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This was the last day of breast cancer awareness month. Interesting how this pattern may have dried in the parking lot outside my local shopping center.
Taylor Swift fulfilled the dream of a fan with cancer www.raesaaz.net/2015/12/22/taylor-swift-fulfilled-the-dre...
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Camera: Canon XSi
Lens: 50mm f/1.4
Exp: ISO 1600, f/5.0, 1/15
Today I have felt pretty awful. I came to the realisation that my health has gotten worse over the last year in ways I was unaware of. I am losing time. Today I lost 45 minutes staring at my laptop and don't know where the time went. A life with cancer + anemia is never dull.
Full story on my blog.
I made these cupcakes for my Susan G. Komen breast cancer walk team to eat after the walk. The ribbon was made with pink candy melts in a ribbon mold.
a shoot dedicated to all women who have gone through breast cancer and for you to know how amazing and beautiful I think you are
An oral cancer screening does come with some disclaimers. These screenings could lead to more tests and may not just end at the dentist office. Read more: allseasonsdentalclinic.com/oral-cancer-screening/
Amalia Dayan ==
Lung Cancer Research Foundation's Eleventh Annual Lung Cancer Awareness Luncheon==
The Pierre Hotel, NYC==
October 17, 2016==
©Patrick McMullan==
photo - Patrick McMullan/PMC==
== Amalia Dayan
Cancer can be treated in a number of ways. Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Immunotherapy, and Monoclonal Antibody Therapy are among the most popular. The choice of cancer therapy is made by looking at the stage of the disease and the state of the patient. The goal of cancer treatment is the complete removal of the cancer without significantly damaging the rest of the body. Sometimes a surgeon can remove the cancer easily, other times this is not possible. Chemotherapy and Radiation can be quite affective in killing cancer cells, but they are also toxic to healthy cells.
The Breast Cancer Run
Surgery
Theoretically, non-blood based cancers can be cured if entirely removed by surgery. This is easier said than done. If the cancer spreads to other parts of the body before surgery, it is usually impossible to remove all the cancer through surgery. Two of the most well know surgical procedures for removing cancer are mastectomy (where one or both of the breast are removed in an effort to treat breast cancer) and a prostatectomy (where all or part of the prostate gland are removed). Cancer can recur if a single cell is left behind after surgery. With this in mind a pathologist will carefully examine your surgical specimen to make sure there is a margin of healthy tissue present.
Surgery is also used to determine the stage (extent) of cancer. Staging is very important for determining a prognosis and treatment.
A Radiation Mask
Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy is the use of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation can be giving externally through External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT) or internally through Brachytherapy. The effects of radiation are concentrated on the area being treated. Radiation Therapy damages the DNA of the cancer cells making it impossible for them to grow and divide. Radiation Therapy damages both healthy and cancer cells, but healthy cells are able to recover from the Radiation. Radiation is given over several rounds so the healthy cells have a chance to recover between treatments.
Radiation is used to treat almost every type of cancer. The amount of Radiation that is given depends on the type of cancer and how close it is to major organs. As with every form of cancer treatment, radiation is not without side effects.
Steve after Radiation
Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
The side effects of Radiation Therapy can appear during treatment or years later. The nature of the side effects depend on where the radiation was received and how much. Some of the immediate side effects from radiation are burning on the skin, swelling, infertility, and fatigue. Some of the long term side effects fibrosis (loss of elasticity in the tissue that was treated), hair loss, dryness, and cancer.
Mia in the Hospital
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs. Most chemotherapy targets all rapidly dividing cells, and not just cancer cells. This means that often chemotherapy damages healthy cells as well as cancer cells. However, most healthy cells repair themselves after the chemotherapy has ended. Most patients are given a combination of chemotherapy drugs. It is important that you talk all drugs that are prescribed in combination with your chemotherapy.
Targeted Therapy
Targeted Therapy first became available in the late 1990s and it has proven to be very effective in treating some types of cancer. If you have questions about Targeted Therapy and how it can help you or your loved one, talk to your doctor. Your doctor will know what Targeted Therapies may be right for your cancer.
Josh and his family after surgery
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is a set of strategies that will trigger a patient’s immune system to fight the tumor. Immunotherapy has been very affective on Renal Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma, and prostate cancer.
Hormonal Therapy
Hormonal therapy is used to block or provide certain hormones. They have been particularly effective in Breast and Prostate Cancers.
