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Old 05-25-2006, 09:51 AM   #1
Johanna Johannsdottir
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Liver is clean but?

Hello from Iceland,


Wanted to share with you good news. All liver mets gone!! after 12 times taxotere/herceptin treatment in very tolarable doses. Was yeasterday at onc. and everybody thrilled by good news.

Dx. jan. 2002 in left breast, 1-2 cm tumor, calcifacation and 25 nodes taken, all positive. ER positive but not tested for Her2 bacause it was not routine back then. Had chemo for 6 time every three weeks and rad. 25 times and Tamoxifen until......
RE. in july last year with bone mets. CA15-3 260 and CEA 125. Navelbine and Zometa for 14 times took my tm to 120 and 25. Everything looked good and next step was Femara. Suddenly tm went up to 240 and CT proved mets to liver, a very small one because it was detected early. FISH confirmed HER++
Februar started Taxotere/herceptin and after 6 times the ct scan showed good results. Six times more the mets to liver is gone!!!! I´m more stunned still, this was better than we even prayed for. Still lthe bone mets are there and they will take time.
?????Had blood test also yeasterday and my CA15-3 went from 95 to 110 and CEA from 9 to 10. This was after seeing the doctor. What is now going on??? Will see my doctor after a week but I'm thinking, not worried because of clean CT the day before. The nurse says that this can happen and then they can go down again.

1.To R.B. 10 ml fish oil daily and added OMega-3 Forte to it. Don't have details of ingr. but fish oil is regarded as good for everybody here in the fish-country. Have taken fish oil all my live, more or less. OmEGA3 is also known to be good for heart, brain, nails, yeas etc. It is a common believe here in Iceland. Want to check that more.

2. CAN It BE THE MILK? I stopped all dairy intake in july, read labels even of bicuits to avoid any trace of milk.
Had a difficult virus/cold 3 weeks that went to stomach and had diarhea for a week. Started to eat Ab-milk and LGG to control the stomach floura/fauna. Is MILK The REASON like prf. Jane Plant says??'Dont´know but have stopped all milk/dairy again.

Anyway yesterday news are so gooooood! it calls for a celebration but Im working today though is a legal holiday. Live is good

Best to you all,

Johanna
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Old 05-25-2006, 11:03 AM   #2
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DELIGHTED for you.

1. Re Fish oil - Do you have any more detail in Omega 3 Forte.

A good fish oil has about 500- 800 mg of DHA and EPA per teaspoon.

http://www.vitacost.com/CarlsonNorwe...InEPADHA-Lemon

This one is well priced, packed in nitrogen, has a pleasant lemon tasts and no cod liver after taste or repeating. It looks like it comes from part of the world. I have no interst or connection to them. I ordered from them and found them friendly and efficient.

A trial cited in a lecture suggested that the body's DHA uptake tails off at about 2 grams a day, BUT I suppose that is for those who are otherwise healthy no digestive issues etc. (ie your digestive system is capable of absorbing what you put in it). So maybe 2 grams might be a starting point to think about.

AND balancing or better the omega threes and sixes from everything I read is a key factor, so it will also depend how much omega six you consume.

2. Re milk and digestion I have just purchased and started a book called "Breaking the Vicious Cycle Intestinal Health Through Diet" Elaine Gottschall. It is about Chrohn's celiac etc but seems well written to the point clear and considered. Per the book fluid milk and some dairy products are a no fro those suffering problems. It looks at sugar absortion and digestion. It flags up grains and beans as potential issues too fro those with problems. I am only a couple of chapters in but I would recommend it. It is available on the net.

Good digestion is from what I read an essential factor. Poor digestion leads to leaky gut, susceptability to infection Helobacter etc, giving rise to a cylce of low inflamation that put the rest of the body on alert etc.

Cracking the Metabolic Code James B LaValle is another book I would recommend.

As usual please talk to your advisors, as in the absence of trials I can only try and summarise and provides links to what I have been reading .

RB
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Old 05-25-2006, 09:59 PM   #3
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That I wonderful news! I am so happy that the tx kicked cancer butt!!
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