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Kula, Golden Retriever, Life with Her Cancer Part 3

Life is so precious.

My dog daughter Kula’s life has been very simple, but she enjoyed every day to the fullest even after her spleen cancer spread to lungs.

I asked her recently why she can be so patient and kind to everyone even after getting cancer…she said without any hesitation,

“Why? Because life is so precious, don’t you know mommy? Every day is never exactly the same. I love each day that the sun comes up in the morning, no matter what. Sometimes the sun is not showing the face, but I feel the existence of the sun every day, and the sunlight makes me feel so good. That’s why I really enjoyed you and papa Eric taking me to see the New Year sunrise in the mountains every year.

Kula enjoys New Year sunrise so much every year!

“I also love feeling the breeze coming into the room when you open the window first thing in the morning. I love fresh air so much. That’s why I love going to the beach whenever you were able to take me. After I stretch you take me out to the yard, and each time it smells different, believe it or not. I enjoy relaxing while you make breakfast with the music you play from your iTunes, YouTube or Spotify. I love your choice of music most of the time, but I love your singing even more and your dancing. My food is always freshly made and organic, and it smells so delicious and tastes super yummy. Since I got cancer you not just prepared a healing delicious food, but started to give me a body scrub and shiatsu massage which felt so good, then finishing up with Do-in excise which was fun and stimulating. You are the best caretaker, but you are of course my mommy! Also, please let papa Eric know that he was the best papa and his ukulele music heals my soul every time he played and I love him with all my heart and more than going to beach!”

Eric plays ukulele for us!

“I love watching doves and hummingbirds in the yard after breakfast and taking naps whenever I want. I love you and papa Eric for taking care of me like I am the most precious dog in the world. Papa Eric carried me when I was not able to walk and cuddled with me when I was having a fever.”

“I love my animal family – My half sister Oro respects me so much as her big sister, so we never had an augment, and I will miss her a lot. Leo cares and worries with his eyes about me as Oro’s partner. Bubu is a great nephew who never bothered me and gave me space, but he was there for me always. Lumi, my niece and also my sister Dore in her previous her life, tries to play with me everyday and it’s fun playing with her, even though sometimes she is too frisky for my age. My great niece Happy who is so cute and beautiful, but she does not know how beautiful she is so she is insecure like I used to be. I appreciate TinTin the boy cat who comes to check on me and talks so much to me since I am a pretty quiet dog and therefore a good listener, and MaiMai the girl kitty sleeps in the same room every night when I have a fever and have to sleep in the back room with mommy. I never thought that I can be the leader of a family of eight, but after my big sister Dore was killed in a hit-and-run car accident, and my Kin mama was so sad that she left us 10 days after Dore, I had to learn to accept the role of leader of our pack quickly. It was not easy and I may not be a good leader like Kin mama, being around so many dog-and-cat-facilities. Thanks to mommy for taking animal communication classes so we were able to communicate better and papa Eric for taking his time to slow down and understand his animal family.”

Kula in the front middle with her dog family

“I also need to let you know how much I love road trips since you and papa Eric took me to Quebec and Nova Scotia when I was 8 weeks old. I remember my first and last experience chasing roosters in Eric papa’s uncle’s yard. It was so much fun! Since that trip, the car became my second home.”

Kula with her sister, Dore & mama Kin and Me in St. Luce, Quebec 2003

Kula on her favorite diving rock at Manzanita Lake in North Fork

Watch Kula’s amazing diving at Manzanita Lake on Youtube.

“Going to North Fork and swimming and diving at Manzanita lake was one of my most favorite things, as was going to Farmers Market and seeing all the children and adults who pet me; visiting Leyla the apple vendor, who always gave me my favorite Fuji apple; meeting people at Seed Kitchen; talking to people at the bookstore; going to the senior home to put a smile on the residents’ faces; hiking with mommy who was able to walk farther every time we went. On the last hike in March, she hiked faster than me – I thought I was getting too old, but I think I was getting sick already.”

At Santa Monica Farmers market with Leyla and kids who love Kula so much

Kula at senior home as a therapy dog

“I can tell you more and more, but you kind of get the idea why I love my life so much and have no reason to complain.”

“Life is so precious, and true happiness is not about how much money you make or how famous or how popular you become, or how big a house your live in, or how many amazing places you travel to. I have a great family and loving home and just enjoy whatever comes because everything changes. I have learned it from you, mommy because you have limited mobility from the leg injury from the car crash, but you always find something in life to enjoy, and you taught me each day how precious life is.”

