Women are cutting off their breasts in fear that they may get breast cancer someday. It seems radical to me given the risks of surgery, the toxicity of anesthesia and drugs, and the long term effects of breasts implants.
My dad is a pathologists and he said implants that had been taken out of women were covered with ugly looking stuff. The body tries to rid itself of foreign objects. Once you get implants, you have to have them replaced every ten years or so.
Rather than do all this to prevent cancer, why not eat a lot of fruits and vegetables which are proven to prevent cancer and stay as far away as you can from toxic chemicals and sugar which are proven to cause cancer? It would seem to be a wiser decision to do everything you can to build a strong and healthy immune system.
If you have breast cancer, I completely understand going this route but to prevent cancer this way seems like you may be causing cancer by trying to prevent it since surgery and drugs are very hard and toxic on the body.
The same thing puzzles me about scheduling C-sections for a mother's convenience. Many working mothers do this. This is major surgery! The stomach and uterus are cut open. Then one must live on strong pain killers for awhile afterwards that I am sure are transferred to the baby if one nurses her baby.
Some actions like these two just make no sense to me. Yes, I am glad there are mastectomies for women who have breast cancer and C-sections for women who would be putting their lives and their babies lives at risk if they didn't have one, but to do this voluntarily is difficult for me to understand.
Major surgery is hard on the body. There are many risks. Choose carefully when making these kind of decisions. Pray, ask for wisdom, and research before taking these drastic measures and do all you can to prevent cancer.
The very idea that breast cancer is a "percent risk" is a complete lie. In reality, everyone has cancer micro-tumors in their bodies, including myself. Cancer is not a disease you just "get" like being randomly struck by lightning. It's something you must "manage" or "prevent" day by day, meal by meal, through a lifestyle choice that involves vitamin D supplementation, nutrition, superfoods, vegetable juices and avoidance of cancer-causing chemicals and radiation. So when a doctor says you have a "chance" of getting cancer, what he's implying is that you have no control over cancer, and that's an outright lie. Cancer quackery, in other words. {Sarah's Daughter}
Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you
and that you may be in good health,
as it goes well with your soul.
3 John 1:2
Lindsay Harold · 619 weeks ago
It's crazy that women in our society are so scared of labor and delivery that they schedule a major surgery instead of going through the natural process. I'm glad that c-sections are available. they save many, many lives. But they should be reserved for when they are actually needed. Elective c-sections (i.e. without good medical reason) are a case of the cure being worse than the disease.
ayearinskirts 66p · 619 weeks ago
http://www.infowars.com/angelina-jolie-part-of-a-...
http://www.infowars.com/angelina-jolie-part-of-a-...
http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/reac...
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redheadednurse 67p · 619 weeks ago
You do not have to have silicone implants. I had both breasts removed for breast cancer, I did not have reconstruction. Depending on what I'm wearing I have prosthetics (fake boobs) to wear, you put them in a pocket sewn in your bra. And if I want to be flat or it's a hot summer day I don't wear them. It's no big deal not to have breasts. You need them to nurse your babies but once you're done with that they aren't needed. I had breast cancer twice so the decision was very easy for me. Now my risk of recurrence is 5%, much easier to accept.
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Joluise · 619 weeks ago
My cousin died from cancer at 50, likewise her sister (at 46). Her daughter now has it (32). They all ate their veggies and lived healthy lives. Sadly they carry a gene for another form a cancer and if you have it, you will die from it. 100%.
Sarah's Daughter · 619 weeks ago
I've got to say I'm disheartened by the comments here so far. Christian women, our almighty God did not create any part of your body for you to fear. Know the source of your fear. You speak power to the enemy. My heart aches for you.
redheadednurse 67p · 619 weeks ago
jkstamy08 22p · 619 weeks ago
Being well informed is always a good thing. Having doctors, options and all that are also good things. But in the end, we have to decide for ourselves, and that decision should NOT be born of fear.
As some-one who knows natural healing, it is incredibly frustrating to have to argue with a doctor over something you do not want done. In one case they were trying to scare me into something, and it scared my husband so I had him against me too. At that point I gave in, I cannot fight them all.
And we would all do well to incorporate more fruits and veggies and stay away from sugars. Even if not for the fear of cancer, you simply feel much better when you eat cleaner.
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Cynthia · 618 weeks ago
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20961453
It is not unreasonable for a woman, especially one who may have seen her own mother or close female relatives die prematurely of cancer, to do everything in her power to avoid dying early and leaving her children motherless. Yes, it is major surgery, but if a woman tests positive for one of the BRCA mutations, there is no evidence that eating fruits and veggies is enough to manage the risk.
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Laura Lane · 618 weeks ago
This has opened my eyes to some of the the changes in breast cancer information over the last twenty years. Thank you for opening this conversation.
I've looked at some of your other posts as well. I am your newest GFC follower, and I've added your blog to my blog list at the bottom of Harvest Lane Cottage.
Erica · 618 weeks ago
As a woman who was diagnosed one year ago with a very aggressive breast cancer at age 31 with a husband and three young children, the Spirit has shown me so much about how to trust and not to fear. I am appalled at women getting prophylactic mastectomies. This is fear driven! And now the media is promoting fear-driven procedures as "brave" and courageous. On the other hand, it is not surprising that unbelievers would respond this way. But this is not for those who belong to Christ Jesus.
Sisters in Christ, do NOT be driven by fear! Fear is the opposite of faith, and we are to have faith, for our God does the impossible, and we have all the armor we need to fight the flaming arrows of the evil one - including this fiery dart of cancer or any other disease. We have everything we need for LIFE and godliness. Do not be afraid of any disease. We have hope that the world does not have. Trust in God and do not believe the lies of this world that are so appealing to our flesh.
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Sarabeth · 618 weeks ago
And about Angelina Jolie's decision - of course we overreact in preventive surgery and "early detection" of breast cancer. It's a real problem. But if my mother had died of breast cancer and I had been given her odds I would have done the same thing. It's only logical. I just don't understand why one would need dangerous implants. Breasts are not an essential body part, and as another reader pointed out, there are external ones that fit under clothing.
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