Complementary and integrative approaches

SherriG, so the trials used 4 and 5 mgs. See it's things like this that leave me speechless. Why in the world would we be getting such strong dowses then. I know it's hard on our bones. It would seem to me if a lower dose worked in the trial our bones would be taking a much less beating.

Your last paragraph is what my fear is too. Another thing I'm learning is we might get BC back but it will now be ER-.

Merilee .. My four year cancer-free date was in March of this year.  Yay!!  The only thing I would really like to cut back on is my coffee intake.  Working from home, I tend to drink coffee all day!  yikes!

Bren

Oh I misunderstood. I was thinking .4 or .5. Thanks for clearing that up.

"This goes to show that we cannot even give credence to posts which appear to be coming from « authoritative » sources. It also goes to show that nurses and doctors cannot stay on top of research and that it is therefore up to us to do so.   What this study basically says is that..."

Oh. My. Gosh.  Luan, are you serious???   So we shouldn't "give credence" to information from authoritative sources like NIH, NCCAM, ACS, etc., but for some reason we should "give credence" to your  interpretation??  

Wow.

Luan .. I beg to differ with your response to me.  My estrogen levels are important to me.  I am Stage I BTW.  I had a total hysterectomy which significantly lowered my estrogen levels.

Bren

BinVa, my point was that if you are not taking an AI nor Tamox, I can't see how this study concerns you....

Friday, February 5, 2010

Curcumin May Be Non-Toxic TNBC FighterCurcumin, an ingredient in the Indian spice turmeric,  can slow the growth of triple-negative breast cancer cells, according to a study on cell cultures published in the journal Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research (September, 2009).  In lab research, curcumin  killed TNBC cancer cells within 72 hours, without interfering with healthy cells and reduced the ability of TNBC cells to migrate to other parts of the body.

I haven't posted on this thread, but I have THOROUGHLY ejoyed reading it.  I remember a time many years ago that we posted on the alternative thread and we all got along so well.  We posted about supplements, research, and how dumb I am...LOL  I really would hate to see this thread locked or deleted because a few people want to stir up trouble.  There is not one thing wrong with these women discussing measuring hormones.  If their oncs are doing it why question it?  We know that there's literature out there that we are NOT going to agree with.

I'll be back later.  I'm really enjoying this thread and I have a couple of things I'd like to share....well, complain about.  My primary for one, and the NP at my onc's office for another.  They just don't know everything therefore we must keep on top of things and we can't believe EVERYTHING we read. 

I sure wish Constantine (Edge) was still here.  I was our little researcher until some wise-guy woman decided to scare him off.  That's another subject...it was years ago.

Thank you Luan for posting that baseline hormone levels can be a valuable tool. Mine were tested before I began AI therapy but not again but I got that baseline so I'm good to go. Woo hoo

Geez!  Why?

Luan is right on.  Vaccines are disgusting - messing with genetic material and then injecting it directly into the bloodstream where the body cannot get rid of it as it does when something arrives in the stomach.  We stopped shots  and I will say my younger two children (7 and 9)  who never had any shots except for tentanus have never had an ear infection, strep or upper respiratory infection save for small colds.  My older two have been sick more with such diseases over the years and they were fully vaccinated until they were five.  My 12 year old son is being evaluated for asperger's next month.    I wonder how much of his strange behavior is from his shots as a baby...... .

I refused the flu shot and had an actual fight with my oncologlist about it.  "ALL my patients get it".  Well, this one ain't.  I assured her there was no way with all the horrible chemo entering my body that I was going to inject yet another thing in there that contained mercury, formaldehyde and foreign DNA.  Now I see in the UK they've stopped the pneumonia shot completely because it's so ineffective.

And yeah, fermented stuff is great!  I love Tekka by Eden - its a very salty, dried Japanese fermented soy (different from regular soy) and it's really good on popcorn!

You know what girls, I truly enjoy your company, but I'm gonna have to stop posting on this thread as my posts in response to provocation are being deleted but not the provocators' posts.  This is totally discouraging for me.

We have deleted comments that we thought directly attack a person, not just disagree with their viewpoints. If I have made a mistake, or you read things differently, maybe we just start over?! Please let us know if it would be easier to begin the tread again. 

I would like you all to continue to post, but please do not attack the PERSON, just agree to disagree with certain viewpoints and decisions. 

Thank you. 

again, edited for clarity.