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StephN · 05-21-2009, 12:52 PM

Hi Terri -
Sorry your side effects are taking a while to resolve. Happens to most of us!

As for the supplements I take, I am cautious about where I buy them. I want to avoid ingredients from China (which is difficult!), and patronize companies with sterling reputations. Remember that supplements are not subject to FDA oversight so I try to look for "standardized" on the labels.

I found a CoenzymeQ10 from JARROW that is 100% natural and has "enhanced absorption" for better usage. Called "Q-absorb." The main ingredient comes from Japan. I get the 100mg softgels.

In Wasington here we have a discount vitamins chain called Super Supplements. I am sure you could find it on line. The GNC usually has their own brands, and only a few others. My supplement store has all the best researched brands of anything you want.

P.S. It is only natural to worry about your son. The military is engaged in many hot zones these days.

05-21-2009, 12:52 PM	#14
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Hi Terri - Sorry your side effects are taking a while to resolve. Happens to most of us! As for the supplements I take, I am cautious about where I buy them. I want to avoid ingredients from China (which is difficult!), and patronize companies with sterling reputations. Remember that supplements are not subject to FDA oversight so I try to look for "standardized" on the labels. I found a CoenzymeQ10 from JARROW that is 100% natural and has "enhanced absorption" for better usage. Called "Q-absorb." The main ingredient comes from Japan. I get the 100mg softgels. In Wasington here we have a discount vitamins chain called Super Supplements. I am sure you could find it on line. The GNC usually has their own brands, and only a few others. My supplement store has all the best researched brands of anything you want. P.S. It is only natural to worry about your son. The military is engaged in many hot zones these days. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.