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MBJ, I've been looking at those lowbodytemp sites and will read them for a while. I know that some of the so called "spontaneous remissions" have happened after illness has raised someone's temperature, though in some cases the temperatures were mild so it may be that some other immune reaction is the cause of the remissions. Also John Holt's methods may have worked by raising temps. So I'm hoping to learn how to raise my temp at will as it's always been low, and once I can get it normal I can try raising it higher for periods. I couldn't get it above 36.3C / 97.3F all day yesterday which is normal for me, then suddenly this morning, Bingo, it was 36.5C / 97.7 F and I just checked to find it's 37C / 98.6 F. I can't believe it's normal! I laid in bed this morning willing it to rise, can that have done it? Or maybe the batteries in my thermometer need replacing.
Thanks so much for posting the links.
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The best thing I have found for my hypothyroid is the far infrared sauna. It is amazing how it makes me feel. I could not even sweat after 15 mile bike rides until I started using the sauna. It has gotten my sweat glands working again. It really is a healing light. I could not sleep because I would wake up cold. Once I started using the sauna, I sleep like a baby. This is the one I use:
These are cheaper than the big wooden units and I like the fact that I do not have to breath in the heat. I do not sell them, because I want people to know my testimonial is honest, but I made a deal with the owner that he will give a discount to anyone who mentions my website.
I could go on and on about how much I love this thing, and I have. lol If there is any way you can afford one. Buy it. You will feel amazing.
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That's neat, a portable sauna ! Had seen the infrared one made out of cedar, but expensive...
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/hyperthermia
"Hyperthermia has been in use for more than 2000 years. The Greek philosopher and doctor Hippocrates said: "Who cannot cure disease with medicine, should operate. Who cannot operate, should heal with heat." It is claimed that he used heat to treat breast tumours
Tumour tissue is more sensitive to overheating than healthy tissue as it is less well supplied with blood. Surrounding healthy tissue can cope with the heat by increasing the circulation. Additionally, tumour cells have a faster metabolism and the heat speeds it up even further causing the cell to heat itself up even more. This high rate of metabolism combined with the poor blood supply causes the tumour cells to suffer from lack of oxygen. This causes acidosis, which damages the affected cells. This method has few side effects and is painless for the patient."
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Saunas are not good for lymphedema and as I had a complete clearance on one side and sentinel nodes on the other side I'm very protective of my arms.
I'm not sure the tumour strategies work with ILC as it's more diffuse in the tissues and less lumpy. I wonder if any blood type cancers have been cured through raised body heat as they aren't tumours. I'm prepared to give anything a try if it's relatively harmless or even beneficial to my health. Better to attack any stray cells or developing tumour now than wait till they are at a dangerous level.
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Many thanks to Luan and Vivre for the links. I've saved them to read later as I have a very busy two days ahead of me and must go out now.
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As an alternative to the portable sauna, people could buy the cheaper infrared lamps and sit in a steamed up bathroom. In the winter when there's indoor heating and it's so dry, I often steam up the bathroom by filling the bathtub with hot water. I checked the temperature once and it was 38 degrees or about 100 fahrenheit with the tub half full. This is still below the 111 fahrenheit that could cause damage to normal tissues. Since I just can't sit there I usually do exercises in the steam and get really dripping hot and sweaty. I feel great after. So far I have had no problems with lymphedema, but my arms are very well-conditioned from lifting weights daily. This system is not for everyone. Also not if you have heart problems. So ask your doctor first. And remember to re-hydrate! Maybe take extra calcium and other minerals, if needed, in case anything is lost in the sweat. Yes, do ask your doctor, as I may not be doing anyone a service here. But I do believe I killed some stray metastatic cells this way.
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JoyLiesWithin-I have asked the sauna distributor a couple of times about the sauna and lympedema. For one thing, you can absolutely sit in it and keep your arm out. He also explained that it is not the heat that is therpeutic, it is the infrared light that penetrates to the core. For me, it is like the little butterflies I use to get lying on the beach, soaking up rays, back in another lifetime when I actually wore a bikini and did crazy things like that. That feeling is the penetration of healing light rays. That is what the FIR does.
