the dreaded c word

[skitten]

apparently early find & clean margins make it less scary given we have beeter technologies but there's definitely a lot of extra stress in my life right now. I found a lump in my breast two weeks ago. there was none in january. Last wednesday I got a full spectrum biopsy of the lump- it's cancer. some scary SHIT! Master was with me when I gotthe

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[acelightning]

A mammogram can find potential cancers that you'd never be able to feel with your fingers. This is why mammograms can detect something in its very earliest stages. And, of course, the earlier they find it, the better the outlook. I hope you have the same kind of experience I did - a quick, simple surgical procedure, an easy recovery, and no need for chemo (although I did have radiation). Be sure and collect hugs from me and everyone else a week and a half from now!

[skitten]

He nurse who advised almonds to me had no idea that it causes cancer so I need to chamge my diet in a msjor way.

[acelightning]

Almonds cause cancer? AFAIK, almonds, like all other nuts, contain a great assortment of disease-fighting nutrients. The only association between almonds (and peanuts, and many other types of nuts) and cancer is that, if they become infected with one particular type of mold, the mold produces a carcinogen. So don't eat moldy almonds.

[skitten]

I I found a link to something that was disproved by people on my Facebook wall by my geeky friends. So no.... stopping almond eating won't cause me not to get csncer sgsin. I was just hoping for an easy fix.

[shockwave]

I am so, so sorry. Words cannot express that enough.

[tigira]

*hugs*