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Laurel · 11-11-2009, 06:01 PM

Ellie,

I does take upwards to a year to recover from the chemo, and the Herceptin can depress counts, too, though not as aggressively as chemo. I suggest a B-complex vitamin daily, but work to find one with only 200mcg of folic acid. There is a relationship between elevated folic acid intake, 400mcg and above, being adverse for cancer. Much of our diet is fortified with folic acid,so it is easy to get too much. Also, iron intake is adverse for cancer patients so do not supplement without determining if you are indeed iron deficient.

Good luck, Ellie, you will eventually begin to feel like your old self. Now if I could just get my nails to strengthen and stop breaking!

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11-11-2009, 06:01 PM	#5
Laurel Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hershey, PA. Live The Sweet Life! Posts: 2,005	Re: Post taxotere blood results-advice please Ellie, I does take upwards to a year to recover from the chemo, and the Herceptin can depress counts, too, though not as aggressively as chemo. I suggest a B-complex vitamin daily, but work to find one with only 200mcg of folic acid. There is a relationship between elevated folic acid intake, 400mcg and above, being adverse for cancer. Much of our diet is fortified with folic acid,so it is easy to get too much. Also, iron intake is adverse for cancer patients so do not supplement without determining if you are indeed iron deficient. Good luck, Ellie, you will eventually begin to feel like your old self. Now if I could just get my nails to strengthen and stop breaking! http://search.creativecommons.org/?q...Mozilla-search __________________ Smile On! Laurel Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08 7mm invasive component Partial mast. 5/08 Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH 0/5 nodes 4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08 Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09 Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09 Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08 Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08 Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard! Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara 15 Years NED I think I just might hang around awhile....