Micropapillary
Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with invasive micropapillary breast cancer 2 weeks ago. I only had an 8 mm tumour but unfortunately 1.5mm micrometastisis was found in my sentinal node. I had a bilat...
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@AllyJay I absolutely LOVE your analogies! Good luck with everything @Kerry-Lee47 - I’m 4 weeks post double mastectomy today and have my first medical oncologist appointment on Tuesday next week where I am 100% sure I will be recommended chemo. I’ve found the mastectomy relatively easy to recover from but the thought of chemo terrifies me! Still, the thought of NOT trying everything to make long-term survival a viable option, terrifies me more.
My daughter, who has been vegan for about 4 years, recently took the advice of doctors and nutritionists to re-introduce meat and fish to sort out some health issues. It was SO hard for her - and one of the reasons was that she was worried that people would judge her and call her a fraud. As much as I encouraged her to ignore the critics and that true friends will always support her, it was very difficult for her to take the first step because she’s been walking the talk for so long. Thankfully she chose health and she’s feeling great and didn’t experience any of the negative things she was worried about.
I’m absolutely not suggesting that re-introducing animal protein equates with chemo! Just that it’s taking that first step in an opposite direction that’s often the hardest part. Wishing you all the best and please keep us updated xxx :smile:
My daughter, who has been vegan for about 4 years, recently took the advice of doctors and nutritionists to re-introduce meat and fish to sort out some health issues. It was SO hard for her - and one of the reasons was that she was worried that people would judge her and call her a fraud. As much as I encouraged her to ignore the critics and that true friends will always support her, it was very difficult for her to take the first step because she’s been walking the talk for so long. Thankfully she chose health and she’s feeling great and didn’t experience any of the negative things she was worried about.
I’m absolutely not suggesting that re-introducing animal protein equates with chemo! Just that it’s taking that first step in an opposite direction that’s often the hardest part. Wishing you all the best and please keep us updated xxx :smile: