by Fiona McGovern, Isle of Arran, Scotland
I live on the Isle of Arran, a small island off the west coast in Scotland. I am approaching 53 years of age.
In the summer of 2003 I found a lump in the lower part of the right breast. A few months later I had an ultrasound scan and was told it was a non-cancerous fibroadenoma. The specialist would have preferred to carry out a biopsy and lumpectomy as it was an unusual shape. I refused at the time, feeling certain that through diet and life changes I could heal it.
I had once been in hospital when I was 20 for a D&C investigation to find out why my periods had stopped for three years. I found the whole experience traumatic and had vowed never to go to hospital again. I also had developed distrust in doctors and had turned to alternative therapies whenever my body presented a symptom.
So for three years, from 2003 to 2006, I had a go at almost everything – I wrapped myself in frozen sheets, castor oil, I drank my urine and used urine compresses on the lump, I juiced carrots until I turned orange, rebounded on a trampoline, ate all organic etc etc ….you get the picture. Continue reading “Breast Cancer: “Knowing what I know now, I would definitely do things differently.””