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Okay, I'm intrigued by the rebounder idea. However, I live in a 100 YO NYC apartment. It's pretty solid, but has creaky floors etc... Can somebody tell me if it would rattle the china in the cupboard (walking does that)? Is there a certain kind that would isolate any noise, rattling etc?
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DesMom-that is what is great about a good quality rebounder. They are quiet. The cheapo one I had would bounce off the floor, and the springs were noisy. My needak is very quiet, especially if it is on a carpet and you keep it oiled (it comes with oil and directions). I also had to tighten the legs of the cheaper, screw in model. The needak legs are held by a really strong magnet.
It is hard to explain the soft bounce concept except that it makes for much more of a rebound effect, much gentler than what you get with a large trampoline. If you stand by a large tramp, you can see the surface really go down when people are on it. With the rebounder, it is so taut that it hardly sags and you get a really great bounce.
The reason this is so important for us bc survivors is because most of us have had our lymphatic system compromised by surgeries. We have to keep the lymph moving to take away toxins. Since lymph has nothing to pump it, like the heart pumps blood, we need to use movement and gravity. Nothing does this as thoroughly and as safely as rebounding. And anyone who does not feel coordinated, has joint problems, or weight issues, only has to bounce to get the benefits. As you get better, you just bounce higher and you get an aerobic workout. I do yoga, ballet and crunches on mine too. I do not think one needs any other exercise machine, except some free weights and of course my wonderful bike, the "beamer" that I love to ride through the forest preserves around here.
One more thing, since rebounding wakes up your cells, bouncing a minute when you get up in the morning will wake you up better than coffee. Great way to get kids off to school.
Oh, one more one more thing. It is great for incontinence. At first, you will need to "go" about as soon as you start to bounce, but the more you bounce, the more you tighten "those" muscles.
no more leaking when you sneeze or laugh! LOL
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V- the Needak has soft and hard bounce rebounders? What's your website? I've been to the Creative Health Institute, they are all about bouncing. (c: A
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Vivre,
I can't find the link on your website.
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Vivre - did you ever find out if the sauna was bad news for those of us with axillary clearance? I have had no issues whatsoever in a year, but dont want to create any!
I will second that about a good quality rebounder. Bite the bullet and get the best one on the first go araound. I bought 3...the other 2 cheapos were rattling my fillings (need those removed...thats a whole 'nother story)
I gave one to my brother whose little boys bounce on it...he calls it "the napmaker".
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Adey-I am not sure of why anyone would prefer the soft over hard bounce. As I said, I am not selling them, just getting testimonials for my website because I want people to know how great they are. You will have to ask Chris at Needak (1 800-232-5762) that question. Just make sure you say you heard about it from me and mention my website or "veggiefest" and you will get some $$ off. That is the deal I asked for, give my referrals a discount in exchange for the testimonials, so if you do buy one, just please make sure to comment when I get my rebounding forum going.
Sorry Jane, I don't have a direct link up yet on the website. My techie pal has been swamped lately so we are behind on getting some of the changes made, but hopefully we will get things done this week.
Geewhiz-I know what you mean about the napmaker. The kids were going crazy over the rebounder at veggie fest. Wish I had had one when my boys were little! It really wears them out! As for the sauna, I asked Phil at momemtum98 (626-200-8454) what he thought about that and he said he has not heard of anyone having a problem. The key is to drink a lot of water before during and after. You want to have enough in you to flush out the toxins. Swelling occurs when toxins back up so the idea is to get them out. You literally flush them out through the skin when you sweat. That is why it is so beneficial. Of course, if you are afraid to try it, you can always stick your arm out the armhole. That is why I love the portable one, it is versitile. I also like that I can keep my head out. Some of those wooden ones or health club ones just recirculate the toxins. Yuck! If you do get a sauna from Phil, please add you testimonial to my sauna blog. Call him if you have more questions and tell him I gave you his number. He will give you a better deal than is listed on the website.
