I want the real low down on weight gain during treatment for breast cancer. Is it really that bad?

I am 44, premenopausal, stage IIB, one positive node, 4 removed, not sure yet on Her2 or estrogen +, get pathology report next week. Just had a masectomy 5 days ago. I am starting to read all about treatments and starting to get freaked out with all my body might have to go through!! I am set to start chemo in about 4 weeks and now I learn that on top of everything else, weight gain is on the list too!! I am already 40 lbs overweight and can't afford to get any heavier!! I'm just so overwhelmed with everything. I need the real low down on breast cancer side affects. Also, is this it for menopause? Will I menstruate after treatments end? Again, not only do you have to go through side effects of this dreaded disease, you have to endure the symptoms of menopause!! The hair loss is enough to endure. How can you have a positive attitude when you're bald, fat, having hot flashes, fatigued, scarred, nauseous, etc.?! Please help with any advice you may have! Thanks.

I want the real low down on weight gain during treatment for breast cancer. Is it really that bad?

First off, all of these side effects are alot better than dying from cancer, so count your blessings and don't piddle in what your problems are now. If I were you, I'd be pretty thankful.. My mom had a masectomy just a week ago as well. Weight gain will generally only be cause becuase the drugs they give you will help up your appetite, since most cancer patient's don't have much of one. It's only to keep you healthy, but it doesn't mean you can't manage your weight. Don't eat like a cow, just eat healthily. And after chemo and such, you will probably stop menstrating but can't say for sure.. but generally, yes.

The truth is, if you can't laugh about it, then you're just going to cry over it. So incorporate your own ways to find humor and positivity in your situation, I know me and my mother have.

I want the real low down on weight gain during treatment for breast cancer. Is it really that bad?

I'm sorry but you did not give the right information concerning weight gain. It's from the steroids and hormones she might have to get. I really hope your'e more sympathetic towards your mother's illness than you make yourself out to be in your answer to gg. Everyone has the right to "piddle". Report It

I want the real low down on weight gain during treatment for breast cancer. Is it really that bad?

Hi, I hate being the one to put our so called 'saviours' down all the time but the fact is that allopathic medicine always does more harm than good. Did you know how many effective, CURES for cancer have been discovered and suppressed by the FDA because they won't make the drug companies money?? At the end of the day, the sad fact is that cancer is a very profitable disease. It is now afflicting one in three women in North America and that's a HUGE market. Oh and one more thing, conventional cancer treatment has a less than 3% survival rate!!!! Now that's something your doctor won't want to tell you about, but is a fact.

Now for what I KNOW to be true: Cancer is not just one disease. It is a name for a multitude of similar diseases. And, it is EASILY curable. I mean completely curable. Do yourself a favour and do some research on the subject before allowing a doctor to inject poison into your body. Think about it, if it's designed to kill the cancerous cells how do you know it won't kill the rest of your body? The most well documented cure for cancer is called the "Budwig Protocol", started by a German Biochemist and seven times Nobel Prize Nominee Dr. Johanna Budwig. It has a PROVEN, over 95% success rate, even in patients at their last stage. At this stage, if you apply her protocol, I am sure your cancer can be reversed with no ill side effect whatsoever.

Another well known therapy is called "Ozone Therapy" which has originally ben utilized to heal AIDS but is also very effective in treating cancer. If you live in the States, it is unfortunatley unavailable since it was such a big threat to the FDA (Btw, most of the members who sit ont he FDA are the owners and controllers of major pharmaceutical companies. Do you see a conflict of interest there?)

Lastly, the origin of cancer was discovered over 20 years ago when scientists found that cancer is caused in a way similar to how scurvy was developed a long time ago: due to a nutrient deficiency. They showed, with their research, that cancer is a Vitamin B-17 deficiency and it is impossible to develop cancer if you have adequate B-17 in your diet. Back in the days when flour was stone ground only a short time before preparing bread, people woould get their B-17 from it. However, since it now sits for ages before we get to eat our bread, the vitamin oxidized causing a complete definicy of the vitamin in the modern world. Details on where to get Vitamin B-17 (which of course was also made illegal in the States due to it's powers sometime ago) can be found by doing a simple search on Google.

I would strongly recommend that you do your homework before you allow doctors to decide your fate. When you take a drug that causes hair loss and a multitude of other issues, your body is trying to tell you something: get OFF the drug! I truly hope you give yourself the chance to be free from this disease. I hope this helps!

Some links for your review:

http://www.1cure4cancer.com/

http://www.healingcancernaturally.com/bu...

http://www.newstarget.com/010244.html

http://www.chelationtherapyonline.com/an...