Healthy Food Made Easy
Well, surgery day is almost here. I have mixed emotions for sure that range from wanting to run and hide and pretend that this isn’t really happening to just wanting to get this over with. These past three weeks have been among the most difficult times of my life so far, but I am feeling… [Continue Reading]
Filed under: Thyroid Cancer
Hi everyone, This is a post I never, ever thought I’d be writing, but I do have thyroid cancer. I got the call from my doctor in the late afternoon on Monday. Yesterday was a really hard day. Did you ever read this book? Yep, that was me. Things started looking up as the day… [Continue Reading]
Filed under: Eat to Live Thyroid Cancer
This picture of me is from October, 2012, when I was getting prepped to have my thyroid cancer surgery. You can see the black line that my doctor drew with a pen to get me ready. My nervous smile belied the huge amount of anxiety and fear I was feeling, and just looking at the photo… [Continue Reading]
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Happy Friday! I hope you had a nice week. I continue to recover really quickly from my thyroid cancer surgery last week. I went to the gym for the first time on Wednesday and again on Thursday and I was pretty shocked that I had most of my energy and about 80% of my strength…. [Continue Reading]
Filed under: Eat to Live Thyroid Cancer
Hi there! Are you enjoying Vegan Mofo so far? Have you discovered any new food blogs through it? I can’t believe we’re coming up on the end of October already. This is now day 10 since my surgery last week and I have my final pathology report news at the end of this post (it’s… [Continue Reading]
Filed under: Photo Food Journal Thyroid Cancer
Good morning! I’m so happy to slow down on all of this talk on cancer and surgery and get back to more food talk. I do very much appreciate your notes on my recovery from my surgery; I am doing a lot better. Last night I got my first full night of sleep in over… [Continue Reading]
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Good morning and happy Friday! I was absolutely overwhelmed by the support I received from my post on Wednesday. I cannot tell you how much it meant to have your comments, e-mails, Tweets and Facebook messages. It definitely made me feel loved and stronger knowing that you were rooting for me. Up until the last… [Continue Reading]
Filed under: Thyroid Cancer
After about decade of health recovery so far, I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to share my story of how I started to feel better. I’m calling it my Journey to Clean Eating! I get asked a lot about my experiences, especially in relation to diet. I didn’t always drink green smoothies or… [Continue Reading]
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One of the strategies I have been using to manage anxiety and stress is to write in a “worry journal” every night: I mentioned this as part of my review of The Power of Rest book last week (you can read that review here), and a few readers asked that I expand on how it… [Continue Reading]
Filed under: Ancestral Health Healthy Inspiration Life Lessons
Welcome to another meeting of the Healthy Blogger Book Club! I’m one of the hosts of this virtual discussion, along with Stephanie from Wholesome Paradise. Today’s book is The Power of Rest: Why Sleep Alone Is Not Enough. A 30-Day Plan to Reset Your Body, written by Matthew Edlund, M.D. This book was published in 2010 and I… [Continue Reading]
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