Calling all TNs

With all this talk about age and photos I thought it time I included mine. How do I look? (My apologies to the late Watson... I always loved her avatar).

((((Sugar)))))):  I had another friend on these boards from another thread and I hope that it is just nothing, like hers (cyst only).  It is one of my biggest fears, since I opted to keep my other breast and I wish for you only the best.  You have all become closer to me then my own family and I only want good things for all of you.

Laurajane:  I think if you're under 50 your still a panther, but I will let you join my ranks, since I married my cougar bait!!!!   8 years ago LOL!

Someone gave me The Secret as a gift and it is a Crock full of sh*t!!  Why would anyone believe in it is beyond me.  Oh, and if you think really, really hard and click your heels together three times you can have anything you want!  right!

Michelle:  Cancer is sooooo aging!  It isn't fair.  I was still getting carded until I started getting sick about a year before my diagnosis.  Cancer sucks!!!!  

hhfheidi:  Ahhhh, retail therapy!!!

Someone gave me "The Secret" too.  It was a BC survivor who gave it to me.  I started to read it, but really didn't get it.  Like a lot of books that don't interest me right away, I stopped reading it.  I guess I didn't miss a lot.  I think the theme was to stay positive (I can do that on my own).  I read another book that I liked, but my chemo brain won't let me remember it. 

So, those of you who take (or took) Glutamine, how much did you take a day?  Did you take it every day or so many days after chemo???

Hey, MBJ - since you really know a lot about supplements, how much alpha-lipoic acid should you take? 

Kittycat:  You are welcome!!

Riley:  I go to an integrative dr. so I have lots of help plus he is very good friends with my Onc who is also pro-integrative care.  My Onc has me take 600 mg of Alpha Lipoic Acid 2 x a day with food.  Don't take it too late at night though, or you won't sleep!

Great news, Sugar.  So happy for you and the relief you got from hearing it!  Celebrate!!!!

So happy for you Sugar!!! Breathe...............................

Great news Sugar.

Add me to the list of "The Secret" haters.

Navy

Oh Sugar, I am thrilled for you.  What a relief!!!  How great of your GP to be proactive and get you some answers.

Titan, trust me I've already told my husband I'll be having the mammogram on or around his birthday (March 20th) and I'll likely be anxious once again!

Regarding Vitamin D, I asked both my medical and radiation oncologists and my surgeon to test my levels and they all said they don't do that! So, I got my GP to test and it came back 53 (low normal).  This was with supplementing 2,000 - 3,0000 IU in the previous few months. And, I'd been taking 1,000 for a few years prior to that.  I saw a naturopath and increased my daily dosage and made an effort to get 15-20 minutes of sunshine every day during the summer since I was off work (...even managed to get a bit of a tan without even trying). There is a good active thread here on bc.org called "help with vit D levels." 

Monika - congrats a day in advance for finishing chemo!!!! 

That's fantastic, Sugar!

My oncologist is a huge believer in low vitamin D contributing to breast cancer. I was tested and I have a extremly low vitamin D level.  I was put on 50,000UI 1 a week for eight weeks I have done this twice and each time I still test low.  I am on my third round and if I test low at my next blood work he is sending my to specialist.  He even commented that a very high percentage of his breast cancer patients are vit D deficient and he tests as many as he can.