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I am interested in this thread. I am certainly not telling anyone to take supplements nor to go agaist their onc's opinons but...

1) I'm under the impression that this is theoretical only. In other words, it is theorized that the supplements could get in the way of chemo, but no studies have borne this out? I think rads + antioxidants have more definite evidence.

2) The oncs just don't know, and most of their training is heavily "westernized" obviously.

3) I'll admit it; we went against the standard onc rec during chemo, and Ruth did so very well the very first treatment that the onc said "go ahead and keep doing what you're doing". We did not load up on the typical anti-oxidants (vit C) but RUth took astralagus, reishi, glutamine, fish oil, heavy duty multi-vitamin, protein powder that included amino acids, etc.

I just don't think anyone really knows, but I was so concerned about trying to help her system, and it seemed to really help. (white counts stayed up, she never missed work, etc)

If Ruth recurrs, (god forbid) I guess we will never know if this was a mistake; however so far the onc said it was one of the best immediate responses she had ever seen, especially in a cancer as large as her was. I think it possible that these things work synergistcally instead of getting in the way but of course I am no expert. Each person must make these choices for themselves.