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Old 09-07-2006, 08:28 AM   #11
tousled1
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Julie,

Thanks for bringing up the genetics. I too have an extremely strong family history of cancer. son - leukemia; sister - breast cancer; brother - lymphoma; father - lung cancer; father's sister - ovarian cancer; paternal grandmother - breast cancer; first cousin - breast cancer; first cousin - bone cancer; mother's sister - breast cancer; fraternal grandmother - breast cancer; and the list goes on even further.

I think genetics is the major player in cancer. Yes, we should all eat healthier but almost all foods have some type of additive or have been treated/sprayed with something. The only option is to only eat those foods that you grow yourself.

As for supplements - yes I take supplements - but then aren't they all man-made? The best supplements would be those that you go out in nature and obtain yourself.

All that being said, I appreciate all the information that is posted on this board. I'm still in the learning phase.
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Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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