Treating estrogen responsive cancer naturally

Della,



I have also been taking DIM+ for a little over 2 years, but have not experienced any of the problems you've mentioned. In my own experience, break outs, weight gain and oily hair/skin have occurred when my estrogen levels have been high (with low progesterone levels.). Have you had your levels tested recently? You don't mention your age.



Other supplements you may want to consider are D3, curcumin, resveratrol, and mushrooms (I take shiitake andy chaga supplements).

I am 49 but docs say I am NOT menapausal. Go figure.

Thanks, Momoschki. 

I can't take Tamoxifen, but since I tried it the first time, it's like my system is hung up in static mode.  I've gained weight around my stomach (can't lose it), tired, achy, just like the Tamoxifen.  I read about the Zinc, Selenium, and DIM.  I have bought all three.  Doc says I need to get back to my "ideal" weight, which is 30 lbs lighter (I'm 5'9", and my ideal weight is emaciated), but she says it will lower the estrogen.  I'm scared to not take the poisons and scared to take the poisons from the doc.  Does that make sense??

del

I admire people who do the juicer thing, but it's all I can do to keep fresh fruit stocked.  Plus, how do you get over drinking something so green.  I feel like I am drinking Kermit's plasma.  LOL!

I started drinking green smoothies as soon as I got home from surgery.  we bought a Vitamix - ive been drinking them every day since.  I LOVE them.  They give me so much energy, I dont even drink coffee anymore!  I keep frozen berries and 3or 4 different kinds of greens, rotating them every day.  Ive got my husband drinking them too.  The best book is The Green Smoothie Revolution.  Whats great about the smoothies vs juicing - you get all that fiber with smoothies, so keeps your colon healthy too.  I love my green smoothies!!

My green smoothies turn out brown, purple or army green. They look awful. They taste ok but I wouldn't say I love them. Maybe I just don't have the fruiit/veggie ratio down yet.

Mine has one giant kale leaf and one small apple, chia seeds, whey protein, flax lignans, frozen blueberries, raspberries and a few red grapes. I'd like to put more greens in but I don't like the taste. Most of the time its pretty good but if the kale leaf is extra big its not as good. Chartreuse is a good name for the color! And the blueberries make it a yukky gray color sometimes. I tried collard greens but for some reason there are always little fleks of green material like it never quite gets pulverized enough. Sometimes I put parsley in as well.

To Momoschki,



Since I have started two capsules of DIM plus, my night sweats are gone! Face is oily still but energy level has kicked up a notch.

I too felt that if I didn't "goose step" to the Tamoxifen cadence that I would be signing my death warrant.  All my doctors, oncologist, md, surgeon, all of them recommended that I need to take it.  I am ER+  98% Estrogen, 90% Prog, found in the tumor.  I understand that it will cut my chances of recurrence, however, the SE were so awful that I couldn't function.  The worst being severe depression, dangerously so. 

So I felt I had to make a choice for quality of life or choosing something (Tamox) that threatened me in a different way.  So yes, I feel like my butt is swinging in the wind at the moment with nothing to 'protect' me.  I refused to have my ovaries removed on advice of an ob/gyn because he said the results could possibly be the same with the depression and quality of life.   

I am taking DIM+ enhanced absorption; zinc; Vit C; Selenium; Flaxseed (but I am leery of taking that for some reason).

***Tumor: 2.5cm; ER+; No node involvement and clear margins; no genetic markers; 10 on the OncoDx. 

del

I had pretty bad depression as well on aromasin.  Im off of it, and using exercise and supplements, as well as a better diet - I feel protected.  I dont believe these drugs protect us.  

So agree - I did the cancermath it and taking the drug only made a 1% difference.....not worth it.  I also noticed a difference in my skin (among so many other things).  I just bought some really nice organic skin care items and my skin is glowing now.  

I know its done some damage.....now that im 4 months off the drug - starting to feel like myself again and almost all of the SEs are gone.  Im 55.  I have a lot of faith in my body, and what I put in it - to fight recurrence.  

DCIS - stage 0 - my lesion was the size of 1/2 pea.  Had some calcifications, i think 5, that were removed during the biopsy.  100% ER/PR positive

I know - Im also very active......and was in so much joint pain which exasperated the depression, then the heart palpitations started......It was horrible, way worse than the surgery and rads.  Its taken me months to recover and leaves me wondering if permanent damage was done.  I am very lucky - I had put off having a mamo for years, even after my sister was dx 5 years previous.  Then a few friends were dx in my community and I got scared.  This was my first mamo.  I had to go to a larger city for care.  My sister had the same dx, but hers was larger and she lost her breast.  Im very grateful - it was definitely a wake up call in all aspects of my life.  But I am not afraid of NOT being on the drug.