First Neulasta Shot

Well, I made it through Thursday night with no problems. I was fearful that my white counts were going to drop. They could have, but I won't know since I'm not slated for blood work today. Interestingly, I feel better today than I did after the previous round of Chemo. No hangover feeling at all. It's possible I could attribute this to a new client who has Crone's Disease. She is a very cool individual and is pretty knowledgeable about Macrobiotic Diets. She said that she drinks two bowls of Miso Soup every day. Well, I love Miso soup so this is no challenge for me. I drank some yesterday after Chemo and felt remarkably good this morning when I woke up. I had another bowl for breakfast. She even gave me the recipe which I will list below.

Just for some background, her name is Mee and she is a very unique person. She speaks Hebrew, Spanish and English all fluently. She is full of life and is a writer for sever publications. She also runs a blog called Princess Know It All.

So glad to hear this!!!! Hurray! Coincidence or not, good news!
OK first all products must be organic - he has enough chemicals in his
body anything extra is taxing for his system. If you can't find these
items organic no worries just get the miso in him! Yahoo!
Wakame- dried seaweed in the asian section of whole foods - small bag
- it's not organic, I don't think it's possible to get this organic.

Dried shitake mushrooms ask the guys in produce section. I buy a small
amount cause you only need a few per serving.(again if they don't have
organic just rinse them off good and do your best)

Small bottle of organic soy sauce also in asian section.

Miso - I like the white miso - MUST be organic. Miso is magical cause
it has live cultures in it that kill off bad stuff in the body.

If you like tofu, I buy firm organic- cut it into small cubes.

I like to use small green onions chopped up in my soup and cooked, you
can garnish with the green tops if you like too.
I also use just regular onions chopped small.
Daikon- it's a radish whitle- ask the guys again, if they don't have
it I did find it at Krogers last week. You need only one 'cause your
going to use a small amount. Daikon is really important cause it
cleans our blood! It cleans our liver and kidneys! Makes you feel
great!
It has a mild tast, actually I like raw slices of it now!

I also add grated carrots to mix it up a bit!

STEP ONE:
take a coffee cup add a pinch/ half teaspoon of dried Wakame Seaweed
- a little goes a long way. Fill coffee cup half way with cold water (
enough to soak the seaweed when it expands).

STEP TWO:
Do the same with the mushrooms in a separate cup.

STEP THREE:
Fill your sauce pot - you can make enough for 2 days. So you decide
how much water you want to use I do about 4 cups of water.

STEP FOUR:
Chop onions again amount you like for taste - big pot half onion,
small pot quarter onion. Add to water that is starting to heat up.

STEP FIVE:
Add chopped carrots and Daikon. Again I would chop a few inches of the
Diakon - I tend to put a bit more diakon then onion.

STEP SIX:
Once water is boiling and seaweed and mushrooms are hydrated add the
coffee cups with the water they are soaking in to the pot.

Cover and let cook adding a teaspoon of Soy sauce and your desired
amount of Tofu.

Once your soup and veggies are cooked ( they cook pretty quick) bring
the heat down BELOW a boil. Miso can not be BOILED it kills the
bacteria that helps the body.
Add your miso. You can not really reheat miso so if you are making it
for two days in a separate small pot, remove the soup that you are
going to eat and at a low temp. heat up once heated add a teaspoon of
miso per serving in the small pot. YOU don't want your soup to be TOO
salty.

Eat right away! Place remaining soup once it's cold in the fridge.
then heat as you eat adding the miso to each serving you reheat.

If Bill could eat this twice a day through this process he will BOOST
his immune system!
Sorry the measurements are not exact but as you make it you will find
your favorite rhythm and taste!
I loved meeting you yesterday and I am thrilled to be able to share this path!
Good luck and keep me posted!
With tons of love
Mee!