April 2011 chemo

Well crap can't get the GI chart posted with out it scrabbled

Anyway Agave is 15 and honey is 30. surprised me too when I learned it.

I like the recipe for the truffles I posted because it includes protein which slows the Glycemic index even more. The recipe is from a book called Raw Energy. I love it because it included nutritional info about each recipe

Windlass - I can totally relate to your feelings in relation to number of nodes and stage.  I keep thinking "what if" I had found it sooner.  Why didn't I check myself regularly?

I try not to be jealous of Stage 1'ers.

I am not HER2+ so for me I don't have to do a year of Herceptin. 6 months chemo, 5 weeks rads and 5 years Tamoxifen is my treatment plan.  I guess you have Tamoxifen to look forward to too.

The truffle recipe looks yummy.  I am trying my hardest to eat well and not put on any more weight.  Gosh it's tiring, as if treatment isn't bad enough.

Totally agree Artiecat.

Love it, Merilee!

Had a good visit with my naturapath on Friday. I love her. She gave me some ideas on how to exercise the brain to hurry along the brain fog lift. Once rads are done she is going to put me on VIt c infusions.  She has given me B12 complex in liquid form for under my tongue to help with energy, RXstrength multi vitamin, magnesium, calcium, silica, 10000 units of vit d. All of which has been approved by the rads team.

My Onc told me that at about 9 months out I will feel about 80% like my old self again. This grim news sent me directly to the naturapath. I WANT TO FEEL LIKE MY OLD SELF NOW!

Natuapath also questions the one size dose of Aremidex fits all concept. She said that there is evidence that smaller doses work just effectively and advised me to do a quarter tablet twice a week to start. My onc would have a cow if she knew that I am sure . I don't start the Arimedex until after rads.

At the onc office I said to the onc nurse I thought the chemo did not cross the blood brain barrier? The nurse tried to tell me that it was all fatigue and that slows down the brain. I say bullshit to that. I felt like there was a vibrator going off in my brain for about 14 weeks,

Onc office was not concerned that I all ready have osteopienia. Naturapath  is very concerned about that and has a non estrogen treatment planed for me if we see any changes in my bone density scans which the onc never ordered or looked at, just the naturapath.

Hi Windlass

I was first diagnosed in 2009. Things were rocky for a few years before that because he had lied to me and told me he was a retired doctor which I learned was a lie only after we married. It was down hill from there with all kinds of lies popping up like he did not actually own the house he had moved my son and I into, and many more that make most soap operas look like love movies.

It is a long story but I had moved out of his house and back into mine. I took a summer in Mexico to regroup and when I cam back he had moved into my house. It took me almost a  year to get him out.

You can see how that level of stress most certainly contributed to my recurrence. He has been out of my house for a year and 3 months and I did not hear from him at all until I recently ran into him in the grocery store.

Very  hurtful and humiliating man to me and also my family because they all bought into his lies and gave me the thumbs up to marry him.

9 months to feel 80% of our usual?!?!?!?!?  OMG!!!!!

DHA is an omega3 oil found in cold water fish. Good for the brain and also the heart.

I described it today as being thrown from the fire into the frying pan.

Jackifp- my onc says after #6, i go right to every 3 weeks herceptin 

Brain fog, mine has been been mud.  No 4 A/C - like being kicked by a mule.  Onwards Ladies

Bernie- you are in good company holy smack my thinking is messed up.

Jackifp- I know what you mean about getting off the truck. I feel like the truck ran over me, very slow recovery. I am ok in the morning but by noon I am feel in it.

Hang in there ladies, we chose life, just didn't realize the road to it was going to have this stretch of neck wrenching, brain rattling pot holes. GADS!

Jackifp- #5 was different for me too, I had more intense se's than the other rounds. I've been having trouble with hearing too..it seems like i keep making everything louder and louder. I think I need to walk around with a mega phone soon!

My onc scheduled #6 for the 22nd of this month, and then my next hercepton is 3 weeks after that. Is that what you mean? ...sorry chemo brain

Off to my MUGA scan. I have had such chest pain since the last round, and been so wiped out. When I do any activity, I can't breathe.

Have a good day everyone