Hi fern,
I sent you an email, but adding some comments here re the milk thistle.
I had pretty severe elevation of LFT's and practically lived on a liver detox diet for months - lots of carrot salad, beet juice, green soup/juice and milk thistle. Of course I also ate other stuff
My doctor had no problem with these, including the supplements. I also took Olive Leaf and Coq10 regularly and bits and pieces of other supplements during the 3 years I was on TDM-1. The only one they nixed was Curcumin. But I always make sure they know what I'm taking, because of the potential interactions with the therapy.
Brenda is right, the flu-y side effects got less intense for me, too.
Karen, I haven't heard anything about the FDA reconsidering the TDM1 early approval - it might just be wishful thinking, but I hope you're right!