Every warrior has their favorite weapon.
Think of your favorite heros and heroines. They always reach for the tools that feel right in their hand, get the job done, and look uber sexy.
Green tea and dark chocolate are this cancer slayer's weapons of choice (and the mighty pen, of course, in a fancy boot holster).
Nine months ago when I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, my husband and I sat down with my would-be surgeon in his cluttered, shoe-box of an office to talk about the diagnosis and the plan of attack. Being a surgeon, his plan was simple: Cut. But first I would undergo chemotherapy for several months. Before he sent us on our way, Dr. R typed my stats into his computer and handed me two print-outs. One showed my chance of surviving this thing, the other showed the liklihood the cancer would return.
It is pretty chilling getting a computer print-out of your future, right there in black and white, especially when the numbers are staked against you.
That paper freaked me out. I quickly filed it away and did my best to forget it about. But, it's true, I still have it, and every few months it haunts me.
But now I'm trying to think of it as a challenge instead of a sentence.
And so, green tea and chocolate are my answer to that piece of paper. Food is my pharamcy as I leave the chemo behind. Bring on the antioxidents and the anti-inflammatory super foods!
Eat to live. Live to eat.
I see my job from here on out as a simple one: To make my body as inhospitable to cancer as possible. But if that flimsy piece of computer paper is right and the cancer does come back, I want to be fighting fit -- and food is going to get me there.
Food, plus exercise, plus eliminating chemicals from my body & house, plus boosting the laughter & sunshine.
This blog is all about putting this formula into action, one Matcha Latte at a time.
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