Trip to Ayurveda Clinic in India

Hi Ruslana,

I have attended programs at the Krupala Center in Lee, MA.  They offer lots of different programs and many are on Ayurveda medicine.  They have classes with experts from around the world.  I'm sure they have a website.  Have you read any of Deepak Chopra's  books?  He has taught classes at Krupala but also has an Ayurvedic clinic in MA where you can go for evaluation and treatment.  I've never done that but have read about it.  He must have a website.  Where are you from?

Roseann

Hi Ruslana,

I went to the center 8 years prior to my diagosis.  Before I say your post, I didn't give it much thought.  You motivated me to check it out again and I'll let you know what I find.  I'm only an hour and a half drive from Deepak's center so that would be my first choice.  Of course, health ins. in the US doesn't usually cover alternative treatments like this so that will need to be a consideration.  My BC is Stage 1 with no lymph node involvement so I only had minor surgery and radiation.  Now I'm on Arimidex which I would like to replace with something natural.  Any tips on that?

Roseann

Hi Ruslana,

I'm older so I was put on Arimidex.  For women who have not gone through menopause, Tamoxifen is the only choice because your ovaries are still producing estrogen.  A young woman would need to have her ovaries removed or have shots to shut down the ovaries so they don't produce estrogen.  Arimidex only works on the adrenals. Try not to worry about the side effects as you may not have them.  People who are having no issues don't usually write about it.  I have known many women on Tamoxifen and most have no serious side effects.  I've only been on Arimidex for a week but so far no issues.  I've been taking Chondroiton for my joints for about a month because I was told that helps with joint pain. 

Both drugs interfer with estrogen.  I was told that Tamoxifen blocks the estrogen from getting into the cells which can keep any tumor or potential tumors from growing.  Arimidex inhibits an enzyme that is necessary for the protein that makes estrogen in the adrenals.  That's how I interpreted what I read anyway.  Confusing but both are considered effective in avoiding relapse.

By the way, were any of your lymph nodes positive?  I was very lucky that mine was found early but because it was invasive, I had a partial mastectomy and radiation.  Because I am stage 1 and node negative, they suggested I have an oncotypeDX test.  Based on the results, I opted not to have chemo.  It would have improved my chances of 10 year reoccurrance by 3%.  It is a risk but that's a lot to go through for such a small return.  I'm working on my lifestyle instead.

Roseann