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Why is the research linked below talking about “complications?” The research confirms that prostate cancer treatment side effects are serious and must be understood before the PCa patient chooses
Continue readingMyeloma and cataracts are closely related. I have always attributed my own cataracts, both eyes, to high dose dexamethasone. I have written about myeloma and cataracts because of my mantra, I wish I knew
Continue readingThe good news is that, according to research, more than 85% of pediatric cancer survivors live more than five years. The bad news is that pediatric and AYA cancer survivors fear recurrence as the study
Continue readingChemoradiation increases the risk of atrial fibrillation. This is the finding of the study linked below. For a long-term cancer survivor who was diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy and chemotherapy-induced
Continue readingSupplements to reduce CVD risk is central to my therapy plan. Why? Because cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year. Being
Continue readingCoffee is good for cancer survivors? Who knew? It is shocking to read that coffee is beneficial in so many ways. And when I say cancer survivors I’m talking about myeloma survivors in particular. Cancer
Continue readingCardiotoxic chemotherapy regimens during conventional therapy for multiple myeloma left me with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy and Atrial fibrillation (Afib) in 2010. Afib increases stroke risk. In
Continue readingWhat is the radioprotective effect of metformin melatonin resveratrol? And why do you need them? According to the three studies linked below, all three non-conventional therapies can protect cancer patients
Continue readingThe title “astragalus prevents chemo-induced immune injury” may be a broad statement but it is what came in to my mind as I read the study linked below. I am a cancer survivor who has been
Continue readingYes, according to recent research, almost half of all dementia is preventable. While I understand the “14 modifiable risk factors” listed below, I am writing this post to discuss brain health
Continue readingThe short answer is that we don’t know the answer to is dementia preventable. The longer answer is that I have every reason to believe that those non-conventional therapies that support every other
Continue readingLike many cancer patients, I underwent local radiation therapy. Before I had any chemo to manage my multiple myeloma I underwent radiation therapy to zap a lytic lesion growing inside my tailbone. I
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