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Getting frustrated with throat pain post radiation
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Mar 30 3:35pm | Replies (54)Comment receiving replies
I have the same thing however I have to decide next week whether I proceed with these 33 radiation treatments and attending chemotherapy treatments. it doesn’t sound like it works I have done a fair amount of work already since the diagnosis of cancer in September I have been doing the best I can to starve the cancer. I have lost 33 pounds in two months In my attempt to starve the cancer by reading my diet completely of sugar. now I can eat and drink everything. And I wonder whether I should be following the protocols of the five or six oncologists that I spoke to. I would prefer to wait and see.
God bless you
When considering complementary or alternative treatments, be open-minded yet skeptical. Learn about the potential benefits and risks.
There are many articles on the internet and books proclaiming that sugar feeds cancer and that avoiding sugar will prevent the growth of cancer. To set things straight…sugar does not cause cancer on its own. Giving sugar to cancer cells does not make them grow faster and depriving (or starving) cancer cells of sugar does not make them grow more slowly. Read more from Mayo Clinic here:
– Sugar's Role in Cancer https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/cancer-education-center/newsfeed-post/sugars-role-in-cancer/
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Sugar is a big category. I know reducing sugar must be a good thing yet natural sugars, any chemical ending in ose are present in most foods.
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I agree with others. Be cautious with alternative treatments. I have no regrets going through the 33 radiation treatments and my chemotherapy. I am now cancer free which makes it all worthwhile. This is not a fun journey and everyone reacts differently to the treatments. I’ve been told by my oncologist and Speach Therapist that I’m “just one of the unlucky ones”. I have experienced almost every side effect listed. Again-no regrets. And I realize that my life will never be the same as it was pre-cancer. I believe it will be better. Changed but better. This has given me an entirely new perspective on life. Now on the sugar issue. I am 61 years old. My wife and I went sugar free 3 years prior to my diagnosis. I was type 2 diabetic and completely reversed my diabetes by adopting this lifestyle. I kept my carbs below 20g per day. At the time of my diagnosis I had lost 50 pounds due to my low carb lifestyle and had been on no medications for over two years.
I was in the best health of my life. My doctor literally used me as his poster child for his type 2 patients to prove that diet and exercise plays a crucial role in the control of diabetes. I have read the research on sugar as well. I believe sugar outside of moderation is poison to our body. Yes, there is some data out there that claims cancer feeds on sugar. Personally, I believe it. However, if sugar causes cancer and/or eliminating sugar can cure cancer then why did I get the big “C”? I was “sugar free”. I didn’t question the treatment recommended by the experts. However, I remained on a low carb diet as best as I could throughout my treatment. My dietician supported me in this. My recommendation to you is don’t delay starting the radiation therapy. If you want to stay low carb during that time it can’t hurt. I still have some hurdles to get over but getting support from sites like this helps tremendously. I wish that I would have found this support group before treatment started. I never discovered this until about 2 months after my treatment ended.
Be strong and listen to the experts. There is nothing wrong with asking them a lot of questions to help put you at ease.