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Cancer Cookbooks and Glioblastoma

September 13, 2021 By Sandra Bornstein

Health is like money. We never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.  Josh Billings. When faced with a glioblastoma diagnosis, it is essential to keep the body as strong as possible so it can effectively recover from the standard of care protocol— brain surgery, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eating, Glioblastoma, Resources & Tips Tagged With: cancer and diet, coping with glioblastoma, diet and cancer, Eat to Beat Disease, eating healthy, embracing life after cancer diagnosis, healthy choices, mindset and cancer, nutrient dense diet and glioblastoma, sugar and cancer

Should Glioblastoma Patients Investigate Radical Remission?

September 3, 2021 By Sandra Bornstein

Sandy and Ira Bornstein hiking in Telluride, Colorado July 2020

I cannot forget the day when my husband, Ira, was diagnosed with glioblastoma. I had accompanied Ira to his doctor’s appointment because I was concerned. We had just driven back from our youngest son's pandemic wedding in Telluride, Colorado and Ira had trouble staying within the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Glioblastoma, Resources & Tips Tagged With: diet and cancer, embracing life after cancer diagnosis, exercise and cancer, following gut reactions, harnessing one's inner power, herbs, how to beat the odds, incurable cancer, Kelly A Turner, lifestyle and cancer, mindset and cancer, pets and longevity, positivity and cancer, releasing emotions, social support, spirituality and cancer, supplements and cancer, taking an active role in decision making

Eat to Beat Disease and Glioblastoma

August 24, 2021 By Sandra Bornstein

Our multi-tiered lifestyle choices produced positive results.

Over a year ago, I reached out to Dr. William W. Li to review Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How the Body Can Heal Itself. I wanted to explore the connection between diet and health. Within days of Ira's diagnosis of glioblastoma, an incurable brain cancer, I received … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Eating, Glioblastoma Tagged With: coping with glioblastoma, diet and cancer, Dr. William Li, eating healthy, EmbraceLifeDefeatGlio, embracing life after cancer diagnosis, food choices and cancer, foods and cancer, healthy choices, nutrient dense diet and glioblastoma, nutrient dense foods, sugar and cancer

Mark Your Calendar—Glioblastoma Awareness Day—July 21, 2021

July 15, 2021 By Sandra Bornstein

Sandy and Ira Skiing Vail's Back Bowls March 2021

Even though I was aware that John McCain, Beau Biden, and Ted Kennedy were victims of brain cancer, a year ago I would not have been able to identify the terms— glioblastoma, glio, or GBM. These medical words had no meaning. It was not until Ira’s diagnosis last July that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adapting to Glio, Attitude, Glioblastoma, Lifestyle Tagged With: active lifestyle and glioblastoma, Captiva Island, coping with glioblastoma, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Dr. Chad Rusthoven, Dr. David Reardon, Dr. Douglas Ney, Dr. Jeanne Wallace, Dr. Kevin Lillehei, EmbraceLifeDefeatGlio, GBM, GBMDay, glio, glioblastoma, Grand Hyatt Vail, Michelle Gerencser, Optune device, Optune treatment for glioblastoma, overcoming adversity, overcoming challenges, perseverance and cancer, positivity and cancer, snorkeling near Ni'ihau, UC Health, UC Health Cancer Care, University of Colorado Hospital, Vista Verde Ranch, wearing an Optune device

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