Bobby, thanks for clearing up that little misunderstanding. LOL I am not familiar with many of the prepared 'healthfood' brands. Nearly all of my efforts at improving the diet have been the 'home-grown' kind of changes, not the prepackaged kind. And there's a lot more available today, than there was back in the late '70s and '80s! Now that I'm doing this again, it's quite bewildering. Eh, but it tends to be cheaper to keep to the 'do-it-myself' kinds of changes. I love convenience products, and there's no way I could make something like a superfood powder or substitute myself, but I really don't keep up with what's out there. I try to avoid prepackaged and processed foods - even those labeled 'health foods' - because there are always issues to be concerned about regarding mass production of food. Another reason I really like Jameth Sheridan's Health Force Nutritionals. It matters how stuff is produced and where it comes from and how it's grown.
I'll be most interested if you ever find a green powder you like. *g*
Yes, I was diagnosed with IDC and had a simple bilateral mastectomy on March 31, no allopathic treatment after or before. Triple Neg, high proliferation on the final path report.
The bc discussion group I was on before surgery ripped my skin off, when I discussed alternative approaches. Predicted a horrible death would result from abandoning chemo - as if death by chemo would be any better! Those ladies were so enthralled to their fear, they couldn't bear to have me mention departures from their own chosen paths.
I found other support groups, and still look for them. I am new to this group, and love what I've found here. I am familiar with some of the folks here from other groups I'm in.
I don't much cotton to making critical decisions based on fear.
Not even my decision to have the surgery was as much out of fear as from being convinced that the tumor was overburdening my body's ability to cope. (The only recognizable symptom was the lump, until the month immediately before surgery. I was really 'ill', sleeping constantly and didn't want to eat.) The final path report mentions necrosis, so I'm wondering if the changes I'd already made, prior to dx, were enabling my body to fight back, as well as causing those last symptoms before surgery.
I've been so busy focusing on restoring health, in general, that I haven't looked into it. It could be that, if I had been better informed and more prepared, I could have avoided the surgery altogether and my body would have taken care of the whole cancer thang without surgery. I know of women who have taken this route and done well.
I did believe that the surgery would give me some time away from crisis mentality (mine and everyone else's) to make necessary, health-promoting decisions. I am so grateful that I had that option. If things had been more complex, that choice might have been closed to me.
Onco had a snit and fired me before surgery. Onco surgeon is very kind and respectful and scared silly for me, but since he is respectful of my fully informed choice to take personal responsibility for my decisions, he asked to continue to 'follow' me. He's a sweet guy who either plays ignorant of anything outside his specialty to be on the safe side of legal issues, or truly without a clue. Still, a fab surgeon and a kind physician.
Groups like this one are very important to me now, not just for support but for information. I don't have the income to work directly with a health care provider that isn't covered by my estranged husband's insurance (don't know how long I'll have that) and/or Medicare. I've been on disability for other health issues for 7 years, and am grateful for the income I do have. But, as I said, I have to be excrutiatingly careful of how I spend it. Being disabled has taught me patience with myself. It has also taught me to be more frugal and very deliberate in my decisions and purchases. Not at all bad things to learn! *g*
D'Ann
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> dear d 'ann
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> only a pleasure,and i loved hearing all your information.
> pure synergy is a brand,check it out www.thesynergycompa
> ive also tried all the green drinks and also hate most of them...lol..
> are you suffering with cancer?
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> kind regards
> bobby
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