Hi all, 

I am completely new to all of this about 4 weeks in and extremely overwhelmed.  My mother was just diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.  I was immediately introduced to A vegan (8 year cancer survivor) who led me to this lifestyle.  Along with trying to prolong my amazing mothers life, I can't even believe what  I have learned in the past few weeks about my own eating habits.   I am just horrified at what we out in our bodies these days.  Sadly my moms oncologist said a lot of cancers today are environmental.  And cancer is huge and on the rise. He says it has all to do with how we fuel our bodies.  I completely believe that now in the short time I've been learning so much.  I'm slowly making lost of changes but I do have to admit some things are hard. Getting rid of cows milk was not a problem and I drank milk everyday. It made me sick to learn about cows milk.  Meat isn't a big thing for me, never has been, but cheeses.....that will be hard. Anyway, I'm here and wanting to learn as much as I can. Thanks everyone.