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Karen Wheel · 05-31-2010, 06:05 AM

I will add my two cents on the combination effort of therapy I have done (and many others that I have found have had success with).... as I wish I would have found this site earlier in my journey and read more when I was in your shoes (before I started my chemo/Herceptin and radiation) .... First book I would HIGHLY suggest you read --- is Beating Cancer with Nutrition --- it is a must! He explains how to keep your strength up during treatment with eating and taking the right supplements ---- I found it too late as I am reading it now (and I am finished my year of treatment!) soooooo wish I would have known it at your stage.

I was lucky I found mine much earlier - (see signature) but Her2+++ is still plenty heavy for a dx! It scared the daylights out of me --- this site really helps me deal with this and get all kinds of great information - as our Her2 is not like the regular type and it got really hard for me to hear my friends say - hey, you'll be fine, lots of people survive breast cancer - (duhhhh.... like I don't know that!?) but I was feeling that they didn't understand the aggressive nature of Her2 and I wasn't freaked out for no reason.

I also started reading and digesting all I could on dealing with cancer in a natural way --- as after taking the chemo, doing radiation and Herceptin for a year ---- I NEVER EVER EVER want to take it again. I am NED and I intend to stay this way - but not by doing what I did before - I have drastically changed my life, my diet and my attitude...

Bummer is I am still not back running - I sooooooo miss it - but I'm still too sore (they say its probably from the radiation and its normal --- not sure I would have signed up for it if I would have known how long I would be sore!?) - so not sure when I will feel up to putting on my runners again. :-( But am power walking, doing some yoga and just started swimming in the sea again as the water is warm enough now --- LOVE THAT! So, being super healthly (in my mind as I was before) to BHAM - Breast Cancer.... ! It is a shock, so I can relate to you there!

If you are on Facebook - I'm there - feel free to ping me (see signature) I have lots of photos posted of my life here in Italy - if you want to escape a bit! :-) Also, I have lots of info on diet, nutrition and pH - I can send it to you.

Hang in there ---- it does get easier but the road doesn't change - this is the landscape for us now and it will forever change you, but I hope you also find, like me ... that this road less traveled --- it will make you deeper, stronger, and even sexier in the long run!

Few of my favorite sites with loads of information:

http://www.i-amperfectlyhealthy.com/index.html
http://www.cancerfightingstrategies.com/index.html
http://www.carcinomacancer.org/cance...ph-factor.html
www.drday.com
http://www.cancerrd.com/
www.livingfoodsinstitute.com
http://cancermonitor.blogspot.com/20...reatments.html
http://www.creativehealthinstitute.com/wheat_grass.htm
http://www.healthquarters.org/
www.gerson.org

Favorite Books:

o The Cancer Battle Plan Sourcebook (this is the updated version) - by David Frahm
o Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor – by Kris Carr
o Beating Cancer with Nutrition – by Patrick Quillin PhD, RD, CNS
o Eat to Live – by Joel Fuhrman, MD
o The Gerson Therapy – The amazing nutritional program for cancer and other illnesses – by Charlotte Gerson and Morton Walker, DPM
o A Cancer Therapy – Results of Fifty Cases – by Max Gerson, MD
o 50 Essential Things to Do - Greg Anderson
o (on my wish list to read: Suzanne Somers - Knock Out for Cancer)

05-31-2010, 06:05 AM	#18
Karen Wheel Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sardegna, Italy Posts: 362	Re: New to the Group I will add my two cents on the combination effort of therapy I have done (and many others that I have found have had success with).... as I wish I would have found this site earlier in my journey and read more when I was in your shoes (before I started my chemo/Herceptin and radiation) .... First book I would HIGHLY suggest you read --- is Beating Cancer with Nutrition --- it is a must! He explains how to keep your strength up during treatment with eating and taking the right supplements ---- I found it too late as I am reading it now (and I am finished my year of treatment!) soooooo wish I would have known it at your stage. I was lucky I found mine much earlier - (see signature) but Her2+++ is still plenty heavy for a dx! It scared the daylights out of me --- this site really helps me deal with this and get all kinds of great information - as our Her2 is not like the regular type and it got really hard for me to hear my friends say - hey, you'll be fine, lots of people survive breast cancer - (duhhhh.... like I don't know that!?) but I was feeling that they didn't understand the aggressive nature of Her2 and I wasn't freaked out for no reason. I also started reading and digesting all I could on dealing with cancer in a natural way --- as after taking the chemo, doing radiation and Herceptin for a year ---- I NEVER EVER EVER want to take it again. I am NED and I intend to stay this way - but not by doing what I did before - I have drastically changed my life, my diet and my attitude... Bummer is I am still not back running - I sooooooo miss it - but I'm still too sore (they say its probably from the radiation and its normal --- not sure I would have signed up for it if I would have known how long I would be sore!?) - so not sure when I will feel up to putting on my runners again. :-( But am power walking, doing some yoga and just started swimming in the sea again as the water is warm enough now --- LOVE THAT! So, being super healthly (in my mind as I was before) to BHAM - Breast Cancer.... ! It is a shock, so I can relate to you there! If you are on Facebook - I'm there - feel free to ping me (see signature) I have lots of photos posted of my life here in Italy - if you want to escape a bit! :-) Also, I have lots of info on diet, nutrition and pH - I can send it to you. Hang in there ---- it does get easier but the road doesn't change - this is the landscape for us now and it will forever change you, but I hope you also find, like me ... that this road less traveled --- it will make you deeper, stronger, and even sexier in the long run! Few of my favorite sites with loads of information: http://www.i-amperfectlyhealthy.com/index.html http://www.cancerfightingstrategies.com/index.html http://www.carcinomacancer.org/cance...ph-factor.html www.drday.com http://www.cancerrd.com/ www.livingfoodsinstitute.com http://cancermonitor.blogspot.com/20...reatments.html http://www.creativehealthinstitute.com/wheat_grass.htm http://www.healthquarters.org/ www.gerson.org Favorite Books: o The Cancer Battle Plan Sourcebook (this is the updated version) - by David Frahm o Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor – by Kris Carr o Beating Cancer with Nutrition – by Patrick Quillin PhD, RD, CNS o Eat to Live – by Joel Fuhrman, MD o The Gerson Therapy – The amazing nutritional program for cancer and other illnesses – by Charlotte Gerson and Morton Walker, DPM o A Cancer Therapy – Results of Fifty Cases – by Max Gerson, MD o 50 Essential Things to Do - Greg Anderson o (on my wish list to read: Suzanne Somers - Knock Out for Cancer) __________________ Karen Wheelhouse Age: 46 Facebook id: Karen Wheel 2-09 – Age 44 -Biopsy-Cancer 3-09 – Right Quadrantectomy. Clear margins. 3 lymph nodes taken - all clear Tumor results: Stage 1, 1.5 cm, Her2 +++ Est positive 80% - Prog 10% - Ki67 postive 30% 4-09 – Became a vegan! pH balance of body - cancer can't grow in neutral pH! 4-09 Started Herceptin & Chemo (9 weeks of Navelbine ) FYI - when coupled with Herceptin has the same results as more toxic chemo. No brainer! 8-09 - 30 RADS 9-09 - Said NO to hormone therapy 4-10 Finished Herceptin!!!! 7-10 PET Scan & other exams .... All clear! YIPPEE!!!! 11-10 Breast, organ Ultrasounds and lung x-rays all clear no changes ... NED! 2-25-2011 --- 2 years from surgery and NED!!!!!! 7-2011 Clear bone scan and full body and head MRI! NED! NED! NED! ;-)[/SIZE]