Thyroid Cancer Surgery. Never Been Operated On in 53 Years!

byH-Spinney

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Updated 5 years ago

I'm still in a daze...

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Tuesday, November 27th 2018 I actually had cancer surgery...

It literally seems so surreal.

Thyroid cancer.

They had to remove some of my lymph nodes as well.

Never been a smoker or a drinker. Never. No recreational drugs either. Never used marijuana... Just the smell of the stuff makes me sick.

Man... I thought I knew what pain was. The pain after the operation makes a grown man cry - especially at night does the pain become more acute. I can't seem to lay down flat - have to sit up to get any reasonable rest.

This sucks!

You see, just when you're on the right track, just when you're so close to the thrill of reaching some of your hard fought goals... Then this!

This is exactly why I wrote the post "Unwavering Focus."

Circumstances of Life will come after you like a rabid wild animal, and if you don't fight back, your circumstances will eat you alive. Disease does not discriminate. When it comes, it comes hard.

Many of you here at Wealthy Affiliate are dealing with serious health issues as I write this post, yet you refuse to quit, you refuse to give up!

Day after day you continue to work on your affiliate marketing businesses despite the obstacles, some of which seem overwhelming.

In times like these the community here at Wealthy Affiliate is a huge advantage that I find quite encouraging -especially at times like this.

Come to find out, my younger sister had to have her thyroid remover about 3 years ago, so this may be a genetic fluke. So although my case seems to be a family predisposition, it could have very well have been my diet that could have been the culprit.

With major health issues usually come major adjustments, especially dietary changes. However, I've seen people fail to eat healthy, even AFTER their doctor made it clear that they must change their dietary habits!

I've been reading Dr Joel Furman's book "The End of Heart Disease". Absolutely remarkable, eye-opening book.

I started reading this book because I wanted to find a way to naturally lower my blood pressure without becoming dependent on pharmaceutical medications to do it.

It was during my doctor visits months ago for high blood pressure that my doctor discovered the thyroid issues.

I'm also reading "Anticancer: A New Way of Life" by David Servan-Schreiber Md Phd.

The interesting point both doctors agree on is the Standard American Diet, or SAD as it's appropriately called, is a major reason for the development of cancers, heart disease and strokes.

So my point is this: If I were you, I would take a hard, long look at my daily dietary habits in relation to my health. You cannot separate the two.

Sugar. Salt. Processed foods. High Fruitose Corn Syrup. Dairy. What we stuff in our mouths is slowly killing us. Not intending to be critical of those who like sugar, salt processed foods and dairy; just stating facts.

I could spend hours talking about how our food is killing us, but I won't. If you care about your body, that's something you have to do for yourself.

Chinese food, chicken wings, french fries, diet soda and ALL sodas, pizza, breakfast cereals, dairy products, even so-called "low fat", "low calorie" foods are a total joke.

Anything, I mean ANYTHING coming out of a restaurant is LOADED with sodium.

And if any of you are obese - do something, NOW. Not tomorrow or next week, TODAY! If you don't pritorize your health and treat it with a sense of urgency, you will live to regret it...IF you live.

Actually, I would encourage ALL OF YOU to read "The End of Heart Disease: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" by Dr Joel Furman.

I can say this with certainty; although we live in the most prosperous country in the world, we Americans take far too much for granted.

Please, if some of you younger WA members are reading this, don't make the boneheaded mistake of thinking you're immune to this because of your age and relative good health.

You cannot eat everything you want for years and years and expect that your bad habits won't catch up with you. That's NOT how it works.

You only get ONE body. You only get ONE crack at this thing called Life. Just ONE.

Gotta go now...the pain is quite uncomfortable...

Talk Soon,

Howard

PS: While I'm laid up, do you know what I'm gonna do?..WRITE, WRITE and WRITE SOME MORE!