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Breast Cancer Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
I encourage breast cancer patients to undergo hyperbaric oxygen therapy- especially if they’ve undergone radiation therapy. I say this because both chemo and radiation can kill cancer cells but also
Continue readingProstate Cancer Treatments Side Effects
Prostate cancer treatments and the possible side effects that result depend largely on the specific treatment that the PCa patient undergoes. While that may sound obvious (duh…), the article linked
Continue readingCardiotoxicity Testing
I’m writing about cardiotoxicity testing because I was diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy in late 2010, 15 years after I underwent several cardiotoxic chemo regimens aka known chemo
Continue readingHealth Benefits of Olive Oil
The health benefits of olive oil are many. Not only does olive oil kill my cancer, multiple myeloma, but it helps my chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy, helps my chemobrain, and helps my skin repair chemotherapy-induced
Continue readingComplementary Stroke Therapies
Complementary stroke therapies are therapies that can work with and even can enhance conventional stroke therapies. Complementary therapies are not alternative or integrative therapies. I am a long-term
Continue readingComplementary Therapies for Pain
Complementary therapies for pain are those treatments that people use in conjunction with other pain management therapies. For example, I have done 8 of the 10 complementary therapies listed below. Acupuncture,
Continue readingLong-Covid Supplementation-
When I titled this post I wasn’t sure if I was writing about long-covid supplementation or complementary long-covid therapies. I think you’ll get the idea once you read the post below. Especially
Continue readingChronic Pain Therapies-
I am an authority on chronic pain therapies. I say this because I live with many different long-term and late stage side effects from aggressive cancer therapies that have resulted in different types of
Continue readingNeuropathic Pain Therapy-
I am listing neuropathic pain therapies that are non-conventional below because there are few, if any, effective conventional neuropathic pain therapies. I am a long-term survivor of cancer. CIPN is one
Continue readingManaging my Aortic Aneurysm
I have an aortic aneurysm. I’m not sure where it came from but since I was diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy, I have developed a healthy skepticism about the cardiotoxicity of all
Continue readingCoffee and Coronary Artery Calcium
According to the research linked and excerpted below, moderate coffee consumption lowers coronary artery calcium. And coronary artery calcium and is associated with major adverse cardiovascular events. My
Continue readingMucositis Prevention- Head & Neck Cancer-
Mucositis prevention- Head & Neck cancer can keep the cancer patient on their therapy plan as well as enhance quality of life for the cancer patient. According to research, oral mucositis occurs is
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