Scalp Pain is Caused by Ibrance or Letrozole or the Combination
This is a realization that came to me suddenly yesterday when I realized that my scalp no longer had intermittent painful areas – after I stopped both Ibrance and Letrozole. My painful scalp had become a constant companion for at…
Still here March 2020!
Since the last update in 2015 a lot has happened and at this point in time I am feeling strong and healthy and I really credit my oncologist doctor Dr Robin Lifton and a new medicine Ibrance which is coupled…
Still here – June 2015!
I do need to qualify this a bit for this update however because I have just come through a health crisis of sorts – in the Fall of 2014 it was discovered that I had breast cancer *again* and it…
MRI’s May Not Be Good Test for Monitoring Breast Cancer
Up until recently, I supported using MRI tests to monitor for breast cancer, perhaps even getting yearly MRI tests if you find a lump or have a concern and don’t want to get a mammogram. Well, now even that test…
Health Update
I realize that I have neglected to check back with this blog and provide health updates but that is because I have not been preoccupied with cancer and caner treatment for a while which is GOOD. My health is pretty…
Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy Have Increased Cancer Stem Cells
I’m already against chemotherapy in general unless it is a last resort to wage a battle that one is losing by natural means. There is a HUGE cost to taking toxic chemicals to kill cancer cells and that cost is…
Genes Don’t Cause Cancer Study Reveals
I’ve already believed this in my heart but had not had any studies to point to. Thankfully now we do. I have CRINGED when I have heard people say they “got hit with the cancer stick” or “it’s in my…
Lymphedema More Common Than You Think After Breast Cancer Treatment
The mainstream cancer treatment machine once again pulls the wool over your eyes when they minimize the side effects of the “sentinel lymph node biopsy” which often results in lymphedema in the arm where they remove the lymph nodes to…
Thermograms are a Much Safer Alternative to Mammograms
Found this excellent article that is totally aligned with my own experiences with a “probable” breast cancer lump. As an update to my story – I am still cancer free as far as I know. My last MRI was March…
Study: New way to spot breast cancer shows promise
Improvements in Detecting Breast Cancers – However – Not Quite Ready for Prime Time I say that because although this new method is indeed promising – it requires “an amount of radiation 8 to 10 times that of a mammogram”.…