I have a very low immune system since I had chemotherapy, radiation, and other breast cancer treatments and surgeries. Since I finished chemo and radiation less than a year ago, I have had shingles, meningitis, and have had to fight 2 infections in my left breast that had the radiation in it and will have to go in for surgery to have the implant removed, and replaced. I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired. What can I do? Also, gained 40 lbs and hate the weight gain.

im hearing tht radiation can cause leukemia is it true?

1. If a male’s mother had breast cancer, does this increase his risk of getting any type of cancer?

2. If someone underwent chemotherapy and radiation for chemotherapy and survives, and is also in remission and never has cancer again, will their experience with cancer and cancer treatment shorten their life span?

3. What is the likelihood of someone’s breast cancer relapsing if they successfully underwent chemotherapy and radiation for it?

Thanks for your help.
Thank you for the extremely helpful response, and I’m happy to hear that you have NED.

Cancer Update from John Hopkins
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment , it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime
3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

THERE ARE TOTAL 11 POINTS IN THESE UPDATE AND CAN NOT POSTED DUE TO LIMITATIONS OF Y! Q&A.
I would be obliged if experts in Y! Q&A can comment on the truthfulness or otherwise of these discoveries or inventions of John Hopkins, an eminent cancer institute of USA.

I would be further obliged for links on further readings and update on these issues.

My mom was recently diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma which has spread into the lymph nodes, stage 2A breast cancer. Her treatment option is Chemotherapy, Surgery, AND then Radiation. She is convinced that the chemo will kill her, not the cancer. Do you regret you decision to use Chemo as a cancer treatment? If you refused this treatment, how do you feel about that decision now? I need answers from people who have used chemo as a cancer treatment. People with personal experiences with the treatment, not medical facts! I have read everything I can find on Chemo so, in order to help her make an educated decision I need to be able to tell her about personal experiences, since the statistics and side effects have convinced her against this treatment. She has canceled her appointment to have the port put in, in order to start Chemo, once already.

My mom was diagnosed with kidney cancer. She had a kidney removed in surgery. Now she will have chemo all summer. I am really afraid because I read that kidney cancer does not respond to chemo (or radiation which hopefully she won’t have). Is this true?? ALSO, the chest x-ray showed that the cancer did NOT spread to the lungs. So EVEN though she’s having chemo, is it possible that she is STILL at a LOW STAGE? Her doctor is not answering her calls…Maybe it’s because we’re close to the 4th of July. So if any of you have experience in this, please answer this and as kindly as possible because I’m scared!!

a dear friends mother has been recently diagnosed with this after completion of chemo and radiation they have not been successful.
*What other treatments aside from prayer can be offered?
*They are considering Alkaline treatment, but I would like to hear what some medical personnel have to say on the issue. If you would like more information please send me a msg and I’ll provide a link to the more detailed blog concerning the patients current state.
Thank you to all those posting a heart felt answer.

My friend was diagnosed with a brain tumor a year ago and her medical bill (because of radiation and surgeries etc) is already up in the two hundred thousands. It’s totally ridiculous. I think it is bogus that people like my friend have to pay for medical treatment when, without it, they will die. Who else thinks that terminally ill people should receive free medical treatment?

my mother is suffering from esophageal cancer and doctors say we cannot do the surgery because aorta is present next to the tumour so they are going to treat it with chemo and radiation…the chemo is for 12 weeks…so what do u think???

I always on computer,TV,and many gadgets.Can we get Cancer,Tumor or leukemia if we’re always in radiation?is this a symptoms of leukemia:You sometimes nosebleed in 1 nostril.Some times it a pure blood and its like a red slime.Is that leukemia?