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Think it's all about food? Think again.

I'm collecting more information on how I can improve my light environment, this is pretty good.  Astrocytes are like many little clocks, mess up the times and it can change your genes. I was diagnosed with an astrocytoma so this information is gold.  Light is often more important than food, I understand this. The problem is probably that people can't make much money out of this and it's not trendy.  http://youtu.be/CEEzydHmcJ8

A leap forward for metabolic therapy?

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I really hope this is a progressive step forward in getting the potential of ketogenic diets for cancer management to be accepted into mainstream cancer treatment protocols.  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2078558-ketogenic-diets-reputed-anticancer-credentials-put-to-test/

Brain food

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Technology

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I have become overly reliant on technology lately and this is not a good thing. From now on I will be limiting my use of all personal technology (phones, computers, TV) to the hours of 12-1pm, 3-4pm and 6-7pm. In this day and age I cannot cut my use completely unfortunately because as a society in this country we have become so dependent on it, however I believe cutting down will allow me to be more efficient with my time when I do use it and the times I am not using it.  http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/16/experts-say-phones-need-a-bedtime-mode-to-fix-our-sleep/ Also please see again this study on EMF and epilepsy.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659130/ I am writing this at 12:25 so the limitation period has begun and the phone will be switched off again very soon. :) 

Epilepsy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy- important considerations

I'm at the halfway point now! Today I start week 3 of my 6. Week 2 of my hyperbaric oxygen treatment was certainly more eventful than week 1, even at this early stage! This is both good and bad. I had experience of an oxygen toxicity seizure towards the end of HBOT last Monday and I was able to reverse this just in time before it became more serious. I knew this was a risk as I have reflex epilepsy but there are some interesting findings that I am documenting. Increase in ROS and RNS (among other complex mechanisms) obviously affects the epileptic brain and stimulates the central nervous system but we can manage this to get the benefits rather than increase risky complications using some clever management techniques I learned from research as I will explain. We must also remember that antioxidants have anticonvulsant benefits but reduce the efficacy of HBOT so a patient with reflex epilepsy must try to find a balance that is therapeutic to get the benefits of HBOT and not dangerous...

Testing 1.. 2.. 3.

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Yesterday I had a myriad of blood tests which prove once again that I am not only a human Guinea pig, but a human pincushion as well. Let's just say the nurse wasn't particularly gentle with her approach to collecting blood samples for analysis. I have these tests done every 3-6 months to keep an eye on various health markers so that I can keep on top of everything and maybe make some adjustments if I need to. Just some of the tests I have include:  Full Blood Count (FBC) Bone Profile C-reactive protein Renal function test Tricglycerices 25 hydroxy vitamin D I find that the C-reactive protein test is very important because on of the characteristics of cancer progression is that it goes hand in hand with systemic inflammation. There is a relationship between favourable readings from this test (low readings) and better cancer survival rates that we can see in the literature.  Here is an explanation of the validity of the test as summarised in the literature.  Elevated C-rea...

Week 1 of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy means the delivery of oxygen under pressure at different 'depths' or 'atmospheres'. People use HBOT for a number of reasons to help with neurological conditions, cancer, diabetes, sports injuries, tinnitus, stubborn infections and ulcers. It can also speed up wound healing and recovery from radiotherapy damage.  Under the right conditions, brain tumours don't like oxygen. Typically for brain cancer patients an oncologist would only advise the treatment for radiation induced necrosis and you would most likely have to ask. Radiation necrosis can be a huge problem because it can cause a lot more mutations. I never had this problem thankfully but I would recommend HBOT to help treat any cancer.  Regarding radiation necrosis: 'In the clinical situation of a recurrent astrocytoma (postradiation therapy), radiation necrosis presents a diagnostic dilemma. Astrocytic tumours can mutate to the more malignant glioblastoma multiforme. Glioblastoma ...