It worked... now comes the hard part

My Oncologist told me, at my last visit that, if I lost 30lbs and started to push the exercise I might be able to lower my cancer numbers. Well, I didn't really believe him. But I thought that I should give it the old college try. I was having problems with my feet burning and legs that had no energy reserves so I was only able to ride about 5 miles before I just couldn't go on. He put me on some meds. to fix that and it worked great. So I started to ride, like I rode years ago getting ready for a century ride. The medication allowed me to really challenge myself. So I put 100% effort into exercise & my weight loss.

I used a web site called (myfitnesspal.com) and it is great. It is free and very simple to use and it worked. Before my last blood test I had lost the weight and was riding 100 miles+ per week.

When I got my results I was shocked. All my numbers had moved closer to the normal range! My IGG went from 2400 down to 2100. My M-spike stayed the same. My kidney tests were now normal and so was my RBC. My WBC was still a little low but better than last time! By golly it seems to have worked. My oncologist was more excited than I was. He kept pointing to the test results and saying "that's the proof!".

So now what? I'm good at focusing and getting things done. I'm also very good and just letting things go and worrying about it later. This is new to me. I just need to maintain where I'm at and what I'm doing. I've never tried that before. The Dr. doesn't want me to lose any more weight. He said that could be counter productive. He also wants me to keep my exercise where it is. So I'm learning a new skill. Maintaining where I'm at now. I have to eat more, that just feels wrong after 3 months of watching and recording every bit of food that I eat. Jenni is working with me on that. Helping me plan my food intake on days before long rides or the day after. I can't put enough food in my body to cover calories used after a 50+ mile ride. The riding plan is easy as it is something I really enjoy.

So things are going great here. My goal remains the same. To use the diet and exercise to control the MM as long as possible. My Dr. is hoping for it to work well enough to get it undetectable, but cautioned me to not jump on that as it is a BIG goal to accomplish and the MM might not cooperate. I feel great and I'm more positive about the future than I have been in a long while.

I'm getting stronger each and every day!

The body is sick, but thanks to Jesus the soul is alive and well...