Calling all triple negative breast cancer patients in the UK
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Hi Mary,
I loved your story about Woodstock.That town is about 8 miles from me.Today we are going there for my husbands colonoscopy.It is done right in the doctor's office. My first Wednesday with no chemo and I am still in a doctors office.Speaking of Doctors,I am still waiting to hear from my surgeon.I am anxious for a date. I am
58 so I remember Woodstock in its heyday-it was a crazy place.I am interested in the publications you and Sylvia talk about.Yesterday my daughter made tomato sauce and we added baby kale and spinach along with garlic and onions.We baked a spaghetti squash which we love
-faux pasta!
Rhond
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Hi everyone,
My surgery date is March 22.Less than three weeks away.That is fine with me!
Rhond
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Hi Rhonda,
I will be praying for you on your surgery. Stay strong. You have 7 little angels as your inspiration.
Take care,
Gina
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Hi again Lou,
Thanks for your nice post and kind words.
You are a strong and intelligent lady. You've been thru a lot and yet you are still very positive about life. Many of our kababayans who were victims of calamities are like that. We are very resilient. Many times we use humor to tide us over so many adversities.
It is always good to have a relaxing hobby to relieve stress. You're very good at those crochets!
Yes, you're right. The Rainbow Diet I got from the Internet might not be authentic at all. The way I saw it, I think whoever made it might just be pointing out an example of how food can be color-coded thru the week to be "added" to the regular meals, It may have included the calorie content intended for those who are calorie-conscious. I immediately noticed that the Breakfast and Lunch servings were of the same type and quantity of fruits and that the Dinner servings were basically veggies except for the raspberries on Saturdays. The Wednesday "fast" however, made me doubt it more that's why I posted it on a message to Mary in an "inquisitive" nature, knowing she is familiar with the Rainbow Diet.
My curious nature is to find things out for myself and not immediately jump to conclusions. I thought that the Rainbow Diet picture i got might be only a part of a bigger or wider array of Rainbow Diet meal plans and that's the reason I was confirming it with Mary.
Ok, so much for that. Lol!
Now, about my impression of Singapore. It's Wow!!! The country is so clean and the mass rail transport system is so efficient that you really dont need a taxi to take you to places other than in the remote areas. We didn't know that at first but learned later on how easy it is to go to places using the rail system.
I admire its former leaders Lee Kuan Yew and his successor Go Tiok Tong (i hope i got the names correctly) for turning Singapore from scratch to a very progressive nation despite being small in terms of land area. I wish we have those smart and honest leaders in our country.
You wouldn't believe what adventures we went thru on that spur of the moment 3-days, 3-nights tour with my hubby and two of my girlfriends. We did it out of sheer adventure, without any hotel booking and guided tours. From the airport to the hunting for available rooms to the planning of the itenerary, we did it impromptu, so to speak. It was sometimes scary, sometimes crappy but definitely a lot of fun.
Since it was just a short unplanned trip, we only managed to go to Sentoza, Singapore Zoo, Merlion Park, SEA Aquarium and other nearby parks and gardens, the names of which I can't remember. We also went shopping for gadgets in Chinatown and strolled a little bit along Orchard road.
During that time, there was a festivity going on like a Happy Hog Year or something and the parks and gardens were adorned with Hog statues and figurines. The Singapore Universal Studios was still under construction that time and my friends were a little disapponted. My hubby and i already saw the Universal Studios in the US so we were not really enthusiastic about it anymore.
We rode fun go-karts on a narrow long and winding road leading to a cable station which let's you see the whole city. My memory gets a little mixed up because it was so long ago but i remembered going to a tall revolving tower where you can have a beautiful 360-view of the city.
Our nights were spent looking for nearby and nice places trying out the local food. We ate something that looks a lot like kare-kare and bagoong, but they tasted much differently. Weird but interesting.
