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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (258)	4/2/2007 5:08:35 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1564

The reconstruction was really hard on her. She's in her late 50's, and they took some fat from her stomach to use in the breast, and did a tummy tuck at the same time. She said abdominal surgery is the worst thing she has ever had. Also, now she is kind of worried about her breasts getting cancer again. So if she had it to do over, she'd just want them off. I think my adoptive mother got all those cancers because she ate so much meat. My family was midwestern in origin, and my husband, who was an on and off vegetarian, said he'd never seen anyone eat so much meat. Allen recommended a book to me called The China Study- and I would recommend it to anyone who has (or has had) cancer. While diet may not cure 100% of cancers, it looks like it can prevent some, and I think that might make a cancer survivor feel proactive- and feeling like you are doing something is part of winning the battle.

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (258)	4/2/2007 6:56:59 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1564

RDW - In a way, a fast-growing tumor is a good thing, at least once you've discovered it. The fast-growing ones respond best to chemotherapy and radiation. That's because both chemo and radiation work by attacking cells as they divide. The more often they divide, the more the therapy affects them. My colon tumor was very fast growing. I was never told exactly how big it was, but the doctor said she was shocked to see something that big after I had had a completely clear colonoscopy only three years before. After six weeks of combined chemo and radiation, followed by a rest period of eight weeks, during which I was assured that the therapies would still be working, it had shrunk down to a one centimeter spot on the colon wall. They still removed that section of the colon, which had been damaged by the radiation, and the surrounding lymph nodes. Just sharing my experience in case it helps. - Allen