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Kiwi Angel

@Joannie I think she is - I told her she should be. Mine is now in the low range or normal but the oncologist would like it higher. 

Kerry-Lee47

This App is great, I’m abit confused about what it says on Astragalus. 
Ive been taking it to bring my white cells up and help with the fatigue...I’m 1 week into Chemo.
The App says it is great increasing white blood cells but then says don’t use it on Cyclophosphomide? I thought that was the whole point? Cyclophosphamide brings down your immune?
Have I read it wrong.... Chemo brain?
Not sure if I should stop taking it now? Has anyone else taken Astragalus while on Chemo?

Kiwi Angel

@Kerry-Lee47. I would maybe talk to your oncologist but it does say it can interfere with the effectiveness of some cancer treatments so I would be wary. It u go to the website you can put in immunity and it will come up the a list of herbs. You should be able to have something that is fine to have while having chemo. 

melclarity

@Joannie the truth is majority of the population are actually low in Vit D, it's not just BC, interesting, I was told this by many Specialists. They put me on Vit D after Chemo as it further depletes it. It was always recommended to me to not take any supplements during Chemo and to me made sense....chemo was killing everything so nothing was going to help 6 months on it. Once finished thats why they put you onto Vit D to bring levels up. x

Sister

Yes, my oncology said they were told in med school that they would never have to worry about patients being low on Vitamin D in Australia but over recent years it's more common than not.

Romla

Yep @Sister has been a by product of the successful “slip , slop , slap “campaign

duxx1234

I was low in Vitamin D too.  My oncologist started me on a very high dose made up by a Compound Pharmacist.  Dose: Five tablets, one per week,  to be taken on the same day each week . It brought my levels up beautifully! 

kezmusc

Jeez @Kiwi Angel, 
Why can't you take calcium on Tamoxifen.  They told me to take it.
I've been taking Calcium, magnesium, D3, glucosomine, vitamin B3 B6 and C fish oil.  Not that any of it seems to help anything.  So now I'm vitaminning myself to worse problems.  F*****g awesome.

kmakm

@kezmusc My oncologist told me that cardiologists don't like people to take calcium supplements as they can cause heart problems. She said it was very easy to get all you need from food, and that Vitamin D is more important for bone health. I believe @Romla has looked into it in some more detail.

kezmusc

So I jumped on the app and says it can cause Hypercalcemia .  So symptoms of that are:

Symptoms of hypercalcaemia range from mild to severe. They may include increased thirst and urination, stomach pain, nausea, bone pain, muscle weakness, confusion and fatigue.

Sounds like tamoxifen anyway LOL!

Maybe that's why I get heart palpitations now.  Grrrrr

Kiwi Angel

@kezmusc It will be interesting to see how u feeling coming off them if it changes anything. I have found this app to be quite good and have a list of vitamins that I want to try for various reasons to check. I think tamoxifen has properties that are supposed to improve your bones so that must relate to the over production of calcium. The last thing I need in my life is a kidney stone. I’m just going to go with my vitamin D, aged garlic and fish oil and I’m looking into a few others but the correct food might be enough. 

Romla

Try Krill Oil not fish oil - my medical oncologist told me it’s a greater source of omega3 and better for hormone therapy joint pain even though it means some poor whale has less Krill in the ocean for supper.Might pay to have a Dr google on the difference between ordinary fish oil and Krill oil as to their efficacy.

Kiwi Angel

@Romla - I actually have just been looking at curcumin as an option. 

Romla

Great @Kiwi Angel - I know a couple of ladies here having great success with it - one with arthritis and the other a pinched nerve.Can’t remember details but remember reading that Indians suffer less from an ailment because they consume a lot of turmeric which contains Curcumin.Hope it helps you.