anti cancer clinic going in Massac County before you know it....But goodness....I don't even do these things for 'us' like I should....I could be diagnosed myself....tomorrow..or next week.
We ALL have cancer cells in our bodies...right this minute...but for many of us, they're snoozing right now. And those that get cancer...are the ones that didn't do enough good things...to keep those cancer cells sleeping...so I've said it before and I'm gonna say it again....the best time to fight cancer....is before you get it......
There is a doctor that specializes in pancreatic cancer that has been successful in putting it in remission...and that's Dr Nicholas Gonzales in New York City....his program is natural...but agressive.
http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/
NOW...Cancer centers of America are saying they are able to get many pancreatic cancer patients in remission. Something absolutely unheard of just a few years ago. But do you know how both places DO that...they do it by adding the natural healing way....with some of the conventional ways.
When I was at the Golden Carrot...I was also told the oldest living pancreatic cancer patient lived just 2 blocks from our store....and his last name was Driver...I can't remember the first name...but he was the son of the man who owned Drivers Clothing store on Broadway......His sister would come in and I'd talk to her and ask about her brother....she told 'me'...that he refused all treatment...and did only natural healing things...juiced several times a day...and was thin...and frail looking...but felt good and was able to be out and about and did all his own chores....One day she was in...she said, "I just left him and he's raking his yard"....He had lived 2 years at that time..with pancreatic cancer...I often wonder if he's still alive today....
So let's all get on a healthier diet and lifestyle...goodness...staying healthy is NOT a joke! This life we're living...this is NOT a dress rehearsal...we either make it a good and healthy life...or our time on this earth has been pretty much wasted...goodness gracious....... Buy a mini trampoline and bounce on that thing in front of the tv for just 5 to 10 minutes about twice a day....just that simple bouncing...keeps your lymph system moving and keeps toxins moving OUT of your body....and you can find them at Walmart and Sears and other places for about $30...they're one of the best investments you can make in your health...I've had one for decades...now why in the world am I not bouncing on that thing....do you know why? Because I don't like liter...and things out of place...and what's more 'out of place' than a trampoline in the middle of the living room...in front of the tv.....for goodness sakes...how stupid am "I"......
The time to fight cancer....is before we get it....now let's DO IT!!!
This has been a birdseye view from Round Knob Canyon and the world of the Katydid...until next time...you are loved...
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