I am back from my trip to LA. Sorry about your computer. I leave all of my computer problems to my son. He is in Oregon, but somehow, magically, he fixes my computer via long distance. Now if only I can get him to program my VCR. I hope your computer troubles are over soon. I can't wait to see how the rest of your cleanse went and the changes to your body.

Not to be too personal, buy I thought I read somewhere in your writings that you were about 51 years of age. I am 54. My "Aunt Flo" left me about 3 years ago. My daughter, age 10 and 4 months had her first one last month. Well, she was devastated. So we had a talk and revamped her diet (as much as I can control when she is home). She is eating more raw with no soda, little processed sugar and white flour. Low and behold, this month she had only about 3 spots in one day and that was it. She is a believer now. I am hoping we can hold it off for a couple more years until she is more mature and better able to handle it.

LA was fun. We were at the Westin in the Financial District. Nice and Ritzy. We did take the bus and subway a couple of days to Pasadena and Hollywood. I got to eat at the Souplantation (my favorite) and shop at Target, Ross and Whole Foods. I bought a suitcase of raw nuts, nut butters, cheese, dates, raisins, etc. back to Japan with me. Also some raw Larabars, etc. Couldn't find the smooth move, but I didn't find a health food store. We are planning on going to Hawaii next month to check on our houses, so I will further stock up then.

My Japanese friend gave me a container full of raw, fermented soybeans to make miso soup, along with some seaweed. Talk about implanting the good flora in your gut. Wow! That stuff is potent. I need to cut back; too fast, too furious.

Well, I will have fun reading the rest of your blogs that I missed. I had trouble finding this blog after being gone. I think I will refer back to it every time I cleansed. My next one will be after my Hawaii trip in late Aug. or early Sept. Although, I feel like I need one now. Have a great day. Aloha

One thing I figured out is, do not do the MC before a trip, do it after a trip (to clean out the junk you have no control over eating) and also to fly on foreign carriers. They are not bancrupt like US carriers and they treat you like people and the service is much, much better.