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Honoring Mary – guest post
Renn just passed her first year anniversary as a breast cancer blogger.  In this post she honors a fellow traveler whose journey had recently comes to its end. Renn writes at The ‘Big C’ and Me HONORING MARY Another bright light has been extinguished by breast cancer. Mary (aka MBJ on BCO) has died. Doctors gave her four months. She was gone in six weeks. Her passing has left the online breast cancer community at a loss for words. Cancer is some scary sh*t. I feel a need to honor this lovely woman who was so generous in spirit and insight; who always had a kind word to spare no matter where you found yourse...
Source: Being Cancer Network - April 10, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Death Guest Post * Living with Cancer Acceptance Breast cancer Source Type: blogs

A Mad Cancer World – guest post
This one comes from a young woman diagnosed with AML, acute myelocytic leukemia.  She writes at Girl With The Swirl While I’m not caught up in ad world, I’m trying to take more small walks. Here’s the current predicament, which is pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. I’m pretty sure I have muscle atrophy from completely suspending all my physical activities I used to do 8 months ago + 2 1/2 weeks of solid bed rest have now left me tired and sore from being in the same positions. It’s like my bed has a crater and I’m a moon unit officially parked on it. So in my attempt to get rid...
Source: Being Cancer Network - April 6, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Guest Post * Living with Cancer Hospital Leukemia Source Type: blogs

Pain Management in the 21st Century
View the Podcast here. Chronic pain affects nearly 90 million Americans. It usually begins with a sports injury, car accident or health condition like migraines, diabetes, arthritis and cancer.  Chronic pain is different from the acute pain of stubbing your toe and often feels like burning, shooting, or shocking sensations.  The good news is that today’s pain specialists have sophisticated new treatments — from medications to advanced technologies — to provide chronic pain relief.    Chronic pain can be classified as nociceptive or neuropathic pain.  In some cases (nociceptive pain) the body’s ner...
Source: Dr. Donna, MedicineWoman - March 10, 2009 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Dr. Donna Tags: Cancer Integrative medicine Personal Health accupuncture arthritis diabetic neuropathy management massage migraine pain PENS treatment Source Type: blogs

Alternative vs. Integrative Medicine
Once upon a time individuals facing cancer felt they had to choose between one of two options- surgery and chemotherapy or alternative treatment.  But a new breed of medicine is emerging, one that bridges the gap between the two worlds and offers the best of each.  It’s called integrative medicine and world renowned medical centers such as Harvard and Stanford are pioneering training programs for the physician of the future.      A Brief History   “Alternative medicine” was probably the first ‘other medicine’ term to gain popularity in the US and refers to treatments not taught in Western medical schools. ...
Source: Dr. Donna, MedicineWoman - February 1, 2009 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Dr. Donna Tags: Cancer Integrative medicine Personal Health Source Type: blogs

Saying goodbye to Donna Gregory
Written by fellow HealthTalk blogger, Sue Falkner Wood Life is often a struggle. Many of us who live with daily health problems know this all too well. All of us who share our stories and our lives here at HealthTalk.com do so in order to enrich our own lives and the lives of others. The vast majority of us write about our own problems with a few exceptions. One of those exceptions was a courageous outgoing and sunny-faced young woman named Donna Gregory. She wrote about her husband’s illness and its effect on both of them, as a young couple and as parents to their 4-year-old twins, Bobby and Amanda. Donna shared her...
Source: Life with CLL - August 14, 2008 Category: Cancer Authors: Donna Gregory Tags: cancer Source Type: blogs

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