by Marnie | Jul 12, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer and Exercise, Breast Cancer and Nutrition, Constipation |
Natural Remedies for Chemo-Related Constipation Going through chemotherapy and having constipation is NOT fun. I mean, it’s not bad enough that you’re going through chemotherapy, you’ve lost your hair, now you gotta have this problem too? I can SO...
by Marnie | Jul 11, 2012 | Anxiety, Body-Mind Medicine, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Triple Negative Breast Cancer |
Triple Negative Breast Cancer – What It Means When a cancerous tumor is removed from a breast, a sample (biopsy) of the tumor is taken and a pathologist examines its characteristics to determine the status of three breast cancer specific markers –...
by Marnie | Jul 10, 2012 | Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Risk Reduction, Thermography |
I’m really on the fence about getting a mammogram this year. I’ve done so much research for this blog and the more I read, the more I question whether it’s really an advantage to me. 8 years ago when I first found the lump that later tests would...
by Marnie | Jul 9, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Exercise, Breast Cancer and Yoga |
Image Source: freedigitalphotos.net / Stuart Miles The Benefits of Exercise for Breast Cancer Exercising when you have breast cancer is one of the best things you can do for yourself. In fact, it was one of the few things that my oncologist and I could agree...
by Marnie | Jul 5, 2012 | Anxiety, Breast Cancer and Beauty, Breast Cancer Risk Reduction, Breast Health Blog, Essential Oil Benefits |
21 Ways to Heal Yourself With Essential Oils Anyone who knows me is aware of the fact that I use essential oils daily. I smell fragrant from the oils – every single day. There’s a good reason for that! (By the way, people are always asking me...
by Marnie | Jul 2, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Beauty, Breast Cancer Risk Reduction, Safe Cosmetics, Xenoestrogens and Estrogen Dominance |
Every single day I seem to come across another article or bit of research that reinforces the fact that YOUR BREAST HEALTH MAY DEPEND ON YOU READING THE INGREDIENTS ON YOUR DEODORANT LABEL! I don’t know what the heck is wrong with our cosmetics industry but they...
by Marnie | Jun 30, 2012 | Breast Cancer Risk Reduction, Xenoestrogens and Estrogen Dominance |
Following on from yesterday’s post where I explained what xenoestrogens are (environmental estrogens) and how they are related to breast cancer and a whole host of other diseases (including diabetes, uterine fibroids, fibrocystic breast disease, ovarian cysts,...
by Marnie | Jun 29, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Beauty, Breast Cancer Risk Reduction, Safe Cosmetics, Xenoestrogens and Estrogen Dominance |
What are Xenoestrogens? And What’s All This About Estrogen Dominance? Xenoestrogens are environmental estrogens and they are more abundant than you think. Most natural therapists believe that xenoestrogens play a huge part in the breast cancer epidemic we are...
by Marnie | Jun 27, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Yoga, Breast Cancer Surgery, Latissimus Dorsi Flap Surgery |
Fabulous After Latissimus Dorsi Flap Breast Reconstruction If you’ve just had a breast reconstruction and your surgeon utilized the Latissimus Dorsi Flap procedure, you’ll want to know about this helpful yoga position called Balasana. Once your incisions...
by Marnie | Jun 22, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy, Hot Flashes |
One of the things breast cancer survivors have to deal with is hot flashes. They can be heinous, and I have a lot of information here that may be helpful to you. First of all – what causes a hot flash? We still aren’t certain about this, but this is the...
