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Earthing

Just finished the book Earthing (by Clint Ober, Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Martin Zucker)... pretty amazing.

 

 

 

two days of detox

Well, I’ve started a five day break from my pill cycle (20 days on - 5 days off) this past Saturday - it’s like a little vacation. This five day break I was scheduled to do a Juice Fast (detox) for two of the five days. It involves drinking carrot, celery and apple juice (from my juicer) six times a day... and nothing else to eat during that time.  I am on my second day of the fast... must say that I greatly underestimated the power of the Juice Fast. Going into this I thought no problem, probably won’t have any side effects, etc.. Guess my body had more toxins (and cancer) to dump than I thought, because I have really been in detox mode. I have experienced headaches and chills for the last 28 hours. I am talking the kind where I have a sweatshirt and jeans on inside a house that the thermostat is set on 80. This afternoon I even crawled under the down-comforter for an afternoon nap and it was 98 degrees outside. So needless to say it is working and not the cake walk that I expected. 

Also, thought I would share something interesting  that happened last night... Julia crawled in my bed about 3:00AM and proceeded to talk for another hour and a half. Do you know what she wanted to discuss.... Jesus! She starts off “Mommy, does God have a Son?” And I said -yes, remember Jesus is His Son. Then “What was his mommy’s name?” - Mary... “Where does Jesus and God live?” - Heaven... “Why did the bad men put Jesus on the cross?”  This conversation went on for over an hour. I was amazed at what her little mind was thinking and obviously how Jesus had touched her life. This morning the first thing she said when she woke up was “Mommy, I want to see that picture in the bible (children’s bible) of Jesus as a baby and on the cross” . She was so interested in learning more that we spent part of the afternoon picking out more books at the Christian bookstore. She was still talking about it tonight at bedtime. It made me realize how much more I should be nourishing their little souls.

my little Juju 

(her nickname, a.k.a - juju bean)

I adore those cheeks and nibble on them every chance I get

   

things i'm loving

Kiss My Face Whenever Shampoo & Conditioner

Dr. Bronner's Baby Mild Organic Soap

Avalon Organics Vitamin C Cleansing Gel

Kiss My Face SPF 30 Hots Spots Suncreen

clear x-ray!!!!

Quick update - I had a chest x-ray on June 30th... it came up clear! Praise the Good Lord! The larger spot on my right lung did not show up, which was a huge relief. We go back to Mayo the first week in August for a CT Scan and MRI, which will tell us a little more. But I know that Dr. Gonzalez program is working, I can feel it... literally.

I will be taking the month of July off - no computer, no email, no cell phone... nothing. Just family time. I will, however, have a few post that I am going to do now that will publish later on in the month. Wishing you all safe, healthy and happy summer.

yum

Many of you have asked what kind of food I am eating these days...well here are a few things I've learned to love.

Manna Bread (Manna Organics - Sprouted Whole Grain) - Yum Yum

Genesis 1:29 Sprouted Grain & Seed Bread (Food for Life) 

Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Grain Tortillas (Food for Life) - Great for Tacos

Smoothie: Organic Harvest Berries (Cascadian Farm - frozen), Banana, Honey, Whole Milk Grassfed Yogurt (Traderspoint Creamery), Organic Heavy Cream (small amount)

Cage Free Eggs (Organic Valley) - I sometimes make an omelet with veggies & Raw Whole Milk Cheese (Organic Valley)

Organic Black Beans & Brown Rice

14 Grain Cereal with Berries (4 times a week) (Wheat Berries, Buckwheat, Rye, Oat Groats, Millet, Sesame Seeds, Brown Rice, Flaxseed, Corn, Alfalfa Seeds, Lentils, Mung Beans, Barley and Almonds)

Trail Mix with Almonds, Walnuts and Organic Raisins (with no added sugar)

Homemade Salsa

Guacamole Salad (recipe below - also at www.foodnetwork.com)

We eat fresh fish, grassfed beef, cage free chicken. A lot of organic fresh fruits & vegetables. We cook with mostly organic olive oil, coconut oil, garlic, butter, sea salt and fresh herbs... most of what we eat comes from Whole Foods, but Publix does carry some of the items listed above.

 

One of the best things I've ever eaten... sooooo good! (all cancer fighting ingredients)

Barefoot Contessa -

Guacamole Salad 

Ingredients

• 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
• 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and 1/2-inch diced (I left these out - not big fans of bell peppers)
• 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup small diced red onion (I used a spanish onion)
• 2 tablespoons minced jalapeno peppers, seeded (2 peppers)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lime zest
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (2 limes)
• 1/4 cup good olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt (I used sea salt)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 2 ripe Hass avocados, seeded, peeled, and 1/2-inch diced

Directions

Place the tomatoes, yellow pepper, black beans, red onion, jalapeno peppers, and lime zest in a large bowl. Whisk together the lime juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, garlic, and cayenne pepper and pour over the vegetables. Toss well.  Just before you're ready to serve the salad, fold the avocados into the salad. Check the seasoning and serve at room temperature. makes 6 servings (I served it with chips)

success

Turns out the Liver Flush was a success!

grand finale

Yesterday was the fifth day of my liver flush, the grand finale if you will. The first four days of the liver flush are fairly easy, but the last day really puts your system into motion, or should I say into detox. I started after lunch with a cup of epsom salt and water; followed by another two hours later; then for dinner I had a mixed berry and heavy cream smoothie (yum - pretty sure I consumed about 60 grams of fat); a 1/4 of a cup of bentonite liquid 30 minutes before bed; and 1/2 cup of olive oil at bedtime - then straight to bed on my right side, knees drawn up.

