Breast Cancer And Hormone Therapy
Breast Cancer And Hormone Therapy
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Lea_B._Yekutiel]Lea B. Yekutiel
Since my breast cancer, I was obsessed to find the core of it. I started asking myself the following questions:
1. What causes breast cancer?
2. What makes some people susceptible to breast cancer, while it does not affect others?
3. Was my as results of taking hormone therapy?
4. Was my supposed to teach me something?
I was so ignorant about that it gave me the opportunity to explore this issue. The more I learned about breast cancer, the more I realized that it was not what I knew or didn't know that would prevent me from getting breast cancer. It was what I knew that just wasn't so that was my greatest obstacle.
After all the research that made about I learned that hormone therapy that doctors put me on was one of the reasons. Most western medications have side effects. In my case the side effect was and severe depression.
One of my favorite stories is a perfect example of how most people search for answers in life, but when the answers don't fit with their old ways of thinking they simply ignore them and continue searching.
A man who is walking along a cliff suddenly loses his balance, slips and falls off. Luckily, he has the presence
Scientists find a gene that makes cancer spread (Reuters)
Reuters - A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Diet tied to survival in breast cancer patients (Reuters)
Reuters - Women with early-stage breast cancer may live longer if they maintain a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, a new study suggests.
Genes Predict Chances of Breast Cancer's Spread (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that could help
doctors fine-tune breast cancer treatments even further, a new study
confirms that there are genes that increase the likelihood that the
disease will spread throughout a woman's body.
High Insulin May Boost Odds of Breast Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women with high levels of insulin
in their blood appear to be more likely to develop breast cancer than
those with lower insulin levels.
High insulin levels may increase breast cancer risk (Reuters)
Reuters - Data from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study show that higher than normal insulin levels are an independent risk factor for breast cancer.
Trying to prevent lymphedema after breast cancer (AP)
AP - Hospitals in about a dozen states are testing whether some simple steps, such as arm-strengthening exercises, could reduce the risk of one of breast cancer's troubling legacies — the painful and sometimes severe arm swelling called lymphedema. Lymphedema has long been a neglected side effect of cancer surgery and radiation: Many women say they never were warned, even though spotting this problem early improves outcomes.
Cancer Medicine Advances on Many Fronts (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The war against cancer gathered
steam in 2008, as new drugs tackled the toughest cancers with some
success, and advances were made in both disease prevention and risk factor
identification.
British woman to deliver baby screened for breast cancer (AFP)
AFP - A woman is to give birth this week to the first baby in Britain which has been selected to be free of a gene which greatly increases the risk of breast cancer, experts said.
Obesity raises risk of cancer-related lymphedema (Reuters)
Reuters - Painful swelling of the arm or shoulder area following treatment for breast cancer -- a condition called lymphedema - is more common in women who are overweight or obese than in women of normal weight, researchers have found.
Marital Distress May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Marriage problems are
associated with poorer outcomes for women with breast cancer, a new U.S.
study finds.
of mind to grab on to the ledge. He's hanging there for dear life. He's hanging and hanging and finally calls out: "Is there anybody up there that can help me"? There's no answer.
He keeps calling and calling and finally this big bellowing voice calls back, "This is God. I can help you. Just let go and trust."
The next thing you hear: "Is there anybody else up there that can help me"?
The moral of the story is that we have to trust God and accept whatever happen to us and be grateful for it, since it could be worse.
As Jim Rohn sad; "Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got".
With much Love, Laughter and Trust in God,
Lea Yekutiel
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