[KathieI]

I have always tried to live by the article that was written. Long before people talked about organic foods, pesticide free fruits and vegetables, eating less fats and red meat, I lived the 60's with this principle in mind. I lived by Adele Davis and others who believed in healthy eating. Veggies were my #1 choice in foods and I never had a weight problem.

We all know the damage that chemo and radiation do to the body, but if you have ever had a doctor tell you that you had cancer, the first thing out of my mouth was how bad is it and how can we get rid of it. When he tells me localized radiation and removal of the tumor should do it.. I was elated. I had heard the horror stories about radiation and the damage it does but I also had heard about new technology of radiation called The Savi system. So after researching all my options, I decided to go the way of Savi radiation and enroll in the advice of my oncologist of mammos be conducted every 6 months and continual exams by my oncologist along with the prescribed anti-cancer pill, Tamoxifen (which I did not want to take). Again with major research, my oncologist gave me an alternative pill that is newer on the market and has proven to have excellent results with my particular type of cancer.

I do believe we all try to live healthy lifestyles because not one of us wants to hear the C word, do we. But if it does occur, we should all investigate all the possibilities of treatment and look at the data on successful and non-successful cases and decide which way to go.

I trusted all my doctors and nurses and I'm so glad I did. So far, we have good results and I'm hoping it continues for the projected 5 year time frame and that I can get back to a normal lifestyle.

I do hope that you all listen to your doctors and decide after careful investigation which is the proper method of treatment. But in the meantime, we should all eat healthy, avoid stress, increase meditation and relaxation time and keep up on all the life saving medical tests that we know will save our lives.