Cancer Diet
No meat, no wheat
And nothing sweet
Dairy’s scary
So be wary
Eat Beans and greens
Just don’t fry ’em
But Gmo’s —
Don’t even try ’em!
Supplements are
Really nifty
Just look out ’cause
Some are shifty
Omega 3’s —
Good forever
Omega 6’s —
Eat them never!
Alcohol is
Quite verboten
Except for red —
A bit’s allotted
Coffee maybe
Aspirin daily
Lemon water —
Yes ya oughta
Doctors meds
And exercise
Anti-ox’s
No surprise
Try this diet
And you’ll see
Life is good
No misery!
Or maybe not
Shoot, I don’t know…
Ya gotta try
Something though…
If this all fails
Then seems to me
That Oregon’s
The place to be
I was diagnosed with stage 1 ER-positive cancer in my left breast in 2010. Upon investigation, it turned out that I had a matching tumor in my right breast. I underwent a bilateral mastectomy with chemo. One always wonders how much one’s own choices create and/or affect the outcome of the disease. Like others, I engaged in a rigorous reevaluation of my lifestyle choices. This poem reflects the recommendations for a cancer-free diet, which I, for one, did not adopt until after getting diagnosed. The last two stanzas expressed my fear of recurrence and my dark desire to have the option of medically assisted suicide (at the time this poem was written, Oregon was the only place that was a legal option) should that occur.
This post was written and submitted by Kate Matthews. The article reflects the views of Matthews and not of CURE®. This is also not supposed to be intended as medical advice.
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