Thursday, January 5, 2012

Cravings~ a medical condition accompaniment

I know that pregnant women get all the hype when it comes to cravings with their "pickles and ice cream" but it is a serious miscalculation to say these are the only people who have cravings while in an altered medical state.
When I was having chemo treatment a few years ago my body "requested" a very specific diet.  A few days after treatment when I started to bounce back I craved demanded rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans.  That is what I needed. After some small meals of this I would be able to take a short walk -this was a stroll of about 50 feet out the front door at a pace of about 1/16 mile per hour, but if felt like the Olympics.
My cravings are starting to morph into demands with this treatment also.  I find myself needing a green smoothie- and I agree this is likely psychological- because I feel like it will pour nutrients into my system so there is no room for toxins.
It is too late tonight for the sound of ice and frozen bananas being crushed in the blender so I will wait until breakfast for my kermit-colored-treat.  Wanna try one too?  Here's my formula:

Breast Cancer Killer Green Smoothie
1 to 1.5 c H2O
Big gob of spinach
Hand full of Kale (if I feel like it)
2 bananas (frozen bananas are sweeter)
Some ice- I guess it is about 10 cubes
2T Flax Seed (if you have it)
1 T EVOO (can't taste it but I imagine it making my hair shinny)

*Blend it up on a lower setting and drink up!  You can add berries, but I have found I like it better without.

To all my friends (who I think of as fans when I am writing this blog):
Treatment went great today.  Today my parents went with me to touch base about life and hear about the little "Jerry Springer" scenes that nearly happened outside my front door. (And Texas used to be a "Springer-Free" zone.)

Nurse Stacey really stuck those needles into the muscle.
WOWZERS! IT HURT. 
I wanted to scream but it the pain blocked my brain from telling my lungs to holler.
It is supposed to hurt though, so that is good ~ this is how Nurse Stacey tries to sell it to me anyway.   I am just going to curl up with a heating pad and sleep it off.
I am praying for blessings for all who have done so much for me.  I am sorry to say, the list of people I want to personally thank is long.  Please trust that I will soon send a note, but meanwhile know that I am so grateful to you for offering so much!  Meals, house work, Christmas decorations, kiddie care, love, prayers, and such generosity.  I have been blessed! I hope you are blessed for all you give.
True love and friendship is so easy to recognize at times when life is messy.  

2 comments:

Lori K said...

I just realized you were blogging the whole month of December!! For some reason your blog was going to my junk mail, but I fixed that so now I will keep up better. I was wondering what was going on. Glad to hear you are going strong!

Texas is our Home on the Range said...

Thanks Lori for keeping me strong! 2011 was good, 2012 will be better.