Posts Tagged: Leep Procedure

• 01
  Nov

  Dooms day is done.

  
  

  Hey there!

  November 1st. Surgery day. My dooms day.

  I couldn’t sleep last night, kept thinking through things. One thing I thought about was, wether we die young, or live to be 102, life is short. Too short to be fearful to take risks, ask for what you want or worry about what people think. Random late night sleepless thought.

  Pulled up at the Women’s Centre at the Vancouver Hospital.

  

  I was headed to floor 6.

  

  The surgery was crappy. I’m not going to pretend it was hunky dory, cause it was shitty. Even though I am tough and can make it through anything- I don’t wish that upon anyone. My Leep procedure is done, and now any potential cancerous cells are gone from my body. Mike was holding my hand the whole time, and the doctor and nurses were very kind. I am very tired and out of it right now, so perhaps we can expand on it more at a later date. But again, my plea is that you get a yearly pap done. Cervix cancer can be detected well in advance if you get your yearly checkup.

  After the surgery, the nurse said to eat right away and don’t count calories! lol

  Mike and I met our friends Eden and Colin for lunch at Organic Lives.
  

  We sat down right before the lunch rush, this place did get BIZY!

  

  I got the Sicilian Wrap with a ceaser salad. Ah-maze-ing!

  

  For dessert Mike and I shared the “ridiculous” (that’s really it’s name!) And Colin and Eden shared the “OMG” (yup, that’s it’s name too)

  

  Since I’ve been home I have travelled back and forth from the bed to the couch. This little hellion angel knows when it’s time to pour on his sweetness when I just need some comfort and cuddles.

  

  Here’s my station today… In between watching some Dog Whisperer re-runs. lol
  

  Going to bed now! Tomorrow is a new day. Love and light!

  Amanda

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• 23
  Oct

  Why bring your camera if you don’t have a memory card?

  
  

  Hello!

  Today I went exploring outside for an episode of The Nature of Things with Amanda Suzuki. Hauling my camera around “ain’t no big thang”… but it’s still kind of a obstacle, especially with a crazy dog.

  The annoyance factor gets REALLY high when you go to take your first award winning shot and the memory card is sitting back in your computer at home. BOO.

  Well, thank goodness for iphones….

  

  I took Painter on a big stroll around the neighbourhood. It was such a beautiful day.

  

  Our stroll through the park turned into a mud slopping, sand kicking, rock hopping good time!

  

  Ha, He was trying to catch the water splashes with his mouth. cute

  After a good Kilometre running along the muddy shoreline. My dog was wet, tired and DIRTY!

  

  As soon as I got home, he was thrown into the bath…

  It’s been a good weekend. I have relaxed quite a bit these last 2 days, which is great. I am usually go, go, go. I’ve had a lot on my mind lately and am trying not to get too stressed out….Of course the wedding plans have been a big brain space filler, and my upcoming surgery next week is another weird force that fills up your brain with too much thinking.

  Thoughts in my head about my surgery:

  -why am I even worried?

  -what if they find something really bad?

  -why did I get this?

  - am I feeling sorry for myself?

  -what right do I have even feeling bad for one second when so many others are going through way worse?

  -I know I need to eat a plant based diet, but sometime I just don’t want to care about what I eat?

  -how will this change my life?

  -I want to have kids, but maybe not right this second, but if I don’t do it this second will it be too late?

  -is this even a big deal?

  And on and on and on…

  To the right of my computer I have an oracle card that states I am a powerful healer, but then my appointment card hits me in the face, I try to remind myself that this VERY MOMENT, is all that counts. Yoga is good.

  

  Hmmmm….as Gwen Stefani says…”I’m just a girl in the world….”

  In non-emotional news I also went to Costco today. We have a HUGE family of 2 humans plus 1 dog to feed, so we NEED a Costco card, haha…

  Anyway…I picked up some nuts..

  What? Nuts in the fridge?

  

  Yep. Something I have learned in the last 6 months is that we should keep our nuts in the fridge. They do go bad just like any other perishable food. So I fill my handy mason jars for my day-to-day use and I keep the fat bag of nuts in the crisper…

  

  Tomorrow I am thinking Brownies with the walnuts and almond milk with the almonds! OW!