We did not go to Jurong Park as we were told it was too far away from our hotel in Little India. We did not expect to stay in that place but during that time, almost all hotels were fully occupied and we dont have a booking. We thought it was gonna be easy but we were wrong. We rode on a taxi for four hours after we landed in Changi Airport around 11pm. The driver spoke little English and the communication was so terrible but hilarious. We ended up in a cheap hotel which name i forgot, with only a single room available. The three of us girls were cramped across the single bed with all of our feet on top of my poor hubby crouching on a two-seater sofa. To our surprise, my husband was soon fast asleep snoring, while the three of us spent the remaining night laughing. It was so funny and so new an experience for us. Luckily, the next morning, another room got vacant but my friends have to pay a steep price for it. I still remember the face of that opportunistic manager but he still has the conscience to give us a free tour map which we used to go to places. We thought he was going to charge us for it!
We also were not able to go to the Night Safari because we became too tired when we went to the Singapore Zoo to see the rare White Tiger, Gila monsters and exotic rhinos.
The Sentoza lazer light show was fantastic and there was some moments where the light was coming from the nearby Merlion statue.
Ok, that's all I can recall from that trip.
My DH and I now spend short vacations in nice local tourists spots which as you said, are plenty. We thought that we should help our country's economy first by patronizing our own. We have lots of beautiful resorts. I will be surprised if you still haven't visited the Caramoan islands which is in your home Bicol region. Many countries used to film episodes of their respective Survivor series on those islands. For me, it's a cross between Boracay and Palawan. You can also make side trips to the Mayon Volcano, miraculous Penafrancia church and Camsur wakeboarding park.
That's it for me.
Cheers,
Gina
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Hi Mary,
Thanks for your nice post and kind reply to my query about the Rainbow Diet. You are ever so accomodating and respectful in your posts and it means a lot to me. I really enjoy reading your well-organized and fun posts.
I will talk to you again later as i have to take my son to school and do some errands.
Love,
Gina
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Hello Mary,
I have looked at the Chris Woollams email and again there is a lot of information.
Of the twelve items headlined on there I have ticked off 6, 7 8, 11 & 12 that I thought might be of particular interest to us and I shall look at the more detailed information of these five categories.
6. A natural compound can affect VEGF cancers and TNBC.
7. Non-gluten protein in bread causes severe inflammation.
8. Huge dangers in immunotherapy drugs.
11. Heart disease and fat, what is the Truth?
12. It is that time of year.
I think we have to be wary of too much information.
I was sorry to read that you are suffering from a lot of pain. As for exercise, I just stick to walking and some gardening and of course household chores. I figure that walking exercises all parts of the body and is good for the mind. I need to get back to it and gardening as Spring approaches.
It looks as though politics is in a mess in both of our countries and those that have the most common sense are constantly maligned. I think here in the UK a General Election needs to be called.
Take care.
Love.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Rhonda,
Thank you for letting us know your surgery date. March 22nd is not that far away. We shall all be thinking of you and I am sure it will be a big relief for you to have this behind you.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Mary,
It has been a strange week for me and has got me doing a lot of thinking.
Yesterday I received a call from one of my neighbours here in the complex, who is also a good friend. She was very upset and wanted to tell me that her daughter's breast cancer had come back. In 2005, just after I had been diagnosed and was absorbing the shock of it, the same friend phoned me to tell me this daughter had been diagnosed with breast cancer at age 38. I tried to comfort her while hiding my own distress at my own diagnosis, and I did not tell her about it. Her daughter and I went through the same treatment and I worked out that she was triple negative. Now, nearly twelve years later, the daughter has been told that she has a small tumour in the other breast. She does yet know whether this is a new one or connected to the one nearly twelve years ago, but she has already been told she needs another mastectomy and also that they will be doing genetic testing.
All this has just reminded me that, even this far out, nothing can be taken for granted. I do hope she is going to be alright.
In addition to this, I have someone else who is going through immunotherapy treatment for a different kind of cancer that has come back after about ten years and has spread. The immunotherapy treatment follows the same procedure as chemotherapy. It is an intravenous drip. She has had ups and downs and has now finished four infusions, which she has had every three weeks. Apparently, with immunotherapy, no results of the treatment are known until it is finished and a scan is carried out. The scan will show whether the immunotherapy drugs have worked. It seems the idea of these drugs is that they will have worked on the immune system to make it kick in and kill the cancer cells. I think she has to wait about three weeks to have the scan.
Another friend, who had hormonal breast cancer, had it come back after thirteen years and spread. She has been on and off chemotherapy for two years. She seems fine.
