Good thoughts for my daughter

Praying that the cancer hasn't spread, & that chemo, & radiation goes smoothly for your daughter.

Your family is in our thoughts and prayers!

I can only imagine how worried everyone must be. I will keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers.

 My thoughts are with you, your daughter and all of your family.  Congratulations on your new grandson. 

Diane you will all be in my prayers.  I have several friends and neighbors that have survived breast cancer.  2 neighbors in their 70's have been cancer free for 25 years....  I congratulate you on your new grandson and will pray for healing for your daughter. 

 My every prayer is with your daughter.

You must tell your daughter that this is HER disease and she can take control of it.  She doesn't have to wait and hope and fear.  There are MANY positive things that can be done to combat cancer, from diet, to herbal remedies to visualisation techniques (which sounds daft but it really can, and does, work).  On the other hand, stress, apathy and a poor diet will create a super environment in her body for cancer to thrive!

True story - a woman went to the doctor about a lump in her breast.  Tests showed that it was cancer and it was too large to operate on - bigger than a tennis ball.  The woman went away and visualised VERY STRONGLY the cancer in her body - **SHRINKING**.  She imagined her own healthy cells surrounding and attacking the cancerous ones.  She did this every day, morning and night.  Weeks later she went back to the doctor to begin treatment and the doctor could not even find the lump.  EVENTUALLY he found it; it had reduced to the size of a walnut and now that it was so much smaller, it could now be operated on.

Look into holistic/herbal treatment to support your daughter against the cancer AND the treatment.  Chemo is an aggressive treatment and it is not selective.  What can happen is that the body appears to respond well to the chemo, and when it stops the body is left so weakened that the cancer just runs rampage.  That is what happened with my dad; I WISH I knew now what I knew then.  That's not to say chemo should not be tried - just that other avenues should be investigated thoroughly as well to COMPLIMENT the conventional treatment.

Another true story - a woman who was riddled with cancer so badly that the doctors had little hope noticed that there were very few Asian women at the clinic where she went for treatment.  She asked the staff about it and the staff admitted they didn't have many Asian patients but they didn't know why.  So the woman researched the differences in lifestyles and found that they tend to eat a lot less dairy in that part of the world.  So she cut out dairy products.... made a full recovery and, I think, wrote a book about her experience to inspire others.

If you want me to PM you with info we found when researching for my dad, let me know.

One last anecdote - my cousins friend was given 6 weeks to live.  She started drinking Essiac tea and visualising it in her body as a golden liquid surrounding and dissolving the cancer cells.  That was 6 years ago.... she is still alive and kicking today.

Warmest wishes, big hugs and the best luck in the world for your daughter and strength and courage to her loved ones. 

The power of positive thinking is awesome.  Truly.

Good healing energy on its way from me to you and yours.  Congratulations on the new grandbaby.

Huge thanks to everyone here for responding.  I really believe that lots of good thoughts and prayers sent into the Universe and aimed her way will make a difference.

The new baby has been a real sweetheart, so far.  My two year old grandson is a bit non-plussed by the whole situation.  I think that between the two babies, he needs the most attention right now. My daughter is a survivor and will fight.  The scary part right now is waiting for the surgery to find out exactly how bad it is.  We are all hoping for the best scenario. 

 If they think they can operate, I think it is unlikely to be bad news.  Sometimes cancer is just too aggressive, or a too-awkward-place for surgery, so just the fact that surgery is going ahead is cause for hope IMO.

In any case, my answer to the surgery is the same as chemo - its usually GREAT for kicking the @$$ out of cancer, but it also weakens the patient, which can give any remaining "seed" of cancer a firm toe-hold.  Anything to boost the immune system and detoxify the body is helpful... I'll PM you a little later with some info we found when researching for my dad.

OMG, we are sending our best too.  She's the same age as me, it's kind of scary.  I also know what the waiting is like--last year with my dad my mom and I had ourselves worked up into a frenzy waiting to find out how the surgery had gone.  You'll be in my thoughts.  It's hard at this time of year too--I went thru it with my dad right after Christmas but we knew he was having the surgery all thru the holidays. 

 I'm sending prayers and good thoughts to your daughter, and congratulations on your new grandson.

 I know that you are going through a rough time with Willow.  I haven't read the whole story.  Is it Hemolytic Anemia?  I have to tell you that our dog Socks survived a primary and relapse of it and survived until the ripe old age of 17.  Good luck with your outcome, too.

Sending prayers and positive vibes to help your daughter heal. (And congratulations on the beautiful new addition to the family.)