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.
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May 15, 2010 at 11:45 am
Kellie
Just amazing!
I’m looking to temporarily wean my 2 yr old starting Sunday. I’m staring a Clinical trial that lasts 8 weeks. I’d love to temporaily wean then go back to breastfeeding if all is well.
I was wondering if you had anytime to email me? I’m curious about how you pumped and dumped and kept up your supply?
I’m so glad your scans are clean and you were able to resume breastfeeding after such a long hiatus!
Thank you,
Kellie
April 28, 2010 at 11:29 pm
tanya@motherwearblog
Glad you caught this post – it’s amazing, isn’t it? Have been thinking about you lots lately…