Dore(left – Kula’s sister), Kula and thrie mama Kin with me in my wheelchair

”I thank you and papa Eric so much for giving me such a wonderful life. I was born in this house in Santa Monica, and I know that I will depart from this house to go to heaven. Mommy, you helped me to arrive in this life and I know you are going to help me to depart also. I trust you, and I know you trust me so when the time is right I will be departing soon.”

“I will miss your hugs, kisses, and our conversations, but I will be always with you no matter what. I trust that we will see each other again.”

Kula was a big sweetheart, and she has been truly our angel. I thank her everyday for her life of 13 years. She always put her paws to my face or arm to be connected, and I showered her with kisses and hugs whenever she needed to sleep with me when she was lonely and tired.

Kula with her favorite Hawaiian flower, plumeria (Kula’s name is Hawaiian – meaning “gold”) This is the last photo I took of her as my model. She was already subdued so she told me that she could not smile for the photo, but asked me to take as a Hawaiian girl.

This conversation with her made me cry. I thanked her again and told her to promise that when she wants to depart I will be there with her, as I always will be in her heart.

She got my message and she departed the next day, on Aug. 1, 2016, at 5:45pm in my arms, on her own will. After her departure, her face looked very peaceful, as though she was smiling. when I put her on her bed she looked like she was just sleeping. I put plumeria flowers next to her. Kula’s holistic vet. Dr. Lane and her husband Patric came to pick her up and she was cremated with her plumeria flowers at Los Angels Pet Memorial Park, SOHIE Kula was cremated on Aug. 3, 2016 at 9am.

Eric and I have been crying and missing her so much, but we are so grateful to have been her human parents and proud of everything she did and who she was for us and others.

I created a temporary altar to place her ashes when she comes home.

Kula’s altar waiting for her ashes to come back home

While I was creating the altar, Lumi, who played with Kula everyday, just came and lay there like she knew that Kula’s spirit was there.

Lumi lays by the Kula’s altar

Then all the rest of Kula’s dog family came and sat there. They are so sad and missing Kula so much!

Kula’s dog family all came to Kula’s altar

They miss Kula so much, but the same time feel her spirit! Now they are teaching me that Life is so precious!

Thank you for reading this blog, and please share it because life is so precious.

Love, Sanae 💖

ゴールデン・リトリバー犬クラちゃんの癌と生きるパート２

適切なレメディーを見つけることが鍵：高熱

クラちゃんはゴールデンリトリバー介護・セラピー犬。
今年の５月１８日、脾臓の癌（血管肉腫）だと診断されマクロビオティック食養とホリスティック獣医さんのドクターレインからの指示で自然療法で癌と生きています。
癒しの食事、漢方薬、霊気、温灸、鍼灸、マッサージ、導引、ボディースクラブ、ヒーリングクリスタルなどを使って、全体的にはクラちゃんは良くなってきていると思われます。クラちゃんの癌が痛みはないので、１３歳の老後生活をエンジョイしています。

Kula is enjoying being on the deck after dinner.

クラちゃんは大好きなテラスの上で毎日楽しく老後生活をしています。

クラちゃんの高熱用のレメディー：レンコン茶と玄米スープと大根汁

ただ脾臓癌になってから、クラちゃんには高熱がでるというチャレンジがあります。
犬の平熱は１０１〜１０２.5℉　（３８．３３〜３９．１６℃）です。１０５℉（４０.１５℃）からは、高熱。
先週クラちゃんは１０６℉(41.11℃)近くありました。癌のために高熱がでることがあることを知っていましたが、これは今まで一番高熱でとても心配でした。私も癌（卵巣癌）の時によく高熱がでて主人を心配させたことを思い出しました。マクロビオティック的には癌性の熱は排毒の一環で、熱で癌細胞を正常細胞へ浄化していると考えられるそうです。

ドクターレインはある癌は熱を出して癌性を変換しようとしていると言っていました。（これはいい意味も悪い意味も二つ含んんでいます）

高熱が出た時はきゅうりのジュースかりんごジュースかスイカのジュース、そしてクリーミィ〜なレンコン茶（冷ましたもの）を玄米スープに大根汁を入れたものをあげます。の高熱の場合は、ココナッツジュースも使います。
また、ペッパーミントのエッセンシャルオイルとバッチのフラワーレメディーのレスキューレメディーも浄水にいれて身体中スプレーしてあげます。

