Cell phones – protect yourself

We love our phones and so no one wants to see the link between breast cancer and cell phones. Kind of like smoking in the 50′s.  People knew smoking wasn’t healthy, but they didn’t want to admit it to themselves.  How could something so common, and widespread be unhealthy?

There are many studies of the effect of cell phones on the brain.

I have not found any studies on the effect of cellphones on the breasts…but  Doctor John G. West in Orange County has seen a link. Two women who carried their phones close to their breast,  found lumps close to where they kept their phones. A similar coincidence happened to me.  I believe that the link  between cell phone radiation and breast cancer deserves a study.  In the meantime…

how do you protect yourself?:

Be extra careful in rural areas because you get more radiation from your phone as your phone works harder to get the satellite signal.

Use the speaker phone on your phone, if you have one, when  you can.

Keep your phone away from your body, even when not in use. Don’t keep it near your bed at night.

Cordless home phones may also be dangerous, so keep these away from your body too.

Find  the  SAR rating (specific absorption rate) of your cell phone.

Good luck trying to tell your teenager to keep her phone away from her ovaries,  breasts and brain!

May 17 article on Cells and Brain Cancer from the Globe and Mail

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Rhonda, April 11th 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , ,
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Cell Phones and Breast Cancer

I believe that carrying my cell phone in my breast pocket was the most important contributing factor to my cancer.

I was diagnosed with stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer. I was a pretty healthy person otherwise, and the whole thing happened rather fast.

I am interested if other women are making this association. Many women carry their phone in purses right under their arm. A very vulnerable area because of the lymph nodes.

There’s an article in GQ this month about the dangers of cell phones.

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Rhonda, January 25th 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , ,
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How did I get cancer?

Everyone who is diagnosed with cancer must wonder how they got it.
I think about it often. You want to know what you did because then you can stop doing that, so you can get better.
People usually blame:

genetics
something you ate
something you didn’t eat
something you did
something you were exposed to

People have also mentioned these causes, though not as often:

something someone did to you
something you thought
Something from your past life
god

You may never know for sure why you got cancer. Generally people will think you are crazy if you tell them why you think you got cancer. (Unless, of course, you say you got it from something like smoking).
At risk of sounding insane. Here’s my current theory of how I got breast cancer:

My cell phone
Lack of vitamin D

I kept my cell phone in my left breast pocket- something I did, and something I was exposed to. And I avoided sunshine. I didn’t drink milk with vitamin D added – something I didn’t do and didn’t eat. Now I take 3000 iu’s of vitamin D per day, try to get sun, and keep the phone away from my body as much as possible. Plus, I may have a genetic disadvantage.  In the meantime, I will continue to do  as many things  as  I can to survive.

Here’s an article from Feb 2010 GQ on cell phone hazards
 and an article from Science Daily.

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Rhonda, January 10th 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Things that cause cancer, cell phones & breast cancer?, vitamins and supplements for fighting cancer



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