jill's Cancer Blog
September 8, 2007
| Kris Carr author of Crazy Sexy Cancer at the Tattered Cover | Views: 2739 |
Last night I went to see Kris Carr speak at the Tattered Cover book store in Denver, Colorado. Chris is author of the book and the super hero in a documentary Crazy Sexy Cancer. www.crazysexycancer.com She was diagnosed at age 31 in 2003 with an rare and incurable cancer.
She was very inspiring to listen to. Here are just a few quote I jotted down from the evening.
Kris sold her apartment and started traveling the world looking at alternative medicine. “I was looking for a cure and found a life.”
Kris read from her new book talking about the cancer college and how she had to shop for the right doctors. Needless to say she came across all kinds of cancer centers and joked about how “life haters end up getting jobs in a cancer center.”
She hopes her book Crazy Sexy Cancer will be a “blanket of comfort” for some people with cancer.
She talked about how “incurable is not a declaration, but a dare!”. How she is going to find a “cure or croak.” How she needed to find a way to get rid of the “cancer monkey mind.” How “worrying is praying for what you don’t want.”
One area where she has changed her life is by changing her diet and focusing on eating a lot more raw foods. “You are what you don’t release.”
“Does it tire you or inspire you.” Get rid of what tires you!
Her documentary hopefully will be aired again on TLC in the next month or two. Chris is also working on making the DVD available, hopefully early next year.
Congrats to Kris a true inspiration!
Kris Carr author of Crazy Sexy Cancer at the Tattered Cover, 
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Jill thank you so much for sharing this with us.
As I sat her watching the Trailer, It got me thinking how lucky we are to have women like Kris Carr to share her story in Book and Film. Who put her whole heart and Soul in helping her self and others understand that life will change when they say you have cancer. That you can turn it into Positive thinking.
” We need to take care of each other”
You go girl kris! You so inspire me and so many more…good luck to you! Sue
Jill thank you for starting this blog site. It is a great out let. Keep healthy and God Bless You
Cheryl
I have been following some of her suggestions—I am drinking and eating green! I also drink XanGo juice and drink fermented wheatgerm, AND am trying to eat mostly organic….it’s hard, but I am feeling better—enegy wise and brain fog seems to have lifted…we do all need to stop putting so much junk in our bodies..and we need someone like Kris to show us how to eat heathy! YES KRIS! Thanks!
Jill—I was contacted by this producer from the Montel Williams Show and apparently she has contacted others from this site. I am feeling very conflicted about doing the show and I was wondering if you knew who else was contacted about doing it? I have no desire to be on TV and I don’t think I have done anything special, but at the same time I think it’s important to get the word out that there are people my age who are getting this disease, and I want to be a support to them. Just wanting to see what others are doing. You should be the one doing the show for starting this site!
Thanks
Josi
Jll try juicing apples and carrotts…soooo goood!
Dear Jill,
glad that you feel lucky today. When I read about this contest, I just felt,” This would be great to post as I would love to have someone from this blog to win, wouldn’t that be great? Also, I went to my internist this past week and told him about some of the ideas that Kris had mentioned had worked for her. Well, I learned early on that this Doc was not going to support me in changing my ways. Actually, he even asked if there was a problem for I have lost 14# in about 4 weeks, but I did have some episodes that I was hurling everything I ate, but I also stopped eating all red meat just after my diagnosis, and I did purchase a juicer, from me to me as an early Christmas present.Though, I am a big veggie eater, this is my first experience in juicing them, I think that it is an acquired taste. I really believe that I will have much more support from my oncologist. Warning to anyone that may sleep with a heating pad: I have idiopathic neuropathy and between the bone pain from CML and the other I usually sleep with the heating pad on, Well, it must have worked it’s way up for I have 2nd degree burns on my behind. Ouchie
Just ordered the book! Thank you!
This not about the book or anything like that..
I see we have not heard how you are doing. I know that I have been gone a while. How are you?
I did not know I had never become one of your supports Sorry!
Hug Sherri.
Hi. my name is Ashley. For a school assignment, I’m studying cancer and Interviewing someone is a part of it. I was wondering if you would be willing to participate in a short interview. please e-mail me if you can. Thank you.
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Thank you for the welcome!
This forum has proven to be a wonderful way for our family and friends to keep up with our daily activities and to share some fabulous photos, celebrating my wündar Father!
With love and admiration,
Timothy and Family