Doesn't sound all that bad on paper, but not so fun in person. I won't give you the gory details (you would all stop reading my blog if I did) but lets just say that I had to stay close to home all afternoon, you can imagine what is going on with the digestive tract. I can honestly tell you I had to gag down the epsom salt water, bentonite liquid and especially the olive oil (which almost came back up). Little did I know the best was yet to come.

About 3:00AM I woke up with a fever, chills all over and extreme nausea. Luckily, I knew from speaking with Dr. Gonzalez and many of his patients that this was the process of my body detoxing, the cleansing of my liver. After about 30 minutes I couldn't hold it together and started vomiting. A short time later most the symptoms subsided, with the exception of the nausea - that lasted until this morning.

Not sure if you could consider it a success since much of what I drank came back up, but hopefully I will do better next time. Still doing my two a day enemas (good times - these also make me feel very sick and are not fun) ...from now on I will just refer to it as the " Big E". But all in all, things are going well. I will probably be a home-body for a while until I get the hang of this. (Please note - that as I share all these experiences, I know that others with cancer that are having to endure chemo and radiation and have symptoms far worse - I cannot begin to imagine what they are going through).

But I thank you again for your support and prayers during this transition. I am grateful to all those that have forwarded doctors name, drug trials, etc... I'm keeping them all in notebook. With all that said, I would like to ask everyone to respect my decision to go with Dr. Gonzalez and choose an alternative treatment. I do not wish to receive any negative opinions or advise on what you or anyone else thinks I should be doing. It only causes me more stress and fear - two things I don't need right now. I know that the advise is given out of concern, but again if you would please refrain from sharing it with me at this time I would appreciate it.  I have complete confidence in Dr. Gonzalez and his program - spoken with several patients that are survivors, and know in my heart that this is the right decision for me and that I will win this battle.

Also, one more thing... I would like to ask you all to pray for another young mother with two girls that is battling cancer. She and I have connected through facebook and I have drawn great strength from her journey. Her name is Jamie Cagle, please take a moment to add her to your prayer list and lift her up this morning. Thank you.

Peace & Love to you all on this Tuesday morning!

(Hoping to post some updated pictures soon, plus I have a great recipe for you - with tons of cancer fighting ingredients)

my new normal

This is my new daily schedule - My new normal. The protocol: 20 days on the enzymes and supplements, then 5 days off… for the rest of my life. During those five days, I will alternate between the liver flush, clean sweep and a carrot juice fast, doing one of the three each month. I started the protocol with the liver flush and have now finished day two. I begin my pills on Tuesday. I have been doing the enemas as well… don’t worry I won’t go into detail. We are also having a reverse-osmosis water system installed on Monday, and changed our pots & pans to stainless steel. As well as, trying to eliminate all aluminum from the house (or at least as much as we can). My diet is 50% raw and 50% cooked. Several servings of certain organic fruits & vegetables each day, plus 5 servings of grass feed red meat, 2 servings of chicken and 2 servings of fish each week. Absolutely no soy, peanuts, sugar, white flour, cow’s milk… along with many other foods to steer clear of. This is a glimpse into my new life... one that I am ever so grateful for.

 

6:15AM: Drink Apple Cider Vinegar & Coffee Enemas (2)

 

7:00AM: Enzymes (14)

 

7:15AM: Skin Brushing & Shower

 

8:15AM: Breakfast (14 Grain Cereal w/Molasses), 10 Almonds, Supplements (30), Fish Oil, Vital-10, Green Tea, Juicing (Apple, Celery, Carrot – 8oz)

 

10:30AM: Enzymes (14)

 

11:30-12:30PM: Lunch, 10 Almonds, Supplements (27)

 

1:30PM: Enzymes (14)

 

2:30-3:30PM: Snack

 

3:30PM: Drink Apple Cider Vinegar, Coffee Enemas (2), Shower

 

4:30PM: Enzymes (14)

 

5:30-6:30PM: Dinner, Supplements (30), Juicing (Apple, Celery, Carrot – 8oz)

 

7:30PM: Enzymes (14), Walk, Make Coffee for next day w/Molasses

 

9:30PM: Skin Brushing, Bath w/Apple Cider Vinegar (3 a week)

 

10:00PM: Bedtime – Enzymes (14), Supplements (6)

 

3:30AM: Enzymes (14)

 

I must also mention what an incredible mother I have.  She is completely selfless and 100% devoted to her children. She has been my full time nurse and my rock during this entire ordeal. If you only knew the things she has had to do for me you would join me in calling her a saint.