I am really trying to encourage people to detox with FIR and rebounding because it is such an important part of prevention. So when I get my blogging done about it, I hope you will all put your two cents in.
Now get sweating!
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Awesome post! (Oops! should have clarified that my post is in reference to the Genetically Engineered Salmon.) Since my tumor was hormone receptive (and most breast cancers are) I'll steer clear of this Franken Food too. Makes me wonder how many breast cancer patients have no idea that their diet has such an impact on their health.
Will be sending out the quasi survey we chatted about so many posts ago and would love feedback! Please add your two cents. And, hopefully one of you bright ladies out there will steer me in the direction of posting it to the main page through a moderator?
All the best health always,
SuperMom101
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Awesome post! Since my tumor was hormone receptive (and most breast cancers are) I'll steer clear of this Franken Food too. Makes me wonder how many breast cancer patients have no idea that their diet has such an impact on their health.
Will be sending out the quasi survey we chatted about so many posts ago and would love feedback! Please add your two cents. And, hopefully one of you bright ladies out there will steer me in the direction of posting it to the main page through a moderator?
All the best health always,
SuperMom101
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Awesome post! Since my tumor was hormone receptive (and most breast cancers are) I'll steer clear of this Franken Food too. Makes me wonder how many breast cancer patients have no idea that their diet has such an impact on their health.
Will be sending out the quasi survey we chatted about so many posts ago and would love feedback! Please add your two cents. And, hopefully one of you bright ladies out there will steer me in the direction of posting it to the main page through a moderator?
All the best health always,
SuperMom101
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Great info' on the rebounders! Reading everyone's comments tonight made me realize how we hear what we're ready to learn. Rebounders were discussed here before, but didn't interest me, no doubt due to a lack of energy post-chemo & rads. Now, 18-months later, I'm intrigued and think I'll look into them.
Luna, about the Vitamin C... the one I've used for many years is 500 mg. and it's also sustained release, which makes sense to me since our bodies can't store C. I like that feature because it gives me more constant absorption throughout the day. I also use a little extra Emergen-C in the winter or when I'm travelling, because I feel like that's when I'm exposed to a lot more bugs. But of the 3 choices you listed, I'd probably try the Solgar. I like the combination of the Ester C and the bioflavanoid complex. Deanna
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Thanks Deanna!
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Here is a good test for the antioxidant and/or multi you are taking: Dissovle the tablet in a glass of water and put an apple slice in it. Look at it over the next few days. Does the apple stay fresh looking? I have seen some brands turn the apple black! This is because they actually use oil as a binder in some supplements! Put an apple slice in plain water at the same time. It will turn brown with normal oxidation, just like human cells. The lack of faith I began to get from many supplements is why I now stick to one brand. It is one less thing I have to think about. The apple will be oxidation free after a few days with the Usana antioxidant.
Deanna, I know what you mean about taking a while to get on any bandwagon. I was the same way. It took me almost two years to start rebounding. And I read about iodine for over a year before I finally tried it. I just wish I had been so diligent in my research before I succumbed to radiation. I am still kicking myself over that one! I get so mad at myself for not researching it more. But then again, who can think logically when they tell you you have cancer? Live and Learn.
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vivre, I think you would be the first to remind us not to let our minds dwell on the negative or waste our energy kicking ourselves over things in the past that we can't change. You've obviously learned from the experience and it has probably been been part of why you are so passionate about prevention. We can't always prevent being victims, but we don't have to stay victims if we take the experience and find a way to use it for good, which is exactly what you're doing. Deanna
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After Deanna told us about her root canal problem, I've been looking for suggestions on the best oral appliances or whatever their called. Is there a WaterPik or mechanical tooth brush you like? Or both?
Thanks!
