"My treatment" options, here, are too limited.

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Jen49
Jen49 Member Posts: 5
edited June 2014 in Alternative Medicine

I'm going on 3 years now, post mastectomy. Now age 52. Decided to come back here and chat. I also decided to put in my info, in the "My Profile". I wish I could have put what treatment I chose. I had stage 3 bc, but I bucked the system and refused the chemo, radiation, and hormone suppression drugs. I've been very happy with the alternative methods I chose. Too bad that can't be acknowledged.

       Jen

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  • djhawx
    djhawx Member Posts: 9
    edited December 2013

    Jen,

    I read your post with interest because I was diagnosed with stage 2a breast cancer(2 1/2 months ago).  I had 2 surgeries and am now in radiation.  I decided on the radiation because I had a positive lymph node.  Like you, I also decided to forgo the chemical treatments and would be interested in hearing about the alternative treatments.   Any info would be much appreciated.  

                      Doris

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  • Lily55
    Lily55 Member Posts: 3,534
    edited December 2013

    hi Jen,i refused chemo too, regret having rads so would be interested to hear morere your approach 

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  • BrooksideVT
    BrooksideVT Member Posts: 2,211
    edited December 2013

    Jen, I think you could use the Bio section of the profile info for your alternative treatment options.

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  • Jen49
    Jen49 Member Posts: 5
    edited December 2013

    Hi,

      I went crazy learning. I didn't panic, I got informed. I read Dr. Lee's "What Doctors don't Tell You about Breast Cancer", Suzanne Somer's book, "Knockout", Dr. Blaylock's book, " Natural Cancer Strategies", etc.....So eye opening!!!! I'm now the healthiest I've ever been! I've optimized my thyroid ( found out it was low), balance my hormones with Bioidenticals, take supplements, including 10,000iu of vit D a day, exercise, and I'm having a blast learning all kinds of healthy ways to eat, including gluten-free.

      Weight at time of Mastectomy-162....weight now-118.   I'm awesome!

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  • althea
    althea Member Posts: 1,595
    edited December 2013

    Hi Jen, Congrats on your success.  I've read all the books you mention plus many more.  I wish I had known more at dx than I did.  Heck, back then I didn't even know there was more than one kind of breast cancer.  I had the misfortune of having a doctor who apparently didn't know that either, and my tumor got an extra 9 months to grow because of it.  

    I wish there was a lens we could use to see what other choices would have brought.  Ironically, it was surgery that was scaring me the most at the time.  Now, I wish I might've been spared the chemo and the rads.  

    I just passed my 9-year anniversary of dx.  If the ugly beast should ever revisit, I know what I would do differently.  Even better, I know what to do daily to protect my health and keep illness at bay.  Chemo/surgery/rads/tamoxifen were the only choices I was offered at the time I went through my treatments. 

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  • jojo68
    jojo68 Member Posts: 881
    edited December 2013

    So tired of the arguments on choice of treatment. I take Lugols but have horrible bromide detox...would iodoral be better?  Dr. Wong also recommends iodine for my treatment.

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  • althea
    althea Member Posts: 1,595
    edited December 2013

    Hi jojo, I've used Iodoral the whole time since I started, and getting rid of the bromide is part of what you want.  Bromide is literally stinky, and my main symptoms (watch out for tmi) were armpits and urine that really smelled bad for several months.  Not uncomfortable per se, but not pleasant either.  If you're getting headaches, chug a tall glass of water with salt (1/2 teaspoon or so).  If that doesn't make you pee, repeat in 45 minutes until you do pee a lot.  The salt won't stay with you long, and it will glom onto the nasties and escort them to the exit. 

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  • lightandwind
    lightandwind Member Posts: 754
    edited January 2014

    Congrats Jen and Althea! Hugs and many more new years to both of you!

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited January 2014

    Jojo, check with a doctor. The list of bromide detox symptoms seems to have a lot of overlap with the list of iodine poisoning symptoms.

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  • jojo68
    jojo68 Member Posts: 881
    edited January 2014

    Oops, just realized I posted my iodine comment in wrong thread...sorry!

    Momine, I don't take a large amount of iodine...very minimal so cannot be poisoning.

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  • jojo68
    jojo68 Member Posts: 881
    edited January 2014

    Althea....do u think iodoral is better than liquid Lugol's?

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  • jojo68
    jojo68 Member Posts: 881
    edited January 2014

    Jen...would love to hear of your protocol?

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited January 2014

    Jojo, may I ask what "minimal" is in this context?

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  • dogsandjogs
    dogsandjogs Member Posts: 1,907
    edited January 2014

    10,000 vitamin D? I only take 1,000 ---Is it okay to take that much?  Just curious---

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  • donaldtrump369
    donaldtrump369 Member Posts: 11
    edited February 2014

    Congrats Jen. I think the happy way in which you seems to live your life was a major support to get rid from this disease. In many cases there are positive results in BC without Chemo .

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