  I got 2 boxes of the arugula/spinach mix of greens. Making green smoothies all week baby!

  
  I wish I could have got local greens, but these California greens will work.
  
  And some “sulfite flavoured” olives, lol…
  And a lifetime supply of cotton pads.

  We got some other stuff too, I just can’t remember….

  Anything exciting happen for you over the weekend? Fill me in!

  Oh, and here’s to a kick ass week filled with pure potential!!!

  xo

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• 24
  Sep

  The real reason I am into raw food and why we got our dog….

  
  

  Hey friends!

  I’ve been wanting to talk about this for a while, but I refrained since I know some of my clients read my blog. However, my voice and how I read scripts has nothing to do with what I am about to share with you.

  I feel compelled to share this. I really don’t give a crap if it’s too “personal” or something I should keep private. We are on this earth for such a short amount of time, if I can do something to shed light for someone else who may be going through the same thing, then that will make it worth it.

  A few months back my doctor’s office called to get me scheduled in for my yearly pap. I am so grateful to have such a great family doctor because if she didn’t call to make me come in for my check ups. I probably wouldn’t schedule it myself.

  Then in early July she called and asked me to come in because of abnormal results from my pap. So I went in and she explained that I had precancerous cells in my cervix and a biopsy needed to be performed.
  I was devastated. I know that tons of women go through this type of thing… but when it’s YOU. Your world stops for a moment. I bawled my eyes out and it was in that moment that Mike was desperate to cheer us both up and he said “we’re going to get a dog.” So that day, we did.

  

  He definitely makes us happy!

  

  I have been trying to stay uber positive about the whole thing. Here is a new goals map I posted beside my desk.

  

  But I feel like I am dealing with a build up from the past. In 2001 I had an ectopic pregnancy where the baby ruptured in my fallopian tube. I almost died during the process, but I survived and had one less tube and a broken heart. I was given this book back then which I still carry with me 10 years later.

  

  And the note from the wonderful lady who gave me the book. I feel like this book  was the beginning of a more “spiritual me”. This is such a great book for women.

  

  It talks about creating physical and emotional health and  healing. Such as working with the 7 chakra’s. Helping us understand HOW and WHY we get these diseases in the first place.

  

  My affected area is the Sacral Chakra. The Sacral Chakra (known as the 2nd Chakra) represents your sexuality, creativity, finances, personal power, and relationships. Interesting. I can’t pin point exactly why I am having issues in he 2nd chakra. Fear of abandonment is probably one issue, along with the pain of my ectopic pregnancy harbouring over the years? Either way, my biopsy states that I need a Leep Procedure done, which will get rid of the shitty unwelcome cells in my body.

  

  Y’all know how positive I am and how I am not going to let this bring me down, but it has made me more emotional in the last bit.

  

  I know that by eating good food you can control about 60% of how healthy your body is. The other 40% is your stress levels, your thoughts, emotions, harbouring ill feelings. So my goal is to eat as good as I can and be as stress free as I can and live a long, healthy, vibrant, prosperous and abundant life.

  I have a great support team,-thanks to my girlfriends, my family, my mom for making a special trip just to come to my biopsy and thanks to Mike. I am a lucky girl.

  I guess my purpose of sharing this is to:
  -get a PAP! (cervix cancer can be detected EARLY, however in Canada alone 1 person dies per day from it!)
  -Treat your body right through the foods you eat.
  -let go of unsupportive thoughts and emotions. (through yoga, meditation, etc)
  -live life to the fullest. Don’t let anyone or anything get in your way.

  I am going to be doing a course with Feed Life, Starve Canver at Organic Lives starting next week. I also spotted these classes by feedlife.ca that are happening downtown Vancouver that look amazing. Let’s be proactive, rather than reactive.

  Thanks for reading! I promise not to post depressing posts like this often, I just wanted to let you know what’s really been on my mind!

  Take care and we’ll talk soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon

  xoxo

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