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Deanna, you are so right, and that is the attitude I take most of the time. It is just so sad that the medical community cannot give us any choices. Drug companies can make all kinds of claims about some chemo, but if the makers of cherry juice dare to say it could help prevent gout, they are sued. Sugar coated cereal can claim it is 'heart healthy" but god forbid if a supplement company says the same thing about CoQ10. And oncs are taught about every kind of drug treatment, but if they dare to say that maybe tumeric will shrink a tumor too, they will lose their licsense. So I do not feel guilty, but I do feel victimized by the whole business of cancer. They make too much money off of us to ever want a real cure or spend some of the billions they rake in on prevention.
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Hear, hear, Vivre!! I haven't been inside a regular grocery store in months, and certainly haven't walked through the processed food aisles in ages, but I read tonight that Frito-Lay chips are allowed to be labeled as "heart healthy" -- while, as you said, healthy natural foods and supplements will meet the FDA's wrath if they dare state a proven health link. It really PISSES me off (pardon my language, but it does)... genetically-modified, ultra-processed, DEAD junk food is allowed to be labeled as "heart healthy" but it's illegal to describe the benefits of all the many, many NATURAL foods that actually are healthful?? UGH, I hate our government sometimes!!
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Well said ladies...well said! I too rarely shop in the "super" markets.
All this "Franken Food" is supported by the government because the USDA (think food pyramid) was originally created to subsidize farmers and has nothing to do with the health and welfare of the American people. School lunch menus can include 4 types of cow's milk (including chocolate milk) but not water. The government sees "no nutritional value in water" and won't reimburse the school district if water is offered as a beverage choice. Wonder what industry/council got that on all the menus?
The School of Nutrition at Harvard University says it best about the Food Pyramid:
[It] has been quite flawed at actually showing people what makes up a healthy diet. Why? Their recommendations have often been based on out-of-date science and influenced by people with business interests in their messages
It is so frustrating. These are bright people with PhDs in molecular biology telling us "everything is fine" with cow's kept artificially pregnant for 9 months (even organic) with elevated estrogen levels, they're creating genetically engineered hormones in salmon. And when we ask Is my tumor hormone receptive? They tell us it's because of a plant called soy! (I've substituted organic, non GMO soy for all our cooking and baking needs over 9 years ago.)
Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food. - Hippocrates
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Frankenfood!! Good name...
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And...diet coke is "heart healthy" too!
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Having no reason to go to a regular supermarket is an interesting measure of progress in our quest for better health. I was health-conscious before bc, but I still shopped at a regular supermarket probably 50% of the time. But now I have no reason to ever go there, shopping exclusively at Henry's (Whole Foods), Trader Joe's, and more and more at an all-organic/natural foods supermarket, as well as a weekend certified organic market. In fact, just walking into a regular supermarket, as I did a few weeks ago with DH for some spaghetti sauce he wanted, disgusted me -- all those aisles and carts of boxed non-food, not to mention the overwhelming smell of raw meat. But what does someone do if they don't have natural food markets where they live? Then it's considerably harder to find healthier choices.
Mollyann, I need to buy a waterpik, too, so am hoping someone will pop in with some advice.
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I just posted this link as a new thread, but knowing that some of you rarely venture out of this forum, I wanted to be sure you see it:
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Deanna, I rarely even shop at Whole Foods either, since it's at least a half-hour drive to get there (a lot more depending on traffic)... I buy most of our food now straight from the farm. Most of our veggies (from May through December anyway) come from our CSA, and I also buy from four other organic/grass-fed farms. They are about the same distance away, but it's worth the drive to get fresh food straight from the farm!
If I didn't have a natural food store near me, I'd do just that... find a good local organic farm and become a regular customer. If there were no organic farms near me, I'd grow my own vegetables and fruits and nuts, get some hens and maybe a dwarf dairy goat, and grow most of my own food myself... then supplement as needed with grass-fed/organic sources online (they ship in special cooler-boxes so the food stays frozen en route). Frankly, I'd rather forage for wild edibles (i.e. eat weeds!) than have to ever set foot in a grocery store again.
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if you want to eat fish---and one should, its good for you---eat lower on the food chain. The risks with mercury come from eatting too much fish who eat fish who eat fish.
