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Hello - I am a new member to the . I was told by my doctors

to try to give up meat in general. This is after having gone through a year

of chemo and radiation therapy and living through it. I lost 117 pounds in the

process. Thank goodness that I had that much to lose in the first place. This

is

one time I thank my lucky stars for being really fat.

I have not really had the urge to eat much meat after all of the treatment. I

had

cancer of the head and neck, and received all of my 43 radiaiton treatments to

the right side of my face and neck area. Needless to say it affected my

swallowing

and my ability to eat anything. Therefore I did not eat anything for months.

Hence the huge weight loss.

When I could swallow and eat again, with no sores in the mouth. I started

with a lot of oatmeal, and cream of wheat, applesauce, yogurt, ice cream all of

that. Then I started to get hungry for vegetables again. I really do not have

any idea of any really good recipes for just vegetables and therefore decided

to join a group to see if I could get some good ideas.

I am a Registered Nurse, I show and raise Pekingese dogs. My sister died of

cancer last March and my brother died of cancer four years before my sister.

So, as you can see it is a hereditary thing in my family.

Hope to be able to get some great recipes here.

Thanks

Charlotte from Cleveland

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