Mesothelioma Cancer & the Nutrition Connection

When a person's body is fighting cancer, having proper diet and nutrition is essential for ensuring that the body is bets prepared to tackle cancer cells and also heal from treatments. Mesothelioma is a specific type of cancer caused from exposure to asbestos. We are constantly trying to create more information on people can best deal with mesothelioma, and one of the things we wanted to make was a nutrition guide for mesothelioma patients

Fit Chick Cancer Thriver, NutritionTracy RobertApril 23, 2023cancer, nutritionComment

Guess what? The Comeback is not always as strong as the Setback

Guess what? The comeback is not always as strong as the setback. In fact I am jealous over the people I see that seem to make it look so effortless. They are high on life because they see differently, they accomplished their first marathon or got in the best shape of their life, climbed Everest or created an amazing product to help cancer patients. Now, don’t get me wrong I have had my moments but honestly, I have been aboard the struggle bus since 2015!

A Letter to a New Cancer Patient

“Wanting to be someone else, is a waste of the person you are” ~Marilyn Monroe

I was diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer in 2015, a few months after my 40th birthday. I was devastated. Why would this happen to me? I was the poster child of health & fitness in all the ways one can be “healthy". One thing I could come up with after months and months of agonizing and fighting this diagnosis, unwilling to accept the fate of living with a permanent colostomy bag after being inundated with poisonous chemicals and radiation….I had lived for 20 years with chronic inflammation and autoimmune disease.

My immune system was compromised from mono when I was a teen and the standard american college diet of processed foods & alcohol contributed to my gut permeability but this was misunderstood in the late 1990’s. So I adapted to chronic bloating, constipation, fatigue and pushed through changing my lifestyle and diet at 24 with very little change in symptoms and several GI doctors telling me to just eat more fiber (which I was).

Fit Chick Cancer Thriver, Health, InspirationTracy RobertJune 29, 2022cancer, cancersurvivor, cancerthriver, grief, anguishComment

TO ALL MY CANCER THRIVERS

I am almost part of the 7 year club. The 7 year Cancer free club and I feel the “itch of discontentment” boiling up at times. Do you know what I am talking about?

The wondering if cancer will ravage my body again since I don’t get those semiannual scans. The concern that a day I feel more tired could be a warning sign. And knowing the healthy lifestyle I lived did not thwart cancer’s rage which dimmed my confidence on all I believe.

The inside voices attack without notice despite all my counseling and life coaching. I think it is part of the Survivor experience. I have larger tools available in my ammunition that have pushed me in to a THRIVER and remind me to be here today rather than worry about the future.

Inspiration, Fit Chick Cancer ThriverTracy RobertAugust 16, 2021cancer, cancersurvivor, cancerthriverComment

Chronic Beauty "Growth happens in the In Between"

“It’s a GREAT life if you don’t lose faith.” ~John Herlihy (my grampa)

WARNING-This may be too real for some…

Life Before Cancer (B.C.) was fairly normal. I worked the Monday-Friday schedule, did the dinner, read the books, said the prayers, did the weekend sports, volunteered for church, prepped my food, and hit replay.

My healthy lifestyle did not exempt me from Cancer’s grip and so after the initial shock wore off and a plan was in motion I went into treatment like an Olympic athlete. In an attempt to avoid the darkness from creeping into my every pore I daily posted to Facebook. I shared a sentimental song with a story about an event or a person that had an impact on my life. It was cathartic for me, it kept me from being sucked into my grief and helped me to contribute something positive to the world of social media in an effort to inspire someone else.

Fit Chick Cancer Thriver, Chronic Pain, InspirationTracy RobertNovember 6, 2019Chronic pain, caregiver, marriage, thriver, cancerComment

Carnivore Diet Strategy-My SIBO Healing journey

If you would have told this fit chick that she would be entertaining the idea of using the Carnivore diet as a strategy to heal her SIBO. I would had said an emphatic NOPE!!

Backstory on my Guts of Health (anything but….) more like Guts of HURT!

I was fine growing up, no pooping (yes I said it, let’s get it out of the way)! issues

At 17 I had contracted the MONO (EBV) virus probably from my boyfriend’s brother who had it…no I wasn’t kissing him but I was running myself between school, sports and work and my immune system was obviously suppressed. So I had a 3 week vacation my senior year-NOT!

Then I had my wisdom teeth out, bacterial can fester there and could have made its way to my gut!

A year after that I ate bad shrimp and was puking at my new boyfriend’s house, first time I met his parents UGH!! nightmare.

Those last 3 events probably created the perfect storm…6 months after the bad shrimp I started having WEIRD tummy issues.

Cleaning up my Act-Reasons to buy an EMF reader

As a Fit Chick & Whole Food Coach I was shocked by the news I had cancer in 2015. The last several years has been a deliberate inquiry of how I can create the cleanest environment for my family. So I’m checking my skin care, my cleaning products, having my water tested, mold in the house tested and now EMF’s.

I would have thought “what a crazy extremist” years ago but yep but when like goes sideways I own that crazy stuff!

Fit Chick Cancer ThriverTracy RobertAugust 4, 2019cancerComment