Cancer Journal #54 Nov 1

 A month or so ago, I was driving from the place I have fitness training up to where I have Vitamin C infusion.  I had the thought: "I have never felt this good in my life."  I thought that was really something, what with being a 72 year old stage IV cancer patient.  Perhaps you respond, "Oh, come on.  That has to be an exaggeration."  I say, " Maybe a little, although I don't know.  I really felt (and feel) good. If I felt better when I was three years old, it was an unreflective feeling.  When I was 15 or even 20, there was growing up angst that would have prevented me from saying, 'I've never felt...'"

Let me tell you what I do that causes me to feel so good.  I walk briskly with my niece for a mile plus first thing every morning with our dogs.   I do fitness training twice a week and feel very good afterwards as was the case when I had that thought.  I feel awful while I do it, but such a nice sense of relaxed well being once it's done.  After the walk, I spend 20 minutes, most every day in an infrared sauna and then take a cold shower afterwards.  I feel good after I've done all that.  The sauna, aside from boosting well-being, puts your body in fever mode which activates the immune system which fights cancer.  And does some other stuff too like sweating out toxins.  Dumb luck (or the Holy Spirit) that I have the sauna.  I bought it in the summer of 2020 before my diagnosis based on the thought that it would be a good thing to have. 

 While I'm in there. I go through a stretching routine which is surprisingly strenuous.  I'm limited.  The sauna is about the size of a telephone booth but gives me enough space to stretch most anything I want to stretch.  I have a 10lb weight in there which I use to lift behind my back or when I go side to side or whatever else.  I don't think I'm unduly vain but I'd rather not have old age slack face.  While I'm stretching, I grimace which is a good workout for the facial muscles.

These things, along with waking up profoundly rested from very high dose Melatonin, going 16 hours without eating, dropping 30 lbs, having a diet made up of 75% or so healthy vegetables and I just feel very, very good.  

My PSA # was checked this morning.  That had not been done for three months and I was feeling a little uneasy about it.  Anyway, it is still too low to be detectable.  So, things are good.