Beth Morgan Multiple Myeloma Treatment Blog

I have two juicers now. The first one I got was a Juiceman Junior. I got it from Walmart for about $60. I also have a Miracle Millennium MJ 2000, which was a bit more expensive – $165.00 (yeah, more than the online price!).

Both machines do the job, but the Millennium gets more juice out of the fruits and veggies. The pulp that’s expelled is much drier. The Juiceman is actually easier to clean. It has fewer small places for stuff to get trapped. I put all the plastic parts in the dishwasher. One reason I got another juicer is because I hate the tedium of cleaning them, and on days when I want to make juice more than once, it’s easier for me.

My favorite morning juice is a combination of orange, grapefruit and carrot. Then I pour it into a blender with some vanilla soy milk and a scoop of Immunopower powder. It’s great. Sometimes I add pear or apple too.

My favorite “green” juice is a combination of celery, tomato, spinach, garlic and sometimes cucumber. I always try to use organic when I can. Sometimes I add carrot to that too.

When you make juice, it’s important to drink it right away. Don’t let it sit!

Hey! My fingers are almost normal size again! Feels great! My face and eyelids are still puffy, but I am going to keep cutting sodium intake and keep drinking lots of water and sweat as much as I can. :)

How strange. It looks like yahoo/righthealth are scraping this blog. I hate when people steal my content!

I just sent a complaint to the local hospital, and asked them if there really has to be a smoking area on the parking deck right outside outpatient chemo. I’m trying to reduce my exposure to toxins, and I resent having to either hold my breath or inhale the second hand smoke from the groups of healthcare workers who gather out there to smoke. I think I may have been a little snotty, but hey! I’m on dex! Feel free to comment. Flames accepted, as long as there’s no smoke. To read their response, please click on “comments.” It’s pretty nice, considering the tone of my complaint.

This is from a friend on the MM list (acor). It makes sense to me. I have added D3 to my own list of supplements.

“The two top things you can do are take in 400 IU of Vitamin D3 per day, and drink 3 liters of water. The recent curcumin thread is intriguing, but since it quiesces the cell cycle, it should not be taken with chemos, bisphosphonates(Aredia or Zometa), or at the same time of day as Vitamin D3. If you want to take both D3 and curcumin, I would do Vitamin D3 at breakfast & curcumin after dinner. And btw, do not substitute vegetarian D2 for D3.”

Today is the day of the week I submit a urine specimen for a pregnancy test. It’s required by the manufacturer of Thalomid(thalidomide). Because thalidomide caused some terrible birth defects when it was first used in the 50s, Celgene wants to make sure female users of childbearing age aren’t pregnant while taking the drug. The way they do that is to require a pregnancy test. Before starting thalidomide and for the next 4 weeks, I drop off a urine specimen at the clinic. After this week, I’ll only have to do it once a month. They also require that I complete a monthly phone survey. It’s all part of their S.T.E.P.S. Program.

My itchy red swelling has diminished, thank goodness. Still some redness and swelling, but much better! It’s definitely edema. I always associated edema with feet and ankles, but I seem to have it in my head and hands :) I think I need to cut way down on sodium. My fingers and face are kind of puffy.

I got pretty far in life without having to take drugs for anything. I hope to be drug free again one day.

I’m off to work now. Jeff installed a new mail server last night. He stayed all night! What a guy. We’re an ISP, and we have free junk mail and virus filtering on all incoming mail. We have numbers around the country, and can match Juno’s/Netzero’s $9.95/mo. price in most locations. ConnectNC, Inc.