Tom getting chemo
Symptom Control
Some treatments are designed not to kill the cancer cells, but to control the symptoms of the cancer. This is very important for helping maintain a high quality of life for the cancer patient. Symptom Control is used for all stages of cancer, but particularly for end of life care. There is somewhat of a social stigma attached to the use of high power pain killers. Cancer patients should feel free to ask their doctor or Hospice provider about any medicine they take, especially if the patient feels the medicine is doing more harm than good. That being said, do not stop taking any medicines without consulting your health care provider first.
Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Consult your doctor and do lots of research before beginning any alternative treatment. Do not stop your other therapies or medicines in order to take an Alternative Medicine. No Alternative Treatments have been shown to effectively treat any form of cancer, and none are FDA approved.
Roger perparing for surgery
Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials test new treatments on people with cancer. The goal of these studies is to find better ways to treat cancer and help cancer patients. Patients who take part in clinical trails get the best available standard of care for their cancer, however there is no guarantee that the new treatment will work. If the treatment does work, those in the trial are among the first to benefit from the new treatment.
Article From www.cancer.sc/content,treatment/
Cancer can be treated in a number of ways. Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Immunotherapy, and Monoclonal Antibody Therapy are among the most popular. The choice of cancer therapy is made by looking at the stage of the disease and the state of the patient. The goal of cancer treatment is the complete removal of the cancer without significantly damaging the rest of the body. Sometimes a surgeon can remove the cancer easily, other times this is not possible. Chemotherapy and Radiation can be quite affective in killing cancer cells, but they are also toxic to healthy cells.
The Breast Cancer Run
Surgery
Theoretically, non-blood based cancers can be cured if entirely removed by surgery. This is easier said than done. If the cancer spreads to other parts of the body before surgery, it is usually impossible to remove all the cancer through surgery. Two of the most well know surgical procedures for removing cancer are mastectomy (where one or both of the breast are removed in an effort to treat breast cancer) and a prostatectomy (where all or part of the prostate gland are removed). Cancer can recur if a single cell is left behind after surgery. With this in mind a pathologist will carefully examine your surgical specimen to make sure there is a margin of healthy tissue present.
Surgery is also used to determine the stage (extent) of cancer. Staging is very important for determining a prognosis and treatment.
A Radiation Mask
Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy is the use of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation can be giving externally through External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT) or internally through Brachytherapy. The effects of radiation are concentrated on the area being treated. Radiation Therapy damages the DNA of the cancer cells making it impossible for them to grow and divide. Radiation Therapy damages both healthy and cancer cells, but healthy cells are able to recover from the Radiation. Radiation is given over several rounds so the healthy cells have a chance to recover between treatments.
Radiation is used to treat almost every type of cancer. The amount of Radiation that is given depends on the type of cancer and how close it is to major organs. As with every form of cancer treatment, radiation is not without side effects.
Steve after Radiation
Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
The side effects of Radiation Therapy can appear during treatment or years later. The nature of the side effects depend on where the radiation was received and how much. Some of the immediate side effects from radiation are burning on the skin, swelling, infertility, and fatigue. Some of the long term side effects fibrosis (loss of elasticity in the tissue that was treated), hair loss, dryness, and cancer.
Mia in the Hospital
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs. Most chemotherapy targets all rapidly dividing cells, and not just cancer cells. This means that often chemotherapy damages healthy cells as well as cancer cells. However, most healthy cells repair themselves after the chemotherapy has ended. Most patients are given a combination of chemotherapy drugs. It is important that you talk all drugs that are prescribed in combination with your chemotherapy.
Targeted Therapy
Targeted Therapy first became available in the late 1990s and it has proven to be very effective in treating some types of cancer. If you have questions about Targeted Therapy and how it can help you or your loved one, talk to your doctor. Your doctor will know what Targeted Therapies may be right for your cancer.
Josh and his family after surgery
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is a set of strategies that will trigger a patient’s immune system to fight the tumor. Immunotherapy has been very affective on Renal Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma, and prostate cancer.
Hormonal Therapy
Hormonal therapy is used to block or provide certain hormones. They have been particularly effective in Breast and Prostate Cancers.
Tom getting chemo
Symptom Control
Some treatments are designed not to kill the cancer cells, but to control the symptoms of the cancer. This is very important for helping maintain a high quality of life for the cancer patient. Symptom Control is used for all stages of cancer, but particularly for end of life care. There is somewhat of a social stigma attached to the use of high power pain killers. Cancer patients should feel free to ask their doctor or Hospice provider about any medicine they take, especially if the patient feels the medicine is doing more harm than good. That being said, do not stop taking any medicines without consulting your health care provider first.
