Recovery & Healthy Living

Preparing your body before the surgery and having a plan for after the surgery will give your body the best chance to heal quickly.

Most people will stay in the hospital overnight after a mastectomy. If breast reconstruction is done, the stay may be longer, depending on the type of reconstruction. If you fall into this [...]

4 Mastectomy Recovery Gifts That will Really Help and Don’t Cost a Dime. Before your rush out to get that typical “get well” bouquet of flowers for your friend, remember this – flowers die. [...]

Breast cancer can be a scary diagnosis. Know what to expect from your recovery and learn about the important lifestyle changes that can help you recover both physically and emotionally.

When you hear the words "You have breast cancer," it's easy to think of all the physical results that cancer will have on your body. But what about the mental & emotional effects of having cancer?

Green Powders are a quick way to get some “greens” into your diet when you don’t feel up to cooking actual greens but what do they actually do in the body?

When dealing with cancer, it’s often hard to get the energy to do a large amount of cooking using all the wonderful healing foods that we hear about. However, there are some simple, easy things [...]

Did you know you have more bacteria in your body than cells? Trillions and trillions of these tiny microbes live on you and in you, but the ones that are the most powerful are those in your intestines.

Surgical drains perform an important role in healing after breast surgery

Comfort pillows can bring tremendous comfort during breast cancer treatment

Reflecting changes in your health, cancer treatment can cause major changes, leaving you with nasties such as this pair of cracked painful feet – or rough, scaly, or flaking skin, excessive [...]

On hot summer nights, heating up the kitchen is what I try to avoid so I focus on minimal cooking. Here are some great dinner ideas that are fast, easy, and will keep your house cool while [...]

Some long term side effects, and a website address with more information

There are thousands of compounds that have been studied and tested that have anti-cancer properties, but only a small subset has been proven to target and kill cancer stem cells.

Are Vitamin D Levels Key in Preventing Cancer? There’s been an ongoing debate over the past number of years as to whether or not vitamin D is helpful in preventing cancer, and to what extent.

The nutrition world has as many opinions as politics!  I’ve been in the field of nutrition for close to thirty years.  Over these years I’ve watched as people polarize into their “diet” and try [...]

We don’t hear much about iodine anymore and yet it is an essential nutrient and as I’ll explain, essential in the prevention of many cancers.