Monica (accompanied by Greg and Marley) had her 1 and 1\2 hour session (which turned out to be nearly 2 hours) with the physician at InspireHealth today. It was a very positive session. The doctor took her time getting to know Monica and getting a full history from Monica. She also took quite a bit of time reviewing the seven day log (which we had compiled) outlining all of Monica's eating, sleeping, drinking and relaxation habits. The Dr. was fairly happy with the efforts we had been making but made some suggestions for improvement.
As the meeting progressed, the Doctor worked with us to prepare a plan for how Monica can deal with the radiation/chemo treatments and the cancer itself. Some of the highlights:
- 8-10 glasses of water per day
- no alcohol
- lots of vegetables with deep green colours
-unsweetened almond milk instead of milk
-minimal dairy products - using goat cheese instead where it is used
-little or no refined sugars
-Miso soup
-exercise: walking and tai chi
-meditation
-regular Breathing exercises to relax
-fish oil supplements
-vitamin D supplements
-special multi vitamin
-some herbs to help with nausea should it occure
-melatonin
-ruta and calcphos pellets
-Bosmellia
We will see her again in the fall for an individual session and plan on attending a group session with the same doctor.
The Doctor also wants Monica to spend some time thinking about what brings her joy, passion/ spirit etc.
Overall we were very happy with the meeting and with the staff/setup at InspireHealth.
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