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erickcarpenter
erickcarpenter Member Posts: 79
edited June 2014 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment

My name is Erick and I am looking for any information on experiences with alternative medicine. My first wife passed from pancreatic cancer in 2001. My high school sweetheart and I reconnected and married in 2005. She was diagnosed with stage 3 e+ breast cancer in 2006. She underwent a right mastectomy and chose out of chemo and radiation. She chose to treat it through nutrition and supplements. Here we are in 2011 with what appears to be mets to the spine, hip, and possibly liver. With that being said we are looking at the european budwig diet along with maybe zometa and a hormone blocker. As the oncologist put it, for palliative care, as they may be able to control but not cure. So after that rant and history, has anyone here attempted naturopathic treatments?



Thank you

Erick and Lynda

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  • tammie
    tammie Member Posts: 738
    edited November 2011

    Upon being told about my mets in Sept. i attempted looking into several different diets and such to help...I have many mets to bone and liver and also do zometa and tamoxifen..i however am heading for chemo this week in fact with hopes of beating it out of my liver..Theres a forum on this board that may be of more help called complimentary and hollistic medicine..I would be interested in what you find and am gonna look at the diet you mentioned..Best of luck to both of you..Tammie

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited November 2011

    Yes,  there is a several subforums devoted to natural, alternative and holistic treatments.. go to the index and scroll down about 20 forums.. (this is a big place)'.. in a subset of "

    Tests, Treatments & Side Effects  

    'Im' so sorry .  it is difficult to provide interforum links but here is a try.. you'll probably have to paste this in your browser.  It is easy to find tho, from the forum index tab on the upper left.

    www.community.breastcancer.org/forum/79

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  • thats-life-
    thats-life- Member Posts: 1,075
    edited November 2011

    ericcarpenter..hi, and sorry you and your partner have to face these decisions again, and that she is facing a stage IV diagnosis...she is not alone, there are many intelligent and informed women and men here... Have a look at the Alternative section/forum..for more info on the diet you mentioned. Also, I started a stage IV thread for those who are looking at a number of ways to treat, and live with, stage IV BC in the Alt forum called 'An Alternative approach to stage IV health and choices' you may find something there of interest .....you or she may want to post on the stage IV forum too, for emotional support and information on treatments...wishing you strength during this hard time.

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited November 2011

    got my forums mixed up.. thanks that's life. 

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