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Andrea Barnett Budin · 02-11-2016, 05:54 PM

Yes just about all docs (I see them ON THE NEWS...!!!) saying everyone should be taking Vit D and calcium.

Re dosages. Calcium (a body can only absorb 400-500 mg at a time, so I take 3 x a day). Vit D (mine is normal but low, so I have slowly increased to 10,000 every day). I am now mid range good.

Docs seem also to be open to probiotics.

Some are good with E W/Toph

Should be taking Selenium. Just saying.

And of course IMMUNE BOOSTERS and DETOXIFIERS...

Yes, it takes decades to get them this far. Hope they continue to evolve.

Co Q 10...

02-11-2016, 05:54 PM	#39
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	Re: Boosting Your Immune System - share your ideas Yes just about all docs (I see them ON THE NEWS...!!!) saying everyone should be taking Vit D and calcium. Re dosages. Calcium (a body can only absorb 400-500 mg at a time, so I take 3 x a day). Vit D (mine is normal but low, so I have slowly increased to 10,000 every day). I am now mid range good. Docs seem also to be open to probiotics. Some are good with E W/Toph Should be taking Selenium. Just saying. And of course IMMUNE BOOSTERS and DETOXIFIERS... Yes, it takes decades to get them this far. Hope they continue to evolve. Co Q 10... __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...