Inner Tough Girl: Is Any of This Post Cancer Stuff Working?

A Tough Girl's Blog About Living Life After Cancer
I thought when cancer was gone I would be the same. . . what a joke!
Angella Hamilton ~Inner Tough Girl

Is Any of This Post Cancer Stuff Working?

I spend a lot of my day just trying to feel good. I wake up and drink my green juice, I found a Power Plate at a gym by my house. I eat pretty good throughout the day. I exercise. I take a shit load of vitamins and that's just before noon. I am an advocate for healthy living and yet, I have to ask myself " Is any of this really working? " In a conversation with one of my clients, she said " It's almost like the people who don't do those things want you to fail so they can be right." Yes. I suppose it's true. But I can't help to think what would happen if I didn't do all of these things. I would be in complete misery.

The Inner Tough Girls recently received sponsorship for their programs from a company call RX AID. It's a prescription assistance program helping people without insurance or crappy insurance get the medications they need.

I had to think long and hard about this - on one hand, I do not advocate lazy people taking no responsibility for their health and just wanting a pill to make it better. On the other hand, I know from personal experience there are drugs that absolutely helped me in my recovery. The more I started to think about it, I realized I could do a lot more good for people on this program than harm. I have the chance to reach out to people in need , teach them a different way of life , maybe make a few lifestyle changes to increase their quality of life. If they still need the medication they are taking, they will be able to get it - whether they have insurance or not.

When I was in the hospital, I was very afraid to take any pain medication because I didn't want to be 'hooked' . Then someone explained how pain really works in the body. How if you are in pain all the time, your body cannot use it's natural healing process to get better. That made sense to me. I took the pain meds and got better. For a long time I din't want any prescription for the post menopause symptoms. I tried every homeopathic remedy I knew- but I still felt like crap . This went on for several months until I broke down and gave a prescription a try. I resisted it, but I took it anyway. I felt better and my quality of life was better.

In many ways, I think I brainwashed my own self into thinking if I took a prescription I was 'bad'. But, you know what? It increased my quality of life. Do I still work out and eat right? Yes! of course I do- but I am also grateful I have this medicine in my life so I am able to enjoy life with my family and friends.