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I know that most people would like to shed a few pounds and may not be able to relate to someone who really needs to add pounds. I have not weighed myself since my Gamma Knife procedure, but I was down about 18 lbs from my normal weight on that day. With my hair having fallen out and my fat reserves all gone, I look a bit like an extra from Schindler's List.

I am consuming as much healthy organic fruit and vegetables, and the juices derived from them, that I can. My mother and some of my sisters have stopped over to help get me to eat more too. Food preparation can really become tiresome when your flavor palate is as limited as the Gerson Therapy seems to be. Two nights ago I resorted to adding in some not allowed external components like Afghani Pizza from Crescent Moon Bakery. (I hate linking to a Dara Moskowitz, her restaurant reviews are pretentious.)

Food is important, but it is amazing what happens when it is hard or impossible to eat. When my father was hospitalized a few years ago, he was unable to eat for a very long time. He aged ten years in several weeks. It shocked me to see his body change from the strapping muscular man he had always been to the thin frail man who emerged from the hospital. Radiation treatments caused me to lose my hair, extra weight, and has also aged me ten years in under a month. I have cancer, so what is a little change to my appearance? I didn't think it would be a big deal, but wow, do I look older and less attractive! The only saving grace is that JSP still finds me beautiful.

I am off to forage for food in the kitchen. My nausea of the last three weeks is mostly subsiding so I have some work to do to bring myself back up to my target weight.

Labels: juicing, Melanoma, radiation

 Jonathan wrote:
FYI, Dara's quit the scene

 Triskit wrote:
You're my hero, JB. :) Love you lots.