Colon Cancer Support Group
Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or bowel cancer, includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. Many colorectal cancers are thought to arise from mushroom-like growths that are usually benign, but some may develop into cancer over time. The majority of the time, the diagnosis of localized colon cancer is through colonoscopy.
Note, I started to post this at the tail end of the Soy post that Mark had earlier and decided to post it to the whole group as a new thread.
" Theory-
I've got this nagging theory that I can't quite piece together. The common theme in all of this research seems to point to keeping the inflammation in your body down. Some of the food recommendations don't jive with that unless you look at the Chinese medicine theories which are more individualized toward hot and cold.
Since our chemo is a major anti inflamm many of us got a reprieve from aches and pains, mine for instance, my feet didn t hurt from my bone spurs..now off of chemo, I can barely walk in the am.
So, an anti inflammation diet and concsciousness seems to be sensible. Keeping in mind the estrogen factor for women and the individual aspects.
The other thing is viral? For example I had this little wart on my heal, or I think it is wart. I watched it disappear during chemo... than gone. Now that the chemo is clearing my body, you guessed it... back.
So, Am I recreating the environment for a wart, and inflammation in my feet, does that equal the environment for the cancer to also return to it's thriving place?
BTW Mark... what is the face book page you watch?
MPNC "
" Theory-
I've got this nagging theory that I can't quite piece together. The common theme in all of this research seems to point to keeping the inflammation in your body down. Some of the food recommendations don't jive with that unless you look at the Chinese medicine theories which are more individualized toward hot and cold.
Since our chemo is a major anti inflamm many of us got a reprieve from aches and pains, mine for instance, my feet didn t hurt from my bone spurs..now off of chemo, I can barely walk in the am.
So, an anti inflammation diet and concsciousness seems to be sensible. Keeping in mind the estrogen factor for women and the individual aspects.
The other thing is viral? For example I had this little wart on my heal, or I think it is wart. I watched it disappear during chemo... than gone. Now that the chemo is clearing my body, you guessed it... back.
So, Am I recreating the environment for a wart, and inflammation in my feet, does that equal the environment for the cancer to also return to it's thriving place?
BTW Mark... what is the face book page you watch?
MPNC "
GG-- Breathe, eat and touch... is an interesting point. I just so happened to notice that BC I kept my cell phone tucked in my elastic waist band all day long right over my tumor location. Coincidence?
I would get up for my 6 am hike and it would place my cell there so my daughter could reach me on my hike/run and I would just leave it there out of convenience...hmmm.
I've mentioned this site before. It has the best basic explanation of how cancer develops -
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/about-cancer/what-is-cancer/cells/how-cancer-starts
There are many theories - probably because there is more than one way that it starts - but I think it's pretty much accepted that you need "multiple hits" to get cancer. You need a hit to the DNA (could be caused by environmental factors, etc.) and you need a failure in the DNA repair mechanisms. Usually having an inherited mutation (like some of us have) means that we have a defect in the mechanisms that recognise or repair damage to DNA. (My missing gene is called a "spell checker" gene.) So environmental factors, heredity, the immune system - all play a role.
I was sure I had figured out why I got my first cancer - and I was all wrong!! At first I was devasted when I learned had the MSH2 genetic mutation. Now I'm fascinated. Understanding DNA damage and repair makes me totally unafraid of cancer - this is science not voodoo!!