Both of the women mentioned here with breast cancer are very physically active. The first one is very sport orientated and has run all kinds of marathons and the other is out walking and running every day.
I do hope all three of these women will be fine.
You can see why I have marked off number 8 on the Chris Woollams email.
You will probably be interested in number 5 on that email, which is entitled Acupuncture can control inflammation. I know that you have tried it but I have not so cannot really comment.
You might be interested in an article I saw in the i paper on Monday Match 6th, under Health. Mediterranean diet 'cuts breast cancer risk by 40%' by John von Radowitz. There is a small additional section which says that alcohol, traditionally part of the Mediterranean diet, was excluded from the study because of its known links to breast cancer. The interesting part is the bit that says "Those who adhered most closely to a Mediterranean diet rich in plant protein, fish and olive oil, were 40 % less likely to develop ER- breast cancer than women who adopted the diet the least".
Eating a diet rich in fruit and vegetables is common sense and Chris Woollams said it all years ago with the Rainbow diet, which is the same.
At the moment I am sick and tired of how complicated this easy and natural way of eating has been made on the thread. I do want to keep this thread serious and not become another version of Facebook. It is a breast cancer support forum.
It is a nice Spring day here today.
Sending you very best wishes.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello 49nscared,
Thank you for your PM. I was so glad to know that you have got the all clear from your consultants. You must be so happy and relieved. You must now try to get your life back to normal.
Thinking of you and sending best wishes.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello everyone,
I just wanted to say hello to everybody on the thread and thank those who are posting.
So many of you have now finished treatment and I hope you will all be able to get back to a normal life.
A special hello to Pam in California, USA, who still has to go through reconstruction.
Special hello also to Marias who is still going through chemotherapy and to the mother of Lamis, who is still going through Taxotere, along with Lou who is going chemotherapy.
We have not heard from ChrisAsh in the UK who was going through radiotherapy and from Maggie (MerScotland) who is waiting for further treatment after being diagnosed BRCA2+. I do hope we shall hear from them all.
Best wishes.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Gina,
I hope you are settling down to a more normal life now that you have finished treatment. Have you made a decision about tamoxifen?
Best wishes.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Nili,
I hope all is well with you. How are you getting on just over a year since diagnosis and having finished all your treatment?
Best wishes.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hi, Rhond,
Thanks for reminding me of spaghetti squash, I really like it and haven't had it for a while, but will have some soon I think. The dish with tomato sauce you and daughter were making sounded wonderful.
I am glad you got your surgery date of March 22, progress!
Talk soon, Mary
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Rhonda thanks for letting us know about your surgery date. We are here for support however you need it.
Mary sorry about your pain. I can relate though each person has a different path with pain.
Sylvia it's sobering to hear about your friends with recurrences. It lets us know that with this disease there is no such thing as being cured. I am 25 years from my first breast cancer diagnosis. I'm hoping for a long remission with this one as well.
I've had my surgeon and pcp follow up. I will see my oncologist the end of this month. No nerves as I've seen my other dr's and they have pronounced me fine for now. No scans. I won't have any unless I have symptoms. I prefer it that way
Val
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Hello Val,
Thank you for your post. It is indeed very sobering to learn about what is happening to three people who live so close to me. On the other hand, I have another friend who has been in the clear for about thirty years. From what she has said, it seems she had TNBC in her late twenties, although it was not called that at the time. She had just a lumpectomy and some radiotherapy, which she described as quite nasty. As you say, there is no cure to this disease. All we can do is to try our best to look after ourselves and take control of those things in our life of which we can take control.
I do hope you will continue to do well and I wish you a very long remission. It must have been hard to go through all this again with your being 25 years since your first diagnosis.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hi Sylvia! I saw you had replied to one of my posts! You were a great inspiration for me and had so much important info. Thank you for being there all these years😀I am still kicking and doing it pretty well!
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bak94 - thanks for checking in - so encouraging to read about someone who is doing well after such a long time. Keep doing what you are doing because it seems to be working for you. On reading your bio - am I correct in interpreting that the 2nd breast cancer was on the other breast from the initial diagnosis, and then you had a bilateral mastectomy?
Glad you are keeping well. Do you do any special diet?
