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Asking for info on holistic or non invasive treatments
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jun 18, 2023 | Replies (48)Comment receiving replies
I have been doing the mistletoe treatments for about 13 months now. The side effects are very very small. I get a small amount of redness around the injection site and that is the only side effect. At my mammogram in December, I was clear. I did not do the AI therapy of the radiation as I was not willing to put up with the debilitating side effects. I will turn 73 this month. Your regimen of treatments is a very personal choice and you need to do a lot of research and decide what you can tolerate and what you can't! Good luck.
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Shortie0650,
If you have time I'd really appreciate hearing more about your experience with mistletoe as I'm in the process of researching it but haven't spoken with anyone who has actually used it. I'm 2 years into an MBC (metastatic) recurrence - it's in my bones and liver. Have gone through targeted therapies (Afinitor & Ibrance) but have a mutation (ESR1) that mitigates their effectiveness. . Then took an oral chemo (Xeloda) until it stopped being effective. Am now on Eribulin chemo infusions. QOL is manageable but could use improvement (walking is difficult and fatigue ever present). I'm in Santa Fe NM and have only found one practitioner, in Taos, who offers mistletoe and she's booked months out. My goal is to find someone who offers mistletoe, and maybe other CAM therapies, and specializes in cancer treatment. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated! Sending you best wishes for continued success. Adana
Are you in the US? Was wondering where you get the mistletoe therapy. I have been researching hope4cancer where they do holistic treatments. I am going thru traditional treatment but was wondering if doing holistic after would be added benefit.
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Well, I appreciate your information. I’m not familiar with the mistletoe treatment and who offers that and I’m not sure even if it’s for all types of cancers I had a second opinion. Yesterday she will do surveillance with me. I am not willing to choose the traditional treatment they want me to do as far as chemo and radiation. I just can’t subject, my healthy body to that.