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jhandley · 06-26-2010, 03:26 AM

Hi Steph
Most of these tricks you know. For a 3 week cycle of abraxane and herceptin I take curcumin with black pepper a few days before plus the usual Q10 and fish and flaxseed oil. I stop everything on the day of treatment and then start Q10, fish oil,Vit B and sometimes magnesium 2 days later. Day 3 to 6 I take one tramadol at night for aches and pains and then add Immune support (contains reishi and astralagus) to up the WBC for a few days after, alternating with olive leaf extract. if I double the Q10 I have fewer side effects but have more troube sleeping. I sometimes take 0.3 mg melatonin 1 hour before bed if this is the case. There was article re. melatonin and peripheral neuropathy so that is OK. I did take L glutamine for a few days during the second cycle as the peripheral neuropathy was worse but it seems to have settled this cycle.
I was trying to fix up adrenal fatigue and thyroid function when I was off herceptin but these are probably stuffed again now so I will add something for these soon.

Cheers
Jackie (down under)

06-26-2010, 03:26 AM	#10
jhandley Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 330	Re: good scan results "down under" Hi Steph Most of these tricks you know. For a 3 week cycle of abraxane and herceptin I take curcumin with black pepper a few days before plus the usual Q10 and fish and flaxseed oil. I stop everything on the day of treatment and then start Q10, fish oil,Vit B and sometimes magnesium 2 days later. Day 3 to 6 I take one tramadol at night for aches and pains and then add Immune support (contains reishi and astralagus) to up the WBC for a few days after, alternating with olive leaf extract. if I double the Q10 I have fewer side effects but have more troube sleeping. I sometimes take 0.3 mg melatonin 1 hour before bed if this is the case. There was article re. melatonin and peripheral neuropathy so that is OK. I did take L glutamine for a few days during the second cycle as the peripheral neuropathy was worse but it seems to have settled this cycle. I was trying to fix up adrenal fatigue and thyroid function when I was off herceptin but these are probably stuffed again now so I will add something for these soon. Cheers Jackie (down under)