MindBodySoul

When I learned that I have to do chemo a few months ago, every oncologist, every person I talked to told me "You'll loose your hair, you know that right?" I had long hair as long as I can remember. Beautiful hair, always got compliments on my hair kind of hair... So starting from the first session of chemo, I waited, I worried. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I touched my hair, pulled a bit to see if it started to fall out... 4 weeks passed. Nothing... I guess my h

All I can think about the last few days is "moms", other moms, all moms going thru this, cancer or any other sickness... As moms we get used to taking care of others. Our kids, our family becomes our lives. What happens when this dynamic changes and when we are sick? Who takes care of us? Do we even remember how to take care of ourselves? Take a moment to ourselves? How many times a day we hear the word "mommy", "mama", "mom"? Now I know, now I try to remember to stop and say

Okay, so I decided on my surgeon for my mastectomy, my plastic surgeon for my reconstructive surgery and scheduled it. November 9th will be the nipple delay surgery... This is something my surgeon offered and made sense to me. During this procedure, they will remove a small amount of tissue from beneath the nipple to ensure that it isn't malignant so we will know if they can do nipple sparing mastectomy, meaning they can use my own nipples. They will also remove 2 lymph nodes

What? Why? How? Can I answer any of these questions? I guess not... I have breast cancer! Don't know why I got it, how I got it, when I got it... Going back a few days, this whole thing started with my ob/gyn saying "You are 40 now, it's time for your annual mammogram!". I am pretty good at listening my doctors, keeping things organized, scheduling, so I booked my mammogram immedately for September 1st. After all what can go wrong? I am very healthy... I work as a health coac

The foods and beverages we eat and drink play a major role in whether our bodies are acidic or alkaline. A body that is too acidic becomes a breeding ground for many adult degenerative diseases including high blood pressure, weight gain, diabetes, osteoporosis, yeast/fungal overgrowth, and even cancer. There are two factors that are always present with cancer no matter what else may be present. Those two factors are Acid pH and Lack of Oxygen. Our bodies are designed to cons