['lizbeth]

Believe 51, I went to the lecture on the latest in breast cancer. It was a nice review but I've already learned much of the latest from this website and a former six month periods reading medical journals.

I went to a Nutrition and Cancer lecture (after learning my body fat was an alarming 36%) and heard that we shouldn't eat more than 20% of our daily calorie from fats. That avoiding sugar isn't as helpful as I'd like, because the cancer will metabolize muscle to get what it needs if glucose isn't available. And studies are showing that exceedingly high doses of vitamins can be just as detrimental as deficiencies. The nutritionist was also a scientist (Phd) that did research on nutrition and cancer. Quite a wealth of knowledge.

The last lecture I attended was on clinical trials. The doctor explained the clinical trial system, Phase I, II and III. I understand better why it is so difficult to get a treatment through these clinical trials, but I didn't learn specifically about what clinical trials are currently available.

My husband, who has had LGL for 11 years, went to the leukemia lecture and got a great education on the basics of cancer.