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NanaJoni · 03-25-2013, 08:24 AM

This is pretty standard and I'll bet Jackie will have the research to back up your onc's position. During chemo and for a while after it's always best to stay away from any supplements unless your drs okay them. I used to work in a college of medicine research lab and we did work on Vitamin E. The differences in manufacturing standards for supplements is huge and compounds aren't regulated in the same way as prescription medicines so you can get variations in the same supplement by different manufacturers. Best to just let them go for a while.

03-25-2013, 08:24 AM	#2
NanaJoni Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Elizabethton, TN Posts: 418	Re: Should I take anti-oxidants prior to, during, and post treatment? This is pretty standard and I'll bet Jackie will have the research to back up your onc's position. During chemo and for a while after it's always best to stay away from any supplements unless your drs okay them. I used to work in a college of medicine research lab and we did work on Vitamin E. The differences in manufacturing standards for supplements is huge and compounds aren't regulated in the same way as prescription medicines so you can get variations in the same supplement by different manufacturers. Best to just let them go for a while. __________________ Joni -64 yrs old - 3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast 3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated 3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear 3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side 4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides 5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo 07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side. 07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin 08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont. 12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks 4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc. 5/2011 - NED!!! port out. 8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED 7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed. 2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.