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Old 06-12-2007, 05:37 PM   #1
Andrea Barnett Budin
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Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW...
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Wink Chemobrain / Chemofog

Post chemo cognitive impairment is pretty real to most of us. As "senior" moments occur in the gen'l population, I often question what my inability to recall names and words and my inappropriate placement of a refrigerator item in the kitchen cabinet is all about. Pregnancybrain is also a thing many can relate to, doing the oddest things, much like an absent-minded professor. So I googled and got this info and wanted to share it with you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-chemotherapy_cognitive_impairment"

My oncologist has recently put me on PHYTO FORMULA -- 1 scoop in OJ a day for energy, but I have noted (8 yrs post "chemo", but still on Herceptin, and guess we're in uncharted waters on that) -- my mental acuity has suddenly improved. In groups over dinner, as we all try to remember the name of that movie, who starred in it -- I KEEP COMING UP W/ANSWERS, startling myself. I'm no med professional and am just giving you my experience which I can only attribute to this recently added supplement. It's got soy lechintin powder (which my onc/supplement expert says is the only kind other than natural soy to ingest), spirulina barley grass powder, tomato powder, wheat grass powder + multiple powdered anti-cancer lycopenes nd antioxidants. The OJ is rich in potassium. Phyto Formula boosts the immune system and mental clarity along w/providing energy. Kicked in after a month of giving this to work. My energy level has doubled, even as my hemoglobin is on the way back down. This Thursday I will get Vitamin H and have a CBC and see where my HGB is. 11.9 last week. Can't imagine this would be impacted by this supplement, but I sure feel better, clearer and able to do more in a day.

Sending you all happy, healing energy... Let me know what your experience is re this topic, please. Laughing and wondering... ANDI
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'95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive...

'98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!)
+ good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either...

Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...
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