里芋シップとビワの葉

そのほか、里芋のシップ、豆腐シップも作ってあげてます。クラちゃんはシップをお腹にあててあげるととても気持ちよさそうに寝ます。レンコンのレメディードリンクも大好きです。簡単に熱を下げるために冷たいタオルを頭の上や、お腹にあてていましたが、急激に熱が下がるようで震えがでてしまうのに気がつきました。
適切なレメディーだと気持ち良さそうに２時間くらいはゆっくり眠れるようなので、何か簡単ですぐクラちゃんにしてあげられるレメディーはないか考えていました。

キャベツのお帽子をかぶって眠っているクラちゃん

キャベツの葉っぱ！
そうです、コールスローなどを作る時に使うキャベツです。
クラちゃんにはキャベツの葉っぱがとても合うことがわかりました。

マクロビオティックヒーリング療法では、キャベツの葉っぱ、皮膚などの炎症を起こしているときや、また乳癌の人が癌のある箇所に直接のせて癌細胞を和らげる役目もします。

キャベツの葉っぱと里芋・豆腐シップ（お腹）で気持ち良さそうにしているクラちゃん

キャベツがとってもクラちゃんには適していてよかったのですが、ひとつ問題があることに気がつきました。それは、クラちゃんがキャベツでぐっすり眠っているとこに他の犬たち（ブブ、ルミとリオ）が来てキャベツを盗んで、食べてしまうことでした。何回、食べてはダメだと言っても私がクラちゃんのそばから離れると、食べてしまうので、仕方なく見張っていますが、キャベツは、健康にいいし、オーガニックのキャベツだから、安全です美味しいはずです。

キャベツを狙っているブブとルミ

もし、みなさんが自然療法のレメディーを試して見るときは適切なレメディーを見つけることが鍵です。

クラちゃんが高熱用の特別ヒーリングフードを食べています。

クラちゃんが無事癒しの旅を全うできることを心から願いつつ…

つづく…
Love, Sanae 💖

Kula, Golden Retriever, Life with Her Cancer Part 2

Finding the Right Remedy of Fever is The Key.

Kula was diagnosed with spleen cancer on May 18, 2016, and she is on her healing path for her life with macrobiotic food and natural remedies with a holistic vet. Dr. Sally Lane.
Overall her health got better with her new healing diet, herbal medication, reiki, moxibustion, acupuncture, massage, Do-in exercise, body scrub, and healing power stones etc. The type of cancer she has does not give her pain, so she is spending her 13-year retirement life comfortably.

Kula enjoys being on the deck her retirement life

Kula’s remedy for her fever: Lotus root tea and brown rice soup with daikon juice

One challenge Kula faces is high fever from time to time since the diagnosis. Last week her fever was almost 106 ℉ (normal dog temperature is 101 ~ 102.5 ℉). This was the highest her temperature had been, so I was concerned, even though I understood that cancer patients suffer from high fever intermittently in reaction to the body’s attempt to detox and/or purify cancer cells and bring them back to being healthy cells. When I had ovarian cancer in 1993 I also had a high fever from time to time.

Kula’s holistic vet Dr. Lane said sometimes if the tumor is changing in any way it can elicit a fever that can be persistent or cyclic.

When her fever goes up I try to lower it with cucumber juice, apple juice, watermelon juice, and/or cool lotus root creamy tea and brown rice cream with daikon juice. I also give coconut water when fever is very high fever that caused by yang condition. I spray her body with water with peppermint essential oil with Bach flower Rescue Remedy.

Taro Plaster with Loquat leaves

I also apply a tofu plaster, taro plaster or cold towel compress. She likes all the juices and cooling liquids and tofu/taro plasters – Her favorite is cool lotus root creamy tea to drink and tofu/taro plaster over her tummy, but making all these remedies take time so sometimes it is not easy for me to apply them. To make easier for me I have used a cold towel to help lower the temperature quickly, but it does not work for her. Indeed a cold towel is much easier to apply, but her body temperature drops too fast, making her start to shake.

Kula with her cabbage cap for her fever

When the right remedy works she feels very comfortable and sleeps for a couple hours, so I had to experiment with different types of remedies in different combinations. Then it occurred to me: cabbage leaves!
Yes, it turns out Kula’s favorite remedy is cabbage leaves for her head, ears, chest and tummy. It required many cabbage leaves, but it was quite easy to put them all over her body. (cabbage leaves are used for an inflammation and apply on a breast cancer in macrobiotic healing).

