Breast Cancer - Tempe,AZ

email this lady- Sarah ____@____.com she has breast cancer support info. Meals would help too. good luck

Not sure exactly what you are asking here - stadium? Do you mean "stage"?

Anyway, I work a lot with nutrition for cancer patients. Alkaline diet is one key - you can google that and find out the values of different foods.

Another key is highly absorbable nutrition to counteract the chemo nausea. There are clinical trials by oncologists that show certain products to really help combat fatigue, and obviously since they are food they are safe for everyone, even those with compromised immune systems. In the nutrition business, there is a series of conference calls that go over all of this, and there is a regular conference call run by a nurse who is a breast cancer survivor. I can give your friend more info but be sure she is interested. Right now she is probably overwhelmed and in shock.

Why wouldn't she be able to do massage? It's not going to spread the cancer! Babysitting and housecleaning are very helpful and you are so nice to do those for her. She is likely to need more later on if she is doing chemo - it tends to be cumulative in its negative side effects. So even if she doesn't need much now, she'll need more later. However, that fatigue can be offset by nutrition, as I said.

If you live near a cancer treatment center go there and ask for the chemo and radiation diet book. These books suggest meals and what and how to eat to help with the recovery.

Until she knows what stage and what they will do it is hard to tell how they ( the doctors and her) will treat her.

As far as food goes it depends on the cancer receptors such as estrogen. She will have to look for foods and spices that do not or have low amounts of estrogen in them. So a lot of soy products are out and she will have to start reading labels.

Know that she will want to cry and possible lash out at people close to her. It is part of the recovery after the surgery.

Just be there for her and let her talk and let her cry. Her world has been turned upside down. What was important to her is not and what was not important is. Usually your family means more to you than a job. You want to live your life in a different way and do so.

Get her a journal so that she can write her thoughts down.

As far as financial check with the local cancer society chapter or possibly the Red Cross.

The other S.
Breast Cancer Survivor of 15 years

Of course she is allowed to get a massage!

My mom was diagnosed with early stage 2 breast cancer recently and needs radiation for after care.

She should eat a healthy diet for sure, lots of fruits and vegetables, of course, but she really needs to follow her doctors advise at this point.

It's a scairy time, for sure, but there is a lot they can do for her. I'm sure she appreciates you being such a good friend. Continue to be there for her.

Www.cleaningforareason.com. (4 free monthly house cleanings for ANY woman getting chemo.

Google "financial help for cancer patients" and you'll get a bunch!

I'm a big believer in eating to prevent cancer, but if there was a magic diet to cure it--we'd all know it!

Cook her some good nutritious meals. Go by what she craves or wants as changes in tAste can vAry wildly with treatment.

It will be more important THAT she eats, not what she eats, overall.
Let your friend know you're in this for the long haul!

And pray for her and take care of yourself so you can help take care of her!

Elena:

Who has breast cancer? What stage of breast cancer?

My neighbor had breast cancer. She ate non-processed foods. She had a complete mastectomy. She kept a VERY positive attitude. As we all know, attitude is EVERYTHING when dealing with a nasty thing like cancer.

If she wants a massage - I would talk with her doctor to find out if the massage would hurt anything, like stitches, etc. A massage will NOT spread the cancer.

I don't have enough information to tell you more. Talk with her doctor. He/she can give you the best information to help her through this.

There is the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation - they can help you by giving you information and support groups in your area.

If you want to give her money - that's your business. If you want to raise money to help her pay for her treatments - talk to foundations and find out what they can do to help. If you want to have a garage sale where all of the proceeds benefit her - go for it. Have a bake sale. You can get the church and community involved.

My sister and sister in law both had breast cancer and both are alive, both had different kinds and were treated differently. There are sometimes choices in treatment and other times not. Your friend needs to eat well, be sure it's not spread to other places and see what stage the cancer is. Then just be there for her and help however you can and however she lets you know where a need is.

My friend went through this last year. While her breast cancer itself may have been a different type, she opted against chemo and radiation. She had a double mastectomy and made massive changes to her diets. She is very into the new lifestyle right now and I imagine she would be happy to talk to your friend about all of changes she's made to her diet and life in general.

If you want, send me a private message with your or your friend's contact info and I will put you in touch with my friend.

Her children are also 2 and 5, so I imagine she would be a really good resource for your friend.

Only thing I know is to eat alkaline food. Google it but mainly it is lots of veggies and little meat and grains. When your body is alkaline it can fight this better. Also a quality green powder can help. Like nanogreens. Also there is a homeopathic doc in scottsdale who has helped with cancer.. Dr. Ber. If she wants to combine natural treatments w/ chemo.