Nutritional and exercise advice

Kateful-

There are 2 books that you should read. The first is "The China Study" by T. Colin Campbell. The second is "Anti-Cancer" but I don't remember the author but it is a new book. You can probably get these from your library. Dr. Campbell explains what foods are cancer promoters. A diet which is high in plant based foods is recommended. That is what I am doing.

Just a word of caution.  While I certainly believe in a good diet and good eating habits, I've always eaten healthy, exercised, and am a petite 5'4'' at 105 pounds.  Still, I got breast cancer.  All my friends were absolutely stupefied that I got it because I always seemed so healthy.  So, I certainly believe in being healthy and it sure can't hurt, but for me, it didn't protect me.  And I don't have any family history. 

kateful,

Please fully understand you pathology and what it means before proceeding.  Your Stage and Grade along with receptor is very important in your treatment options.

I see you are a fellow sister in Christ so I also listed some christian books that helped me in my early journey with this disease.  Please read and read some more.  There is no one shot with treatment.  You must apply multiples to get the response you want.  May the Lord guide you of the next week and months.  Feel free to contact me if you need more info.

Best place to purchase - Half.com & Amazon.com or Library
	Look under used they are like new books.
Breast Cancer - Books
1	Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook-Judy C. Kneece RN OCN
	(best beginner book written by Oco Nurse lot of years exp.)
1	A Journey Through Cancer - Emile Barnes - Christian writer)
	Stories of Hope, Healing & God's Faithfulness
2	Desperate Hope - Barbara milligan
	Experiencing God in the midst of BC
3	Advanced Breast Cancer - Musa Mayer
	Living with Metastic Disease
4	Living Beyond Breast Cancer - Marisa C. Weiss MD
	Survivor's Guide
5	Chicken Soup for the Sole - Breast Cancer
All Cancer Patients
1	Cancer 50 Essential Things To Do - Greg Anderson
	(check list of things you should know about your treatment)
2	Love, Medicine & Miracles - Bernie S. Siegel MD
	How to have a winning attitude
3
Spiritual Battle
1	The Battle Belongs to the Lord - Joyce Meyers
2	Harnessing The Power of Fear - (all fears not just cancer) Dr Ken Nichols
3	Serenity - (Hallmark stores?) handbook of scriptures
4	Don't just stand there pray something - Ronald Denn
	Power of intercessory prayer
5	The Word, The Name, The Blood - Joyce Meyer
6	When God & Cancer Meet - Lynn Eib
7	Finding the light in cancer's shadows - Lynn Eib
8	Never Lose heart - Joyce Meyer
Health
1	What to eat if you have cancer - Maureen Keane MS & D. Chance MS
2	Walking in Divine Health - Don Colbert, MD
	(Christian doctor)
3	How to prevent and treat cancer with Natural Medicine -4 top doc's
	This works with standard treatment & side effects (patrick Quillin also in this book)
	These doctor started Cancer Centers of America
4	Challenge Cancer and Win! - Kim Dalzell PHD,RD, LD
	Nutrition by specific cancer
5	Outsmart your Cancer - Tanya Pierce
	This book describes alternative treatments
6	With the help of our friends from France - Carol Silverander
	How she stabilizing and living with breast cancer to the liver
7	Beating Cancer with Nutrition - Patrick Quillin
8	I Beat Cancer - Story of 50 people tell you how they did it
9	Green for Life - Victoria Boutenko
	Website:
	Breastcancerchoice.org  ( very good site)
	Annieappleseeds.com
	Ralphmoss.com (charges for some info but excellent info)

i found a lot of very helpful info here: 

http://www.drweil.com/drw/ecs/ask_dr_weil/list_by_category.html?category=380

i especially like this site: (be sure to look at all the categories on the right-hand side):

http://www.caring4cancer.com/go/cancer/nutrition/questions/aicr-cancer-prevention-guidelines.htm 

like digger, i was always extremely healthy, never even had the flu a day in my life, am 5'1", 106, vegetarian, gets lots of exercise, has a very stress-free life before being diagnosed. i do have family history of breast cancer, however. my surgeon told me that being in such good health and being fit did help me with very rapid recovery from surgery ( i was driving and back to work 4 days after double mastectomy) and will help a lot enduring the SEs of chemo and radiation.

our hospital offers free dietitian services, and i've met with mine many times to learn about how to prepare my body for chemo and radiation, how to prevent recurrence. i drink a smoothie every day - i cup organic yogurt, 1 heaping TB flax meal, 1 heaping TB flax oil, 1 cup organic frozen blueberries, 1/2 cup calcium-fortified orange juice, 1 scoop whey protein powder (22 grams in each scoop), 1 scoop L-glutamine powder (50 grams in each scoop).  i take these supplements: multivitamin (with C annd E at only 100% because you can't have too many antioxidants during chemo), fish oil (300mg/day), B complex, Calcium (600mg) and Vit D (500mg)/day together in one pill.

in everything i have read, exercising every day, following a very healthy diet, not drinking, not smoking, and coping as well as we can with stress is the best we can do to protect ourselves. i had a grade 3 cancer, i'm triple negative, so my chances of recurrence are very high. my med onc  (and all the research i've read) says that the best thing i can do is exercise an hour a day and eat a very low-fat diet, no alcohol, and of course no smoking (i never did) and that lowers the risk of recurrence a great deal.  i walk/run on the treadmill an hour/day, i dance and run in place on the rebounder/trampline as often as i can at home during the day and evening, i am diligent about using arm weights (important for building calcium that the chemo depletes), and i have always followed a very low-fat diet, eat lots of veggies and fruit and grains, no granulated sugar, no processed foods, get 8 hours of sleep (my kids are grown and i live alone, which helps). i surround myself with loving family and friends and have learned to cull the negative people out of my life.

i don't think of eating healthy as a diet. it's just a way of life. exercise is another thing - sometimes i have to force myself to do it, but especially now i realize it's one of the main things to try to keep cancer from recurring, so i'm diligent about it, just like brushing my teeth every day. i don't think about it; i just do it. 

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