650 Kula smile with cabbage and plaster BL

Kula loves cabbage on her head and chest and taro plaster on tummy

The only problem was that her dog family (especially Bubu) would come to steal her cabbage leaves while she slept, and she would wake up when there were no more cabbage leaves left on her head and body. Well, at least cabbage is good for the digestion and safe to eat, and I only use organic cabbage.

Bubu and Lumi were making move to steal cabbage from Kula

If you are looking for a remedy for you or your family, including your animal family, the key is finding the right remedy for natural healing.

Kula eating her healing food for her fever

I hope Kula continues to get better as she navigates her healing path.

To be continued…

Love, Sanae💖

ゴールデン・リトリバー犬クラちゃんの癌と生きるパート１

クラちゃんはゴールデンリトリバー介護・セラピー犬として活躍ずっとしています。
手作りオーガニック犬ごはん（ヘルシーハッピープーチ）を食べて自然な環境で育ちました。

クラちゃんは前列の真ん中

子犬の時からお利口さんで、その上、とっても優しくて落ち着いています。誰にも親切でフレンドリー。特にお年寄りと子供が大好き。サンタモニカの老人ホームやファーマーズマーケットに長年行って介護犬のボランティア活動をしています。私が臨死体験をするほどの酷い交通事故で長い間車椅子生活をしていた時もクラちゃんはいつも補助してくれてました。クラちゃんの生まれ持っての性格は少し恥ずかしがり屋さんで静かなのですが、うちの犬家族の年長さんとして、また介護・セラピー犬として無条件の愛をみんなにシェアーして頑張ってます。

ファーマーズマーケットのクラちゃん

今年の５月１６日に１３歳のお誕生日を迎える時に年に一度の身体検査に行きました。丁度少し前から左後ろ足の調子が悪く、ビッコをひき始めていたので、そのことも検査してもらいたかったのです。ホリスティック獣医のドクター・レインに検査してもらい、足の骨、筋、筋肉に問題はないようだと言われました。ただ血液検査の結果で、貧血と内出血をしていることがわかり、内科専門の獣医さんの所で超音波診断とレントゲンの検査をするようにすすめられました。５月１８日、早速検査に行きました。そしてクラちゃんが脾臓の癌（血管肉腫）だと診断され、ショックで目の前が真っ暗になってしましました。血管肉腫のことをすぐ調べたところ、よく犬（特にシェパードとゴールデンリトリバー）に見られる癌で、腫瘍が非常に大きくなって、転移するまで臨床徴候をめったに示さず、進行がとても早いとわかりました。クラちゃんの場合も既に両方の肺に移転していました。また、左後ろ足は脾臓が肥大していて腰部の骨を押していて神経を麻痺させていたことが原因でビッコをひいていたと思われます。
脾臓の血管肉腫の場合、脾臓摘出手術をしてその後、化学療法か放射線療法が通常勧められます。クラちゃんはもう肺に移転していたので、内科専門の獣医のドクター・ハダーに脾臓摘出手術は不可能で、残り２週間から２ヶ月の命だと言われました。

クラちゃんとドクター・レイン

５月２９日にクラちゃんが癌になった事をブログで書きましたが、初めは悲しく何をしていいかも考えられないでいました。でもクラちゃんはまだ生きていて、食欲もあるし、毎日短い散歩に行って、お庭でハミングバードを見て来客を快く迎えてくれてます。だから悲観している時ではないと気がつきました。

癒し食を食べてるクラちゃん

昨日で丁度、クラちゃんが癌だと診断されて２ヶ月が過ぎました。マクロビオティックカウンセラーとして自分の持っている癒しの知識を全て使い、ホリスティック獣医のドクター・レインからの指導と鍼灸の治療を受け、アニマルコミュニケーターのリディアヒビーさんとも話して、その他、血管肉腫に関するあらゆる本やブログとインターネットでの情報を読めるだけ読みました。

犬が癌になる原因：
＊市販されているドッグフードの中の発癌物質と毒素
＊胃腸が消化できない不適切な材料のドッグフード
＊食物全体（whole foods/ホールフード）とバラエティに欠けているドッグフード
＊環境の汚染、除草剤、ノミとダニ予防の薬やスプレー
＊必要以上の予防注射
＊犬の種類・遺伝性と免疫組織障害

