A down day

It is funny that I wrote about controlling emotions yesterday and today was the biggest downer I have had since my diagnosis. Is it hormones, is the diagnosis finally really sinking in, or is it that the active treatment has stopped and I am on my own now?

I told my husband and son about being down,and they pestered me with loving attention. With the help of my husband, I resisted a chocolate craving that was enough to slay me. I also emailed a friend to pray for me. And I feel better-- wonder of wonders!

I did start listening to the Bible CD's but they aren't as helpful as the Psalms. Maybe I will have to just rest in the Psalms for a while until I am really ready to move on.

So, the spiritual tip is to use your resources to fight emotions. Prayer (yours and others), encouragement of loved ones, Bible passages, and the knowledge that the emotions will pass. Hold on and you will feel better. Resist old habits and their pull will grow less and less.

Here is the physical tip for today. Sugar feeds cancer, especially the sugar surges that you get form candy bars, pop, etc. That is why it was so important to resist the chocolate or sugar craving. Virtually all of the resources I have read agree with this, even an article in "Cures" at the doctor's office. Another reference is Patrick Quillan's "Beating Cancer with Nutrition". Food will break down to sugars but simple sugars surge immediately into the system, and the cancer benefits from this and your body does not.