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You can't detox your body

2/21/2015

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Another example of the dangers of pseudo-science (aka "pretend" knowledge, a dangerous phenomenon because it can create the powerful illusion of genuine knowledge:  http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/05/detox-myth-health-diet-science-ignorance


Don't take my word for it ... read the words of people who are much smarter than me!  See the link above.
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Being positive doesn't beat cancer

2/5/2015

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Almost every time I get good news regarding treatment response, I have at least one person tell me, "It's because you have such a positive attitude!"

No. It's not. It's because I am termed an "exceptional responder" and the cancer in my body is reacting in a very favorable way for now.

While I am a naturally optimistic person, being so didn't prevent the cancer to begin with, nor does it have an impact on how treatments impact the cancer. While being positive may help my quality of life, it does nothing to extend my life. Additionally, I definitely have crappy down days where getting out of bed is difficult.

The positivity myth is one that needs to be knocked to the curb. 

Here's a study on the topic that proves that having a positive attitude has absolutely ZERO impact on cancer survival.

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20071022/positive-attitude-doesnt-whip-cancer

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With a grateful heart

2/4/2015

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It's with a grateful heart that I can report that my scans have come back with good news!  My bones continue to look good and continue to show signs of healing and my liver is "calm," to use the words of the person who called me.  There remain 3 - 4 very small hypodensities that are too small to classify (they are likely to be metastatic disease), but the 10 - 15 seen in the last CT scan of July are gone.  This is, indeed, good news.


I am grateful beyond measure and I don't have enough words to express how I feel. I'm learning to cultivate gratitude, so I'll just close with this, "Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way."  (Colossians 3:15b, The Message)


My prayer is that my life reflect that of one being with God simply because.
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    _I believe we all have a story. This blog records my story and how I've lived with breast cancer both as a primary disease and a terminal disease.  I believe this is all a part of God's story for my life. This blog unapologetically includes all areas of my life: my faith, my family and my advocacy for change in the metastatic breast cancer world.

      

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