Intravenous Vitamin C for Cancer Therapy

@WTS
A bit of time to get your head straight can be very useful. Another option to a support group is a one on one with a qualified counsellor - sometimes it’s easier to talk to a disinterested but experienced stranger! Emotional uncertainty and old issues can arise for anyone going through cancer treatment, and like cancer itself, the sooner addressed the better. Your sister’s GP, an oncology day clinic or her oncologist should be able to help with a referral. Best wishes. 

Thank you everyone for the support. I am actually asking this on behalf of my sister, and trying to support her in ways that I can. I really appreciate all the inputs and will certainly pass on your experiences and encouragement to her.  <3 I am encouraging her to join support groups, but I think she needs some time to absorb the news herself as well. I'm not sure what else I could do to help, will be great to hear your stories and know any helpful advice for the patient.

I went with the medical advice. For me, Mastectomy, Chemo and Radiotherapy, was recommended.
You could try the IV Vitamin C, but you can only catch your cancer early once. You can't go back.
You haven't said in this question or your profile, what Stage or grade of breast cancer you have.
Don't assume Chemo would be an extremely bad experience. For some of us it can be quite tolerable.
Severity of side effects varies a lot. I was pretty lucky.

My feelings are that complimentary treatments are fine as complimentary (with oncologist's advice), but not as substitutes for science based treatments. I belong to another group as well as this one, and have followed over the last five years, with great interest, posts from people who decide on the kale and treadmill regime. (metaphorically speaking). It happens all too often that months or years later, there's the shocked post of..."terrible news, it's spread to bones, or liver", or wherever. If I lived in a bushfire prone area, I would by all means clear my gutters of leaves, clear bush and litter from around my property, have hoses front and back of the house and even buckets for water. But...believe you me, if I see a large bushfire approaching my property, I would first phone the fire brigade, and then worry about filling buckets and wetting down the roof. I wouldn't try all that first, and when my eyelashes were curling from the heat, then phone the professionals who know what they're doing, and have the correct equipment to do it. Same with cancer. I put my trust in highly qualified doctors and add the other extras as a side dish.

Hi @WTS
Chemo sounds very scary and sometimes it is very hard to go through but sometimes not as hard as you might think. Most of all, whatever you do, you want to know your actions give you the best chance of recovery and getting on with your life. Knowing you are doing that makes all of us a bit braver and a bit more determined. Best wishes. 

Welcome @WTS.  A friend of mine who was really into the alternative therapies for anything and everything tried the IVC but I am sad to tell you that it made her very ill and she passed away.  As @arpie says, if these things were proven they would be recommended by the oncologists.  All the best.

Perhaps come on again when you are up to it and tell us a little about your diagnosis and treatment.  In the meantime here's a couple of links to the BCNA website that may help you if you haven't seen them already

Take care

Types of breast cancer (bcna.org.au)

Chemotherapy | Breast Cancer Network Australia (bcna.org.au)

Thank you for the responses, really appreciate it.  <3

Hi @WTS.  Welcome to the Blog - sorry to see you here - but feel free to fill us in on your story so far ..... 

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https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/23477/a-big-welcome-to-all-our-new-members#latest

Sadly, well intentioned people will offer/tell you all sorts of cancer 'cures' - but it is all bulldust!  It would be wonderful if they worked, but just put your faith in your medical team .... ask them what they think about it!

Vit C is actually a 'water soluble' vitamin too - so even if you took 100 times than recommended (and I DON'T recommend you DO!) you will only pee it out anyway!  Large quantities of ANY vitamin or mineral can actually muck up vital body functions ..... so it is not recommended to muck with levels other than as directed on the bottles.

take care & all the best for your continuing treatment xx