5FU and curcumin
I was recently advised by my oncologist that adding curcumin (from turmeric) to my foods may aid in bringing my CEA count down (in coordination with my 5FU treatment). Has anyone heard of and/or done this and have feedback? Thanks!!
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5FU and curcumin
Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:30am 4 Comments 0 Likes
I was recently advised by my oncologist that adding curcumin (from turmeric) to my foods may aid in bringing my CEA count down (in coordination with my 5FU treatment). Has anyone heard of and/or done this and have feedback? Thanks!!
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thinking of you,
jeannie
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Funny story... last week, after a break from riding, I went for a ride on our local bike path... also about 3.6 miles. My legs were killing me.. and I certainly wasn't happy about it. As I put the bike on the rack to go home... I noticed the tires seemed soft... turns out they only at about 20 instead of the normal 60 to 70 pounds of pressure. Guess there are still some things I can't blame on cancer.
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thinking of you today,
jeannie
I learned a while ago from the chemo nurses that any lotion with dimethicone as an ingredient, especially closer to the beginning of the ingredients, is very soothing and healing for cracked dry skin. Shea butter is also awesome. They don't want to put me on avastin because of the chance of bowel perforations. If Folfiri isn't as effective this time, my doc said he'd take me off the 5FU and we'd use irinotecan with vectibix or erbitux. We'll see how things go. One day at a time!
Looking forward to hearing about your new regimen!
Sorry to hear about your hands and feet, I had the same problem with oxi. the time off may be a good thing. Let us know how it goes
Did they offer going back on the 5fu as continious infusion?
thinking of you,
jeannie
When was your last cea done? Is it climbing, stable or shrinking? When in doubt after talking to your doc, can't hurt to get another opinion........maybe we're not there yet, but I'm curious as to what they are presenting as options.
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