Early Stage Natural Girls!

Kaara-Lucky you! You have a doc who is up on the latest research. It is becoming more of a standard practice in Europe to not take ANY lymph nodes. Cancer cells are found in lymph nodes is an indication the body is trying to filter them out. It does not mean the nodes are cancerous and need to be removed. It is barbaric that so many US docs keep taking so many nodes. It compromises a woman's future. The lymphatic system is the garbage filter system. If it backs up, we become toxic. That is what causes lymphedema.I think doctors just keep doing things the same old same old. That is why we need to educate ourselves and be willing to speak out on what we want for our own bodies.

Good article from Dr. Brownstien on mammos. Make sure you check out his new one called Iodinephobia as well:

http://drdavidbrownstein.blogspot.com/2011/08/mammograms-not-effect...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

Mammograms Not Effective In Lowering Breast Cancer Mortality

My boyfriend was allergic to eggs and bananas as well....also tomatoes.  Make cooking a bit of a challenge.

I have mixed feelings about those food allergy tests. I had one done too, and I was surprised that things that I have come to realize were not good for me, like diary, did not come up positive in my results. It made me wonder that if we are not eating certain foods, and these proteins are not in our system at the time, would these tests reflect that? So if you are eating a lot of eggs and cranberries, wouldn't it be logical that they might show up in a test?

Maud-there are so many harmful chemicals in our skin care products and women are just slathering this stuff on. It is especially scary that we are being told to put so much of this stuff on babies. No wonder are kids have so many allergies these days. There bodies are full of toxins and they are not even getting any vit D from the sun. How did we ever survive without this stuff, back in the day? I don't remember any of my friends having allergies back then.

Merrittmalloy:  I don't think BF has noticed any difference in how he feels, its part of the detoxification process of cleaning up his gut, and apparently he is sensitive to those foods and his intestines don't work as well when he eats them.  He is now having more regular movements which he didn't before.   He always blamed that on his MS, which wasn't necessairly the case, according to the doctor.

Friday, March 9, I had two U/S guided core needle biopsies on the same breast. Though I had never heard of cancer cell spillage, I was concerned and asked that if I indeed had any cancer cells that were contained, wouldn't this cause them to now be uncontained? I was told, "no - cancer cells don't spread like that". I will never be that trusting again!

The 1^st biopsy went quickly. But there were several failed attempts to do the second. She started from the same incision, gave up and made a new one on the other side of my nipple. It was like a tiny little ball that the needle only managed to push around. Not sure how many times the needle was inserted into me but it a few times before the 2^nd biopsy was complete. Total time of procedure, about 60 minutes!                                                                

That evening I began to feel some pain which became excruciating and within moments blood came gushing out of the first incision.  I immediately applied pressure but a lot of blood still escaped. By the time I reached the emergency room and got into a bed, the bleeding had finally stopped.

After what I have read here, I am praying that this isn't the beginning of a horrible nightmare.

Hi Beccan1 - I hope everything is ok now.  When I had my stereotactic biopsy, they hit a blood vessel and couldnt control the bleeding.  I formed a hemotoma that was mind-boggling.  I looked like an eggplant.  Even the plastic surgeon was blown away.  I was told there are tons on blood vessels in the breast and if they hit a big one the bleeding will be intense.  Regarding the spread, I hope they are right when they say the cells dont spread.  That's what I was told.  Its moot now anyway for me since I had a mastectomy.  Were you dealing with a lump or calcifications?  I suppose if you just had this done on the 9th, you are still waiting for results on whether it is cancer.  Keep us posted.  I'll send all the good vibes I have that it is nothing too scary.

One more thing Beccan. When you describe "a little tiny ball that moved around" that sounds like a cyst or duct more than a tumor. This is why I love thermography so much. If something is cancerous, it is fed by lots of blood vessels. This shows up on the therm. A benign cyst does not have any "feeders". How many senseless biopsies would be eliminated if more women started having yearly therms, which pose not threat of radiation or injury, if they became a standard of care. Join me ladies. Demand thermography as a standard of care!

Maud-I agree that cancer is the result of underlying problems. Allergies, hypothyroid, etc are all autoimmune diseases that put a constant strain on our bodies. When are cells become weak and undernourished, they become subject to attack by cancer cells. We are just like plants!

Kaara - is insurance covering the thermo?

Interesting discussion on allergies. I have often wondered about what correlation there is between allergies and immune system. I've had seasonal allergies since I was a child, but have strangely developed dairy and gluten problems at this point in my life. I honestly think that the environment or food supply might be the trigger for these "new" allergies. I met a coworker this week who is also gluten sensitive.... how is it that I know NO ONE growing up with gluten sensitivity??? I do think there is a genetic propensity for being celiac or gluten intolerant, but as we know, genes turn on and off based on how our genes are mutating at any given time...... 

Things that make you go Hmmmmmmmm....... 

Marianna, Two things come to mind: one, a theory of mine anyway, is that exposure and exposure is cumulative and, over time, it just becomes too much for the system. I know many women who were originally not allergic to things, who are now.

I myself was not until at age 19, when, in college, I had to have penicillin for two things back to back so I was on it for a month. At the end of that month, I came down with hives (allergic reaction to penicillin).

After that, I developed food allergies that took forever for me to figure out because I would "crave" those foods and didn't know that "craving" a food (not one that you need  like spinach or  protein, but like wheat) could be a symptom of an allergic reaction. For me I figured it out when I tried to  eat brewers yeast for my skin. It tasted horrible! It made my skin have MORE breakouts, but I couldn't stop wanting it all the time and wanting spoonful after spoonful, like it was yummy even though it tasted so bad. I also think it was related to the penicillin allergy - that I could not tolerate molds.  I became allergic to yeast (in many breads, vitamins, cereals, prepared foods), wheat, gluten, too much cheese. (I can have them in occasional doses, but too much and I trigger that weird craving thing.)

Later, when I had a baby and started just washing my clothes in baby detergent too, I stopped having hives on areas my elastic bands came into contact with and so discovered I was having an allergic reaction to my old detergent. Then I became allergic to perfumes, chemicals, etc.

AND this is common I found out! We are bombarded with chemicals until we just can't take them any more!  I was so mad when one of my favorite face cream companies stopped making a scent-free product that I had loved.

The other thing -there was recently an article about this posted somewhere here- is that scientists and food companies have moved from what once was whole food into a wheat that makes you crave it. They also manipulate food into "cost efficient" parts (soy is one of them). So you are not getting the nutrition you need and thus you never feel fed until you get the right stuff.The most obvious body reaction to "frankenfood" is overweight, craving wrong food, and getting sick (from wrong food). So if someone develops or recognizes an allergy first, their body is actually giving them excellent information: This is NOT food and I need REAL food!

I really think my body gave me a big gift showing me the cancer early.  And, also, in my own case, I was eating pretty clean, but I was over-stressed and that is a whole other area that gets neglected in our society.

I also have watched my sensitive body react badly to any pharmaceutical hormones - so I know I would not do well on AIs or tamoxifen. You have to listen to your own body. The BEST doctors I have ever been to have asked me and listened to me about my own body sensations and intuitions. There is information there.

Have any of you not taken the recommended al's and not had a reaccourance?

I am taking maitake musharoom suppliment, vege green powder, calcuim salts, alcaline in my water and basic vitamin suppliments. Was diaginosed last august and did not take the recommended Arimidex. Six months mamo was ok, but constantly worry it will hit me again.