anyone on here have/had it? what choices do you have? surgery? radiation?

I haven't but my mum did at the end of 2007. She ended up having a lumpectomy (surgery to remove the tumour and the tissue around it, but no removal of the breast) and radiotherapy, but no chemo, and now she is on tamoxifen for the next 5 years. All depends on the type of cancer and the how far it has progressed as to what treatment you get though. There are lots of more useful breast cancer forums out there, where I think you'll get better advice than here though!

I just saw on 60 minutes or 20/20 or some shit of the like. A guy has used radio waves instead of chemo( which he used for 6 years) and his bloodwork isbetter than it has been with the chemo. He injected a metal mixture into the cancerous thing. Anyways it isn't approved by the FDA, but they are testing on animals.


It has none of the side effects chemo does because it will only heat up the cancerous cells , whereever they may be; and kill them off. The injected metal medium reacts to the radio waves, but won't harm the rest of the body that didn't have the metal injected.

I thought it was very interesting.
The Kanzius Machine - 60 Minutes - CBS News

My mom was diagnosed in 1994, died in 2006 after every kind of treatment you can think of, including a stem cell transplant and a bunch of other bullshit i won't bore you with here

mostly all i have to say is:

anyone who has had, knows someone who has had, or is at all interested in breast cancer needs to read Pink Ribbons, Inc by Samantha King.
It should be required reading for the world. If you think you are doing a good thing by buying pink ribbon yogurt, or doing the Race for the Cure or whatever, you need to read this book. Everyone should, actually.

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The greatest asset they all have is themselves. And yet does anybody promote that to them? Does anybody tell them that they are the greatest asset they have? Or are they steered to idol worship? Are they moved, are they motivated, are they inspired to look at the president or any politician as their only salvation? If they are, it's just a shame.

I had a close family friend who did have breast cancer. her family tried everything from medical to spiritual cures. She had chemo therapies and had some trips abroad to pilgrimage trips and stuff like that.. But she lasted for quite some time but still she succumbed to the disease 2 years after..