The Medical Basics

The Cause: Type 2a Astrocytoma. Growth history very slow. Age unknown.

The Problem: Epilepsy. Minor seizures initially triggered by a very light concussion, which returned over time briefly overcoming Keppra and giving me regular seizures for a few weeks. Stable for 6+ months again now, since day 3 of chemo:

The Medicine:
Keppra: 1500 mg 2xdaily - the basic seizure stopper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levetiracetam

Temodal-165mg/day, 21 on 7 off. The chemo. A newer, more specifically targeted type of chemotherapy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temozolomide

Medical Marijuana - 1g/day edible capsules of refined resin cooked into coconut oil. I also smoke regularly, but recognize that as more of a comfort component. (Smoking is only "medically" justifiable as to be comparable with edible when a quick restoration of levels is needed IMO)

That's a very basic summary. A couple points I need to make: Do NOT read the stats on Astrocytoma and freak out. Mine is so slow growing it took 3 years for them to catch the sign on MRIs, and there's an interesting and complicated potential differentiating point with childhood initial growth. Otherwise, I think the M.M. will need a longer discussion

Getting in Touch

Hey,

I just wanted to be clear to everyone that I'm up for talking about things if you have questions. This message is most important not to my friends and those familiar to me but to anyone who stumbles upon this or is handed it, and is in a situation where they relate to this a bit closer to the heart and would perhaps like to ask some questions, or just vent some of their own story. Feel free to reach me.

Easiest is email: davemjmurphy@gmail.com, but I'm david.murphy98 on Skype as well

Friday, 10 January 2014

Follow Through

So the title of my last post: Hot Coffee, was actually referring something I was doing and not just a morning reference. I am continuing my cleansing week idea today. I tried returning to my coffee purge morning exercise I tried yesterday, but this time tried to improve efficacy. First I made sure to have a nice doob lit. This is good both for my mental state and also for the boost to mucus production and release. I added a bunch of habanero sauce to my coffee and a bit of flax oil. The habanero sauce I was pretty certain was a similar trigger to G.I. activity and cleansing, whereas the flax oil was an idea to be a bit protective on the way in and out. It seemed to work well, it's definitely too complicated to say what did what but I got an incredible feeling of invigoration and connection as I did it. I need to be careful to not ascribe too much credit to this act for how I feel though or else I'll lose track of the balance.

So I'm following it up with a varied nutritional plan. I'm thinking before my reason for fat wasn't purely my metabolism but it was a slowing agent to reduce strain on my neutralized G.I. tract from the Ondansetron. So for this week off I'm trying to both clean out fine residue as much as I can by running strong, acidic stuff quickly through the tract, getting regular and swift mucus lining exchange, and continuing to eat clean but also eat high volume. For my start today I did the hot black coffee clean up, then made a very high citrus smoothie with again a bunch more habanero sauce. I'm drinking that right now and it's feeling great. It slightly irritates the stomach when it gets down there but it's the right type of irritation I think. I have a theory that encouraging swifter mucus lining exchange and filtration/replacement is a contributory factor to reduction of inflammation, cancerous cells, etc, and I think using what I can understand about food and listening to my body as best I can to work with that may be able to help me.

Next, time for some meditation. I want to connect back to the invigorated feeling of energy I had right after my cleanse, and re-awaken my bodily connections. I'll do a meditation/stretch period and then an intensely hot shower, then it's time to start the day.
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