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  • September 3, 2006 at 1:25 am #14406
    caroline-stoufer
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    Jules-

    I asked my oncologist on Thursday about taking aspirin, but he said it causes your platelets to drop quite a lot, so he advised against it, since mine have been running low.

    -Caroline

    August 30, 2006 at 4:48 am #14405
    caroline-stoufer
    Spectator

    Jules-

    I am taking green tea extract in capsule form, anywhere from 100 – 300 mg per day, which my oncologist recommended. He said they are discovering great things about green tea at Mayo Clinic in terms of fighting cancer. I asked him about Essaic tea last week (the same as Flor-Essence), but he advised against as he was afraid it might interfere with the chemo. A woman in my town who has lung cancer thinks the Essaic Tea is helping her.

    I also asked about Milk Thistle but he advised against it, again because he was concerned it would interfere with chemo. He also had me quit taking Mushroom Extract, Folic Acid Mouthwash, and N-Acetyl-Cistine for the same reasons.

    I had been doing large doses of Vitamin C earlier this year and my oncologist said this could actually promote tumor growth as it cleans up the exhaust or by-products of tumors. As the large doses of C made me very flatulent, I was happy to give that up!

    I also take CoEnzyme Q10 and Omega 3 Fish Oil as well as a multivitamin and Vitamin B-6. The B-6 is to deal with side effects of Xeloda.

    Hope this helps,
    Caroline

    August 24, 2006 at 5:02 pm #14404
    lynne
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    I am not undergoing chemo yet, but I’m trying to figure out how to strengthen my immune system in the meantime. I try to drink green tea daily – and did before my diagnosis – and I just began drinking Flor-Essence tea, recommended as a detox from a friend whose daughter has a brain tumor. Since I’ve just begun using it, I don’t know that it will make a difference, but since the liver filters so much in our bodies, I figure it’s worth a try.

    July 13, 2006 at 11:56 am #14403
    peter
    Member

    I drink at least 2 cups of Green tea daily.
    I also drink Essiac Tea and take a Fish Oil supplement.

    July 13, 2006 at 8:02 am #182
    jules
    Spectator

    We met with an oncologist yesterday who was very helpful and gave my dad some reccomendations for supplements I thought I would share:

    – asprin, 300mg soluable, once daily after food (has been shown to put tumors into regression)

    – green tea extract

    – boraliioun (inhibits ras pathways – ie effective on cholangio)

    is anybody else taking any of the above?

    Jules

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