Heidi-FIR is different than a steam bath. It is so hard to explain. The steam is great for the respiratory system, but does not do much for the lymphatic system. Yes, you do sweat, which is what they lymphatic system does, but you do not break up and sweat out toxins with steam like you do with the FIR. A friend of mine who exercises all the time, did not think she needed it because she does sweat a lot. But after trying the FIR, even she was convinced it is better. Heavy exercise can actually add stress to the body in many ways. All the FIR does is take stress away.
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vivre, The infrared sauna sounds like it would be so soothing. Is it something that fits where the bath tub would be?
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For those of you following my temperature reset: I found out that my taking Melatonin for sleeping the last year and a half was interfering with me being able to get my daytime temperature up. Even using the pills didn't work until I quit doing melatonin. I am now starting over, without the pills, and I have found my hot flashes at night are now non-existant (though I went through 4 nights of withdrawel and hopefully I am done) I am now trying to manually, without the pills, keep my temp up. I purchased an inexpensive $29 space heater by DeLonghi called SafeHeat and my routine is to get up, have a strong cup of coffee, eat something with high fat content to give me lasting energy, get into a hot shower to get my temp up and then I plop myself down in front of the space heater to keep me at an approximate temperature of 98.6 F. The idea is to build up your ability to hold at 98.6 F for an entire day. If you can do this your body should naturally fight off any future cancers, by dressing slightly warmer then usual (stay away from A/C during the reset period), after two weeks your body should rest itself naturally. By taking your temp periodically during this time you will learn to be able to tell when you are at the proper temp. My right foot with plantar fasciitis aches and my thumbs hurt when my temp is below 98.4 so I use this as my redf flag that I need to bring my temp up. If you are able to finally keep your temp up during the day, you will also sleep better at night.
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I like the steamy bathroom tip, great idea.
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I found that I sweat profusely at 97.3, 98.3 and 98.8 and above. The steam was counter-productive for me. The dry heat of the space heater keeps me warm and dry!
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Just wanted to give my two cents on the FIR sauna. It is one of the bigger purchases I made for my health and so worth it. I have had skin cancers. Also, dry skin all my adult life so I have always used commercial lotions to hydrate and tons of sunscreens (for the last 18 years.) I often wonder if the skin cancer was due to the sun (like my dermatologist told me) or all the chemicals in those commercial products. After my bc diagnosis, I decided to go organic and natural so I tried things like olive oil, coconut oil, vitamin E oil, magnesium oil, etc. on my skin. It seemed anything I tried broke me out in a horrible rash. (In hindsight I think it was sort of a herxheimer reaction.) After using the sauna nearly everyday for the first month, my skin has improved 100%. I can now use those products on my skin without reaction. Coconut oil is my preference though I dont typically use anything now. My skin's still a little dry but I know I just need to hydrate with water more. It has also help to boost my body temp though I am not where I need to be. I try to stay in for at least 30 minutes at 145 degrees F. I am hoping those temps will help to fight off any more cancer recurrences! Now that summer's here, I dont use it on a daily basis but still love the effects it has on my general well beling. I never used to sweat, even during exercise. Now I sweat when vacuuming! I believe it has detoxified my skin and helped in so many other ways. LOVE IT!!
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Kira-The sauna I have is a tent you sit in with your neck out. It will fit in some bathrooms. My girlfriend keeps hers in the shower in her spare bath that no one uses. I put mine next to me top, even though it takes up space. I move it to the porch in the summer. It is not as easy to get motivated to sit in it in the summer, so putting a fan on the face helps.
Here is another interesting thing that has happened to me this weekend. As I said, I have not been able to sweat at all while exercising since I got zapped with that radiation nonsense. But finally this weekend, I started sweating while biking. Unfortunately, I then got the chills and it was 80 and sunny. It was very unsettling to be out in the sun and feel so cold. Needless to say, my body is still trying to come back and I am looking at 4 years this fall! I swear recovering from the treatments has been harder for me than recovery from cancer.
Impositive-I feel the same way. A FIR is worth every penny if it kills those free radicals.And my skin is looking great too.
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I found a similar Australian portable IR Sauna and at a reasonable price. I'm still researching the finer points. I see they all have adjustable thermostats. It looks good, even hubby mentioned just a couple of days ago he'd like a sauna after seeing one on TV, and I can keep one arm out and try setting it increasingly hotter to ensure any harm is limited.