In other words, Anchovies and Sardines = good.
That said, I still like tuna salad sandwiches for lunch [and salmon ones too!] I have great sources for canned tuna & canned salmon--both from small producer who fishes humanly and cans their catch. We don't eat a lot of if but at least we know what we are eatting with what we do eat. i get them at my farmers markets but they both sell their canned stuff on line--lokifish.com for the salmon and tunatuna.com for the tuna.
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Hi ladies. I don't post often, but sure am learning a lot from all of you. On the topic of Frankenfoods and the over abundance of processed foods, I happen to be reading Michael Pollan's book "In Defense of Food". It is fascinating. He is a wonderful jounalist and details when it all started to go to H&%$LL in the early 80's. I guess there were government committees trying to help us get healthier, control packaging etc... That's when we REALLY started getting away from eating real food and thinking the food processors who labeled "heart healthy, low fat, etc". knew more than we did. Needless to say, all these years later, our population has never been fatter or less healthy! I am a child of the 60's and have to say I don't have much faith in government keeping me healthy or doing much of anything well anymore. Long ago I decided that it was MY responsibility to get and keep my family healthy. The book is a great read. He also documents how huge the return is on a small home garden (has turned his kids onto veggies too).
crunchy- For those of us who live in urban areas, we have to rely on Whole Foods, Farmers Markets etc...I wish I could go to local farms, but we don't even own a car. I am actually thinking of growing veggies hydroponically in my apartment. There is an organic restauranteur here in NYC who grows all his veggies that way. His restaurant is street level and the WHOLE roof of the building is filled with hydroponic growers bursting with organic strawberries, lettuces etc... His hope is to help people grow their own veggies in urban settings as it is much more affordable than the quite expensive farmers markets, Whole Foods etc... He said it only takes 4 weeks from seed to full maturity. Brilliant!
For all of us concerned (rightfully) about mercury in fish, I totally agree with the lower food chain recommendation. I just heard that if you eat canned tuna (and we do in moderation), choose the "light" tuna. It is always made of smaller fish and therefore has less mercury.
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Designer, I hope you don't think I was knocking Whole Foods -- I wasn't, by any stretch! It just tends to be a lot more expensive than buying straight from the farm. When I was carless and lived in the heart of Boston, I shopped at Whole Foods and farmers' markets too... we all have to do what we can given our situations... but my point was really that there's no excuse not to eat organic whole foods. ANYONE can eat them, even if we have to grow it ourselves!
That is great about that NYC restaurant! My husband and I have bemoaned the fact that there aren't any organic restaurants near us. We've toyed with the idea of starting one ourselves, but of course that's a major commitment and it pretty much would take over your whole life.
BTW, I would love to do some hydroponic veggies too, especially for the winter/early spring. How did you find organic nutrients? The only ones I've seen for growing hydroponically are chemical-based instead of organic, but admittedly I haven't looked into it too much yet.
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DesignerMom-I would love to learn how to grow hydoponics. I love going through "The Land" at DisneyWorld and seeing all those amazing things growing. I have never been to NYC and never had a desire to since I live near one of the most beautiful cities in the world (in spite of the political crooks, LOL). So I always figured, who needs a bigger and dirtier version of Chicago. But if you could get that guy to give us tours of his rooftop garden, and teach us how to grow our own, we just may have to do a natural girls gathering in the big apple.
Sending prayers to you and yours in memory of Sept. 11th. I wonder if I will every get through that day with out a cry. Never forget.
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Hi ladies. I wonder how many of y'all are finding yourself set adrift in relationships with others as a result of your quest for health through better food and lifestyle choices? One of my biggest pillars of support during my year of treatments really threw me for a loop recently. She's very active in her church, and I'm not a chruchgoer at all, so we move in different circles. Yet, I thought we had a pretty solid friendship. I had her to my house for dinner in July. Next time I hear from her is just one month later, and she tells me that she was dx'd with sqaumous cell skin cancer and she's been recovering from her surgery for the previous 2 weeks.