Complementary and Alternative Medicines
Consult your doctor and do lots of research before beginning any alternative treatment. Do not stop your other therapies or medicines in order to take an Alternative Medicine. No Alternative Treatments have been shown to effectively treat any form of cancer, and none are FDA approved.
Roger perparing for surgery
Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials test new treatments on people with cancer. The goal of these studies is to find better ways to treat cancer and help cancer patients. Patients who take part in clinical trails get the best available standard of care for their cancer, however there is no guarantee that the new treatment will work. If the treatment does work, those in the trial are among the first to benefit from the new treatment.
Article From www.cancer.sc/content,treatment/
Cancer is a well known deadly disease which affects lives of many people every year. Cancer can be caused in different parts of your body. Both men and women are equally affected by the deadly cancer disease. A commonly found cancer disease in women is breast cancer. It is caused because of the unusual growth of tumor cells in the breast region. If these tumor cells are allowed to grow continuously they affect the other normal healthy cells of that region. The development of these cells can start in a tiny tissue or a lobe or even in the vessels of the breast. Although breast cancer shows no early symptoms, still there are some signs which can help in diagnosing breast cancer in an early stage. Though it is hard to detect breast cancer in an early stage as almost no symptoms or signs occur in an early stage. In this type of cancer the patient not even feels any kind of pain at an early stage. But if one is familiar with the usual symptoms of breast cancer then there is much probability that breast cancer symptoms can be caught at an early stage. If diagnosed at an early stage, this deadly breast cancer can be cured completely.
Let us discuss some of the common breast cancer symptoms. Every woman is generally aware of the size and shape of her breast. So, one can check for any swelling or deformation in the breast by softly pressing the fingers on the breast surface. If you feel any mass, lump or any kind of thickening, consult a doctor immediately for a check up as it may be the first sign of deadly cancer. Appearance of rashes, scales on the skin can also be a symptom of breast cancer. If you find that one breast is growing larger in size as comparison to the other then you must consult a doctor.
The Symptoms of Breast Cancer
If during the examination, you encounter any of the following symptoms, it's important that you make an appointment to see your doctor at the earliest opportunity. Don't panic, but play it safe nevertheless.
• Changes in the breast: Do your breasts look swollen? Does part of your breast look swollen or misshapen?
• Changes in the skin: The skin may become dimpled, or there may be a rash that is scaly.
• Lumps: it goes without saying that lumps are the most common sign of breast cancer. Are there any painless hard lumps in your breast?
• Nipple changes: Your nipples may change appearance (often becoming inverted) and sometimes there will be discharge from the nipple.
Women need to check their breasts often to give themselves the best possible chance of successful treatment. Indeed, if you want to increase your chances of catching cancer early, you should examine your breasts every month and talk to your doctor if any of the above changes occur. The best way to stop breast cancer is early detection.
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Canon XSi+50mm f/1.4 | ISO 400, f/6.3, 1/4
June 2012
igG 35.9
Beta II fraction 35.4
Hemoglobin 121
White blood cells 2.3
Feb 2012
igG 40.1
Beta II fraction 39.9
Hemoglobin 121
White blood cells 2.0
I am a multiple myeloma and anemia patient. It is a cancer of the blood plasma. It is treatable, but incurable.
In Aug 2008-Dec 2009 when I was on Revlimid. Unfortunately I was diagnosed with TTP and had a stroke so I was taken off of it. Since then I have had no cancer drug treatment and my igG (cancer levels) have slowly risen from the teens up to a high of 40.1 last Feb.
When I went in today for my quarterly specialist appointment, I didn't know what my igG number would be. I was worried it would be high 40s or even above 50. Thankfully it has actually dropped without any cancer treatment. My specialist was pretty amazed, but I know the reason - SuperBetter.
This is Day 89 of me participating in the SuperBetter project. I created a goal of taking a self-portrait a day on campus and after a couple of weeks I decided to do this 365 project as well. I have benefited from SuperBetter by setting an obtainable goal of taking a creative photograph a day on campus and creating a doable obstacle as it had to be done by midnight. It has helped improve my creativity and make me feel better about my photography and more confident about wandering around my campus with my camera and tripod looking for a photoshoot spot.
I feel awesome and I truly believe that my SuperBetter participation has contributed towards my cancer levels reversing.
Remaining positive, happy and focused as I continue to fight cancer through photography.