内科専門の獣医のドクター・ハダーと、主治医のホリスティック・ドクターレインは、ゴールデンリトリバーは、ガンになる確率が高い犬種で、またクラちゃんのブラザーの８匹中５匹がガンで若い時に亡くなっているから原因は遺伝と思われると言われた。クラちゃんは１３歳まで元気で生きられたのは手作りのドッグフードでずっと育ててきたからだろう言って下さった。確かに手作りドッグフードを食べて来て病気もほとんどしないで元気だったけど、３年くらい前まで知識不足で予防注射は以前、普通の獣医のさんのところで、言われるとおりに年に必ず１回はしていました。それと夏の間の３ヶ月くらいはノミとダニ予防の薬も飲んでいました。今更ながら、うちの動物家族に申し訳ない気持ちでいっぱいです。その他、わかったのは血管肉腫で脾臓摘出手術をした犬はその後平均２ヶ月くらいしか生きていないという事。だから今回クラちゃんが手術できなかったのは良かったのかもしれない。これは私が２３年前に卵巣癌になった時に手術をしなかった事と同じかもしれません。

マクロビオティック・カウンセラーとして何百人のクライエントさんのカウンセリングをしてきましたが、脾臓血管肉腫のクライエントさんはまだ一度もカウンセリングをした事がなかったので、日本のマクロビオティック・カウンセラーの友人磯貝氏に相談をしてみました。磯貝氏は今まで６０００人以上のカウンセリングをなさってきています。あまり犬やネコのカウンセリングはなさっていないと磯貝氏は言ってましたが、基本的には同じように扱うことが可能だと私の今まで犬、ネコカウンセリングしてわかっていたので、まず相談をしてみました。自分の知識とリサーチした結果、そして磯貝氏からのアドバイス、ホリスティック獣医のドクター・レインからの漢方薬、クラちゃんと会話して直感で毎日何をしたらいいか決めています。
クラちゃんの癌は脾臓なので陽性（私の卵巣癌も陽性でした）。移転したのは肺なので陰性。食養を作るときはそのことを考えて作ります。

高熱と戦っているクラちゃん

クラちゃんは全体的に安定して来ています。ビッコをひいていた後ろ左足も少し良くなって自分で短い距離は歩けるようになりました。食欲もだいたいいつもあります。高熱が時々出るのでその時は気をつけて看病してあげてます。ヒーリング食を作ってあげてます。以前食べていた、生の野菜とか一切食べたがらないので、全部柔らかく消化しやすいように料理します。クラちゃんが嫌いだと吐き出すので色々工夫してメニューを作ってます。もし、みなさんのおうちのワンちゃんが病気になって今までの食事を食べなくなってもそれは当たり前です。ちゃんと病気用の癒し食をぜひ作ってあげて下さい。

Kula is standing her own and eating her food

自分で立って食べられるようになったクラちゃん

クラちゃんにしてあげていることリスト：

１．マクロビオティック
１）脾臓と肺のための癒し食（高熱が出た時の癒し食も含む）
２）癒しの飲み物
３）歯茎のマッサージ
４）ボディースクラブ
５）導引
６）指圧
７）レメディードリンク
８）湿布

２．漢方薬（ホリスティック・獣医のドクター・レインからの処方箋）
３．ホメオパシー
４．バッチフラワーレメディー
５．エッセンシャルオイル
６．鍼灸
７．直傳靈氣
８. ビワの葉の温灸
９. 癒しの音楽
１０. ヒーリングストーンのブレスレットとネックレス
１１. ポジティブな癒し言霊
１２. 「ありがとう」詠唱
１３. アニマルコミュニケーション

レンコン茶を飲んでいるクラちゃん

これを見てもわかるように沢山やることがあるので、私の１日は活動に溢れています。毎日のプランを立てて、クラちゃんの様子を見ながら自分の日課を楽しみます。瞑想、ヨガ、Seed Kitchenの仕事、クラスを教えて、カウンセリングをして、執筆、友人や家族との時間。旦那さんのエリックとクラちゃん以外の５匹の犬と２匹のネコ家族との生活。

クラちゃんと家族（ネコはいません）

病犬のクラちゃんの世話をするのは確かに大変です。毎日の生活のバランスをとることも簡単ではありません。でもクラちゃんのおかげで集中して毎日を過ごして、クラちゃんのために何かできることに満足を感じています。無条件の愛を私に毎日教えてくれるクラちゃんに心から感謝しています。

ラブ、草千
Love, Sanae

Kula, Golden Retriever, Life with Her Cancer Part 1

Kula is a golden retriever and service/therapy dog.

