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Herceptin and supplements
This may already have been addressed but here goes.
Is it ok to take vitamins and antioxidants while taking Herceptin?
I didn't take antioxidants while doing chemo but began after to help support my immune system. But the immune system is what is under attack by Herceptin so should it be supported by antioxidants/vitamins or not? Am I hindering or helping the Herceptin? Are there any definitive studies about this? I'd sure hate to undo all the treatments I've gotten, and only have three more.
Your thoughts, ladies, please?
Diannes
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Three years and 5 months NED
Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm
Grade 3
8/9 Richardson/Bloom test
ER+ weakly positive
Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy)
PR-,
HER2 positive +++
No vascular invasion
No lymph nodes involved
Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!
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