Fasting Combined With Chemotherapy – Double Trouble For Cancer Cells

by Marnie | Nov 15, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy, Fasting | 0 comments

Fasting is no new notion to mankind.  Many religions promote fasting as a way of purifying the body and mind. What we are now learning, however, is that fasting could help to combat cancer and boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments. Research on animals...

Fat Cells Make Estrogen (And What You Can Do About That)

by Marnie | Nov 12, 2012 | Breast Cancer and Nutrition, Breast Cancer and Obesity | 28 comments

  Image source: freedigitalphotos.net / Master Isolated Images Fat Cells Make Estrogen (And What You Can Do About That) Why are we continually being told in order to cut our breast cancer risk, we need to lose weight?  Because fat cells make estrogen and that can...

Health Benefits of Ganoderma Lucidum – Medicinal Mushrooms

by Marnie | Nov 8, 2012 | Medicinal Mushrooms | 7 comments

Continuing my series on medicinal mushrooms, today I’d like to introduce you to the Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum).  It’s quite an amazing looking mushroom. For thousands of years, mushrooms have been used in Japan and China for their medicinal...

Don’t Want Reconstruction Surgery? The Art Of Doing Nothing

by Marnie | Nov 1, 2012 | Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast Forms | 0 comments

In the time I have been a breast cancer blogger and coach, I have met many wonderful women who did not want reconstruction surgery.  For them, it just didn’t make sense.  I celebrate their right to choose. We don’t HAVE to have breasts!  If we have lost...

Types of Reconstruction Surgery – Expander Implants

by Marnie | Oct 31, 2012 | Breast Cancer Surgery, Expander Implants | 0 comments

Following on my series of articles about the different types of reconstruction surgery, today I’m discussing expander implants after mastectomy. What Is Tissue Expansion? A tissue expander is used widely in breast reconstruction when there is not enough skin to...