Don't Believe It Till You See It

I am your biggest skeptic. I feel like I am always questioning everything I am told. I am not afraid to be different or to stand out. To break it down, I have a big mouth and I am not afraid to use it. Some say it is part of my charm. ha ha!!

So when I decided to come to Hippocrates I didn't know what to expect. I wanted to be open to any possibility that might make me well. I just didn't want to continue to live the same way I had been before cancer because that apparently didn't work out so well. Also, if the cancer ever comes back no one could say that I didn't try everything to beat it. I will be honest, the raw vegan diet was not appealing and it still really isn't. It is going to take some getting used to. I will say that the things I have seen so far are big motivators.

First I met a girl named Julie. She is in her late 40's or early 50's. The first day of being here we compared our cancers. She has a cancer that started in her mouth. (no she doesn't smoke) The cancer had spread and it was on her sternum and neck. The tumor on her neck was sticking out and was the size of half a baseball. It was hard to miss. She read about Hippocrates before she came and started wheatgrass shots twice daily and saw some improvement. Her diet still wasn't quite right, kind of like mine was with lots of sugar. Since she has been here I have watched her everyday and have seen with my own eyes the tumor shrinking. She has had no medications or chemo. She refused them all and decided to go the natural approach. It is amazing to see that kind of progress in under two weeks. It is stories like Julie's that give me strength to keep on eating raw.

My own interesting fact is my hair. The first time it grew back it was probably 50% grey. When I started my next round of chemo, after my surgery, I decided to give up red meat. When my hair grew back the second time it didn't look as grey. I thought it was just my imagination. However, as I have been here, my hair gets darker everyday. Once again I thought I must have just been in bad lighting but people keep commenting on my hair getting darker. It is hard to deny that they are right. I have also looked around at all of the people that work here. Some in their 60's and 70's and they don't have a grey hair on their heads and let's not even talk about wrinkles. How do you explain that. You might say they dye it. I would have to tell you that I could spot a dye job a mile away. I have been dying my hair since I was 18 after all. What it comes down to is that there has got to be something to this lifestyle. I keep trying to find some flaws in it so I can continue to have pizza, wine and chocolate but I am running out of excuses. If I find one you will be first to know.

Love ya,
Kristine