Breast Cancer Treatment Options - Why Having Choices is So Important
These conventional treatments have helped save the lives of millions of women over the years, and I’m grateful that they are around to help us.
At the same time, I don’t believe medicine, even the field of oncology, is a “one size fits all” type of field, so I always like hearing from patients how they were given some options and that their doctors worked closely with them to determine what plan of action would be best for them.
I also always love hearing about additional, more alternative treatments that patients use to help them heal. Things like naturopathic medicine, acupuncture, spiritual support, and other things of this nature have been shown time and time again to help many cancer patients get better. And in many cases, it seems like these types of breast cancer treatments are especially valuable in helping patients feel like they are getting back some type of control in their lives again. For example, even though your oncologist might recommend the type of surgery that a cancer patient will undergo, the patient can probably determine if acupuncture and/or laughter therapy is right for her, and feel like she is taking charge of at least some aspect of her health once again.
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I did not find my cancer doctor helpful at all. I had the worse reaction to my chemo
Michelle, I had a fine caring surgeon who I see yearly now for checkups but the oncologist was cold as ice and the treatment that he recommended would have meant that I would have given up quality of life, and maybe even not have been able to go to the "dream job" that I had just excepted! So I had to make a choice that felt good to me, I'm glad that I did, just wish EmpowHER had been around then, maybe I could have asked if anyone else was feeling like I was the summer of 05 but I'm here and am a HAPPY SURVIVOR...I regained my groove, as they say!
Thanks for asking,
Respectfully, Princeline