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harrie · 09-10-2012, 12:09 AM

I am thinking of taking tumeric. Any side effects I might want to be aware of? I read that it may possibly cause slow clotting or bleeding. I had that problem with the baby aspirin so now I take it every other day instead of daily. (problems with bruising) For that reason I want to take tumeric, but am a bit hesitant.

Elaine, you had mentioned milk thistle in an earlier post on this thread. I had read that milk thistle can mimic estrogen and therefore should be possibly avoided if the breast cancer tumor was hormone sensitive. Comments?

09-10-2012, 12:09 AM	#21
harrie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hilo, Hawaii Posts: 1,867	Re: Turmeric I am thinking of taking tumeric. Any side effects I might want to be aware of? I read that it may possibly cause slow clotting or bleeding. I had that problem with the baby aspirin so now I take it every other day instead of daily. (problems with bruising) For that reason I want to take tumeric, but am a bit hesitant. Elaine, you had mentioned milk thistle in an earlier post on this thread. I had read that milk thistle can mimic estrogen and therefore should be possibly avoided if the breast cancer tumor was hormone sensitive. Comments? __________________ * MARYANNE * aka HARRIECANARIE 1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads 1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen 2006: BRCA 2 positive Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm) Grade: intermediate sentinal node biopsy: neg HER2/neu amplified 4.7 ER+/PR+ TOPO II neg Oncotype dx 20 Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction oophorectomy 2007: 6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin) finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07 Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr Femara Last edited by harrie; 09-10-2012 at 12:13 AM..