Breast Cancer and complementary or integrative therapies

Hi, I am also a believer in God and my oncologist told me that people who pray and have people praying for them have the best outcomes. I also had Stage One Breast cancer with a very small tumor. I wanted to get into surgery as soon as possilbe so that the cancer would not spread to my lymph nodes. I thank God that my cancer was found at stage one. The surgery, a lumpectomy, was pretty easy. I did get a second opinion about chemo and decided to go with radiation. That was not hard either. Your treatment plan could be different than mine. I had triple negative breast cancer. I am 64 and back to work full time. I had a follow up mammogram and everything looks good now. I think God was with me through this. I know it is a scary thing to go through. They should have a social worker to help you. You are lucky they caught it early. My opinion is trust the doctors to get on top of it so it does not get worse.

I did not have breast cancer at least I didn't after a double mastectomy. I am experiencing a rash under the right breast continueious opening places on the incision multiple draining areas and infections. I have had a sonogram that showed 2.5 to 3. C. There are areas that are very painful from surgery July 21st 2022. I have been into the dr. She says everything is fine yet after having to be hospitalized for 2 other things not related, there dr.s put me back on antibiotics. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what this very painful area might be.. any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Tina Fleming.

This is at the beginning of the site linked above:

"You cannot heal as long as you carry a grudge, judgmental thoughts about things that happened in your life that you cannot forgive, or deep feelings of guilt and shame. – Dr. Henning Saupe"

I understand the connection between mind and body but this kind of thinking is just another way to blame us for our cancer.

About 6 months before her diagnosis, her estradiol level was about 80. At the end of June when her diagnosis was confirmed I loaded her up on Turkey Tail. Before starting Letrozole I had it checked and it was <10. I know Turkey tail is an aromatase inhibitor. I’m interested in how much?

I know you guys have seen me post this before, but it bears repeating. When considering complementary or alternative treatments, be open-minded yet skeptical. Learn about the potential benefits and risks.

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To help with your research, I found this article by a radiation oncologist who practising integrated cancer care in Australia. In particular, I think you may appreciate the studies she cites.
- Supplemental Mushrooms https://www.drcarolhaddad.com/blog/supplemental-mushrooms

Keep in mind that natural substances can also have toxicities, adverse side effects and treatment interactions.

Luckily, more and more cancer centers and oncology specialists are open to discussing and integrating complementary medicine. I hope each of you has an oncologist with whom you can speak openly about your interest and use of integrative and complementary medicine.

What form of the turkey tail mushroom did you give to her?

Has anyone here had experience using the Chinese Herb compound called Myomin? It supposedly is a natural aromatase inhibitor. Would appreciate any advice.

That’s an awesome article…. Thanks for posting the link!!!!