Mom, if you read this – I love you to the ends of the earth.

 

(Please note that while all cancer patients can do the coffee enemas, skin brushing, and juicing… it is not advised that you follow my diet or consume things like the apple cider vinegar, red meat, etc… This was formulated specifically for my type of cancer and based on my test results. This type of diet/schedule could cause other types of cancers to grow. Dr. Gonzalez has an interview posted on his website that you can listen to that gives advice to cancer patients on things we can all do to stay healthy and detox our bodies.  Go to www.dr-gonzalez.com for more information)

John 15:4-5  Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.  I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

 

Lord it is good for us to be here

Joshua 1:9

Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

 

I am overcome with JOY & HOPE…. our trip to New York was amazing. Dr. Gonzalez is amazing! After two days of appointments and reviewing all of my tests, he is confident that if I follow his program to a T, that I will be able to cleanse my body (lungs) of this cancer…or at the very least manage it (keep it from growing).  This program is a very big commitment; it is a complete lifestyle change… where I will be taking capsules all day (188 pills), eat only certain organic foods, and following various procedures to cleanse/detox my body. The program is non-toxic so it won’t make me sick like chemo.  He was also able to confirm with one of the test that it is in fact the sarcoma growing in my lungs. He did say that I was in much better health than most patients he treats… and that is definitely going to make things a little easier. I asked how long until I was back to full health, he said that it could be a couple of years (maybe less). Even then, I will stay on a similar program for life to be sure the cancer does not reoccur.

 

Dr. Gonzalez is a kind, humble and brilliant man. He does God’s work because it is his life’s calling. He is a man of strong faith, and brings hope and health to his patients… all in the name of the Father.

 

After our first appointment, Shannon and I went into this gorgeous old church about a block from his office to give thanks for this wonderful news. As I was praying, I looked up and there was this huge inscription that read “LORD IT IS GOOD FOR US TO BE HERE”. Shannon and I both began to cry… My savior has been by my side every step of the way, guiding and leading me down the right path. I knew at that moment everything was going to be okay and we were exactly where he wanted us to be.

 

It is with a thankful heart, I send all of you my deepest gratitude for the prayers you have lifted up for my family and my healing.  I cannot begin to put into words how much your prayers and kind wishes have meant to us. “Rich is the person who has a praying friend” ~Janice Hughes

 

A huge thanks to Darby for posting my story on her blog, I have received so many wonderful messages from “new” friends that are praying for us; To Mary for starting the Prayers for Montye Facebook Page;  To my dear friends that have prayed over me the past couple of weeks (You all know who you are :o); To my loving family for holding me together and lifting me up above the devastation; To my Heavenly Father for the abundant blessings he has bestowed upon me, and for the Love and Peace that has washed over me.

 

Psalm 25:4-5

Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

sad news

My Dear Friends and Family,

 

As many of you know my follow up CT Scan and MRI were this past Monday. We meet with the doctors on Tuesday and sadly things do not look good. My lungs are covered in several tiny spots (the one they saw on the January scan has grown). The Medical Oncologist said at this point he could not say 100% that it was the synovial sarcoma, but that he was pretty sure that it was. We opted not to have a biopsy since they were so small and he wasn't sure he could get a good sample, plus the larger one is very close to my heart and we all agreed not to attempt to biopsy that mass.  We then decided that the best option was to wait until June and do a follow-up CT Scan of my chest, the doctor said at that time he could be sure.... because the tiny spots would have grown and there will be additional new spots, but he would still do a biopsy to be 100%.

 

So here comes the scary part... if the cancer has metastasized to my lungs, the long-term (5+ years) survival rate is very low. The Oncologist said that with the chemo and then surgery to remove the masses as they appeared might buy me 3 years give or take (being very sick for the remainder of my life)... or I could choose to feel good and stay healthy as long as I could (maybe 2 years) until the cancer took over. The kind of cancer I have just does not respond well to chemo - the doctor flat out said that the chemo will not save my life.... only buy me time.  As you can imagine I am sick - completely devastated, but having to hold it together for the sake of my girls. We will not be discussing any of this with them until it is absolutely necessary.  I am clinging to my faith and my family. I really don't know what to think right now, there are so many emotions and they change from moment to moment. I still have that fight inside and I plan to do everything in my power to battle this horrible disease.

 

Luckily, I am going to see Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez on May 5th & 6th. He has cured many stage IV cancers and I am hoping and praying that he will help me save my life. 

http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/case_reports.htm

 

Please, please, please pray for my complete healing and the peace of the Lord to wash over me and my family. Also, I ask that you pray for all those battling cancer - that they too may have good health and the strength needed to fight this war we are all up against.

 

I have so much more to say, but to be honest I am sick to my stomach just writing this email... so with that - I will keep you all updated.

 

With Love,

Montye

 

This will be my last post for a while - I have decided that I will only update when I have new information to share. If you would like to get those updates via email please click on the subscribe link (right side of the blog). Thank you for joining me over the last couple of months, but I will now be soaking up every minute with my girls and my family.