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tanya’s got another excellent post up at the motherwear breastfeeding blog. today, she writes about the value of breastmilk in cancer treatment.
it’s been known for some time that a component of breastmilk, called human alpha-lactalbubin made lethal to tumor cells (HAMLET for short!) causes cancer cells to die.
you can read more of tanya’s post here and read what i did with my own breastmilk during my battle with cancer here. tanya also ran a piece on my journey here.
it’s world breastfeeding week! hooray! my lactation consultant and i prepared for it by taking these ridiculous photos while i was in the hospital last week.
one of the labor & delivery nurses knitted her these amazing caps. i would so wear them this week! wouldn’t you? and i have to point out the meticulous, anatomical correctness of the “ethnic” boob with its montgomery glands. awesome.
i had a PET scan monday afternoon. this evening i got the results from my uncle, since he’s the chief of radiology at the hospital i go to now in richmond. the initial report concludes that the disease is back.
i called my oncologist’s answering service and he called me right away. he’ll be reviewing the scan with his radiologist first thing tomorrow and then we’ll have another call by 11am.
i coincidentally have an appointment with my gp tomorrow for what we thought was a lingering sinus infection. nope, that’s just the cancer giving me the fever.
my uncle is setting me up with an oncologist down here. assuming this is the real deal, i’ll have to start chemo asap. they’re also talking stem cell harvest.
i’m posting this update via crackberry from bed with nugget happily draped across me, asleep, nursing and clutching the other boob in her little fist.
i asked her if she remembered having to stop nursing before. i sobbed and tried my best to reassure her that we will try so very hard to make it back to where we are now.
this is beyond horrifying. i can’t believe we have to go through this again. i can’t believe i have to force my baby girl to stop nursing again. the chemo, that’s nothing.
fuck you, cancer. fuck you very, very much.
whatchoo talkin’ ’bout?