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Happy Monday Fam,

Sorry for the super late post things have been on the hectic side. First I was sick, then I had job deadlines, then I had to pack for DC and the list goes onnn and onnn lol.

Anyways I want to share some things with you. I have been contemplating going back to school to become a naturopathic doctor or an herbal doctor. I had this vision the other day where I saw myself in a little quaint shop. But I want it to be very comfy…more like a holistic healing center where people could come to be healed if they were sick or if they just needed life coaching or to meditate or someone to pray with. An all in one type of deal. I believe that in order to have overall wellness your mind body and spirit have to be in sync. I always like to shed some light on issues that are affecting women. I did a little research on ovarian cancer because as a woman our ovaries are a spiritual sacred place for life to be created and if they are cancerous it can cause a host of problems including infertility.

Now I looked online and sooo many sites said they don’t know what the actual cause of this cancer is—-LIESSSS!!

Let me tell you what they do know but they don’t say. They know good and well that the healthier you are living and the more balanced and peaceful your life is that the chances of you becoming ill are slimmer then the rest.

According to Cancer.org:

The American Cancer Society most recent estimates for ovarian cancer in the United States are for 2009:

* about 21,550 new cases of ovarian cancer will be diagnosed
* about 14,600 deaths

• Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer among women, excluding non-melanoma skin cancers. It ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women, accounting for more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. Ovarian cancer accounts for about 3% of all cancers in women. A woman’s risk of getting invasive ovarian cancer during her lifetime is about 1 in 71. Her lifetime chance of dying from invasive ovarian cancer is about 1 in 95. (These statistics do not count low malignant potential ovarian tumors.)

• This cancer mainly develops in older women. Around half of women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer are 60 or older. It is more common in white women that African-American women.

• The ovarian cancer incidence rate has been slowly falling over the past 20 years. The incidence rate is a precise way for scientists to describe how common or rare a disease is and is defined as the number of new cases diagnosed each year per 100,000 women.

• About 3 in 4 women with ovarian cancer survive at least 1 year after diagnosis. Almost half (46%) of women with ovarian cancer are still alive at least 5 years after diagnosis (this is called the 5-year survival rate). Women younger than 65 do better and live longer than older women. If ovarian cancer is found (and treated) before the cancer has spread outside the ovary, the 5-year survival rate is 93%. However, less than 20% of all ovarian cancer is found at this early stage.

POSSIBLE RISKS/CAUSES:

Lifestyle
Having an unhealthy diet full of junk food, stress, smoking, drinking, and no exercising can lead to all types of health problems

Genes
Genes, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2, can increase your risk of developing both ovarian and breast cancer

Infertility and fertility treatment
Some research has suggested that there may be a connection between ovarian cancer and infertility treatment.

Age
Your risk of ovarian cancer increases with age. Most cases of ovarian cancer occur after menopause

HRT
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with a slightly increased risk of getting ovarian cancer. One study found that women taking HRT are 1.2 times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than those who are not.

Being overweight
Research has shown that being overweight, or obese, may increase your risk of developing ovarian cancer.

WHAT’S THE ANSWER? Wellness!

In my opinion your overall mental, physical, and spiritual wellness will help you lead an easier life. Our physical bodies are amazing and can heal themselves really from almost anything and that is a fact.

Everyday is a new day and that’s how I viewed it this last time I was sick. Now that I am feeling better it is an opportunity to asses how I was eating and what I was doing before so that I can change some things.

I will keep you posted if I decided to do the doctor thing. Classes start in January so we will see

Xoxo
Ally

Tags: Cancer, healthy, Healthy body, Infertility, Ovarian cancer, Wellness

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