The Daily Update

So have been continuing with the regimen and I have to tell you I feel really great. Tons of energy.. never a dip in the energy and zero cravings.

Today I received an interesting free report from NewsTarget on Water as a Cure – you can read about it at these links:

http://www.watercure.com
http://www.nafhim.org/

The gist of it is that the medical doctor behind this believes that a large number of people who have various chronic illnesses are actually dehydrated and all they have to do is drink a lot more water.

His theory is very interesting and I am certainly drinking way more water already than I ever did before and I am NOT drinking sodas or diet green tea. Just water, sometimes with lemon and Stevia. I have some herbal teas occasionally but generally I drink about 8 ounces of water at least 10 times a day. So some of how good I feel might actually be from that simple change alone.

Here is a very good article covering the recent court drama involving 16 year old Abraham Cherrix who Child Protective Services attempted to FORCE to have chemotherapy and they accused his parents of being neglectful of his needs. That story really got me going but it seems the Cherrixes have won for the most part and he is allowed (gee thanks) to be treated by a doctor in Mississippi who uses restrained radiotherapy and immunotherapy – so he has avoided the chemo. This article discusses some great background on the Hoxsey therapy Cherrix sought out and the media and medical people continued to try to discredit it:

http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2006/09/wholeliving/index.php

Another interesting thing I have come across in my research this week is called the Granular Cell Tumor. Apparently it has the ability to MIMIC Breast Carcinoma on an MRI and in a biopsy. The only way it can be identified accurately is through excisional biopsy (lumpectomy) where they can confirm whether it is Carcinoma or this more rare Granular Cell Tumor.

But the important point to note here is – it can MIMIC carcinoma which means when they say they are pretty sure they have malignant cancer when they look at the cells there is still the chance it could be a benign Granular Cell Tumor. Here are the characteristics:

Granular cell tumors on clinical breast examination simulate carcinoma with fixation to the skin and rock hard on palpation. The excised tumor strongly suggests carcinoma with its firm consistency, gritty cut surface, and ill-defined borders

The most distinct histologic feature is the abundant granular eosinophilic cytoplasm. Tumor cells are arranged in bundles, cords and nests in a dense fibrous stroma (Slide 55). The nuclei are sometimes hyperchromatic, irregular, and contain prominent nucleoli (Slide 56). Because of these findings, granular cell tumor may be misdiagnosed as apocrine carcinoma, especially on frozen sections. However, mitotic figures are absent or rare.

A complete local excision results in cure.

Granular cell tumor. Tumor cells have abundant eosinophilic, granular cytoplasm simulating infiltrating ductal carcinoma with apocrine metaplasia.

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Approximately 6% of granular cell tumors occur in the region of the mammary gland [1]. A ratio of 1 granular cell tumor to 1000 carcinomas of the breast is likely [1]. Patients with gnanu-Ian cell tumor of the breast are usually middle-aged, premenopausal women, although rare examples have been reported in males [2, 3]. The tumor appears to be most common in black
people [5].

Granular cell tumors in the breast can be located superficially or deeply and are found most frequently in the upper inner quadrant [1]. The tumor is almost invariably benign, but rare malignant examples have been reported [1 , 6, 7].

The clinical presentation of this tumor is similar to that of breast carcinoma. On palpation the mass may be hard, movable, or fixed. Retraction of the overlying skin and fixation can occur
when the tumor is superficially situated. Its radiographic appearance can also mimic a carcinoma [8]. Mammographically, this lesion can be well. circumscribed or spiculated and can appear
as a new lesion or a mass that enlarges over time. On sonograms, a prominent acoustic shadowing, distal to the solid mass, can mimic carcinoma. When the specimen is examined macroscopically, most granular cell tumors are ill-defined, white or tan, and firm or hard, which usually suggests the pathologic diagnosis of scirrhous carcinoma [9]. However, microscopic examination almost always clarifies the nature ofthese tumors [9].

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Ok here is a MUST read on Water as a factor in Breast Carcinoma