I've been trying to minimize my disappointment about being offered the all oral TX, only to have it taken away by my insurance ending and the dr. not taking any of the new plans. I guess I didn't want to admit to myself how that sucks, and I didn't want to post it here and start another series of "Obama sucks and Obamacare will ruin the country" posts. (For the record, I think health care for everyone is a great idea, even if it's not working for me personally.) Now I read about how kale (kale! The veggie that scores the highest number on that nutritional value scale, along with brocolli, which my kids and I eat every day) can be bad for you. I just want to crawl into bed.
I do think it's interesting, though, that I stopped putting kale in my smoothies. I felt an aversion at the thought, though I love it steamed. Maybe the "problem" with kale is that Americans are so compulsive -- now that kale is the hot, cure-everything food, people are consuming massive quantities of it. I guess the only option is to do enough yoga to become a breatharian, as long as one doesn't breathe any air from China.
My one hopeful thing (and I offer this to everyone here) is that yogic wisdom says shoulder stand supports the thyroid. Put blankets or a mat under your shoulders to take pressure off your neck if you're over 40. I do 7 min. every morning, so hopefully that is enough to counteract the kale? It still seems a bit surreal to think of needing to mitigate the harmful effects of green vegetables.
I do think it's interesting, though, that I stopped putting kale in my smoothies. I felt an aversion at the thought, though I love it steamed. Maybe the "problem" with kale is that Americans are so compulsive -- now that kale is the hot, cure-everything food, people are consuming massive quantities of it. I guess the only option is to do enough yoga to become a breatharian, as long as one doesn't breathe any air from China.
My one hopeful thing (and I offer this to everyone here) is that yogic wisdom says shoulder stand supports the thyroid. Put blankets or a mat under your shoulders to take pressure off your neck if you're over 40. I do 7 min. every morning, so hopefully that is enough to counteract the kale? It still seems a bit surreal to think of needing to mitigate the harmful effects of green vegetables.
I know what you are feeling is temporary and so glad you're healthy enough to share about here.
The treatment thing - thats a big let down. We all want a fair shot at being being virus free.
The kale thing - LOL you are too funny sometimes. Yes everyone jumps on a bandwagon till the next shiny new red agon comes along. I get freaky about my supplements worrying about where the ingredients were truly obtained & what conditions. I agree that our inner gut may tell us what we should/shouldn't consume.
We know I'm a yoga-cures-all-my-ills fanatic, Plow, shoulder stands, head stands. won't it be funny if my osteoporotic spine cracks in half while I'm trying to "get healthy" doing yoga?
Oh Brigid. We love you.
Kale eating doesn't affect everyone. Just some people. My thyroid seems to be fine. But taking a break from routines is healthy too. Sometimes I use kale, sometimes collards, sometimes spinach. I figure 3 oz raw a day is a small amount. Sometimes I have salads, sometimes I skip the salad and make popcorn and non-dairy strawberry ice cream with walnuts, oranges and strawberries. It's so good I feel so good eating it, it's got to be good.
There is a quote in Diet for a New America by John Robbins.
Beer and franks
Eaten with cheer and thanks
Is better than sprouts and bread
Eaten with doubts and dread.
I do love your sense of humor, and of course i too believe kale and yoga are a winning combo....
#!: Are all orals even available now if you have health insurance or don't? (Didn't think they were)
#2: where are you getting that kale is bad for you? I have raw kale almost everyday-my green drinks pick my energy up
and I can relate to feeling discouraged... I really can.. like Mak said ,, not having the money to have choice sucks
So I only feel in control of what I put in my body,, my exercise,, breathing.. I have been doing breathwork for 30 years and it has literally saved my life so being a breatharian isn't a bad idea Brigid
jb, I did think about that. taking new drugs (well, any really) makes me quite nervous. In the past 25 years, I've only taken Advil, twice. And nutrition and homeopathics. But I don't think I can afford to wait long-term. Will they find out anything in a year? Who knows?
BTW, Trissa, is that a picture of you doing yoga? You look beautiful. Did you read the yoga journal article from a year or so ago about a woman who did ruin her spine doing headstand? She gave some chart of body proportions at the end to show if it's a safe pose for your body. It seemed really complicated, and I love headstand, so I put the magazine back, paid for my kale, and left.
I adhere to never doing anything that my body has reservations about. When our practice has developed the discipline for a posture, we can perform it safely, having received proper instruction.
We can't all do the same things as well as another because each body is different.
I like yoga because it is your practice, nobody else's.
Even world renown yogis alter their practice with age because of the accompanying body changes that occur with age. No matter how hard we try to fight it, it happens. I've learned to respect my body more through this injury. Ouch!