I was stunned by her news. Then I was stunned by her decision process. Her surgery was within mere days of the dx/biopsy. To find out as an afterthought, well, I feel dissed, marginalized. If she had wanted to seek a second opinion, or seek out options besides surgery, if she had wanted to question ANYTHING, I thought I would be her go-to person for that.
Instead, she chose to keep me at a distance. She chose to go along with whatever the first doctor said. That's certainly her perogative, of course. Still, it feels like a sucker punch to me. She knows full well that I've spent every day since my own dx over 5 years ago learning about cancer, treatments, nutrition, and alternative choices. I guess I've changed more than I realize. Apparently, there's a lot fewer things I have in common with this friend than I did before this giant detour into cancerland came along and changed the course of my life. Anyone else experiencing things like this? Do you just move on? Find new friends?
On a different note, I was shopping for groceries today for my mom. She needed yogurt, and when I reached for it today, there was PINK plastered all over the lid! I almost didn't buy it! I'm debating what I can do to reduce my exposure to pink in the weeks to come!
designermom, I saw an interview with that guy who's growing his restaurant's produce on the roof. What a great idea. I also read In Defense of Food. One of my faves.
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crunchy- I didn't think you were anti anything. Your posts have always been very informative and generous. I haven't actually done any hydroponics, I'm still researching. I am going to try to locate this guy who owns the organic restaurant and rooftop hydroponic garden and see if he might give me a tour. I'll let you guys know what I find out. When we are not in NYC, we live on an island near Vancouver and I have big plans for our gardens etc... Your comment about a dwarf goat have piqued my interest. Bahhhhhh!
vivre- Thank you for your prayers and rememberance of September 11. I certainly will never, ever forget. After witnessing and living through tthat day, it would be impossible to forget. The fireman's memorial is one block from my front windows. They have already moved the cars and tomorrow New York's Finest will turn out in their dress uniforms. I cry every year watching these brave, true heroes.
About all the pink. Do you guys feel it is over done and sort of exploited?I feel like I am being radiated with pink this month, can't avoid it!
Althea- I hope you and your friend will find a way of reconnecting. Please don't take it personally that she has chosen a traditional medical path. Everyone has to make their own decision for treatment. I also chose chemo and radiation, but am actively seeking and practicing more healthy diet, lifestyle etc... to add to it. Perhaps after her medical treatments she might be receptive to learning some of the many things you have learned. About her being a churchgoer and you not, I don't think that should matter. I, too am not a churchgoer, but we homeschool my son and belong to a Christian homeschool coop. My Christian friends are some of my dearest friends and they know we don't go to church. It has actually become sort of a joke!
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Living in S FL I haven't tried the hydroponic gardening. We do have a longer growing season but have to change crops because of the heat. Had several gardens but the "good" stuff just doesn't grow here. Broccoli, squashes, carrots, etc. But, we can really grow peppers, beans, tomatoes and okra - and not to forget the citrus. But, I just love the apples, pears and cherries!
I have a hard time at the store too. Some of the organic pricing is really tough to adjust to.
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Althea,
I know how you feel. I had something very similar happen to me. My friend knew I studied a lot about about cancer for years when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was very hurt because I thought she respected all the knowledge I had gathered over the years with great frustration---and I assumed she would seek me out. She didn't.
It took me a while (other friends helped) for me to see that she was afraid of what I knew, she was afraid that I would try to help her and most poignantly, she was afraid I would disaprove of her choices.
For a couple of months, I felt very "sucker punched" by her. Like she wasn't the person I thought she was.
Althea, you have been here so long and given us such wisdom. If your friend got even a shred of that wisdom, you may have intimidated her without knowing. That's not your fault. It's her fear. Give her some time to get used to her diagnosis and then you can tell her you need to discuss your friendship.
Thank you for everything you share here. You are appreciated and loved. I don't post often anymore but I come back to visit. I always look for you and the veterans
xox
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