Diet, exercise, lifestyle to decrease the risk of BC recurrence
I am hoping this will be a place where you will ALL share your tricks and plans, your hopes and goals for trying to be that little bit healthier each day. There is a lot of information available and it is daunting trying to sort through it. I am not only looking for guidelines and links but for your collective practical wisdom - for recipes, for places to source food, for what gets you out of bed and fed in the morning, for what makes you go to sleep at night, and alas the holy grail for what makes you hold it calmly together during the day, while juggling treatments and home and life. Nutritional Science here we come...seriously hoping we can put our heads together and support each other to be that little bit healthier each day.
Calm before the storm
Hi all, We have our first dose-dense AC treatment this Friday for Rebecca and while we're really glad to have some sense of momentum and control now with the treatment plan, I'm trying to get organised this week with meals and am a little out of my depth as to what to expect. Normally we'd write a meal plan for the week, pre-order the ingredients for those meals and basically just roll with it, however with chemo coming up, we're not 100% sure if that's going to work any more, especially with changes in taste and appetite. Our plan is to try and stick to the routine as much as possible and keep meals as healthy and varied as we can to ensure good nutrition and healing, but obviously will have to test and adjust as we work through side-effects etc. I've done some research and it seems like a lot of websites are suggesting sticking with somewhat normal meals, but maybe just a bit blander / different in texture. Other sites say do more regular, smaller snack-type meals, so maybe a mix of both? I'd really appreciate any tips you might have with regards planning for meals etc, particularly during the first few days of treatment. Thanks :) George
Unintended Consequence
Just had a visit to my GP for routine blood results and had a nice surprise to hear that my vitamin D reading was excellent (95)! Not too shabby for the middle of winter. It has been a lot lower, especially before I was diagnosed with BC (there does seem to be some correlation between the two but that's a whole other discussion for another day). My doc asked if I was taking supplements? Answer no. I was thinking on the way home what the difference might be and I think it might be mushrooms ??? I eat mainly plant based now and have mushrooms 3-4 times a week. They are high in Vitamin D ....taste great, are in season now .........and no I don't work for a mushroom company :D :D
what now
what a year last year was , breast cancer in May , a month or so later diagnosed rheumatoid /osteoarthritis , shingles for xmas and now bad fatty liver , go see a dietician the doctor says so im on the list , in the mean time i'm trying to figure out what i can eat and what i cant , i was told soya milk is bad for those with breast cancer ??
Has anyone heard about the Keto diet helping to fight tumours?
Googling and reading today I came across information that a Ketogenic diet has been clinically proven to reduce squamous cell carcinomas- I don't think breast cancers are those, but is there any information on a Keto diet helping fight breast cancer? Anyone tried it?Pet scan found positive lymph node
Hi all, I just had all my pre chemo scans, all clear except PET scan found another positive lymph node. 6mm. I had 6 nodes removed with my lumpectomy 2 weeks ago and 2 came up positive and 4 were clear, but it seems there was another positive node left there. Has anyone else had experience with this? I start chemo tomorrow, will my treatment get it all? Iām worried. Did anyone change there diet to help prevent cancer? I read turmeric, grapes, cruciferous vegies and spirulina altogether is a great breast cancer fighting combo? Can anyone shed some light on this? TIA. X
