Hang in there Dapper. Lots of us are with you in spirit and looking forward to good news tomorrow. Jeano

Clay buddy, you know I am in your corner. Let us know how your appointment goes on Friday. Jeano

Deb, I'm glad you like your new oncologist and are having the tests. I do know the being tired of worrying about the cancer coming back and have spent my time with my head in the sand. Sending love and prayers to you. Jeano

Everyone - so far tests are appearing to look good. I can see them online and they are looking normal, 3 are flagged as high, but just over a normal range. I have NO idea what it actually means. lol One more test tomorrow. I will have to have patience and wait until Friday.

Tommi - I really do like my new oncologist. I DO NOT like the new primary, so dr shopping again for a primary. :)

Dapper - I am prone to doing the same thing, thinking 'oh hell, it will go away'. I hope your scan comes back clean. Please, let us know how you are doing. I know I stress myself out WAY more than I need to, also. It doesn't change the outcome, so its needless. Right???
The genetics test is for the BRCA gene. Since the cancer was negative for hormone receptors, I have a higher chance of recurrence and it coming back in other areas of my body. If I test positive for the gene it can help with any future treatment plans and my daughter, niece and sisters will have to be screened more often and earlier.
Head in the sand means to me; ignoring changes in my body/health, continuing to not take care of ME.
To keep myself healthy: I eat a very low-fat, high fiber diet. I do not eat soy or processed sugar. I moved closer to family, ended an unhealthy/toxic relationship (I even let hym back in after radiation, after hy left me the day after my 2nd chemo WTF) and am working from home and less hours to lower my stress level.

KC - thank you and so sorry about all the losses you have had. HUGS :)

Lucian - finding it early is such a blessing :) I pray Aryon is back out of the hospital soon (of not already) and the infection is gone.

julie - I truly feel it is harder to be the caretaker. You are amazing. It is such a loving, unselfish thing to do for a person. I have never been closer to my best friend and am in awe of what she gave to me. I am grateful every minute to have her in my life.

clay - hope you get an appt for a scope soon and don't have too wait long.

Jeano - I am working hard at not worrying about what hasn't happened. It is hard! It did motivate me to have my affairs in order. I have a safe with wills, user names and passwords, account information. HUGS and LOVE to you, too.

Hey, folks. The CAT scan was clean! Yay. Thanks for your support.

Deb- I believe it is all about what we eat, low stress, and exercise. Please consider purchasing/reading Keith Block's book, "Life Over Cancer". I went to Chicago to meet him and get some testing done. The testing determined types/dosing for supplements to assist with providing an uninhabitable place for cancer.

It is about it not coming back. I won't ramble on about it, because people have heard enough here from my jaws on the issue, but please consider eating no meat but fish, and no dairy. No processed sugar, of course, or any, actually. Sugar feeds tumors. Use Agava Nectar or Stevia. We may not be able to control if we have cancer cells or even the beginning of tumors in our bodies all the time, but we can keep them from flourishing. It is all about creating an environment that cancer does not flourish in.

http://www.lifeovercancer.com/

Take care and please keep updating us.

I agree. I take supplements suggested by treatment center. I only eat fish and seafood and rarely turkey (twice in the last year). Once in a while low-fat feta (I love me some feta), otherwise no dairy. Never sugar, since as you know, cancer LOVES some sugar. I have a dog that insists we walk, too. I love to hike. :)

With that all said. A friend fought breast cancer about the same time and she ran marathons, coached volleyball, never smoked and the healthiest vegan I know.

Sometimes shit just happens.

Dapper , YAY, thanks for sharing the great news.

Deb, reading the good news has really made my day--doing the happy dance right now. Jeano

I have been all happy excited too! :) Today is a bone scan, but not as scared as I was earlier this week. Just gotta keep looking forward. :)

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Thank you :) my mommy is going with me, too. I tried to talk her into staying home, but she isn't having it.

I will. I see the dr at 9:30 tomorrow. BUT I will be checking online tonight for results.

When it comes to breast cancer from hereditary most bets are off. If she ate meat/dairy as a child, her cells would have already mutated. The question is if she would have gotten cancer earlier than she did, if she wasn't vegan. Perhaps it was indeed her eating vegan that kept it from starting 10 years earlier. My chicago doc (Keith Block), told me it was a combination of hereditary (possibly, got additional testing, like I mentioned) and from eating animal protein when young. Yep, that was my mom. Meat, vegetable, starch at every meal.

You must believe it on some level, or you wouldn't do it. Unless you ate this way before/enjoy it this way. Personally, I hate a no meat, no dairy diet. Hate it everyday, if I am honest. Every FUCKING day, if I am really, really honest. :byebye:

Yes, Clay, I really do have TF to thank eating healthy. She is the cook around here! What she cooks is awesome, I just desperately miss meat and dairy.

http://news.yahoo.com/genetic-twist-...124030861.html

Could help personalize treatments.

Thank you, Corkey!

I am so sorry, I didn't mean to come off like wasn't worth the work of life styles changes to prevent recurrence. I truly did not intend for anyone to take it like that. I do believe it can make all the difference, but don't believe anything is a guarantee. I am also not going to blame myself for causing my cancer, because I ate a cookie. I didn't eat much meat or processed food even as a kid. I had hippie parents, who grew food and most of our protein came from beans and tofu. No meat doesn't bother me, but the no dairy is a bitch. I eat yogurt everyday, but its almond milk and just isn't the same, I agree.
You have suggested your doctor in Chicago before. I can't afford to take a flight, hotel and to go see a doctor and I know before you said if you want it, you can make it happen. And honestly I am grateful and happy for you that you can afford to do that. I barely paid off all my dr bills at the beginning of this year. I am waiting for the book 'life over cancer' to come in at the library, its coming from another branch. I am at the point though, I am not going to continue to make myself sick with guilt.

I am pretty confident that I never said if you want it bad enough, you can make it happen. That simply isn't my way of thinking, so I am sure I did not say that. My mother paid for my trip, by the way, as it is not something that I could afford, either.

My mention of Chicago was not suggesting you go, it was a reference point for my mentioning of the book. I was never advocating this when I spoke of Block. It was all about his book. You also don't need to go out there if you wanted to get the testing done. Your insurance will pay for it all. I did not recall that you were on this thread when I have talked about it before. I thought you would be interested since you ate similarly.

I certainly do not feel guilt for having gotten cancer, and was not implying that you (or anyone), should either. If I returned to eating the way I used to eat (fast food several times/week, processed food, daily) and got cancer again, yes, I would blame myself a bit. Informed consent is how I see it.

Wow. Just realized the name change. Debbie = deb_U_taunt.

Now it makes more sense.

Sorry.

I need to go back and read your more recent posts (so I can get up to speed), because I did not realize you were the same person. I just thought you never came back to the thread. What month/year (?) did your name change?

I changed my nick in November, when I went back home to regroup. I am sorry if I came off harsh. No excuse for my being rude. I know you said you were paying a few hundred a month for supplements and my insurance barely covers basic testing. I do my best at eating healthy, but lets be honest, organic is higher priced. My insurance didn't pay for breast reconstruction, but they did pay for the uncomfortable prosthetics. Its been a battle with insurance every step of the way.

Friday dr appt update: I am stressed gang. :( The 3 test results that were a little high and I didn't know what they were, one is 'lactate dehyrogenase' levels. This can mean everything from an infection to lymphoma. I am scared, pain old scared. Bone scan showed some 'increased activity within the right mid cervical area'.
More tests, more stress, more wait and see. Trying to stay in the moment.

stay in today, stay in today, stay in today, stay in today

Dearest Deb, That is a great mantra and oh so difficult to maintain in the face of such scary situations. I am glad that you keep re-focusing on being in the moment. And in that moment reaffirm to yourself that many friends are sending love and light to you. Wish I was there to walk with you. Jeano

Hey.. hey....:pirate-steer:
Come over here. It's tomorrow. :)

Tuesday, another day on that calender. Here's a drink on me. Enjoy . !!
You don't know me from Adam, or Jane or Jo, but know, I get it ~that it is scary as hell, and none of us walks in your shoes. That comfort zone for ourselves can mean so many things. Wish I could help you in finding a way through the scary times to a place of fuck you cancer, I am living without you.

In the mean time, enjoy a lot of whatever makes you happy, takes your mind away on a puffy white cloud, and hug a tree, or a Teddy Bear, or someone you love and get that love back. Wish you were near. I have lottttts of Teddy Bears, and 3 cats.
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Thinking of you, deb. :bouquet:

Thank you. Back to reality.

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Yipeeeee! Thanks for sharing the good news Buddy.

Wonderful news!!! Hugs to you!!!! :)

Dapper, my dr suggested alpha lipoic acid for the neuropathy and I have been taking 600mg for about a week and it does seem to be giving me some relief. Not sure if its one on your list. :)

http://altmedicine.about.com/od/alph...lipoicacid.htm

No, haven't heard of this. Thank you very much!

My neck doesn't seem to be as tight either. Who knows. Even if its wishful thinking, its helping. lol

I had my second colonoscopy yesterday and my doctor said everything looks perfect! No polyps and everything looks pink and healthy! YAY! So now I can move on to the five year screening plan. :)

I woke up from the anesthesia at the very end of the procedure and got to watch a bit of it. I find it so interesting to get a glimpse at the inner-workings of my body.

Yay! Congrats you!!!
Have an awesome day Novela....

So, that is a good club to belong to. That. " let's do this again in 5 years ".:) Worst part is over **

I didn't wake up till it was all over, but I got a shiny CD..It is fascinating, and they gave the pics & a video on a CD..No 8 x 10 glossies :( ..:mohawk:

My Doc leaned over and said, Your colon is boring. Come back in 5 years, and let's do this again. Oh yeah...

May 15, 2013 is my 9 year cancer free follow-up appointment. :fastdraq: