There are reports that women with early stage, low-risk breast cancer have had the same results using more intense and shorter courses of radiation therapy as women using the longer and more standard courses of radiation therapy. This is used after a lumpectomy. Some women should also have chemotherapy treatments.
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After completing the radiation treatment, you should have follow-up visits with your doctor every six months for five years then once a year after that.
Another option is using Zometa for women with early stage breast cancer. There have been trials that proved that Zometa can shrink tumors and block metastatic activity. The Zometa should be used in addition to hormone therapy. The woman should be premenopausal and the breast cancer should be Stage I or Stage II.
With Zometa, you may also need surgery and/or radiation therapy. You should also be receiving the drug goserelin. This suppresses the function of the ovaries.
To help prevent a recurrence of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, the drugs anastrozole or tamoxifen should be taken. With anastrozole there may be more bone loss that with tamoxifen, but anastrozole proves to be better protection against a recurrence. These drugs are used with hormone-positive, early-stage breast cancer.
Before using either anastrozole or tamoxifen, you should review the side effects such as bone loss which may lead to osteoporosis. To find out more information on breast cancer look up www.cancer.org.
The most difficult thing regarding my diabetes was my diet. It needed a complete overhaul. What helped me was eating at a slower pace and chewing my food well. I found that the chewing naturally slowed my eating and I got full with less food.
Once you get used to eating less, gradually change your diet, more veggies here, less rice there, pouring beverages into a small (8-10 oz. cup). Starting is the difficult part, after that things become habit. http://www.diabetes.org/food-nutrition-lifestyle/nutrition.jsp
I have been a nurse for just shy of 2 years now and have a passion for working with patients with Alzheimer's Disease. Although there is still no cure for Alzheimer's, I've found that early detection makes it much easier for both the patient and their family. http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_10_signs_of_alzheimers.asp
Cayenne pepper is great for all around health. It can lower blood pressure and stop bleeding. It should be given for a heart attack. It equalizes blood pressure. A more in-depth explanation is provided here: http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/cayenne.htm
If you have the flu and start having swollen feet, ankles, etc., and have some difficulty breathing, get medical treatment quickly as congestive heart failure can sometimes be caused by viral infections. http://www.genetichealth.com/hd_what_is_congestive_heart_failure.shtml
Medications can cause dizziness when rising from the bed or from a chair fast. This can be caused by low blood pressure. Make sure that you get up from a sitting or lying position slowly. Talk with your physician. http://www.everybody.co.nz/page-65158a34-74e2-43aa-b4a2-39b5bfb148f8.as…
Depression goes along with this condition and getting treatment for it can help you live longer. Get counseling if you are depressed. See a psychiatrist if this does not work. This website tells more:
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/164328/study_antidepressants_reduce…
The symptoms of lung cancer are sometimes easy to ignore. My stepfather had several common symptoms, but he attributed them to something else. He attributed his weight loss as being stress-related. He attributed his shortness of breath to getting older and not being in good shape. He dismissed his cough and stated it was just a smoker's cough.
My stepfather did not see a doctor until he began coughing up blood. By then, it was too late. He was diagnosed with Stage III lung cancer. He died a little over a year later. Please do not dismiss any of these symptoms. http://www.lungdiseasefocus.com/articles/lung-cancer/lung-cancer-sympto…. It could save your life.
I suffered tremendously from an illness that no one could define, and on top of that most treatments were unavailable to me because I was 8 months pregnant. It seems that an otherwise harmless lung infection took advantage of my immune system shutting down to protect the baby, and displaced itself into my nervous system.
It is common for pregnant women to experience dizziness or vertigo, so my symptoms went unnoticed, I grew increasingly sick, but this was attributed to the pregnancy as well, until I experienced a coma and had a rushed c-section, then things started to improve.
I am still in the improvement stage, though my life as it was formerly has been completely ravished. I found a lot of comfort in my therapy: Occupation, Speech, physical and group.
There was a very helpful saying on the wall that has forever stuck to me, and been the cause of much optimism: "If you think you can or think you can't then you're right." That was so profound to me.