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Platelets Too Low for Chemo Infusion
Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: May 14 3:28pm | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
@mommacandy This is such good news. Your oncologist is so very encouraging too.
My Integrative Medicine physician suggested mushrooms. She told me that the data is predominantly from breast cancer research but she recommends for gynecological cancers. She adds a mushroom extraction in powder form to her coffee in the morning. That's what I do too. She didn't have a recommendation for the kind or type of mushroom.
Like you, when I hear NED I think, whew. And no more 7 hour drives for another 6 months.
Hey, I was so worried about you when you were first diagnosed and described your journey which had so many bumps along the road. And now it's Spring! Time to dance and celebrate.🌹
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@naturegirl5 thank you... when i look at where i w as a year ago i think wow... i've come a long way...i find myself not craving some of the foods i did when i was going through chemo...some i don't want at all... (kinda like with when you're pregnant) but overall i think i'm doing really good and yes i'm celebrating every day...i eat primarily oyster mushrooms but occasionally lions mane or chestnut mushrooms...depends on what the lady has at the farmer's market i buy from...i've learned if you develop relationships by buying regularly you get better deals lol..
don't get me wrong, i still like my occasional junk food...always have, always will...like right now i'm on a hoho binge (you know the hostess brand of swiss cake rolls like little debbie makes) but thats one of the few snack cakes that doesn't come with high fructose corn syrup...yea its got lots of crap in it...but i'm almost 60 years old and i'm gonna indulge occasionally...but like 2 weeks ago i was eating a dump cake i made with peaches, strawberries and blueberries out of my freezer i had put up 2 summers ago...i usually make my own "sweets" but sometimes...i do indulge IF i get them on sale lol...
i just want people to understand, yes, i'm NED but that doesn't mean i became one of those who "doesn't eat sugar cause cancer feeds off sugar" or whatever... i don't like all the prepackaged "healthy stuff" i've always been a scratch cooker and i'm just really glad i'm feeling like cooking again... i'm HOPING by fall i'll have my freezer cleaned out of all the stuff and ready to put in another deer and hopefully a bear...i got a grudge to settle about some chickens lost last year lol... it just feels weird to go fishing and not bring home what i catch because i got fish in the freezer...or whatever...its just really good to be feeling like doing those things...but really strange at the same time cause i lost my hunting buddy...
oh and btw the last bloodwork showed my rbc, platelets, etc are STILL low... but slowly creeping back up...so to everyone out there struggling ....you can overcome this!!!