| are a breast cancer survivor: The concern is that | | | | your breast, seek medical attention. Talk to your |
| HRT may stimulate the growth of small or hidden | | | | doctor; know how to be proactive in your own |
| tumors, it is nearly impossible to determine how | | | | health care prevention and treatment. You are your |
| many women harbor these hidden cells known as | | | | own first line of defense-you know your body better |
| micrometastases. | | | | than anyone else and you should be aware of any |
| Your best option for fighting breast cancer is to get | | | | changes going on. |
| early detection and early diagnosis. When breast | | | | When the mind is under constant stress the body |
| cancer is detected early, your chances of being able | | | | cannot produce enough Melatonin. Melatonin is |
| to cope with it, to fight it, and via treatments like | | | | responsible for inhibiting cancer cell growth in the |
| chemo, there are many documented cases of people | | | | body. Melatonin is produced in the pituitary gland in |
| who have beat it. But if it had not been detected | | | | the brain during deep sleep between 1am-3am in the |
| and diagnosed early, those would almost certainly be | | | | morning. Constant stress means little or disrupted |
| different stories with radically different outcomes. | | | | sleep during this important Melatonin-producing period, |
| One type of breast cancer is Ductal carcinoma in situ | | | | meaning cancer is then able to spread in the body. |
| (DCIS) which in medical terms is more notably known | | | | With the amount of research being conducted into |
| as a type of cancer which is where the earliest | | | | breast cancer and other cancers, much is being |
| possible clinical diagnosis of breast cancer can be | | | | learned about how to prevent, treat and beat it. |
| cited. Women who have contracted this type of | | | | Usually it is too hard to determine the specific causes |
| cancer will have been diagnosed following a breast | | | | of individual breast cancer in individual women and |
| screening session (mammography) | | | | men but large studies can find trends and identify risk |
| Cancer is a tough one to beat, especially if it is not | | | | factors. So having certain risks factors in your |
| caught early. While the traditional methods of dealing | | | | lifestyle increases your chances of developing cancer |
| with breast cancer have been found effective based | | | | and successfully beating cancer. |
| on medical science knowledge today, you may wish | | | | When we marry the man or woman of our dreams, |
| to consider looking at treatment options. These | | | | our soul mate and best friend, we expect to be |
| alternative breast cancer treatment options are | | | | together for a lifetime despite the odds against it |
| something that can be used in conjunction with | | | | with 6 of 10 marriages today ending in divorce. We |
| conventional methods of treatment in order to | | | | truly believe that we will be together for richer, |
| increase the body’s natural healing abilities. | | | | for poorer, in sickness and in health, til death us |
| Do not be shy about the self-examinations and know | | | | do part. |
| the symptoms. No matter how slight the change in | | | | |