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KsGal · 10-02-2013, 04:57 PM

I take milk thistle every day. I started out with a liver met a month after diagnosis. The liver met is gone now...but I take the milk thistle because my liver enzymes are elevated, and I am on Tykerb, which is hard on the liver. Right now I have to do a reduced dose of the Tykerb because of my liver enzymes, but the last few rounds of lab work they have slowly been creeping down.

10-02-2013, 04:57 PM	#9
KsGal Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 585	Re: anyone else tried milk thistle for the liver? I take milk thistle every day. I started out with a liver met a month after diagnosis. The liver met is gone now...but I take the milk thistle because my liver enzymes are elevated, and I am on Tykerb, which is hard on the liver. Right now I have to do a reduced dose of the Tykerb because of my liver enzymes, but the last few rounds of lab work they have slowly been creeping down. __________________ Diagnosed in October 2011 Stage IV with metastasis to liver. January 2012 after double mastectomy, started taxotere, carboplatin and herceptin. Clear. December 2012 was diagnosed with five brain mets, and had whole brain radiation. Around July 2014 two mets in brain, one a residual spot and one new one growing in size. Received Cyberknife on both areas Clear/NED April 2015 remain NED