healthy living

To Drink Or Not To Drink……..

By Susan on February 9, 2016 • ( 2 )

Originally posted on The Perks of Having Cancer!:
….that is the question. When it comes to cancer prevention, the answer is clear: No!…..and, well….Yes! It all depends on what you are drinking. When it comes right down to it, there…

Want to change the world? Here are 5 things you can do right now.

By Susan on December 3, 2015 • ( 26 )

I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way this world will change is from the ground up. By that I mean grass roots efforts by you and me…individuals…not some big group, political agenda, or organization that seems to start… Read More ›

Major Retailers Caught Selling Fake Vitamin/Herbal Supplements

By Susan on February 17, 2015 • ( 19 )

That’s what the New York Attorney general’s office determined when they checked a random 78 bottles of various herbal and vitamin pills and capsules for Target, Walmart, Walgreens and GNC across the state and then took them to a lab… Read More ›

Why breast cancer survivors should eat soy….every day.

By Susan on October 20, 2014 • ( 29 )

In my continuing posts focused on breast cancer this month, I bring you soy in all its cancer-preventing glory! I am a stage III, ER positive breast cancer survivor and I eat soy every day. Why? Because I want to… Read More ›

So pissed at this Breastcancer.org TV ad I could scream!! (and I did!)

By Susan on October 7, 2014 • ( 18 )

I just assume that I’m going to get bombarded with crap during breast cancer awareness month, but this TV commercial just made me want to jump through the screen. It’s an ad from BreastCancer.org and it’s telling women some facts…and… Read More ›

Do you need a feces transplant for better health?

By Susan on June 25, 2014 • ( 0 )

Yes, you read that right. There’s now a procedure called a fecal transplant…and it is what you think it is. Poop from one person is placed into the colon of another. When I first heard of this, aside from the… Read More ›

Cancer Survival 101

By Susan on June 12, 2014 • ( 0 )

I was honored to speak at The Renewal Center in Crystal Lake IL to a group of cancer survivors about what they can do to be at their optimal level of health after a cancer diagnosis. It was a blast!… Read More ›

See The Savvy Sister get a scope

By Susan on May 14, 2014 • ( 6 )

Too many people are not getting colonoscopies because they think they are painful or a nuisance. March was colon cancer awareness month and it was also the month of my 50th birthday. I posted about it and told everyone to… Read More ›

Lessons on cancer survival from a medical miracle

By Susan on April 10, 2014 • ( 21 )

I was so honored to get to sit down and talk with this amazing man and get his story on how he is able to deadlift 600 pounds when the doctors told him several years earlier to get his affairs… Read More ›

My job is shit

By Susan on March 14, 2014 • ( 6 )

That’s what you’ll hear them say at the colonoscopy lab. And being that it’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, I thought I would take a moment to remind you that if you are 50 and you haven’t had a colonoscopy, this… Read More ›

5 Things Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About Cancer Prevention (because they don’t have a clue)

By Susan on November 8, 2013 • ( 30 )

When I presented my oncologist with reports from Sloan Kettering New York Hospital that said mushrooms had cancer fighting properties, and I told her I was going to include dried mushroom capsules in my daily regimen, she rolled her eyes…. Read More ›