For now, I'll stick to the juicing, supplements & DCA.

Elizabeth

For sleep, have you considered taking melatonin

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/jan2004_report_melatonin_01.htm

and/or Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)?

http://www.thedcasite.com/Library/Berkson_Rubin_pape_%20pancreatic_cancer.pdf

I do take the melatonin, and I cannot take the Low Dose Ne... I am on Narcotic medications.

THanks

What are you juicing? There have been concerns about grapefruit juice and possibly orange juice, because they inhibit the P450 cytochrome's and with woman can possibly increase the risk of breast cancer.

Also, because the P450's remove drugs from the body, if you inhibit them while on chemo, you could be causing high levels of chemo drugs to be retained in the body. I presume this could make you feel pretty bad.

I am juicing: Carrot, apple, ginger, parsley, spinach, celery, beetroot.
I am NOT or have I ever taken chemo/radiation. Yes, I was aware of the grapefruit juice as an interference with several medications.
I dunno what it is, it is only occasional anyway, not to worry I guess. I have tried to take theCA when I eat, after I have eaten, before I have eaten ect ect. I usually only take the DCA with water.

I hear you re: Breast cancer, Mine is @ the other end LOL

Thanks
Elizabeth

Lets fight together, help each other. I truely believe that we have to be our own health advocat.

I have to go back to original hospital that did my CT scans, and talk with the radiologist re: #1 & #2 scans. Get him to explain why there is no info on the original tumour. et al.

THanks

Elizabeth

So, this may be the connection??
Eliz

Lets fight together, help each other. I truely believe that we have to be our own health advocat.

I have been in alot of pain.(already on narcotic relievers, not helping) Abdomen when bladder full, between hips and tailbone (this one is a constant) Also noticed last 2 rounds of DCA there is swelling in both of my legs, from knees down only. Back of calfs feel like they have been kicked hard (From online Node pics, it is on the place where the nodes are). The first time I got the swelling, it only lasted a week or so. This one just started. I'll have to assume that the cancer is moving out via the nodes, and this is what is going on. Gonna go to the sauna downtown. I also have not been taking the acid inhibitor. This has NOT cause me any difficulty.

Lets fight together, help each other. I truely believe that we have to be our own health advocat.

http://www.thedcasite.com/dcaforum/DCForumID10/349.html

Lets fight together, help each other. I truely believe that we have to be our own health advocat.

Melatonin is supposed to be good for suppressing Prolactin, and there is a drug called Dostinex which is effective.

Quote:
"Monthly blood testing for breast cancer patients is mandatory. Every patient responds differently to both conventional and alternative cancer therapies. The results of blood tests provide critically important data to evaluate the effectiveness of both conventional and alternative therapies. The blood tests commonly used by doctors to evaluate progression or regression of breast cancer are CA 27.29, CA15-3, CEA, prolactin, GGTP and alkaline phosphatase. If, for instance, the CA 27.29 tumor marker were to continue to elevate 30 to 60 days after initiating soy extract supplementation, discontinue its use and seek another therapy immediately."

"Breast cancer patients often have elevated levels of the pituitary hormone prolactin. Abnormally high levels of prolactin can interfere with successful breast cancer therapy. If a blood test reveals elevated prolactin levels, the oncologist should be encouraged to prescribe 1.25 to 2.5 mg of the drug Parlodel, also known as bromocriptine. Parlodel must be taken after meals because severe nausea can occur when it is taken on an empty stomach. A better way to suppress prolactin is with Dostinex/Cabaser (Cabergoline). Just twice-a-week dosing of 0.25 mg to 0.50 mg is needed, and side effects are rare. The objective is to suppress serum prolactin levels to under 3 nanograms per milliliter (3 ng/mL) of blood. Any blood-testing laboratory can arrange to do a prolectin serum level test."

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag99/jan99-protocols.html

A Role For Prolactin In Breast Cancer
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/09/980923073259.htm

Enhancement of the Efficacy of Weekly Low-dose Taxotere by the Long Acting Anti-prolactinemic Drug Cabergoline in Pretreated Metastatic Breast Cancer
http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/24/6/4223.abstract

I think prolactin would also be a good marker to detect problems early to prevent bc. Do most oncologists know anything about prolactin?

Elizabeth had cervical cancer, not breast cancer. She unfortunately passed away April of last year.

Maybe you could post this under 'Topics Other than DCA'.

Thanks,
Sandra