This blog shares my healing journey

My acquaintance and fellow breast cancer thriver, Vanessa W. asked me about medicinal mushrooms. I drink green tea and take medicinal mushrooms as part of my non-invasive cancer therapy. My integrative oncologist, Donald Abrams, at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) says he drinks 4 cups of green tea daily; I’m drinking about 2 cups a day. Green tea has epigallocatechin gallate (ECGC), about 13 times more antioxidants than blueberries and pomegranates. Studies show

The topic of sleep came up in a breakout session a few Sundays ago at my progressive Palo Alto church which I attend by Zoom. I'm not a sleep expert but both my husband and son have sleep apnea so it's definitely an interest of mine. I feel lucky that I generally get good sleep which is really important for your health. To learn more about sleep, I recommend Matthew Walker's book "Why We Sleep." #1 Go out as early in the day that you can and exercise. Take a walk or a bike ri

My last post was in July (2021) and recently a friend (that’s you, Nancy) asked if there were any updates. You’d think I could have written something between then and now (gosh, it’s been over 4 months!), especially since I’m retired! In my mind I had several posts planned, but I’ve let months go by and just enjoyed waking up late, gardening, cooking, walking on the beach, volunteering, reading, watching comedies and all that good stuff. If people know I have cancer, they do