I am a breast cancer survivor, five years out. I have been through most of the highs and lows of this disease. Five surgeries, four chemo treatments and thirty three radiation treatments later, I am now in the follow-up stage. After all this, I must say to you — don’t stop now! Follow-up treatment is [...]
So…you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. Your world has been turned completely upside down. You have thoughts of surgeries and toxic chemical cocktails dancing through your head. What are you going to do? Let’s start by listing the things you are not going to do. You are not going to panic. You are not going [...]
Breast cancer is an ugly word that no woman ever wants to hear. And why would we? We know that so often the first course of action is to cut one or both of our breasts off. And then we get to look forward to round after round of debilitating chemotherapy and watch our hair [...]
There is an increasing awareness about breast cancer and a toxin called dioxin. Certain plastics under common conditions leaks this toxin which is being found in breast tissue. You can prevent this problem from occurring if you read further. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the tissues and cause them to mutate into cancer cells. These [...]
Whether you have experienced a breast cancer diagnosis, bilateral mastectomy surgery or not, you can benefit from a fresh look at grief. Could grief be good for you? I say, ‘yes’. Kubler-Ross proposed stages with which she disagreed late in her life in 2004. Until we grieve, we can be in a place of suffering [...]
That was a report about curcumin and cancer, and how natural remedies are now featuring highly in the treatments of some serious illnesses. It’s certainly not uncommon to know of someone in your family circle who has suffered or endured such a disease as breast cancer. I too, speak from a personal viewpoint as someone [...]
Patients often ask me: “Should I get an MRI?” (magnetic resonance imaging). The answer from me is: “Only if you need it.” Why should we NOT all get breast MRI? After all, we know that mammograms and ultrasounds do fail to pick up some breast cancers. MRI is the latest, most expensive modality in breast [...]
How dangerous is breast cancer? Well, breast cancer is really dangerous but there are now lots of treatments available. You’re free to choose between conventional treatments and alternative treatments. Through accurate diagnosis, the doctor can provide you with the proper treatment plan that can cure your illness. If you were diagnosed with breast cancer many [...]
