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Dear Tom; it sounds like you're rallying. That's good, your mom needs your fighting spirit to advocate for her. Good news that her onc is listening to you now. I'll be really interested to see what the new onc says.
A word of caution on the CoQ-10; if your mom does start chemo, some are of the opinion that high doses of anti-oxidants can actually be counterproductive when on certain chemos. It depends on the mechanism of action of a given chemo; some work by creating free radicals, and anti-oxidants of course counteract free radical damage, so weigh this aspect carefully. When I'm on chemo/Herceptin, I cut my CoQ-10 dose to 100mg a day, which I think is enough to maintain my heart. Then when off chemo I work on improving heart health with 200-300 mg daily. This strategy seems to work for me, as I hover in the "low normal" range.
Again, just a note to advise caution with antioxidants if chemo is an option.
Thinking of you both, and keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
<3 Lolly
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