03-31-2013, 10:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
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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Why i take supplements
http://www.cancertutor.com/what_causes_cancer/
WHAT CAUSES CANCER AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL....
WHY I TAKE SUPPLEMENTS...!
If you're interested, please check the SURVIVORS thread for my list of supplements I've been taking since October of '98, 2 mnths after my discovery of "very very slightly elevated liver enzymes".
One of my oncs is an integrative medicine specialist who is an expert on supplements, meditation and more. (In Manhattan.) He provided my annually tweaked supplement list -- tailored for me and my specific cancer.
My oncs were not concerned. Told me not to worry. 3 mnths later from regular blood work -- same scenario. 3 mnths later -- same same. My Inner Voice told me to be worried anyway.
My tumor markers were still within normal range. It was my insistence on a sonogram, that led to a CT scan, which led to a liver biopsy, followed by gripping fear and multiple opinions. Then my chosen chemotherapy.
(My metastasis throughout my liver occurred 3 yrs after my orig dx -- July '95 -- 4th stage bc, 9cm tumor in my left breast, 2 out of 21 lymph nodes effected.)
In Aug of '98 I asked to be tested for the HER2 gene, having read about it in the intervening yrs. I was 80% positive. Herceptin was still in clinical trials.
The demand was great. Women were being diagnosed w/4th stage bc
and given 3 mnths to live. THE FDA FAST-TRACKED HERCEPTIN ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1998, MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO ALL METASTATIC PATIENTS.
I was in the right place at the right time. (As you know, Vitamin H is now available to first liners!)
I bless Dennis Slamon all the time. I have met him, in an exam room, where I stood on the tables step, in my heels, and found him nose to nose, eye to eye with me. I threw my arms around him, and managed to say -- THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE!
That was around 5 yrs into being on Herceptin. I continued for another 5 yrs, and have been FREE and STABLE for nearly 5 years.
The above link I recently found summarizes to a large degree why I take supplements, religiously, every day, 2 x a day.
I believe we all can be miracle. We each can defy the odds. With a combination of approaches.
With all my love, compassion, dedication and gratitude,
Andi
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Andi BB
'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...
Last edited by Andrea Barnett Budin; 01-18-2016 at 05:07 PM..
Reason: WHY I TAKE SUPPLEMENTS...! Asking you to do the same!!
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