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Really good to know...!
I love the free link. I love free. And getting to know supplements is up there on my Need To Know list. Thanks Rhonda!!
I have a large paperbook A-Z DRUG-FREE REMEDIES USING VITAMINS, MINERALS, HERBS & FOOD SUPPLEMENTS -- called PRESCRIPTION FOR NUTRITIONAL HEALING by Phyllis A. Balch. Every few yrs I upgrade to the newer edition. I now have 4th edition.
You name the supplement, you name the condition/dysfunction and you have a handy informative guide to how to procede -- at your fingertips. In your lap...
When I got shingles (a mnth into Taxotere) as it seizes immune system compromised opportunities -- I caught it fast. Got on the Valtrex right off. And was told I couldn't have chemo till I was all better.
I KNEW that if I didn't get the chemo I would die. So I added the suggested supplements in my book. 10 days later (after going through sheer hell and inconceivable pain) I returned to my onc. He asked how I was doing. I am good, I reported, sitting on the exam table. He smiled and said, Ok, let's see. I lifted my shirt and he circled. He was stunned. You're right! You can get back on the chemo!
Shingles can last months, even years. I had no time to waste. I needed to get on the program to save my life. Dive into the process and know that in the end -- I would survive.
STRONG, BRAVE AND DETERMINED. Even when you don't fully believe you can -- you can. You can do it!
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...
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