Which supplements are a must?

Vitamin D3 is essential.

complementary - so, does that mean you'll be doing chemo?

if yes, the GLUTAMINE is a must...  check with your oncos....  but this one has actually be through clinical trials and shown to reduce side effects like neuropathy and mouth sores, among other things....

good luck!

Hi!! I heard that pectin is good to use before and after surgery, and chemo. It helps the cancer cells to bind together - and not spread apart somehow. Got this from cancer treatment of america. Also, turmeric, fish oil capsules, omega 3-6 etc. capsules, also organic veggies if you can get them. Many foods have MSG, preservatives, toxins, pesticides in them. Scientists have tampered so much with our food by adding and taking away stuff, and homogenizing stuff, that alot of nutrients are taken out. I also even heard that the silver fillings in our teeth have mercury in them, that releases an invisible vapor that can make us sick. So I am going to ask my dentist if mercury is used in the fillings (he may deny it, who knows?) One doesn't know in this world anymore who to trust (and i am  not a paranoid person who thinks there are conspiracy theories everywhere).  The drug companies make billions of dollars a  year selling meds to doctors and consumers alike! I heard, too, that MSG will "switch off" the part in our brain that says we are full, that is why people eat and engorge (myself included) and love fast food (it is full of msg) -- fries, chips, burgers, etc -- google what all foods MSG is in. Anyway, didn't mean to get off on other tangents, but calcium with vitamin D3 is good, too, and vitamin C for immune system. I like nature made or the type u get in health food store. I am sure there are more good supplements out there, but eating good veggies (fruits, veggies, berries) are good -- and cut back on meat, and cut out gluten and alot of breads, flour (especially white), and sugar. Aspartame is bad for you too. One lady who worked at an Aspartame plant got pituitary tumors and other problems from scooping aspartame powder out of a barrel (it was her job). Con Agra -- you have to watch what you eat from them, too.

What is the best way to purchase the vitamins? Walgreens ok?

I am recovering from double mastectomy and reconstruction. Two weeks post op tomorrow. I wonder how I am going to be ready to go back to work. I have so much swelling. They tell me its normal. I don't have to have any treatments, but I am interested in getting back on my supplements.

I take multivitamin, vitamin D, iron, Vitamin C, Omega 3's, turmeric, pro-biotic, calcium/magnesium/zinc combo. I am looking into modified citrus pectin. My holistic MD suggested that.