Believe51,
Releasing ammonia in your sweat is caused by burning protein during your exercise instead of carbohydrates. If you are low on carbohydrates, the body dips into the protein reserves, which means your muscles or whatever protein you ate recently, ie amino acids. Ammonia is the by-product of burning off the protein.
I'd be skeptical that it relates to cancer. The ammonia smell is a common topic of discussion among athletes.
Amy
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Amy age 37 at dx
Feb 2008 Multifocal DCIS
Apr 2008 Bilateral Mastectomies
Sister to Laura age 37 at dx
April 2006
9 cm ER-/PR- Her2 +++/bone mets
neoadjuvant TCH plus Zometa
November 2006
bilateral mastectomy - Change to ER+/PR- Her2 +++
January 2007
innumerable tiny brain mets - WBR
March 2007
good response to WBR - some gone, all smaller
currently on Lapatinib and Xeloda
Feb 2008
Brain MRI: brain mets went from innumerable (jan '07) to 5 (june '07) to 3 (oct '07) to 1 that is getting less conspicuous(feb '08) PET/CT: Slight uptake in some sclerotic bone mets
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