She has been raised on organic homemade foods（Healthy Happy Pooch) in natural environments of no chemical or GMO with her family of five dogs and two cats.

Kula in the center of front row

Since she was a puppy, Kula has been a smart and lovable dog with a gentle, kind and calm soul. As a service dog, she has been making everybody smile during her visits to senior homes and the Santa Monica Farmers Market for many years. She has also supported me while I had to use a wheelchair and canes to walk after a near-fatal car accident. Her nature is a bit shy and quiet, but she has been fulfilling her role as a good service/therapy dog, as well as a beloved member of our family, with her unconditional love.

Kula at Santa Monica Farmers Market

After her 13^th birthday on May 16, 2016, she had her annual check up. She had started limping. Her holistic veterinarian doctor Sally Lane told us that Kula does not seem to have any bone problem causing the limping, but her blood test shows that she has anemia and internal bleeding. We were referred to an animal special internal medicine hospital for an ultrasound and x-ray test. On May 18, 2016, we were shocked to learn that Kula has spleen cancer, “Hemangiosarcoma.”

Hemangiosarcoma of the spleen is highly metastatic and malignant vascular neoplasms-tumors in the blood vessels that arise from the endothelial cells – the cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels. It is an aggressive, malignant tumor of blood vessel cells. Kula’s cancer had already spread to her both lungs. Usually, hemangiosarcoma can be successfully treated by surgical removal of the tumor. Chemotherapy is often used in addition to surgical excision if the veterinarian was not able to remove the entire tumor or it has penetrated into the subcutaneous tissue or muscles below the skin. Radiation therapy is also used to treat dermal hemangiosarcoma. In Kula’s case, since it had already spread to the lungs, surgery was not recommended. Dr. Hadar of the special internal medicine hospital told me that Kula’s life span will be 2 weeks to 2 months.

Kula was so happy to see Dr. Lane

As I wrote in my blog about her diagnosis on May 29, 2016, I was so sad and did not know what to think in the beginning, but I realized that it is not the time for me to feel bad because Kula is still with us, and she is still enjoying eating her healing food, being outside and watching the hummingbirds every evening, and going on walks whenever she can, and moving her tail when greeting people who come to our house.

It has been 2 months since Kula was diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma. I have been using all of my knowledge as an of whole health macrobiotic counselor and nutritionist and getting help from Dr. Lane, Dr. May and animal communicator Lydia Hiby. I have read many books, blogs, and Internet information about hemangiosarcoma.

Cause of dog cancer factors that I found:

Carcinogens & toxins found in commercially manufactured foods
Indigestible and other “non-species appropriate” ingredients
Malnutrition, due to malabsorption, from an inappropriate diet
Lack of whole food sources and variety
Environmental pollutants, especially herbicides/weed killers, and flea/tick products
Too many vaccinations
Breed Genetics & immune system dysfunction

Dr. Lane (my main holistic vet) and Dr. Hadar ( a conventional vet of the special internal medicine hospital) both said since five of Kula’s brothers died from cancer at a much younger age, and most golden retrievers get cancer because of a genetic propensity, Kula may have succumbed to that. I also believe that Kula’s case the vaccinations and flea/tick controls products I have given when she was younger when I did not know much about how much the vaccinations and flea/tick controls products affected dog’s health.

I was surprised to found out that many dogs who had Hemangiosarcoma and had surgery did not live much longer (average was two months), so it may be the best thing that Kula could not have surgery, like me.

Since I did not have any experience of counseling clients who had spleen cancer, I decided to talk to my friend, Mr. Isogai, who is a macrobiotic counselor in Japan with experience of macrobiotic healing counseling for over 6000 people. He does not have much experience with animals, but I was able to receive confirmation and gather some information from his experiences which I could apply to Kula.

What I have learned from my research and from Mr. Isogai enabled me to complement the macrobiotic approach with Chinese herbal medicines, acupuncture treatments, and my intuition from communicating with Kula every day. Kula’s cancer is a yang cancer like ovarian cancer I had in 1993. Kula’s cancer spread to her lungs, so it also had yin cancer energy. I needed to focus on making her food more yin – soft and naturally sweet food for the spleen – and at the same time food that would abate the yin energy for the lungs.