I am 4 and a half years since my lumpectomy and 3 and a half since the end of my treatments. In one way it seems a very long time ago, and in another sense, it just seems like a bad dream. I still live with a dark cloud over my head but try to live my life to the fullest - being grateful for each and every day and embracing it. I try to eat only healthy foods, but have my weaknesses e.g. red wine (only once a week now), coffee - one cup per day, and I have a very sweet tooth which I most often satisfy with a cookie of some sort LOL
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Hi Sylvia, Maryna, Gina and everyone else.
I love to read the posts, and had to chuckle about the portion sizes of the fruits and veggies in Gina's chart - I could never survive on so little food. Unfortunately, (or fortunately - depending on how you look at it) I have a very healthy appetite, and I need to eat moderate size portions with a snack in between meals. I think I have a fast metabolism because I generally get hungrier sooner than my husband.
I also got Chris Woollams newsletter, and I find it so full of very interesting reading, but it invariably leaves me feeling like I could be doing so much more to help myself - but I do not want to be consumed by thoughts of cancer - I think I am being a bit of a rebel at the moment.
Sylvia - that is a bit discouraging to hear about recurrences in people you know - it is definitely cause for a lot of thought and sobering for sure.
I continue to do well - and I have postponed my annual mammogram because I cannot pluck up the courage to go and have it done this year.
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Hi Sylvia and all other lovely ladies,
It's so nice and encouraging to hear from you all.
It still feels like a bad dream. I am not able to think anything else apart from keeping thinking about disease. Since last week or so I am experiencing pain in my right rib area. I am not sure what is it? But it is driving me absolutely scared. I have arranged an appointment with Oncologist for next week. Meanwhile I have spoken to my GP who does not think if it is anything to worry about and offered an image taken but I thought will wait to see my oncologist. Any body has experienced anything like this.
What all of you think?
That's the worry for now
Nili
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Hi, Sylvia,
I am just almost distraught, I was composing a message to you, it was already very long. I was going back and forth between Chris Woollams' post and my post to you and accidentally closed out the Sylvia post! I do not have time now to recreate it and it just makes me sick, does anyone know if there is a way to save these messages as we are posting so we can go back and retrieve them? As I said, it was looong.
I did notice you were usually quiet on the thread this week, and I know now because of all the upsetting news you got about your friends and neighbors. That is all very upsetting, and shows us that we never know what's around the corner. I am very sorry about your friends, and am glad that there is some good news in the midst of it, about the lady who seems fine with hormonal BC.
I did want to comment on the Acupuncture article, on how studies find that manipulating a certain acupuncture point on the leg can lessen inflammation. It does say by using manual pressure, so to me that sounds like acupressure, not acupuncture. But it is good to know that the powers-that-be may be starting to admit that this 6000-year old treatment may have something to it after all! I will show my acupuncture doc this article when I see him next week.
And I need to go for now, since I spent all that precious time on a message that I inadvertently deleted!
Hope you get better news from your friends, I will talk to you soon,
Love, Mary
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Hello Bak94,
I was so thrilled to receive your post in response to mine to you. I happened to see your name when someone revived your thread. I was so glad to know that you are doing well and long may that continue.
I remembered you so clearly as you were one of three American women who joined my thread together in the early days. It is hard to think how much time has gone by since then. You were all great posters.
Thank you for your very kind words. I was glad to be of help and it does make everything worthwhile. I shall keep looking out for your thread to see what is going on.
Please feel welcome to pop in to see us any time you feel like it. I am sure we shall all be interested in any tips you might have.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello adagio,
Thank you for your post.
I bet you were as thrilled as I was to see Bak94 on the thread. It brought back such a lot of memories and not only for my own thread, but also for Calling all TNs, where I posted in the beginning and remember you posting there and still post. I do wonder where Titan is now. It would be so useful if people posted to let us know when they have decided to leave the thread and to let us know all is well with them.
I also had to chuckle about those portion sizes and remember saying to Raymond there were not enough calories to keep a bird alive.
I think it is good that you have a very healthy appetite as I think it is important to get a good variety of different food so that you are getting a good supply of vitamins etc. I believe in everything in moderation and also in having a few treats. The most important thing is not to get obsessed and not to make daily eating a stressful event. I am sure you are doing everything right and enjoying your food is important.
