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After losing a beloved sister to that monster two years ago I have only one thing to say:

FIGHT

FIGHT

FIGHT

FIGHT

FIGHT

FIGHT

and NEVER GIVE UP

[JoeFromSidney]

My first wife had breast cancer, and had one breast removed. She didn't go on chemo or radiation afterwards, but had no remission of the cancer before her death five years later from other causes.

I remember her doing a lot of exercises to restore the muscles that had been messed up during the operation. I hope if you have to have surgery, they can do it without messing up your chest muscles.

[CaptainK]

Check your local area and see if there are Breast Cancer advisory services. In my town there is a well informed voluntary agency that can recommend or comment on doctors and surgeons in the area. They hear from many women who share their experiences and provide an invaluable service

[janereinheimer]

BTTT

[GoCards]

I walked the 3Day Susan G. Komen in Dallas last week. First time and my last time. Unbelievable women I meet on this journey but behind the scenes of the walk I hate they give to planned parenthood and places that money should not be given too. My best friend was diagnosed last Jan. and I walked with her. She walked the entire 60 miles and completed radiation last Monday.

[spacejunkie01]

There is abundant evidence that breast cancer is caused by iodine deficiency. Go to www.breastcancerchoices.org

You will get a wealth of information from this site and will be able to buy the RIGHT kind of iodine, which is Iodoral. The liquid version is called Lugol’s.

Also investigate Dr. David Brownstein, who wrote the book ‘Iodine, why you need it why you can’t live without it’.

Iodine deficiency also causes prostate swelling, breast and uterine fibroids and ovarian cancer.

[Dacula]

My wife has battled breast cancer for the past year and I am proud to say that she is cancer free. She had the HER2 protein and her mass was 6 CM.

Everything is mental. Keep your spirits up and never give up the fight - EVER! She chose not to go to support groups because they would have put things in her head and it would have made the struggle all that much harder. We had virtually no support. Family just wasn’t their with the exception of weekly letters from her Aunt. It was tough on our two boys (8 & 16) and our family was rocked. We came through much stronger and closer.

[hope]

My daughters MIL was diagnosed with stage 3. Thank God for the prayers of faithful Freepers she is doing well. Lympnoids are clean and all blood work has come back good. Prayers for you and all fighting this.
Completely illuminating of sugar is vital.

[ozark hilljilly]

Ah Ha! I’ve found the thread!
Thank you for doing this Jane.

One thing you’ll unfortunately get now is tons of “advice” from well meaning folks. What to eat, what to do, what vitamins or minerals to take. They all like they know more than the docs about this. I’m all for using proven alternative methods in conjunction with the modern medicine, but sometimes these folks really don’t know when to back off and respect your decisions. It is annoying! Some will even question your wisdom at taking the conventional route of treatment, if you opt for that. I had a guy tell me to my face that I was a fool for doing chemo, that everyone who does chemo dies and bla bla bla. It was heartbreaking to listen to this ig’nert jackwagon. He was a customer of mine so it was difficult not to tell him to kiss off.
I just get so sick of those folks like that. They’re worse than the cancer! Seriously!

Wow, I didn’t mean to go all off like that, but it is a touchy subject of mine.
What a way to kick things off, eh?
I hope more survivors post here with encouragement and tech tips we can use. It’d be nice to have a place where we can let it all hang out...or not, depending on your stage of treatment.
Oh that’s another thing...I have a weird sense of humor about my predicament.

[rabidralph]

I'm sorry to hear that you've been diagnosed with cancer. You have my prayers.

National Cancer Institute

Free publications about cancer

[Yaelle]

Go out today and get a copy of Suzanne Somers’ book on fighting cancer, “Knockout.” Do not pooh-pooh this beacuse she was a mediocre actress on Three’s Company. The book is 90% not about her, but full of serious interviews and EXCELLENT advice from doctors who are CURING cancer without destroying one’s health through chemotherapy. In some cases chemo is still a part of treatment, but not always.

Everyone with cancer of any kind NEEDS to read this book. Conventional medicine is bought and paid for by drug manufacturers. Some things they do are very right and will save your life, and some things they do are simply because everyone does them, and they reduce the patient to a shell of a person, with no immune system or health left.

Many people are able to live a RICH, PRODUCTIVE, HAPPY life with cancer as a low chronic disease, but they and their bodies are strong. She lists many doctors in the book for you to visit or consult with to get your second opinions.

Don’t be one-dimensional in your learning about or battle with cancer. INFORM YOURSELF from all sides. It could be the most important thing you do. This book is a good starting point.

[Yaelle]

Just looked through the thread and am STUNNED to find, among FReeper women, that NO ONE has informed herself of non-traditional, yet still western MEDICAL, cancer treatments.

I am saying a prayer for all of you ladies suffering that all of you will receive a full healing.

But I just know that if I had a disease, I’d want to know MORE TRUTHS about it than traditional oncology and drugs. I know that true health, unrelated to the cancer fight, is NOT something you will hear from most doctors. Most doctors do NOT make sure you are taking in far more Omega 3 fats than Omega 6, they never make sure you are preventing illness with your correct dose of vitamin D, and other very important health actions. Why would oncologists ever consider treatments that do not involve drugs? They are mostly reading and learning the SAME THINGS, and the answer is always in chemo.

PLEASE at least read Suzanne Somer’s book that I mentioned in the previous, because those MEDICAL DOCTORS within have been doing some remarkable cancer treatments that allow you to KEEP your immune system and health. Isn’t that worth at least READING? You do not need to ask your oncologist’s permission to READ a book.

Good luck to all of my wonderful FReeper sisters fighting this battle.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Good for you. I'm am such a cynic, I don't trust any traditional medicine any longer. Both my mom and grandmother died of breast cancer but my mom was 95. My grandmother was in her 70s but she never treated hers at all. She lived at least seven years after she knew she had it.

I do have a cousin who had breast cancer and had surgery and that was several years ago and she's doing fine.

I do need to hear of success stories to remove my cynicism.