Donna in Hollywoodland

Church and Book Sale

First thing today, was I said I would do ushering at the Que Service at Hollywood Presbyterian .
I was late.
I felt really bad. I didn't get there in time to help pass out bulletins.
I helped with taking the offering tho.

On my way into church, I ran into one of the other Sunday School Teachers, from a few months back when I helped out with the 3 year old class.
We talked about my whole health thing, and I told her I was not sure I wanted chemotherapy. One reason being that the Percentage for the actual cure is so low. I mean, they can't give me a guarantee this will make the cancer Not come back.
Right when we started chatting the first thing I said to her was "You do know chemotherapy doesn't cure you right?"

She knew all about it. She even said it was good that I realized it wasn't a cure, because then that will make me aware of what I do for my health.
She said she knew people that had had chemotherapy, and they really believed they were cured afterwards.
Then when they came down with Cancer again, they were just devastated.
They trusted the doctors to cure them, and it didn't happen.

It made me think of an old boss of mine who ended up having surgery because of his clogged heart arteries. After he came back to work, one day he ordered an awful cheeseburger from a greasy-spoon for lunch.
I said "Are you supposed to eat that?"
His idea was "Well, the doctors cleaned out all my arteries, so I am all clean, I can eat what I want."
With an attitude like that, I wonder if her is still alive.

As I was talking to this woman, I told her "The realization has made me aware of my role in my health. I am eating organic foods as much as possible. I quit Diary Products, Soda Pop and only drink coffee occasionally. I am drinking green tea in the morning now and I am talking supplements like vitamins, Co-vitamin Q10, and Flaxseed Oil."

It boils down to the fact that I am aware of what I need to do.

After church, I stopped off at my place for lunch. Organic chicken and rice and veggies.

Then I headed over to The Egyptian Theatre to volunteer.
Gee, its been quite a few weeks since I have volunteered. That is unusual for me. While I was home on medical leave, the volunteers had sent me a really nice Get-Well card.

Many of the volunteers were happy to welcome me back. One of the staff there really wanted to talk to me about nutrition.
I gave him my speel on what I think I personally need to do. He seemed to be anti-supplements. But you really can't get all your nutrition from food - even if you buy organic. As food sits on the shelf, or it gets cooked, it loses its vitamins. And
especially since my body was probably depleted anyway - either from the effects of getting a cancerous tumor, or from the beginning and causing the tumor - well, I just feel I need extra right now to fight off whatever is going on with my body.

I am taking a good multi-vitamin and mineral capsule, 400 IU of vitamin E, 500 mg of Vitamin C, 2 capsules of 30 mg of Co Vitamin Q 10, Flaxseed Oil, Fish oil, and Lysine.
I split them up through out the day. With breakfast I will take the Flaxseed. At lunch the multi-vitamin, 1 CoQ10, and Fish oil,then with dinner the extra C and E, and another CoQ10. At night the Lysine because it says to try to take it on an empty stomach.

I have been researching Grape Seed Oil, Coral Calcium, and Shark cartilage on the Internet. But so far I haven't started to take them yet. I figure since giving up Diary products, I will need extra calcium anyway. And I have heard alot of things about the Grape Seed Oil, especially helping if you are going to do radiation. The Shark cartilage I am not so sure about, I read its hard on your stomach, and I have a tender stomach to begin with.

Back to my volunteer shift ... The Egyptian was having a Sale to get rid of alot of the stuff that had been in storage. They had books, videos, tshirts, all sorts of stuff. I was at the table where they were selling CDs and memorabilia.
One lady came up, picked up a CD, and asked me about the singer "How would you describe her music?" Like this was a Virgin Megastore, and I would know what I was selling.
I replied "Oh, I don't know. I've never heard that singer."
She gave me a funny look. Oh, come one, the stuff was donated and I am volunteering.

At the end of my shift, I was pretty worn out. Not to mention that my left hand, where I had had the lymph nodes removed, was feeling sort of tight. Time to do my "Hand above the head, open and close your fist" exercises.
I guess since it hadn't really bothered me before, I had forgotten about my hand and I left it sit in one position to long.

They were asking me to stay for another hour. But even just sitting there, I was pretty pooped out. I had had a busy weekend,and I needed to go home and get some rest before work tomorrow.

I relaxed at home watching the Emmy Awards.