I suppose I am lucky in that I do not have a sweet tooth and do not miss the things that some might miss. I keep to the fruit and vegetables of all sorts of colour, but we have to remember the other important foods as well, such as oily fish, extra virgin olive oil, nuts and seeds. I try to have a variety but I do not eat meat or poultry, dairy products and do not drink any alcohol. I still eat organic soy yoghurt and drink unsweetened almond drink enriched with calcium. I find this regime easy for me, but can understand that others do things differently. I think the most important thing is to stay off junk food. My big treat is 100% dark chocolate, the brand Montezuma. It is made in England in West Sussex. You do not need much of it at a time, but I like it with a mug of green tea and a few apricot kernels!
I was glad to know that you get Chris Woollams newsletter and that you find it interesting. I really do think he is the person to follow and he has always been in advance of others with the latest information and he believes in integrative treatment. I have been following him and Cancer Active since 2005, when I was diagnosed when I picked up icon magazine at my hospital. There is a lot of information to be absorbed but just remember what you can and do what you can. I do understand that you do not want to be consumed by thoughts of cancer. It is essential to move on and live a normal life and just read what you feel you want to read. This is what I do and I think it is a healthy way to be.
All this news about people that live so near has hit home but I just have to hope for the best for them. It shows that whatever kind of breast cancer we have, and whatever the receptors, we just do not know what the future has in store for us. A friend and neighbour with triple positive died three years ago and now I have someone with metastases who was hormonal but not HER2+, and the woman has survived over twenty-five years probably had triple negative. It just goes to show.
I am glad that you continue to do well. I can understand your reluctance to go for your annual mammogram, especially as we keep being told how much harm they do. It is two years now since I was discharged from the hospital, so I am not getting any check ups and I was told that, if I wanted a mammogram, I could just turn up when the mobile unit was in Exmouth, but I do not think I shall be going. I am sure it must be about four years since I had the last one!
That is about all for now. Take care of yourself and thank you for the effort you make on the thread.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Nili,
It was nice to hear from you. I think we can all understand what you are going through, but remember it s very early days since you were diagnosed and went through treatment. It takes a long time to recover from all of this, both physically and psychologically. Just give yourself time and do not be in a hurry. As time goes by, breast cancer will go into a corner and you will get on with a normal life.
I do hope you will soon find out why you are experiencing pain in your right rib area. Of course you will be frightened. We have all been frightened of aches and pains after treatment. You have done the right thing in getting in touch with your oncologist and making an appointment to see her. She is more qualified than your GP to sort this out, find out what is causing the pain, and dealing with it.
Try to keep busy until your appointment and then you will be able to get some peace of mind. Remember, worry serves no purpose.
Thinking of you and sending best wishes. Let us know how you get on.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Mary,
I was so sorry to read that you had lost your message to me. I think the secret is to keep breaking up the posts and sending them separately, if we do them on the thread. The other way is to write them in Word, where you can save as you go, and then copy and paste onto the thread. I am not sure whether you can do this on a tablet or smartphone, as I do not possess either. I have a laptop computer with a 17" screen and a full size keyboard. I do not know how people manage on these small tablets and smartphones and think it is probably hard on the eyes and fingers. I hope this helps.
I was upset by all the news about friends and neighbours, especially about the daughter of my friend and neighbour here. It was as though I had gone back in time to 2005 when she phoned me the first time about her daughter, and I was nursing my own diagnosis, about which Raymond was the only one t know at the time.
This information about the acupuncture article is most interesting. We should all know by now that inflammation seems to be the source of all chronic illnesses. As you say, there is a difference between acupressure and acupuncture. Let us see if anyone posts in about all this.
As you say, it is good to know that the powers-that-be are starting to realise that these very old treatments may have something. Orthodox medicine has been too rigid for too long and at long last, perhaps reluctantly, is accepting that there are other treatments than those they have to offer.
I am still going through the Chris Woollams newsletter quite slowly. I think it is better to do this than try to hurry.
Take care, Mary, and have a good weekend.
