Getting rid of radiation in your body

i don't know the answer to how long it takes, but I do think the epsom salts is a good idea. It's a good general detox. I also have read about green tea and am using it daily (2 quarts, drink most of it chilled) to help lessen effects and speed up recovery.

Make sure during radiation you are drinking 1/2 your body weight in ounces.

me 200 lbs = 50 oz of water or green tea. 

Barbie, there are different schools of thought on that issue. I am being treated by a Chinese medicine doc who specializes in cancer and his treatement compliments the radiation. my rad oc is in the loop and supportive. she is a bit holistic leaning, which is the only reason i agreed to rads.

This is a thread I need to follow.  What about antioxidant supplements?  I really wanted to continue mine, but got talked out of it in the end.  Does anyone have an alt. doc who is in favor of taking them?   My doc never said a word about green tea or any other antioxident rich food.  Why would they not ask those questions about our diets is antioxidents are supposed to counteract effects of radiation?  I will definitely up the water intake, though, thanks twirlgirl.  Also am doing a daily 2-0z shot of wheatgrass. 

My plan on rads was food based, with powdered chinese herbs mixed into water or green tea. i decided that my body was going to be working really hard to repair during radiation and i wanted to give my healthy cells all the help i could. i do beleive in supplements and i don't buy the notion that antioxident suppliments  make radiation less effective. however, i do think and my naturpath doc agreed, that food based, easily to digest and the most bio-available was best. I took fish oil for immflamation, tons of green tea, the powdered herbs specially formulated by my Chinese doc for cancer and radiation and made fresh green veggie juice everyday. Into that juice I mixed 2,000 mg of powered, buffered vit-C.

This plan was simple, too. Which during the overwhelming fatigue and getting depressed in the middle, really helped. I  could not have faced a plate full of pills every day. Drinking all the antioxidents helped the liquid intake level as well.

best wishes... 

hi frankrause! well for liver cleansing during rads, i use (and continue to use) fresh burdock root in my green veggie juice. the herb mix made by my Chinese medicine doc is very complete and focuses on helping the body deal with the toxic die-off of the cancer cells being zapped in rads.

now, post rads, i am taking a few more suppliments, because i cant' afford to continue the Chinese herbs ($45 a week, and friends donated to cover 9 weeks) so I am taking curcumin now. I don't have an opinion on SAM-e right now, but I stand by my last post for a "during rads plan" because it's easy on the body.

Next week I am seeing a new naturpath that also specializes in breast cancer, so I hope to get some good guidence on what to take now.

Twirlgirl,

Not questioning your choice at all. Prior to diagnosis I was a homeopathic (self taught) freak. People came to me to ask what they should take and for what. I've seen iridologists, homeopaths, Reiki specialists, you name it!

I am all for what you are doing. My choice, although based on what we don't know, rather than what we do know was an aversion to my usual response to illness. I allowed western medicine to intimidate me into doing a lot of things (or not doing) because of the terror I felt.

I kept a sick gall bladder alive for eight years with a low fat diet, Pancreatin, Hops,.............. heck I've got an entire closet shelf full of alternative remedies for various things.

But this? This cancer? I was so terrified I didn't know a gut feeling unless I stepped in it until chemo almost killed me. I lost my intuition because of all the fear. But I am finding it again and it feels so good!