There is More to this Cancer Fight

Life used to be much simpler.

It used to be bike rides in the driveway, swimming in our pool in the summer, and eating ice cream stirred into a soppy mess just the way I liked it.

It's not so simple anymore. And here is why.

'Nuff said.

Just a sec while I get on my soapbox.

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but this is why we are sick. We are sick, tired, aging poorly, and full of cancer. I have thyroid cancer. My sweet, 10-year-old niece was just diagnosed with leukemia. We are fed and exposed to so much crap our bodies were not designed to handle. I thought food ingredients were supposed to be things like potatoes, wheat, and beans. Instead we are chewing on coal tar, MSG ("poison" to the body), nitrates, and synthetic hormones.

Not long ago I was introduced to the idea of the lesser known chronic deficiency of Iodine in our country. Around the same time I started reading up on other toxins, such as heavy metals that are rampant in our systems. Iodine in particular was reduced in our food supply just as the toxin Bromine was on the rise. It is in our food as well as pesticides, fire retardants, and the furniture we sit on to binge watch the Food Network. If you think I am crazy, take a look at the bread we buy from Whole Foods:

Unbromated. Hmm. I wouldn't have given that a second look before. Now I know why they are bragging about it. Iodine acts as an army against this toxin. And not to get ahead of myself again, but lack of iodine is linked to thyroid and breast cancers as well as mental retardation in infants born to iodine deficient mothers. Here is an excerpt I got from the examiner.com:

"Bromated flour has been treated with potassium bromate to improve dough elasticity, allow it to stand up to commercial baking practices, and produce a higher rising bread. Potassium bromate is a potential carcinogen that may be harmful when consumed and is outlawed in the U.K. It has been associated with thyroid dysfunction. Some states but not all require that potassium bromate be disclosed on food labels."

Way to go U.S.A.

So I went hook, line and sinker for iodine, picked up my supplement, and bottoms up! Since then I have been detoxing. I know, you are about to fit me for bell bottoms and dangly peace sign earrings. But seriously, I have experienced detox symptoms such as itchy skin, headaches, and excessive sweating. That was all the proof I needed. I guess our bodies just want that stuff out.

If you ask me, stuff like this is why I am fighting cancer and have yet another cancer removing surgery in my near future. It is why my son has autism. It is why my niece is hooked up to chemo machines and stuck in a hospital bed. We are all affected by cancer in one way or another. I am sure there are thousands of docs that would stand in line to tell me I am crazy, but forgive me if I don't trust the systems we have put in place. The powers that be are the ones telling me this is ok.

I feel like I need to be a highly decorated detective just to read a food label and weed through all the junk. While I am not naïve to say that this is the cure for cancer, I do think we can make it part of our fight. I guess it will take the collective whole to say no to this crappy system we have in place to make it simpler and safer. I know organic foods cost a little (sometimes a lot) more, but we can make one small change at a time. Think of it like you are casting your vote when you purchase something at the grocery store. Are we lobbying for something better or are we giving in to what we are being told?

My vote is that the FDA can kiss my butt.

Off my soapbox.

And one last thing, if I may give a plug for my cancer-fighting niece. Give if you can or share the link for others to help her fight. It will take an army there too. She is our rock star.
http://www.gofundme.com/8y03h8

Wait, I lied. One last, last thing. Ever heard the song Radioactive by Imagine Dragons? I guess I feel a kinship to being radioactive with my own cancer treatments, so I may be partial to the lyrics. Take a gander at some of them.

I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals

I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
I'm radioactive, radioactive
I'm radioactive, radioactive

True dat.

Here is a link to the song if I haven't lost you yet:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=radioactive+imagine+dragons+snl&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=DE1732FF7431A0F01187DE1732FF7431A0F01187