Hismones 02/20/25

"Drink more water." "I don't care when you start drinking, just when you finish." The kind but strict and efficient technicians who administered my first radiation treatment this morning reaffirmed that I need to come in every weekday with a full bladder, which is tricky for an old guy who feels an ultimately irresistible urge to empty said bladder even before it's completely full. They tell me the full bladder helps reduce collateral tissue damage by pushing surrounding tissue out of the beams' target zone. So tomorrow, it means finishing a bottle of water no later than 7 A.M. to be ready for my 8:15 photon "torpedo" encounter. Along the way,Tammy is helping (suffering with?) me as I am attempting to try moving away from animal protein and fat. Our nephew and niece who prefer vegan recipes sent one for chili that is pretty good. I found a few other recipes on a plant-based meals website, but most are soups...one lentil,one fifteen-bean, and a few others. A former brother in law whose wife is surviving utilizing a plant-based diet while having stage 4 cancer for more than fifteen years sent several recommendations: a book, "How Not to Die" by Greger that addresses dietary support in combating various diseases and several videos including "Forks Over Knives" which chronicles several doctors and their patients' health journeys. It seems that a plant-based diet and consistent moderate exercise can do a great job of preventing, treating, or even reversing many of our modern illnesses. Now, to make better choices for dinner at friends' house tonight...and to remember my morning dose of water! P.S. I didn't feel anything at my treatment: a technician holds up a small towel while you drop your drawers and sit down on a table, then lie very still with your feet strapped in and grip a towel with both hands on your chest and elbows tucked in to make room for the table to move you inside the open CT device for treatment. The technicians disappear and the machinery starts moving.After a couple of minutes, the technicians come back into the room to encourage you to get dressed to make room for the next patient. Just 43 more?