I had my first call on Conversations with Aunt Emmy and it was from a most unexpected source- my daughter Dory who lives in Washington,,D.C.  I got feedback from my son, Gordon asking for more healthy living tips, so I included the need to set a reminder  on your computer to get up at least once per hour, walk around the office and take deep breaths as most of us do not really take very deep breaths. Another listener wanted clarification on what cancer specialty a Hematologist Oncologist manages. This  physician takes care of people with blood cancers such as Lymphoma and Leukemias, etc.  From the Little Pink Purse of Courage we discussed 2 more questions regarding hair loss. The nugget: before your hair starts to fall- cut it as low as you can manage, so when it does fall, it should be less of a shock in your appearance.  Next nugget : Negative and Positive labels for the hormone tests done do not mean good or bad as we have become conditioned to think. These results for breast cancer patients are related to the type of drugs which will be ordered to deal with the negative or positive hormone lab results.

Approximately 1,900 men are diagnosed each with breast cancer. The website: menagainstbreastcancer.org is available as a resource for men.  There are wonderful free magazines with excellent information for breast cancer survivors, the general public family and friends.  Tune in every Sunday afternoon at www.blogtalkradio.com/auntemmy and listen to this simple and informative show which helps you to ask the right questions of your health care providers especially if breast cancer is the diagnosis and chemotherapy is the treatment option.  It's not a sad show, its great information in an easy to listen to format. Listen and call in. I look foward to hearing from you.