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August of 2024 I was told I had cancer, after all reports I had two cancers. One cancer had radiation and chemo, second had cancer removed from colon. I was in remission for 3 months and one cancer return in a different stop so am now in treatment for it. Been a rough year and half and still long ways to go.

Luckily I'm 100% disabled veteran from desert storm and military. I couldn't work with my lower back pain this year. The va found through x-ray and mri last week, serious problems with my L1-L4 to see a va pain surgeon on oct 13th.

I been to physical therapy many times, group physical therapy to exercise, pain psychologist, learning to deep breaths through my nose with one hand on chest, and other on stomach. Only use stomach by blowing in by nose for 4-6 seconds, hold it for 4-6 seconds, and blow it out slowly 6 seconds does wonders for 10 minutes. It lowers my stress levels and pain. I lost close to 25 pounds slowly by fasting 16-20 hours, eating mostly protein, taking professional grade vitamins and supplements not cheap Walmart stuff. Lol drinking water stop drinking alcohol, exercising by walking 20 minutes or running, stop eating process food and sugar, good sodium in celtic sea salt made from ground, drink quality extra virgin olive oil from one place in my food. Alot education but body needs to be healthy and fight off inflammation of the brain, heart, abd stomach. Its a life style not a diet to be healthy but our government doesn't care about our health only money by big pharmaceutical, paying for high medical bills but I really feel they failed American and they rather give us unhealthy choice and its up to us to figure it out after we die of inflammation, cancer, sickness, diabetes. fast food is killing us of super bad foods that is killing us slowly. A fast food is super fast for reason, too much: sugar, fat, process, bad carbs. Its an eye opening experience of my inflammation of my back and hardly any help for it. I live it off and on for over 20 years. Its a shame field sure. Its my responsibility to tell people and educate myself of the truth. Its about money and business not about health for all Americans. Americans are sicker and depression more than anytime in history now because of main stream foods, education and inflammation is all time high and its not going down anytime soon. Its sad for sure.

What steps have you taken at the moment to try to alleviate the pain..

I've got bad lower back pain and I have taken 2 steps at the moment to help it. Seems the first step failed, but presently underwent an Epidural to the area. It has been pretty good after 2 weeks of treatment..
I personally would always try ANYTHING before any type of surgery.

What was the cause of the pain ?

I have chronic pain in my lower back for long time. Is surgery a good option?

Hope u feeling better❤️

Hope you get better real soon

Sorry for the ordeal your going through.I hope they get it fixed real soon. 🙏🙏

ok... here we go. It all started in march of 24. I was having trouble breathing and passed out because of it. Went to emergency 4 times and they tried treatments for breathing. I finally wound up in the hospital in Petoskey and discovered it was my heart lacking oxygen and I needed a pace maker. they couldn't do one until Friday, this was previous Thursday, so I was shipped to Munson in Traverse City. Monday morning at 7 am I was wheeled into the operating room, laid there for an hour and a half while to doc was in the emergency room sewing up some people in involved in a knife fight. Finally went under and woke up 17 days later with breathing tubes in my mouth. I contracted pneumonia and died twice. When I finally woke up I thought I was in Alpena. A town on the other side of the state.
finally got home and things were getting back to normal back in the hospital I went. first time I went, couldn't breathe. another week shot to hell. second time, I was at my doctors office and the nurse put me an exam room, took my vitals, and left. the door closed and I couldn't breathe. when the doc walked in I was almost on the floor and I had no color. my daughter was out in her car when the ambulance showed up after a fire truck and 5 cop cars. severe lack of oxygen caused it and another week in the hospital. If I keep this up I will owe them rent.

God made me with feelings and emotions, many moods of sadness, anger, hope, peace, faith, love, joy, gentleness, toughness, and etc.
God made me to think, many thoughts, to know many things. All things
God made me to heal, be saved, lose my way in life but 4 magic words or more will change any life inside out specially in your relationships and your health and wellness.
I'm sorry...
Please forgive me...
I appreciate it very much...
Thank you so much from of bottom of my ❤️ heart...
I love you so much...
Say these words over and over to yourself, others, God daily like 100 times day and night in a mediation with deep breathing and mean them.

Be genuine, authentic, surrender with sincerely for peace, love, joy, with abundant faith, gentleness, goodness

Health and wellness is everything with ourselves, others and my creator and loving God.
These are words of wisdom if you can live by one thing live by them. Find people to live by them with you be so much harmony and unity and peace. Boundaries are everything!
Live, love, and laugh! 😃 😊 😀 and hug and smile

Inner peace is essential for wellness and health. Take care of your bodies because its your temple to house your soul and spirit with.

Yep .

That is a blessing 🙌 Elvira

My boys school have no junk food .only on Friday pizza

School just only fix salads, greens and chicken or fish. Let the parent make there own children's lunch if they want process food and junk not the schools. Healthy or nothing at all solve that problem! LOL

Not all food is created equal and what you said was important information. Some people are sensitive to flour and gluten than others. I like to stay with more protein than anything else!

yes sad the things wrong in cattle and livestock industry,, hopefully it gets better. i assume you are mentioning usa schools and other government places ? there are small groups and movement to get healthier foods in schools,, but the junk food marketing is powerful and cheap.. real food is more expensive and spoils faster sadly.. its up to parents and educators and governments to encourage and educate about healthier choices everywhere i think.

gluten free diet,, necessary for this auto immunie disease control is avoiding all gluten, wheat, rye barley and oats,.. these foods are fine for non celiacs, just celaic disease cannot deal with them and treat these foods as invaders and shuts down the villi in the small intestine and dont alow absorbing of other minerals and vitimsn,, so often kids or adults low in many vit and minerals might have undiagnosed celiac, simple blood test can see if one has it. i use potatoe and rice and corn instead of wheat based stuff,,... so pizza is made of cauliflower or corn crust etc

What is celiac gluten free diet?

I was trying to eat grass fed meat and ground beef. I dont like how they treat cows at the end of there life with cheap food and corn and small quarters to fatting them up before they slaughter them. Its inhuman and cruelty to animals. why I try to eat only 100 grass fed meat, eggs, milk. Free roaming chickens 🐔. Healthy eating. Our children are fed junk food in schools and in prisons junk for prisoners. Our VA has junk for our veterans like myself. Our society is all about junk food and I quick made food hamburgers.

If anybody would like to discuss celiac or gluten-free they can let me know I've been diagnosed 5 years ago and I'm strict celiac gluten-free diet for my health for doctor's orders. If you have a friend relative or family member that celiac or might have the symptoms let me know I can explain the testing and what the diet is or if you have to host a celiac person I can let you know what is safe for them to eat and not