The immune system of cancer patients is the topic of many discussions nowadays. How will it react to Corona infection during and after immunotherapy? No clear answers except that there is a an increased risk of complications.
Cancer patients can’t get their regular treatments in Holland and are also cut off from the assurance of regular checkups. Lucky my last checkup 2 weeks ago in Tokyo continued as usual. Somehow Japanese react differently this pandemic.
I read that a Japanese flu medicine worked well in China and Japan to reduce the effects of the new Corona virus. It’s under trials now to validate it’s effect and to release if to all patients. This same medicine is used for regular flu jabs, and maybe the reason why there appears to be more resistance in Japan.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Adopting healthy habits
Eating healthy is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of healthy habits. This is common sense when thinking about what the most common cause is of sickness: being overweight. Deciding which habits keep you healthy and happy is not reserved for cancer patients with a pandemic on our hands.
I listen to people who don’t want to adopt change, don’t want events to be postponed, who don’t believe closing schools is a good idea. To me it’s all the same: nobody likes to change their comfy lifestyle, especially not because of a government decision. But what if you decided for yourself what is the right thing to do?
It’s everyone’s urgent decision. Why not start with healthy habits suggested by medical experts instead of worrying, watching media, staring at trends and stockpiling? I remember the period after hearing I was diagnosed with cancer clearly. It forced me to rethink my life, my habits, my stress patterns and come to terms with my deepest fears.
So why is having cancer so different from deciding to start living a healthy lifestyle as a healthy person? Why is the lack of urgency such a recipe for repeated delay? Because cancer gives you a clear deadline. Not by choice but by nature. Nature provides us many such signals, if only we would listen and act.
I listen to people who don’t want to adopt change, don’t want events to be postponed, who don’t believe closing schools is a good idea. To me it’s all the same: nobody likes to change their comfy lifestyle, especially not because of a government decision. But what if you decided for yourself what is the right thing to do?
It’s everyone’s urgent decision. Why not start with healthy habits suggested by medical experts instead of worrying, watching media, staring at trends and stockpiling? I remember the period after hearing I was diagnosed with cancer clearly. It forced me to rethink my life, my habits, my stress patterns and come to terms with my deepest fears.
So why is having cancer so different from deciding to start living a healthy lifestyle as a healthy person? Why is the lack of urgency such a recipe for repeated delay? Because cancer gives you a clear deadline. Not by choice but by nature. Nature provides us many such signals, if only we would listen and act.
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