Preparation Time - Tuesday, July 14, 2009

In the weeks before the operation, a naturopath happened to call and introduce herself to me. She works in our local area once a month. Since she refers many of her patients to our store she wanted to become more familiar with our products and so requested a store tour. I agreed to meet with her a week later. I was especially impressed by her training at Bastyr, a naturopathic college in Washington state, which included learning about the interaction between drugs and herbs. During the tour she mentioned that she treats many patients battling cancer. I asked for some business cards. After I made the decision to do chemotherapy I remembered her and decided to call. I made an appointment for one week before chemo would start in order to get a head start preparing my body for the treatments ahead. She tailored the program I was already on by reducing some supplements that would have interferred with the chemo. She also added some products that would protect the specific body systems chemo attacks most. I started on the program as soon as possible, grateful that I had some concrete direction.