Living in the RAW!

So today was graduation day for all of the people who have been here for their three weeks. It was incredibly moving. I can't really put it into words but it was truely an experience. They called each one of the graduates forward and they all had something to say. Some were intense, some were sweet and some were just plain hysterical. It is sad to see some of these people leave, but you can see in their eyes that they are excited to get home and start living in the raw.

So when I first arrived they took my blood and they are doing multiple tests to check all of my levels. They also did a finger prick and looked at my blood under a microscope. They were actually surprised at how good my blood looked for someone that had been through chemo and radiation. The cells were sticking together and did not have a lot of oxygen between them but I guess this is normal if you are not eating a healthy diet. The Doctor did say when she looked at my blood that she could see that the cancer started over ten years ago. She asked me if anything tramatic had happened to me around that time. I am not sure how accurate her diagnosis was but it was extemely interesting.

At this appointment with the Doctor they look everything over and decide what supplements you should be taking. She then assigned me 8 different supplements. When I left all I could think of was...I hate taking pills!! I then added up all of these supplements and realized they were going to cost me over $500.00. My first reaction was, no way. I planned on going back to her and asking if I could scale back on the supplements. Then as I was walking I started to think. I never questioned any of my oncology doctors when they prescribed all of their drugs. I just trusted them and paid whatever the price. I then decided that if I was going to believe and trust that this lifestyle can work then I needed to go for it and not question them. At this point I have seen and read so many sucess stories about people who were like me and told that they had uncurable cancer and are still here to tell their stories. I will be one of them!!

Tomorrow night I am going off property with my sister Gretchen and spending the night with her. This will be my first test out in the real world. I will not lie to you.....I am nervous. I don't have the best will power when it comes to food. I actually had my follow-up therapy appointment today, (yes, I cried for the whole hour.) and I told him that it frustrated me to think that I would go off this diet when I know it could save my life. Don't I care enough to save my own life. Is a peice of bread with butter really worth it.....no.....but maybe a glass of wine is. Ha Ha!! Anyway, I just keep telling myself that I will do my best and anything I do is more then what I was doing before.

Well as a last note I have to tell you that the computer I am writing on is in the gym and there is this guy working out and he is grunting and groaning so much. It sounds like he is having sex. It is a bit disturbing. I can barely pay attention to what I am writing. Until tomorrow,

Kristine

P.S. This is to answer my friend Andrea's question about what we eat for breakfast. We actually don't eat breakfast. The green drinks keep you very full and you really don't need anything else. I was assigned breakfast if I wanted it because I didn't want to lose any more weight but I was never really hungry for it so I passed. So far I have only lost two pounds. We are not starving here, that is for sure.