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It's funny you mentioned sweating. I haven't sweated in years except when having a hot flash. I remember way back before kids my huby and I belonged to the health club. My DH loved the sauna, I didn't. Even back then was unable to sweat. It made be feel like I couldn't breath like I was sufficating. Now you have me wondering why I don't sweat.
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I am in the same boat as Kira1234 I don't sweat, therefor when outside I have to be really careful not to overheat because my body does not cool itself down. Would love to hear comments on this.
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Many people with extremely low body temps don't sweat! Many have thyroid related issues. Sherry, I would monitor your actual temp versus what your body feels like. I sometimes feel as if I am boiling over and I will be sweating profusely, yet I am only at 96.9 F! People with low body temps are very over sensitive to heat--living in Texas you would be especially miserable. I recommend that anyone who isn't sweating to really research this further and look into this: lowbodytemp.com.
For those of us who cannot afford the infra red or saunas, a small inexpensive space heater is a very good option! There isn't any way I could justify such a large expense right now, though I would love to own the infra red heating bed.
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MBj thanks for the link I'll check it out.
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I mentioned in the post above that I've wondered if the commercial moisturizers I used on my body did more to contribute to my skin cancer than the sun did.
So weird....check out this newsletter I received from Dr. Mercola today.
"This Popular Moisturizer Applied to Mice for 17 Weeks Got 69% More Tumors"
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/06/21/is-your-moisturizer-causing-skin-cancer.aspx
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I would love for someone knowledgeable about lymphedema to chime in about the use of saunas etc... I don't know if just leaving your BC arm out will reduce the risk. Isn't the cause of LE due to fluid getting trapped in the tissue once it is stimulated (due to heat, hot weather etc...)? I would love to help my body detox with a sauna, but not if it is going to cause increased LE.
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DesignerMom, I have a question about LE. So far I don'thave any pain, but I do nitice that there seems to be sweeling under my arm pit, not like alump just like fliud buildup. Is this what leads to LE?
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kira- There are many things that could be indications of LE starting. As I understand, the trick with LE is to prevent it. Once the tissues fill with fluid, it is very hard to get it reversed. There is an LE thread with very knowledgeable ladies called GRRRRRR I hate LE. Here is the link http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/64/topic/759378?page=64#idx_1913
There is also a great website called standupspeakout or stepupspeakout, sorry I can't remember. I'm sure if you PM binny4 or Kira, they can give you an opinion. I think something none of us were told to do (which pi$$es me off) is to get baseline measurements of our arms so we can tell if LE is starting to happen. I think LE is the dirty little secret doctors don't want to admit to. I finally demanded an LE evaluation and got measured for a compression sleeve for flying. I'm glad I did.
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http://www.glendalememorialhospital.org/Medical_Services/Cancer_Services/052768
To reduce the chances of developing lymphedema:Avoid temperature extremes -- hot baths, hot tubs, saunas or sunbathing;Avoid infections -- insect bites, pet scratches, cutting cuticles during a manicure or pedicure, shots, blood draws or acupuncture in the at-risk limb;Avoid blunt trauma -- lifting objects more than 15 pounds, repetitive motions using resistance (this includes golf, weight training and tennis, as well as scrubbing floors and windows);Avoid constricting clothing or jewelry that interferes with circulation; andAvoid having blood pressure taken in at-risk limbs.0 -
Thanks Pip for the reminder. I know I have lymphedema in my breast but try as best I can to ignore it
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pip57, Thanks for the info. When I look at the causes it would seem I might be at risk. Having SNB is definitely a risk. On another thread I seem to remember reading even with just having the SNB raises our risk by about 10%. I have tried to follow those recomendations, but things like bug bites are hard to avoid.
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Kira, some good tips about bugs on http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/64/topic/769844?page=1
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Luan, Wish it was mosquitoes. I have no problem with them. We live in Florida, and have these little red ants that have a vicious bite. I'm very allergic to them. When I get a bite I break out over my whole body. I keep an eppy pen with me at all times. It is impossible to work in my yard because of them, and I love gardening.
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Kira, I have had the pleasure of meeting your Floridian ants. They are vicious!
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I have started a thread for anyone interested in trying to reset their body temp: Low Body Temperature anyone?0
