July 2020 Blood Test Results
My blood test at the end of July showed that my cancer tumor markers are still well within the normal range. While I’m technically overdue for updated PET-CT scans, I…
View ArticleThe Care Oncology Clinic Protocol for Metabolic Cancer Treatment
There are three prongs to my metabolic approach to cancer treatment: diet, stress management, and clinical treatments. For me, clinic treatment includes everything from sauna therapy to HBOT to Vitamin…
View ArticleWhy You Really Should Eat Organic
I get it. I was a skeptic. A big, fat, cynical skeptic. I would scoff at the prices of organic food and mutter about my perfectly adequate liver and kidney.…
View ArticleDecember 2020 Updates: Seizure and HBOT Edition
Holy smokes! I can’t believe I’ve gone six months without an update! I guess I’ve been too busy enjoying life. Since my last update, Brad and I left Scotland to…
View ArticleSuper Simple Coconut Chocolate Fat Bomb
If you follow a therapeutic keto diet then it’s not unusual to need a bit more fat to meet your daily macro targets and don’t have the interest in another…
View ArticleTypes of Therapeutic Keto: Sample Meal Plans and How to Choose The Right Diet...
Ketogenic diets have been used medically for at least 3000 years. It gained traction in allopathic medicine at the end of the 19th century and has been an accepted treatment…
View ArticleMarch 2021 Updates: Documentary and Return of the Cancer Edition
Spring has sprung in Seattle and it’s just beautiful. Brad and I got lucky and missed the worst of winter while we were on the road filming the documentary. We…
View ArticleMay 2021 Updates: Not So Fast, Cancer
Previously on… I had gotten some slightly dire news from my favorite neuro-oncologist in March. Digging and testing on my own in April made me a little suspicious of his…
View ArticlePost-treatment brain radiation necrosis or “My oncologist tried to kill me”
Medical mistakes account for over 250,000 deaths each year.[1] I was almost one of them. Here’s how to make sure you’re not. If you’ve had or are considering any type…
View ArticleSeptember 2021 Updates: Two Years Cancer-Free, Actually
If my cancer journey is taught me one thing, it’s that nobody really knows anything. Doctors and scientists are trying their best but, no matter how authoritative they appear, you…
View ArticleThree years with less than a year to live. Two years cancer free.
Tomorrow is the third year anniversary of my diagnosis. I still go back and reread what I wrote during my first anniversary – I wrote it just weeks before I…
View ArticleThird annual cancer misdiagnosis
December 2019 was the first time I visited Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) on my way from Hong Kong to visit Brad’s family in Austin for the holidays. I was…
View Article“Nothing to Lose. Everything to Lose”: Sarona Rameka beat stage 4 terminal...
I first learned about Sarona Rameka after meeting her neurologist, Dr. Matthew Phillips, at a conference in 2019. He mentioned an upcoming case study pending publication. The subject had overcome…
View ArticleMake Your Own Easy Organic Chipotles in Adobo Sauce
Chipotles in adobo sauce have been a pantry staple since I first starting cooking. I’ve been lucky to live all over the world but I was born in Los Angeles…
View ArticleNED (No Evidence of Disease) isn’t the goal
So often since I started this blog and, a year later, shared the miraculous news that I was No Evidence of Disease (NED), too many people have reached out with…
View ArticleFour Year Anniversary Update
It’s been way too long since I updated this blog – only two new articles in 2022. I resolve to do better in 2023. (Also, the site was hacked and…
View ArticleHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for Cancer
When I read Dr. Thomas Seyfried’s studies on metabolic therapies for cancer and his “press-pulse” idea, I immediately knew it was right for me. The Press-Pulse strategy involves applying constant…
View ArticleCruciferous Vegetables and Cancer
The “Don’t Trust a Fart Salad” Origin Story Maggie, why am I so gassy after eating most of your salads? – An email I expect to receive any day now.…
View ArticleGetting Affairs In Order
Wow, I started this post June 2019. I’m just getting ready to publish it January 2023. Since I’m doing so fabulously it isn’t morbid at all to celebrate that my…
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