by Marnie | Sep 4, 2013 | Benefits of Arnica, Breast Cancer Surgery, Uncategorized |
Your Breast Surgery Recovery: Using Arnica To Minimize Bruising and Swelling When I was anticipating my lumpectomy in 2004, I consulted a friend who was a trained naturopath and she strongly recommended that I start taking homeopathic arnica 2-3 days prior to my...
by Marnie | Aug 27, 2013 | Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Types of Breast Cancer |
You Woke With A Red, Hot, Swollen Breast? If you have awoken with a red, hot, swollen breast, get yourself to your doctor without delay. Without wishing to alarm you, this could be a symptom of inflammatory breast cancer (“IBC”), which is very unlike...
by Marnie | Aug 6, 2013 | Breast Cancer and Nutrition, Soy Foods |
Is Soy Bad For Women With Breast Cancer? The topic of the safety of soy continues to be hotly debated amongst health professionals and women with breast cancer, as well as those looking to reduce their risk. This question deserves careful consideration. Just a few...
by Marnie | Jul 23, 2013 | Breast Cancer and Nutrition, Ketogenic Diet |
The Ketogenic Diet For Cancer – Any Good? Updated 3/25/2015 Though the ketogenic diet was originally developed to treat patients with epilepsy, interest in this way of eating has been increasingly discussed recently as we discover more about it. The...
by Marnie | Jul 16, 2013 | Body-Mind Medicine, Creating a Healing Environment, Essential Oil Benefits |
Healing the Body With The Mind – and Essential Oils One of the things I learned long ago was not to discount how much we can achieve simply by setting our minds upon achievement of a particular goal. Healing can be achieved in the same way – by focusing...
by Marnie | Jul 11, 2013 | Acupuncture, Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN), Reduce Chemotherapy Side Effects |
Help For Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN) As a breast cancer coach, one of the things I hear all too frequently is that people who undergo chemotherapy have terrible troubles with peripheral neuropathy, termed CIPN. For some, it’s a real...
by Marnie | Jul 9, 2013 | Coping, Meditation Benefits, Positive Attitude, Reduce Chemotherapy Side Effects, Visualization |
Going Through Treatments? How To Feel Better Fast. One of the things I needed badly when going through breast cancer was a list of ways to feel better fast. Why a list? Because when you’re going through the treatments for breast cancer, let’s face it...
by Marnie | Jul 2, 2013 | Breast Cancer and Nutrition, Eating Organic, Fish Oil |
The Ugly Truth About Fish Oil I sat in on a radio show today between breast cancer coach/blogger Elyn Jacobs and Prof Brian Peskin, a scientist specializing in parent essential oils — termed PEOs — and their relationship to both cancer and cardiovascular disease. ...
by Marnie | Jun 18, 2013 | Biology of Belief, Breast Cancer Action, Breast Cancer and BRCA1, BRCA2 |
The Supreme Court Rules Against Myriad Genetics’ BRCA1 and BRCA2 Patents Last week, the Supreme Court finally issued its decision on whether or not it is legal to patent human genes. The Supreme Court ruled that genes found within the human body cannot...
by Marnie | Jun 12, 2013 | Breast Cancer Risk Reduction, Breast Density |
Breast density is a term that is used by the medical profession and it refers to the amount of fat and tissue in the breast, and this can be seen in a mammogram screening. Dense breasts have more tissue than fat and younger women typically have breasts that are...