Love.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Mary,
I have just noticed that the Moderators have started a new thread, entitled
Eating Soy Foods May Offer Benefits for HR-Neg Disease
I have not had a chance to read it, but I have been eating soy products for many, many years. I have read that fermented soy is the best, but I have had all kinds.
More later when I have read this new thread.
Love.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hi to all Congrats to you Sylvia for your years of good health. My question is eating. I have just recently been able to eat,better. Orang juice and green salad were out. Canned soup a no go. Everything turned my stomach so I ate a lot of crackers and oatmeal. At least I had flaxseed on cereal,nuts and soy product with synenergy drink. My mouth started to act up. I got some Miracle mouthwash and it's better. I needed to vent some. I'll keep trying. Any advise is welcome.
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Nili - just thought I would mention to you that I get pain in my rib cage on the left side when I lie on that side - it does not bother me in the day, but certainly at night it does. However, I have not given it much attention because the radiation oncologist did say that many women experienced rib pain after radiation. If it bothers you greatly, then for sure, get it checked out. My tumour was very close to the chest wall, and I cannot do any exercises above the head or reach out for things on the left - otherwise I know about it - my oncologist said just to avoid doing things that cause the pain. Hopefully these experts know what they are talking about.
I certainly know (as many others also do) the dark cloud that descends over us when we get the slightest ache, pain or something different. This is something that we will all have to see as our new normal. My oncologist said that any pain I get that lasts longer than 2 weeks, and intensifies - then to go and see her. She also said that if ever I got pimples or a rash along the scar line to go see her.
Hope you feel less anxious soon - and try not to overthink things - easier said than done, I know. Take care.
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jcpriest - I was just wondering if you are currently on chemotherapy? Some of your symptoms could definitely be related to that. When I was going through chemo, I kept a cup of baking soda mixed with water on the kitchen counter, and every time I ate something, I rinsed my mouth with that - I found it helped tremendously. Not having much of an appetite can be quite discouraging - perhaps the best thing is to eat softer foods and eat more frequently since a big meal can be quite off putting when we don't have much of a desire for food.
Hoping you will feel a bit better soon, and maybe when you find a food that appeals to your palatte, you should eat as much of it as you can. Take care.
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Maryna - so sorry that you had the frustration of losing your post. I find that very annoying, and I thought it was only me that had this happen to them.
I have not read the article on acupuncture, but I am a believer in it for sure - I went 2 times a week during my treatments and then once a week after that for a couple of years. I am now on what my acupuncturist calls "maintenance" - so I only see him about once every 2-3 months - more often if I feel like my immune system needs a boost. My practitioner works exclusively with cancer patients and I think he is a master of his craft. He puts the needles mostly in my legs, one in my forehead (for grounding) and one in my ear - can't remember what he said that one is for. I love the relaxation that comes with the needles. I have never had acupressure.
Trusting that your lenten journey is nourishing your soul and your spirit. Take care of yourself, Mary.
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Hello jcpriest0469n,
I would like to say thank you for your post and welcome you to our thread. You will find a nice lot of women here who will be only too glad to help you in any way that they can.
I was sorry to read that you have been having trouble eating and was glad to read that you are now eating better.
I would have thought that, since you are now more than three years since diagnosis, your eating would be normal. I would think that you should be eating a normal balanced diet of your choice. At least you have had some nutrients with the flaxseed and nuts. Soy is a good product for protein, especially a fermented product such as organic plain unsweetened soy yoghurt. Here, good products are Sojade and Provamel.
When did your mouth start to act up? We all know that chemotherapy harms the mouth and we have to be careful on it, but I would have thought your mouth problems should be normal by now. For mouth problems bicarbonate of soda, a teaspoon in warm water, is a good healthy rinse and will get rid of soreness and mouth ulcers. I used this during treatment and I still use it if I get any mouth problems. There is also a line of products known as Biotene. These products are very good for mouth problems.
You may want to get a check up with your dentist to see if you have any problem. Chemotherapy can cause problems in the mouth.
I hope this helps. You may want to eat a balanced diet based on oily fish (not farmed), fruit and vegetables, a little meat if you eat meat, nuts, seeds, pulses and beans, and plenty of extra virgin olive oil.
Thinking of you and sending best wishes.
Sylvia xxxx
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