Today was the easiest IPT (chemo) day so far in the fact that it took the least time. I still felt pretty cruddy when I got home, but things went smoother at the center. After having another "moment" yesterday where I needed a little reviving, they are watching me like hawks. Yesterday my blood pressure went down to 76/32 before I said anything about not feeling very good. They weren't happy with me. I just thought I was feeling a little nauseous and clammy. I didn't know.... I know a lot of it has to do with me already having low blood pressure as a rule and then doing a juice fast on top of that tends to give people low blood pressure. So, I have to be careful. But I am continuing the juice fast -- after Thursday (which is my 14 day mark), I will take it a day or two at a time. I am not committing to a juice fast for months. But, I have someone making my juice for me and soooooo much help with Caleb and Emma, that I need to see this through.

Some people have asked what is in my green juice. Here is the daily recipe:
dandelion greens
kale
spinach
celery
cucumber
lemon (to get rid of the bitter taste from the greens)
green apple (to sweeten it up a little -- green apples are very low in sugar so I can include them and Dr. Lodi says that if the juice doesn't taste good, what is the point; you're not going to want to drink it)

I drink about 3 qts of that each day. That is my food. I am pretty done at this point with not chewing, but on Thursday for my birthday, I might splurge with some homemade flax seed crackers that Mom and Karson made to take to the center (you know, like how kids bring cupcakes on their birthday -- I am bringing flax seed crackers to all my little friends and nurses)

On IPT days, right after they adminster the chemo and the other drugs, I get to have my sugar splurge to get my blood sugar back up quickly. On the juice fast, that means more juice. But this juice is AMAZING! My Mom has mandarin orange trees in her back yard and she peels the oranges and drops the sections into the juicer and I get this thick, beautiful orange juice that is the sweetest thing you have ever tasted! 2 qts of it every Tues and Thurs. When I am done with the juice fast, I will get to eat a banana or orange or watermelon or some high sugar fruit. Then a salad with olive oil on it. Apparently, olive oil can be huge in not letting your blood sugar fall. So, high sugar fruit to bring it back up and then olive oil to keep it there.

So there is a little info on my eating. Sorry if it is boring. I thought it would be great to get it down.

One last note -- GO ALI for winning Biggest Loser! Finally a girl! And isn't she darling!!!!