juliebb

Thank you cp418, jellydonut and rockwell_girl,

 I don't think mine works.  My link is not lit up like yours.

 Thank you though, for being patient and so kind. 

Hi,

I usually post on the alternative board. I tried to post this link and had so much trouble that I asked my friend "woodnyet" to post this site's link for me. You can see for yourself,  if you go to the alternative board, that I have unsuccessfully tried posting it about 3 times. I have no idea why I can't post a link. I have tried with the help of other posters, but I just cannot do it. Please go and see what I wrote! Thanks you!!

Love and prayers,

Julie 

My mom also has mets and that's why I am a poster here too. I have such a great library of alternative treatment books. I will recommend 3 books for you. Bill Henderson has a new updated edition of his book,  Cancer Free.  He has a great website too. If you buy his book, read it first, he will talk to you and your mom on the phone and coach you through the bests alternative therapies.  I stink at posting links as you can see from my previous posts, so I won't even try. Anther book I highly recommend, is Ty Bollinger's, Cancer Step Outside the Box. He and Bill endorse each other. It's very easy reading and packed with so much information. The last book is, With the Help of Our Friends From France: Stabilizing and Living with Advanced Breast Cancer, by Carol Silverander. Get the 2007 edition, it's the latest.

 cancercompass? I think that's it. That's another discussion board for alternatives. Bill Henderson has one too.  Also, breastcancerchoices.org has good information. 

My mom had pleural effusion from Taxotere.  She had a rare pulmonary toxicity from it. She had to get pluerodesis twice on the right lung and once on the left.  

Pray if you are religious, it helps. 

 Sincerely,

Julie 

http://burningissues.org/car-www/medical_effects/dioxin.html  <b>html</b> [b]BB[/b]

Sorry I keep bumping this I just can't make the link work.  It says I have to disable popup window blocker.  

I can't seem to post my link. Can someone help me?  Thanks!

1. http://burningissues.org/car-www/index.html  see if this works. Ok...it doesn't.  How do I get the link to work? Can someone please help me? Thanks

<a href="http://burningissues.org/car-www/index.html">CLICK HERE</a> 

www.burningissues.org 

Thanks again everyone. So far we received from amazon A Walk in the Woods and In a Sunburned Country. I can't wait to get the other books. Now I know where to start with the Stephanie Plum Series. YAY!!! Thanks again!

You can look back on my old posts about my mother. She was on Taxotere and she developed a severe pulmonary toxicity. It's important you read all the literature about the drugs/chemotherapy. They kept her on it longer and didn't take her chest tightness/shortness of breath seriously enough. She started retaining fluid and her blood pressure went way up. She had plueral effusions on the ct scan...I don't know..... it was very poor communication between the doctors and the nurses. She had to have pleurodesis on both lungs, twice on the right lung. She has required supplemental oxygen ever since. That was summer of 2006. She had a great response to the Taxotere as far as cancer goes, but at the cost of her lungs. She needs to do breathing treatments with a nebulizer 3-4 times a day and has to use advair steroid inhaler am and pm.

 You know your body best. Keep a daily journal of how you feel. Remember that darn chemo brain problem doesn't help. I wish everyone here had a good advocate. It's tough to have to rely on just yourself when you don't feel well and have so many overwhelming things going on, not to mention to just have to get everyday life responsibilities straight. 

I hope this was helpful. 

Thanks so much! I ordered 3 books from everyone suggestions here.

Which books specifically from the Stephanie Plum Series? I'd like to order some of those too, but there were a lot to choose from. You girls are the best!  Thanks again! 

Also can you suggest the ones you liked by Bill Bryson and Lewis Grizzard?