{"id":282,"date":"2008-07-29T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=282"},"modified":"2021-03-17T20:38:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T03:38:43","slug":"lattes-and-lipstick-and-recipes-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/07\/29\/lattes-and-lipstick-and-recipes-and-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Lattes and Lipstick and Recipes and Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tricia at Shout<\/a> brought this story to my attention and I want to repeat it here to do my part in helping spread the word.<\/p>\n

Gina of Lattes and Lipstick (which I’m adding to my rss reader right now) is raising money to pay for her husband’s cancer treatment by compiling and selling an eBook of recipes.<\/p>\n

I know I have a lot of foodie friends out there, a lot of friends whose lives have been touched by cancer, and a lot of friends with really big hearts. I hope together we can make a difference for this family.<\/p>\n

Their Story:<\/p>\n

Our names are George & Gina Williamson. We have been married for nearly 17 years. When George turned 50 he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. After radical surgery and painful radiation failed to cure his cancer, George opted to take an alternative route using diet and supplementation. His health greatly improved and he has felt better than he has in years. As he puts it, he is a \u201cspecimen of health\u201d outside of cancer. However, his PSA levels did still continue to rise over the next several years.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2007 we victoriously enjoyed a Cancer Survivor Day Cruise. George was in his 6th year of survivorship at this point, surprising the doctors that he had made it this far, with no symptoms- and no metastasis. But still that pesky PSA rising\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

In spite of uncertainties we have opted to enjoy life to its fullest- because none of us have tomorrow guaranteed, anyway! George just had a birthday- he is now 57.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also just had some scans done after a pretty substantial PSA jump. For the first time, there is visible metastasis in his hip bone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why am I telling you all this??<\/span><\/p>\n

Because of our belief in following a more natural path toward healing (and because of the lack of any curative options from the medical world), we have determined that George will be treated at an alternative treatment center in California- <\/span>www.issels.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, because it is alternative, insurance will NOT pay for it, and payment is required up front, in full. We are not wealthy people- as aren\u2019t most people!<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, we have realized that if this is going to be a reality, we need to be CREATIVE.<\/span><\/p>\n

An idea occurred to me one day while I was brushing my teeth\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

If I were to sell SOMETHING of SOME VALUE for only $1.00 and I sold 20,000 of it that would be $20,000-and that would be just about enough to send my husband to this treatment center.<\/span><\/p>\n

BUT WHAT???<\/span><\/p>\n

And then it hit me-<\/span><\/p>\n

RECIPES!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone loves to share recipes.<\/span>
So I have chosen to compile a collection of recipes from \u201cFriends of George\u201d<\/span>
and sell them for only $1.00.<\/span>
And every penny goes directly into a fund solely created to send my husband to this treatment center.<\/span>
Hey\u2026<\/span>
It might sound crazy.<\/span>
But it might be crazy enough to work.<\/span>
And I\u2019m crazy enough about this guy to do anything to keep him around-for a very long time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friend, can you spare $1.00<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pass It On.
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Tricia at Shout brought this story to my attention and I want to repeat it here to do my part in helping spread the word. Gina of Lattes and Lipstick (which I’m adding to my rss reader right now) is raising money to pay for her husband’s cancer treatment by compiling and selling an eBook […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[332,764,1041],"tags":[700,351,333,302],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-causes","category-food-living-well","category-life-skills","tag-cooking","tag-life-is-what-happens-when-youre-making-other-plans","tag-make-the-world-a-better-place","tag-recipes","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"332":{"name":"Causes & Giving Back","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/life-skills\/causes\/"},"764":{"name":"Food","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/life-skills\/food-living-well\/"},"1041":{"name":"Tools & Skills for Living","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/life-skills\/"}},"tags_names":{"700":{"name":"cooking","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/cooking\/"},"351":{"name":"life is what happens when you're making other plans","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/life-is-what-happens-when-youre-making-other-plans\/"},"333":{"name":"make the world a better place","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/make-the-world-a-better-place\/"},"302":{"name":"recipes","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/recipes\/"}},"comments_number":0,"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fDeG-4y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12681,"url":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/10\/16-year-cancerversary-and-finding-my-way-back-to-hope\/","url_meta":{"origin":282,"position":0},"title":"16 Year Cancerversary, and finding my way back to hope","author":"Judy Schwartz Haley","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"16 years ago, today, I got that call. 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