Simple cancer fighting done at home

Hi cburke51986,

I am happy to hear that your test results are looking much better. Keep up the good work!

I was diagnosed with IDC last December and I follow some of your holistic foods such as tea with tumeric, fresh ginger, cinnamon, some rosemary, basil and after boiling them I add green tea made in japan at the end to simmer a few minutes. I also used to eat fresh garlic before I was diagnosed. I still do but only 1 or 2 cloves. Have you started Curcumin supplements? I am thinking to add this to my diet but I am still not sure if it interacts with Tamoxifen I am taking. Make sure your curcumin has bioperine which has black pepper in it. Please let us know how your new diet is working and share with us anything new you are doing.       

@Lily55, it depends on where you live. Some states in the US have legalized marijuana for medical use, and a few (including the one I live in) have legalized it for recreational use by adults. Possession, sale & use are still crimes under (US) federal law. But don't I recall that you live somewhere in Europe (or do I have you confused with another bco member)? I think the only way for you to find out if you can legally get cannabis for medicinal use would be to ask your doctor, or a lawyer who is licensed to practice where you live. Sorry I can't be more specific.

Lilly55, I ordered my hemp oil here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E8IGU8/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Try ZICO coconut water...........lots of potassium. ZICO is the best.

Awesome thread!

First, cannabis and hemp are two different things. Both are very good for you but the cannabis in particular will seek and destroy cancer cells. You do need a prescription for cannabis but being a cancer patient that part is just a matter of finding a cannabis doc. They are everywhere so just look. There are many cases where cannabis oil has been the only tx taken and the cancer has been eradicated from the patients body. I have a FB page called Cupcake Warrior that has info. My brother has a page too, Kanaba. He's the one who researches this info for me every single day. I take a maintenence dose of cannabis oil that he makes for me. He also knows how to sniff out the not so reliable sources of info because he knows this plant like the back of his hand. The best way to consume cannabis and not get the high is to juice it raw. Heating it is what causes the high so if you don't heat it you get the best of the plant. There are many different strains of cannabis but the one's that are the most beneficial for cancer patients are the strains that are high in CBD. It is mainly the strains with high THC that will get you high as well.

I had traditional neo-adj chemo, surgery, radiation. It was what I thought was the best at the time. While I have been very lucky to have not have some of the horrible side effects of all this tx I do wish I would have known more and been able to make are more confident decision regarding my medical care. I do still suffer from side effects from the chemo (peri menopausal along with the typical hot flashes, fatigue, insomnia, depression) and radiation (I have to start recon all over again with a LD flap bc the radiation fried my tissues and I had to remove the TE and let my body heal), but I know that with changing my diet and adding raw supplements as well as the cannabis my side effects have been kept to a minimum.

I have become a HUGE supporter of cannabis for healthy living, not just cancer tx. It is a natural plant that provides everything we need to be healthy as well as a means of making many of the everyday things we use. It's amazing what this plant can do. Added to the turmeric, garlic, flax, chia, hemp, water, green tea, and other natural remedies cancer doesn't stand a chance and you won't have to put all that poison in your body. Good luck to all who are having to go through tx. One way or another you will get through it, just stay positive!

Question: does pickled cabbage (i.e., sauerkraut, kimchee, etc.) have the same benefits as raw/cooked cabbage?

Re curcumin, it seems to help tamoxifen work better from what I've read.  Especially makes cancer resistant tamoxifen cells more sensitive. Google and choose some scholarly articles and read what you find--there's too much to select from to link here.

Claire

Joeybirdie,

Where do you get your supplements?  Also, I was under the impression that tumeric was not absorbed by the body unless it was accompanied by black pepper.  Does your supplement include black pepper?

Thanks,

Lisa

Great thread!  Anyone familiar with Kris Carr?  A friend introduced me to her.  She has some really great recipes and "living a healthy life in general" ideas.  I just like her humor and outlook on life.

She has a rare non-aggressive Stage IV cancer that she has lived with for over 10 years.  Getting the cancer diagnosis led her to reevaluate her life and led her on a healthier path of living in general.

I've lazily done the "healthy eating/exercising" a lot of my adult life.  Stepped it up ironically right before my BC diagnosis 3 years ago.   Started to get back into some lazy habits after everything blew over.  Then had another cancer scare (ovary this time - luckily benign!) , which has since slapped me in the face and inspired me to really be serious about doing my body right.  

I'm doing "Garden of Life" protein smoothies with fresh fruits, coconut milk and usually kale.  Consuming a variety of veggies - focusing on the "anti cancer" biggies.  Trying to cut out processed foods, sugar, white flour 90% of the time.  Trying to eat organic most of the time.  Take most of the supplements others have mentioned in this thread.  I try not to beat myself up if I slip once in awhile.  I notice the better I eat, the worse "bad" food tastes (way too salty/sweet) and I'll tend to only eat a little bit instead of pig out on it.  

Took up jogging last February (surprisingly love it) and am focusing on getting consistent exercise in.

Both my NO and MO said the best thing we can do ourselves to prevent recurrence is to eat healthy and exercise.  Not that it's a guarantee (what is?!?) ..but it certainly can't hurt and you feel a hell of a lot better!

I am about 2 1/2 years into the 5 year Tamoxifen sentence.  I'd really like to quit taking it. ( I swear it made the abnormal changes in my ovary) but then think I should just finish up the five years for good measure? Sigh.