A lesson to learn

There was research released last week that got headlines:
Women who have a positive outlook may decrease their chances of developing breast cancer.
If you have not had breast cancer, or another cancer for that matter you could certainly be excused for thinking that this is fantastic news. I mean really, you’re a happy person, [...]

AAhhh Stress

Peggy Orenstein has written a piece in the New York Times Magazine that addresses stress and disease.  The most fascinating bit,  a survey of breast cancer survivors and the factors that they cite when asked what prevents a recurrence.  Sixty percent cite “positive attitude” but only four percent cite tamoxifen.    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/magazine/29wwlnlede-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Now I know that we [...]

Another perspective

I’ve gotten a lot of feedback from people who’ve been moved by the honesty in the Cancer rant post. I wish I could take credit for it but I did not write it.
I have another post here that I think you may find interesting. It was in the local newspaper here in Wilmington NC, (www.starnewsonline.com), [...]

This really sums it up

This was linked on http://ruralwomen.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/doctor-day
It doesn’t have an author link but it’s great
Cancer Rant
Date: 2007-10-31, 9:31AM PDT
In February of this year I was diagnosed with advanced Hodgkins Lymphoma. I went through eight months of chemotherapy, everything looks really good, and now I am just waiting my post-chemo scans to indicate remission. I am finally [...]