Topic: Taking a poll: What are you taking as prevention??

I take calcium, glucosamine, multi, fish oil, probiotics, quercitin, garlic, zyflammend, curcumin, astralagus, d-glucarate, DIM-Plus and probably a couple more.

Don't know if any of them do anything, but they seem to be safe.

I eat some whole soy and drink only organic milk and eat only organic yogurt except for ice cream every once in awhile. 

Ditto what wallcat said - I also hate this crapshoot. 

Hi Anom,

  I want to take Iodine as a Substitute for Tamox/Arimidex.

Can you tell me what kind  you bought & were you purchased it?

How much do you take each day?

To answer your Poll Question.

Right now I am taking Vit D, Calcium & Melatonin

I plan on Adding Iodine,  Tumeric/Curcumin, CoQ10.

Maybe Omega 3

Im still researchign all of the above.

I will probably find others that I will consider adding.

Thanks,

Pam

ooh... I'm almost embarassed to type this list (evidence of me trying to win the crapshoot)...

CoQ10 (just started last week)

D3

B12

Multi

Calcium

Cod Liver Oil

Black Cohosh

Folic Acid

Curcumin

Flax oil

I eat organic.  Don't eat red meat more than a couple of times per month.  I drink wine and expecially enjoy my martinis.  I eat lots of fruit and watch my fat intake.

I think I'll add C to that list next week.

Hi Dejaboo,

I take Iodoral iodine tablets. The doctors prescribing it recommend 50-100 mg for breast cancer patients. After a couple of years you can cut down the dosage somewhat. I get mine at www.breastcancerchoices.org/order because they are the cheapest and I got a free iodine loading test through them to see what my starting point on iodine was.

As a side benefit, I lost some weight and my mind got sharper --tho I still can never remember where I put down my glasses!

Anom

Thanks for all of the info!

What a good website, Anom, thanks!  That was what I was looking for. 

I'm also doing organic dairy and poultry and some fruits and veg (cost permitting).  I'm trying to be active and get to my ideal weight and stay there (this time!)

Laughing, gardening, and sleeping are all on my list, too!

I'm staying away from flax and soy due to my 100%ER+/100%PR.  Do you all agree with that?

Thanks!  Gotta go roll those dice!

Sue

DIM

green drink

liquid multi-vitamin

black cohosh

fish, flax, borage

Zyflamend

more organic food

water through a filter

Congrats to all of you doing so much, as I sip my coffee with liquid creamer which I just learned is a bad thing, but it's sooo good.

I got BC and my husband got healthy. He does the shopping now, and feeds me lots of lean meat, legumes, whole grains. I have to go buy my lite beer if I want it, and I do. He's lost almost 60 pounds. I lost 20 but it's creeping back, hmmmm might be that beer? Pretty amazing that I didn't gain a ton.

I've added a multi, 500 mg calcium with mag/D. A green tea supplement with an appetite suppressent, iron and E-500.  Had a blood panel 2-weeks ago but haven't seen the results yet. It's like they don't want you to know.

I have read the same thing your onc says, but now eat organic yogurt for the calcium. I find it nearly impossible to get enough calcium without dairy.

Very few oncs tell you this though - 2 where I go said dairy was no problem. Do you mind if I ask where your onc is?

So how much calcium do you take? Right now I take about 800mg/day plus a yogurt.

Thanks,

Joanne 

That is a very prestigous place.  It is so frustrating that he says no soy or milk or flaxseed.  The onc here said fermented soy is GOOD and some docs say the same about flaxseed.  It is so frustrating that there are no good answers to this .

Joanne 

Joanne- I know, the info on soy and flax is confusing. For peace of mind I am mainly avoiding both until there is conclusive evidence that they are safe. Dairy I think is less ambiguous in that there are some real problems with it that are not just theoretical/correlational.

Joanne-I do the same- almost exactly. Almond milk in my cereal, etc. Lowfat organic milk in my coffee if I am out of oat milk (which tastes better in coffee than almond or rice milk). I have lowfat organic yogurt here and there, and occasionally some other dairy but not as a daily thing. I will eat flax if it happens to be in something in a small quantity but I don't seek it out. I know it may be more beneficial than harmful but I am waiting for more definitive evidence. It is hard to know if one is "getting it right." I know those pangs of terror all too well, although thankfully have not had one recently. With all the ambiguity in these things I can only do my best. It also helps me to keep my focus on those things that really seem to make a BIG difference, like daily exercise and maintaining a healthy weight (with the goal of getting to and staying on the low side of healthy).

Allyson

Anom, thanks for the interesting link. I have been doing liver and colon detox's so it was good to read that this is a good thing. I am taking a multi vit, with no iron, calcium, magnesium, selenium, vit c, vit d, vit e, bcomplex, coq10, omega3, melatonin, and some progesterone drops because my level is low. I am going to talk to my holistic doc about the iodine next time I see her.

Since I last posted here I have switched to using oat milk in my coffee. It works MUCH better than almond or rice milk and has more protein too- 4 grams versus 1 gram. It's calcium fortified like the others.

Joanne, I have read several  books and they all say no iron, except for pregnant women. It makes cancer grow or something.

As for the flax Jason, like soy there are different opinions about it , for ER pos BC's like mine, depending on its processing. I think it is okay if it is ground up, but used in moderation. I avoid anything controversial so I avoid it completely, as well as soy and dairy.

I use the vanilla flavored rice milk with cereal and have learned to drink my tea "straight up". Now that summer is here, I make my own blends for ice tea, mixing different flavors of herb tea with black and green tea. Since I gave up soft drinks, I drink a lot of tea so I have to mix it to cut down on the caffeine.

I use to be a huge dairy consumer. Now if I want some cheese, I buy the European stuff because they are much stricter about what their cows are fed and injected with.

Jason, give your Mum Dr. Jane Plante's book on the dairy link to BC. I can't remember the name of it right now, because I lent it to a friend, but google her name and you can read all about it.

Since lack of vit d is a major link to BC I take a megadose supplement of 5000 IU. On my last blood test, my vitamin d level was still on the border pf good and low. I read it is hard for menopausal women to maintain Vit d.