{"id":65533,"date":"2012-03-01T08:21:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T13:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=65533"},"modified":"2012-03-01T08:25:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T13:25:23","slug":"opting-for-chemotherapy-have-i-been-poisoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/opting-for-chemotherapy-have-i-been-poisoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Opting for Chemotherapy: Have I Been Poisoned?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Carol Dunlop at OptimumBodySculpting.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

When I first informed friends and online followers that I had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had decided to move forward with chemotherapy, I received so many opinions that I couldn\u2019t think. In the end, I had to fall back on the old saying about opinions\u2014everyone has one\u2014then move on. Wow! I heard everything from \u201cWait, don\u2019t do it!\u201d to \u201cyou\u2019re being poisoned and your body will never recover\u201d to \u201dwhy?\u201d It really took me by surprise as to how deep peoples\u2019 opinions run. I also received a lot of positive feedback, but you always remember the negative more, don\u2019t you?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So after I digested everything and scratched the rest, I opted for the temporary \u201cpoison.\u201d I didn\u2019t feel that pumping my body full of supplements<\/a><\/strong> with their own side effects was worth the risk of maybe not working. I can honestly say that the chemo has been \u2026well, not that bad. Yes, I did get sick, so sick that I couldn\u2019t get out of bed for a couple days, but of the five treatments, so far, to have just one like that has to count for something, right? And now I\u2019m on my last one. Yeah! Double Yeah! I feel that I have been through the fire and back with this whole process. It really isn\u2019t over because now I have hormone therapy<\/a><\/strong> to look forward to.<\/p>\n

But, all in all, I have \u201cstuff\u201d\u00a0 to look forward to. At least, I am one of the fortunate ones who is alive to complain. I don\u2019t take my survival lightly. I cherish every day, moment and precious soul that comes into my life.<\/p>\n

I may be poisoned, but I\u2019m working to get the poison out of my system after it does the job of killing any left-over cancer cells, as quickly as possible. I do cardio workouts<\/a><\/strong> a couple days per week, as I feel up to it. Now that I have days open to schedule workouts instead of doctor visits, I can take back some control over my life.<\/p>\n

So poison, maybe, but I\u2019m alive to contemplate the answer and I\u2019m moving forward with the determination to stay that way.<\/p>\n

Read more!<\/strong> Carol has generously shared her breast cancer recovery journey<\/a><\/strong> with us at DietsInReview.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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