Still Kickin!!!!

Well it's now been a year since I was diagnosed. An interesting year for sure. I doubt that anyone ever checks this blog anymore - but I wanted to be sure to post this in case anyone finds it in a search, and wonders how someone who chooses alternative methods over western medicine makes out. I think so often when we get better, we stop posting and when people find these unfinished blogs, they assume we didn't make it. Well here I am 1 year later, and doing just fine. I know I made the right decision not to do chemo. I had a breast MRI in April and it came back clear, and my bloodwork is good too. I did have a little scare on my April bloodwork because my HGTb1 level came back elevated. That indicates cell growth. After initially being very concerned, it occurred to me that not only had I been doing low level laser therapy with my chiropractor, but I had had two laser eye surgeries in the month before the test. I wondered if the healthy cell growth that was supposed to promote could be what the test was reporting, rather than cell growth due to metastasis. So they retested, and sure enough - the levels went down. So all is looking good now. I never have the nipple surgery - recently, I found custom made prosthetic nipples online, and I LOVE it!!!! I had to send it back for color revisions, and I really miss it. I didn't even know I missed my nipple until I got the prosthetic. It looks SO real - you glue it on and it stays for 2 weeks - through showers and all. Kind of feels like a contact lens - you forget it's there. Here is a link: http://www.nippleprosthetics.com/ So I have now had my mascectomy and reconstruction all in one surgery! I like that! So all is well folks. I continue with Medical Qigong, Accupuncture, and my integrative oncologist, Dr. Stram. I am taking turkey tail mushrooms, Melatonin, Vitamin D, Alph Lipoic acid, YES fish oil, Del Immune, Resveritrol and Green Tea extract. All of these determined from my bloodwork. Dr. Stram checks the levels of several different things that might indicate my body was a hospitable or unhospitable environment for cancer. Thankfully, so far it has been the latter. Very grateful for the wonderful healers in my life that have helped me to maintain a very peaceful existence in spite of having had breast cancer. Love to all, k