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10-24-2010, 11:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
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Coconut Oil
http://www.naturodoc.com/library/nut...il_healthy.htm
I have been hearing more about the value of coconut oil and have recently started using it. I bought the unrefined virgin coconut oil from the health foods store. This weekend I used it while cooking my pancakes and also tossed my veggies in it before roasting. Turned out GREAT!!
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*** MARYANNE *** aka HARRIECANARIE
1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads
1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen
2006:
BRCA 2 positive
Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm)
Grade: intermediate
sentinal node biopsy: neg
HER2/neu amplified 4.7
ER+/PR+
TOPO II neg
Oncotype dx 20
Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction
oophorectomy
2007:
6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin)
finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07
Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr
Femara
Last edited by harrie; 10-24-2010 at 11:46 PM..
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10-25-2010, 05:03 AM
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Re: Coconut Oil
i used to take the capsules. coconut oil is good for you.
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Mammogram Sep 21, 2009 everything good and clear
DX jan 19,2010 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Grade 2 Age 56
modified radical masectomy on LEFT side 29 Jan 2010
2.7 cm 18/31 nodes
mets to just above collar bone ( 2 nodes showed in PET)
ER- PR - / Her2 +++ (IHC) Stage 111 C
ki-67 60% nottingham score 7
A/C chemo mar 22,2010 DD
herceptin & taxotere DD june 1,2010
finished taxotere july 12, 2010
finished herceptin 16 May 2011
PET Scan 9 Aug 10, cancer in neck is gone! NED
33 Rads completed 1 Oct 2010
PET/CT Scan 6 Jan 2011 NED
PET/CT Scan 3 Aug 2011
MUGA 59% 3/22/10 -63% 9/23/10 - 51% 1/4/11 - 55% 2/17/11 - 50% 8/3/11
26 Aug 2011 NED
20 Feb 2012 NED
5 Mar 2012 PORT OUT
12 July 2012 DIEP breast reconstruction
23 Aug 2012 NED
15 Nov 2012 new breast tweeked and natural breast uplifted and implant added
17 Feb 2013 NED
27 mar 2013 lipo suction to add fat cells to new breast in hopes for needed adjustment.
"Don't spend your time worrying about when or how you are going to die, spend your time figuring out how you are going to live today". ~Elizabeth Edwards.
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10-25-2010, 08:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Thornhill, Ontario
Canada
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Re: Coconut Oil
I use it for lubrication - I am very prone to UTIs, and applying the pure unrefined 100% virgin coconut oil "down there" has helped.
all the best
caya
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ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+
1.7 cm and 1.0 cm.
Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested)
MRM Dec.18/06
3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere
Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08
Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years
Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012
BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative
Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal
Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so.
Reclast infusion January 2012
Oopherectomy October 2013
15 Years NED!!
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10-25-2010, 08:25 AM
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Re: Coconut Oil
I went for my first appointment with an Ayurvedic practitioner who is a Naturopath also, just last Wednesday. He told me to buy organic coconut oil to use on my skin where it is tight and sensitive from radiation. He said in Ayurvedic medicine we need to cool where it was hot, so the coconut oil will cool where the radiation was directed. I do like how it makes my skin feel, but I must say it smells a bit strong to me. Is it just me, or does it smell like cigarettes burning in an ashtray??
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10-25-2010, 09:46 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,142
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Re: Coconut Oil
Interesting !! Scientists are finding all kinds of healthy things from all over the world. I use coconut water for potassium. Is the coconut oil high on the gycemic index?
Does it have omega 3, 6 or 9? I bet it tastes good.
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10-25-2010, 03:14 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Re: Coconut Oil
I have been using Coconut oil in my VitaMix shakes--about 3 times a week--
1 Frozen organic banana
1 Cup organic Keifer
2 Tbsp. ground organic flaxseed meal
1 Heaping Tbsp. organic refined coconut Oil
1 Packet of Amazing Grass-organic Wheat Grass mixed w/1/4-1/2 cup of cold water
Put all of that in the VitaMix--blend for maybe 20 seconds---
Of course you can add another fruit if you wish, sometimes I add fresh organic figs or berries---depends---
YUMMY!!!!
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DX: 11/08 Age: 53
Surgery: 1/09
Bilat Mastectomy, no reconstruction
ILC-4 tumors-1.7 cm,1.5 cm (2).8 cm
DCIS-11 cm
All tumors Grade 3
All tumors ER-0%/PR-0%
All tumors HER2+
IHC-all tumors Overexpression/borderline
FISH 2 tumors Her2-Negative
FISH 2 tumors Her2+ Equivocal
Stage I, 0/1 nodes
LVI-Indeterminate(treated as positive)
SPR Score 8/9
Ki-67 20%
BRCA genetic test 1/2=negative
Chemo: 6 rounds TAC Feb-June 2009 w/Neulasta
Herceptin: 6/12/09-6/4/10 52weeks
HNPCC genetic test: negative
Port Placement-9/23/09 Port Removal 6/25/10
Echo's every 3 months-All normal
2/09 Staging PET/CT showed 0.2 micronodule upper R lobe-lung-Onc does not think this is mets--
6/5/09 AND 10/09 CT scan 0.2 micronodule unchanged
1/10-PET/CT-uptake in nasopharynx-
1/10-MRI All normal
6/10-Bone Scan-clear
12/10-PET/CT-All Clear-NED
12/11-PET-All Clear-NED
12/12-PET-All Clear-NED
12/13-CT w/contrast Head, Torso-All Clear
12/14-CT w/contrast Head-All Clear
2/15-Core needle biopsy-R scar line
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10-25-2010, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
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Re: Coconut Oil
Sounds good. Thanks for sharing !!
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10-26-2010, 12:01 AM
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Re: Coconut Oil
I come from the South Western State in India, Kerala known for its Coconuts and till the 1970s we were using it regularly.But then there were research papers which said it increases Cholestrol and we stopped it, But latest research gives a different picture and I am now using the same and also giving Hema Raw Coconit oil as a salad dressing
Hope there is more good news for all of us.But I would like Tanyas view on the use of Coconut oil
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huband of Hema
Metstatic Breast Cancer Stage 4
Left breast cauliflower 25x20cm
ossousmetstatis in vertbrae secondaries L4=L5secondary
nodules in both liver lobes secondary
Diagnosed 10th March 2010
ER/PR-ve
Her 2 neu +++
Taxotrne Zylotec started 16th March
Herceptin added 5th April.9th Herceptin over on 20th Sep '10.Started on Tykerb and Xeloda on 22nd Oct2010TYKERB 4 TAB A DAY XELODA 4 TAB A DAY ONE WEEK ON ONE WEEK OFFZoletrust infusion every 4 months.Lesion in Brain 3D CRT Radiation started on 1st Feb'12 for 20 days ,5 days a week for 4 weeks.Devloped a small lump in breast.Xeloda stopped from 11th April '12.On Taxol.After 3 cycles of Taxol Taxol stopped.Back to Xeloda regime from 3rd July
Herceptin started again on 27th Dec 2012.Xeloda stopped Navelbin added on 7th February 2013.Now on Tykerb Herceptin and Navelbin
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