Kula eating her healing food

Kula is better overall and stabilized, so she is walking short distances on her own, except when climbing stairs. She has an appetite most of the time. She has high fever time to time so I have been very careful what to do when she has a high fever.

Kula had fever (covering cold towels)

I make special healing homemade food, combining the foods she likes to eat so that she will want to eat more. She is no longer eating the same foods she was eating before, such as raw food. If she does not like the food she will spit it out to let me know that I need to come up with the recipe that she likes and will enjoy especially when she has high fever. If your dog gets sick, it is normal for her or him to not want to eat as before, so we must make adjustments to whet the appetite.

Kula is standing her own and eating her food

Here is the list of what I have been doing for Kula:

1.Macrobiotics

1) Healing food for spleen and lung cancer (also when she has high fever)

2) Healing Beverage

3) Massage her gums

4) Body scrub

5) Do-in exercise

6) Shiatsu

7) Remedy drinks

8) External remedy

2. Chinese herbal medicines for her spleen cancer, lungs, and blood builders provide by Dr. Lane

3. Homeopathy medicine

4. Bach Flower remedies

5. Essential oils

6. Acupuncture by Dr. Lane and Dr. May

7. Reiki

8. Moxibustion

9. Healing music

10. Healing power stone necklace and bracelets

11. Positive enforcement words

12. Manifesting “Arigatou” chanting

13, Animal Communication

Kula likes Lotus Remedy Drink

As you can see my day is pretty full. I need to organize my day and monitor Kula and at the same time enjoy my day, practicing my meditation, yoga; keep up my work for Seed Kitchen’s business, teaching, counseling people and dogs/cats; and spend time with my friends and family, consisting of my husband Eric and five other dogs and two cats.

Kula with her family

It is surely a challenge to take care of Kula’s condition.
Perhaps it is not easy to keep a balance, but because of Kula’s cancer I am more focused, and I feel so satisfied to be able to do what I can for her in the midst of my hectic daily routine.
I am grateful to Kula, who gives and teaches me unconditional love every day.

Love,

Sanae

マクロビオティックとは?

マクロビオティックという言葉はギリシャが発祥地。

マクロ＝大きく長く、ビオ＝生命、ティック＝学・術。

一般的には食事療法と言われているが、実際は生きる哲学、中国の陰陽原理を用い、宇宙の法則のバランスをとることをガイドしする。

マクロビオティックは、自然にそって生きることを促進する。

食べることが私たちにとって大きな毎日の部分になっているが生きることを根本的に考えるのがマクロビオティック。

玄米を主食、野菜や漬物や乾物などを副食とすることを基本とし、独自の陰陽論を元に食材や調理法のバランスを考える食事法である。

おおむね以下のような食事法を共通の特徴とする^[7]。

玄米や穀物、全粒穀物の小麦製品などを主食とする。
野菜、穀物、豆類などの農産物、海草類を食べる。有機農産物や自然農法による食品が望ましい。
なるべく近隣の地域で収穫された、季節ごとの食べものを食べるのが望ましい。
砂糖を使用しない。甘味は米飴・甘酒・甜菜糖・メープルシロップなどで代用する

The word “macrobiotics” originated from Greek “macro” – large, long, “bios” – life, and “ticks” – skills. Macrobiotics is a philosophy of life, following the Chinese principle of “yin and yang,” which guides us in creating a balance.
Macrobiotics is a lifestyle that encourages living with the natural order of life.
Although Macrobiotics is considered an approach to life rather than a diet, food is a major component that shapes our daily life.

Whole grains are the staple, supplemented by locally grown organic vegetables, beans and sea vegetables, all prepared with traditional methods of cooking. Eating simple, natural organic foods, while avoiding highly processed and refined sugar foods, is the bottom line. It is important to lean from macrobiotics that foods can have both good and bad effects on your body. Also, the way we eat not only shapes physical health, it shapes psychological and spiritual wellbeing. The key lies in balance. In a macrobiotics diet, the composition dishes and choices of foods are adjusted according to the season, the climate, geography, and one’s age, gender, health condition, activities, and life circumstance.

Practicing macrobiotics gives you the strength to stay in touch with your feelings and bodily signs, maintain mental awareness and clarity, and help rediscover your true self.

from Love, Sanae Healing Vegan Macrobiotic Cooking Book page 239