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agness · 02-04-2016, 08:07 AM

I find the low potassium (an electrolyte) to be my biggest challenge. Morton LiteSalt contains potassium of a couple kinds so that helps a bit with seasoning or 1/4 tsp mixed in a glass of water. Spinach and tomatoes help too, though tomatoes one needs to be careful because of the fruit/carb thing. Lemon juice in water helps too. I also take a potassium iodide liquid supplement since most breast cancer patients were low in iodine and it is protective of breast tissue - this helps with more potassium.

I get bad leg cramps when I am not doing my best at working on this nutrient. I learned that I can add Morton Lite Salt to epsom salt in a foot bath with baking soda and you can dose transdermally that way as well (this was studied with Magnesium I'm in Britain and it bypasses the gut).

I really have to work at it though.

Yesterday I was craving fruit so I had some soursop and fresh raspberries after dinner. I think if you are in ketosis and are good about it then it's okay to even add in 1-1/2 inches of banana to a smoothie -- more potassium -- just have a tsp of coconut oil after if you are worried about how your body will behave.

02-04-2016, 08:07 AM	#15
agness Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 285	Re: Cancer as a Metabolic Disease, are we treating cancer incorreclty? I find the low potassium (an electrolyte) to be my biggest challenge. Morton LiteSalt contains potassium of a couple kinds so that helps a bit with seasoning or 1/4 tsp mixed in a glass of water. Spinach and tomatoes help too, though tomatoes one needs to be careful because of the fruit/carb thing. Lemon juice in water helps too. I also take a potassium iodide liquid supplement since most breast cancer patients were low in iodine and it is protective of breast tissue - this helps with more potassium. I get bad leg cramps when I am not doing my best at working on this nutrient. I learned that I can add Morton Lite Salt to epsom salt in a foot bath with baking soda and you can dose transdermally that way as well (this was studied with Magnesium I'm in Britain and it bypasses the gut). I really have to work at it though. Yesterday I was craving fruit so I had some soursop and fresh raspberries after dinner. I think if you are in ketosis and are good about it then it's okay to even add in 1-1/2 inches of banana to a smoothie -- more potassium -- just have a tsp of coconut oil after if you are worried about how your body will behave. __________________ Dx 2/14 3b HER2+/HR- left breast, left axilla, internal mammary node (behind breast bone). Neoadjuvant TCHP 3/14-7/2. PCR 8/14 LX and SND. 10/21-12/9 Proton therapy to chest wall. Dx 7/20/15 cerebellar met 3.5x5cm HER2+/HR-/GATA3+ 7/23/15 Craniotomy. 7/29/15 bone scan clear. 8/3/15 PET clean scan. LINAC SRS (5 fractions) Sept 2015. 9/17/15 CSF NED, 9/24/15 CSF NED, 11/2/15 CSF NED. 10/27/15 atypical uptake in right cerebellum - inflammation? 12/1/15 Leptomeningeal dx. Starting IT Herceptin. 1/16 - 16 fractions of tomotherapy to cerebellum, break of IT Herceptin during rads, resume at 100 mg weekly 3/2016 - stable scan 5/2016 stable scan 7/2016 pseudoprogression? 9/2016 more LM, start new chemo protocol and IV therapy treatment with HBOT 11/2016 Cyberknife to temporal lobe, HBOT just prior 12/2016 - lesions starting to show shrinkage 8/2017 - Stable since Dec 2016. Temporal lobe lesion gone. Using TCM, naturopathic oncology, physical therapy, chiro, massage, medical qigong, and energetic healing modalities in tandem. Stops at nothing. Mother of 2 boys - ages 7 and 10 (8/2017) and a lovely partner with lots to live for.