Cancer Brain Surgery
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Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
We will continue with prayers for your mother to make a speedy recovery.
Sadly, that does happen occasionally. Ovarian cancer is very difficult to treat. I lost a Cousin to that disease a year ago. I haven't kept-up with that literature since retiring. I seriously doubt that any "supplement" could have any effect on this condition. The "supplement" claims re-emerge every few years, but have never proven correct. Good Luck and may GOD Bless ! leVieux
leVieux
Cancer update
Today was the second round of chemo, after the second week of the first round, substantial hair loss has been occurring. I have been trying to gently talk her into a wig. She seems to have decided "no" to that and to wear the resulting loss as a badge of honor in her war. Whatever her choice, I will support it.
On a side note, I finally had the opportunity to read her prior blood work, she has many nutritional deficiencies that her primary care doctor seems to not have been addressing. Prior to her cancer treatments, I did not have access to any information, my father did everything, but since I created a portal account I can now see everything that is going on. I have begun to address these issues, sodium deficiencies were very much "low". When her doctor put her on a restricted sodium diet, she took this to extremes and was not cooking with any salt whatsoever, I have been preparing at least one of her meals daily and I make sure she gets some salt.
Iodine, she was complaining of brain fog, loss of energy, and appetite, per some online research, it seems that low iodine can cause this. I have been adding two drops of a potassium iodide supplement to her morning OJ 3 times a week. After 2 weeks she is much more mentally active and has returned to being able to perform some of her normal routines. Prior to this, she could not wash dishes, bathe herself, or make coffee in the coffee maker, she has even begun to read books again, something she always took great joy in. While the Iodine supplement is purely anecdotal, the brain may have simply repaired itself after the surgery. Personally, I really do think it was a serious deficiency in the thyroid.
Low iron, I have been cooking and/or making fresh salads with homegrown spinach, the soil has been amended with azomite to replace any missing trace minerals, and is a very nice dark green.
For other trace minerals (elements), I have been looking at a "natural sea salt" mined here in the USA, Redmond Real salt. This product seems to have a "large" amount of these trace minerals with no anti-caking agents ( which may contain aluminum).
OR I may just need to get a liquid multi-vitamin to add to her juice, I have to be careful, some supplements can interact with chemo treatments. More research on this, plus talking to her oncologist, who was unavailable today.
Today was the second round of chemo, after the second week of the first round, substantial hair loss has been occurring. I have been trying to gently talk her into a wig. She seems to have decided "no" to that and to wear the resulting loss as a badge of honor in her war. Whatever her choice, I will support it.
On a side note, I finally had the opportunity to read her prior blood work, she has many nutritional deficiencies that her primary care doctor seems to not have been addressing. Prior to her cancer treatments, I did not have access to any information, my father did everything, but since I created a portal account I can now see everything that is going on. I have begun to address these issues, sodium deficiencies were very much "low". When her doctor put her on a restricted sodium diet, she took this to extremes and was not cooking with any salt whatsoever, I have been preparing at least one of her meals daily and I make sure she gets some salt.
Iodine, she was complaining of brain fog, loss of energy, and appetite, per some online research, it seems that low iodine can cause this. I have been adding two drops of a potassium iodide supplement to her morning OJ 3 times a week. After 2 weeks she is much more mentally active and has returned to being able to perform some of her normal routines. Prior to this, she could not wash dishes, bathe herself, or make coffee in the coffee maker, she has even begun to read books again, something she always took great joy in. While the Iodine supplement is purely anecdotal, the brain may have simply repaired itself after the surgery. Personally, I really do think it was a serious deficiency in the thyroid.
Low iron, I have been cooking and/or making fresh salads with homegrown spinach, the soil has been amended with azomite to replace any missing trace minerals, and is a very nice dark green.
For other trace minerals (elements), I have been looking at a "natural sea salt" mined here in the USA, Redmond Real salt. This product seems to have a "large" amount of these trace minerals with no anti-caking agents ( which may contain aluminum).
OR I may just need to get a liquid multi-vitamin to add to her juice, I have to be careful, some supplements can interact with chemo treatments. More research on this, plus talking to her oncologist, who was unavailable today.
Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
Prayers for your wife that she heals quickly.
Prayers that you can stay strong at this awful time in your life.
Mom had breast cancer, late 70s or early 80s as best I can recall, I was still a selfish kid then.
Double radical mastectomies[sp] and she passed in October 2017, the vast majority of that time leading a healthy and active life; no doubt things have since improved.
My best to your wife Glen.
Double radical mastectomies[sp] and she passed in October 2017, the vast majority of that time leading a healthy and active life; no doubt things have since improved.
My best to your wife Glen.
@glenbo, you take nothing away from this thread! Mutual support, good wishes, and prayers to strengthen us all through the difficult times we are having to face. May your wife's treatment be successful!
