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Rhonda if you have not done so and can face it do have a look at the post on omega three omega six and breast cancer, and the breast cancer diet post.
As I am not one of you in terms of being a sufferer I dither terribly about the wisdom of offering specific advice to individuals, but I would agree with a comment made by Adelle Davies a nutritionalist at a seminar Addelle gave which was effectively if you do nothing else sort out your fat intake and use only refrigerated cold pressed inert atmosphere products as far as possible.
The direction of my views is probably evident form my posts, and I am hugely frustrated that more is not put into research in this area by governments. I think for most that have looked into the subject in any detail it is glaringly obvious that this potentially is health gold territory.
It is the one area where all the trials are in the same direction. For most things green tea soy etc you get trials saying yes no and maybe. It is also one intake everbody has in common. We may not all eat soy or drink green tea but we all have fat intake, and it could well be a magor factor in explaining the cancer rate differentials between different global communities. My personal bet it is it is fundamental.
Since I have read all of this I have substantially altered my diet to exclude omega six and try and better than blaance my threes and sixes (and started including greens, garlic and chillies in my juice)(GONE ARE PREVIOUS FAVOURTIES OF THE SHELF fetta in oil, beans in oil, olives in oil of uncertain age and origin, crisps, sunflower oil, safflower oil, grapeseed oil.....,, chocolate made with hydrogenated fats, margerine, pre - prepared sauces - of the shelf curries - I have become a very boring - dont buy it until you have read the label as to oils hydogenated fats etc- which usually results in my wandering round the supermarket looking for a "treat" and ending back in the fresh produce section). I have noticed the difference at lots of levels, lost weight, dry eyes in the morning almost gone, improved digestion....... I have four small sub skin nodules which I have had for years which the doctor said are common (sports impact points I dont know) which were probabaly on balance growing slowly and now appear to be shinking and softening for what it is worth.
Clearly you must do your own search and come to your own conclusions, but if nothing esle I think it is generally accepted that balancing your threes and sixes actively will if nothing else improve your general health, and at the best in the long term it may make a significant difference.
A merry christmas and a good long term prognosis.
My heart goes out to you as a mother in this predicament.
RB
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