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Jan before starting the Rice Diet
Program.
Jan afterward, during a trek on Mount
Everest.Jan. “ He told me that I wasn ’ t going anywhere... that I was going
to stay on the program and get my body healthy before I went
through treatment; that is exactly what I did. Before I knew it, the
caring staff at the Rice Diet Program had connected me to the best
physicians and health - care team at Duke. I received excellent care,
and they had just met me two days before. ”
When Jan started radiation therapy, she was walking the Duke
Trail (that ’ s 3.2 miles of steep incline and decline) daily. Her oncol-
ogist warned her that she might feel lethargic and would probably
have to cut back on her exercise. Without a moment of hesitation,
Jan looked him square in the face and said, “ You wanna bet? ” By
the end of her treatment, Jan had walked the Duke Trail every
single day. Jan later celebrated fi ve years of being cancer - free by
hiking to the Mt. Everest base camp (up 17,600 feet).