We have been at Hope4Cancer for almost a week now. We have met some incredible people, from all over the world, who inspire us, we have been introduced to and have been practicing several of the cancer treatments that Dr. Tony recommends in his book "Hope for Cancer", we are being treated by extremely caring and knowledgeable doctors, we have had incredible nutrition, and we have so much hope! Larry has his up and down days, just like every other cancer patient here, but overall we feel like we are on a healing path.
I have been so happy with how well Larry has been eating since we have gotten here. He has eaten all of his food (3 good meals, 2 juices, and two shakes a day) until yesterday when his pancreas started acting up again. It has been so helpful to be in house because we have gotten immediate help and they have compensated for his lack of nutrition very quickly. This morning they put him on what they jokingly call "Mountain Dew" which give his body vitamins and minerals to help compensate for the lack of nutrition from not being able to eat. They take good nutrition around here very seriously as it is the foundation for being able to heal.
This is one of the three National Guard trucks that we have often seen driving up and down the main street that is just out our window. I am not sure whether we should be worried or feel safer with them around.😕 Our son, Dallin, who served an LDS mission in Chihuahua, Mexico said it was common to see them driving up and down the streets there too on a daily basis. Our driver at the clinic told us that they are there mostly to keep the police offers in check who have been known to do corrupt things.
There are several of these old telephones along the street that runs in front of the building we are staying in. I have no idea if they work, but I would have to disinfect it before I could even think about using it😏
Last Saturday we spent about two hours taking a trip downtown which is about 15-20 minutes from the clinic. The city of Tijuana is about 2 million people. Larry is posing at one of the shops we went to where they sell jewelry, toys, clothes, postcards, bags, and beautiful painted pottery.
The driver told us that this is where the Caesar salad originated from.
This is downtown Tijuana. We learned that we were on the safe side of the arch. Prostitution is legal in Tijuana and if you travel to the other side of the arch that is the "red light district". We opted to stay on our side of the arch.
An old cemetery we passed on our drive.
This is the first dessert I have had in a week and it was delicious! It was a muffin made from the leftover pancake batter that we had at breakfast. It was topped with fresh blueberry sauce and of course the batter was glutten-free. For breakfast we had two pancakes, slightly cooked eggs (I have learned that eggs that are less cooked are a lot easier to digest), with two succulent strawberries on the side.😋
You see these OXXO stores all over Tijuana. They are just a little convenience store.
Just some views that we see looking up from the ocean.
This is looking from Tijuana into the American side of the fence. From what I understand there is a military base on the other side.
We have seen this guy out fishing every morning that we have been out on a walk.
A view of all of the buildings along the beach. Sadly, so many of them have been abandoned and are run down.
The light house you can see from the ocean.
We found it very interesting to find Idaho license plates while on our walk this morning. We have seen Mexico and California plates, but no Idaho until today. One interesting thing that we learned from our driver is that there are several expired California plates in Mexico. Because it is out of the Mexican police jurisdiction there is nothing they can do about it so they avoid paying yearly taxes and registration.
I LOVED this painting that I saw on one of the walls.
This is the hotel that is just West of the clinic that a lot of the return patients and out-patients stay at. It is $65 night and the report from patients that have stayed there is that it is ok.
This is one of the quotes I saw on the tv at the clinic this morning. Again, it goes back to the seven basic principles of "Hope for Cancer". Can't say enough good about the treatment center and the principles that they teach!💕
One other thing I will say about where we are staying at is that it is noisy. It goes from loud, to louder, to loudest! Saturday night we hit the loudest level of noise as there was some music festival in town. It made for a really bad night's sleep. There are constant cars going by, we have even heard a garbage truck out picking up garbage at 2:30 in the morning one night😒, or vehicles with loud speakers speaking commercials or propaganda (I have no idea what they are saying), and there is constant music from either speakers or live bands. It is so entertaining to watch people pile out of their cars with a whole band and start playing music wherever they are at. Can't say we aren't looking forward to getting back to our peaceful, quiet life in Idaho.💤
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