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Posted by Denise
on 8/21/2005, 3:49 pm
152.163.100.204
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2000. Before my the mastectomy, the cancer was estimated to be 8cm. But the pathology showed that there was cancer in 15 of 16 slides, basically my whole breast. I had pre-operative chemo and post-operative chemo and then radiation. Cancer was in two nodes.
I ate flax seeds, the skin of organic citrus fruits, nopales, aloe vera and lots of nuts, especially almonds and walnuts. (All in addition to a somewhat balanced diet.) I took Tamoxifen.
I stopped using plastic in the microwave. I stopped drinking (for a year, now I drink extremely moderately.) I practiced guided imagery. I prayed. I asked people to pray for me.
I got a pet lovebird.
I changed how I look at life and cancer. I compared myself to a person who was shanghai'd in days of yore. Cancer had kidnapped me and was taking me on a voyage that I didn't want to go on. But the voyage I was on, and I could sit inside and cry or I could go out on deck and experience the voyage. I chose the deck. There were turbulent times, and there were calm times.
My six-monthly visit to the oncologist in June showed no signs of cancer.
In the last five years I visited:
Ireland, Guyana, Panama, Argintina, Uruguay, Las Vegas, and the Grand Canyon for the first time. I flew in a hot air baloon, a glider, and a sea plane. I took a flight leasson, and flew a plane. I went ice fishing.
I learned that life can be beautiful when a person has cancer. I learned that a person with cancer can be happy.
I learned that my life is a miracle. I learned that your life is a miracle too.
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