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@masha123

This is so sad about your friend,,, Did she take Turkey Tail Mushrooms, by the way, during her chemo?
It is confusing, I agree.

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I just mentioned Turkey Tail mushrooms because....well, when the doctor first spotted my tumor and was quite sure it was cancerous, I had many calls from friends offering support that often came with lots of advice. Maybe some who are reading this had similar experiences? Anyway, I had people who called and said, nope, it's not cancer. They find stupid stuff in corpses all the time. Don't bother with any more tests. Yep, that really happened. Then, I had numerous calls offering info on cancer cures. The most popular one was Turkey Tail mushrooms that they swore cured this woman's cancer. They read all about it on the internet -- even on YouTube! Others, advised me to take lots of Turmeric and I'll be cured. Since my chemo treatment, even had a Keto fan lambast me for my stupidity in causing my own cancer because I haven't lived my life on a Keto Diet; proclaimed that no one on the Keto Diet ever got cancer.

BTW, there are likely beneficial aspects to most of the "cures". Turkey Tail mushrooms have been touted for medicinal ingredients and there is now a new chemo drug incorporating derivatives from Turmeric they think might be more effective battling glioblastoma. Realistically, if eating a particular mushroom or eliminating four or five foods from a diet enabled a person to live a long and healthy cancer-free life, I "think" we would have a found a very simple solution to a very complex issue by now. Anyway, sure hope we make some progress against this disease. I'm not ruling anything out and very interested to hear about what others are doing. Personally, I approach the entire process cautiously and optimistically -- all while trying to keep down my stress level. Have gotten tons of advice to "just relax" too!