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Fight Myeloma, Promote Brain, Heart Health with single Supplement
Research and Personal Experience Confirm the Benefit of Omega 3 Fatty Acids combined with Olive oil for Brain, Heart, Blood Heath- And they fight Cancer Too- I am a long-term survivor of an “incurable”
Continue readingLong-Term Myeloma Survivor Desperate for Cardio-Oncology
Cardio-oncology is a multidisciplinary specialty aimed at managing and preventing cardiovascular disease in cancer patients and survivors. With the changing landscape of cancer therapeutics, patients are
Continue readingSauna- Chemotherapy-induced Cardiomyopathy Therapy
Sauna bathing may be an effective adjunctive therapy for chronic systolic CHF…. Repeated sauna bathing was safely completed without any adverse effects in all patients…” I was diagnosed
Continue readingChemobrain Coping- list of 8 after 25 years-
I consider my chemobrain (from MM treatment) to be similar to what Jane Brody calls “age-related cognitive decline.” While I may not be able to cure both, I do believe in the therapies below- Chemobrain
Continue readingSide Effects 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) Toxicity- Real, Deadly
“About 275,000 patients receive 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) alone or in a combination regimen. Of these patients, less than 10% will experience the chemotherapy side effects from grade 3-5 toxicity” 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)
Continue readingCancer Cachexia Therapies
Cancer Cachexia Therapies- According to the article below, half of cancer patients experience cachexia at some point during their cancer experience, and this muscle-wasting disease causes the death of
Continue readingHealing My Chemo brain-
Healing My Chemo Brain: Can It Heal? 7 Evidence-Based Ways to Improve Cognitive Function After Chemotherapy-Chemotherapy-induced cognitive dysfunction, aka chemo brain, is highly prevalent; this side effect
Continue readingAtrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation Complications
“Catheter ablation (for afib) volumes rose 2.5-fold during the study period…The overall in-hospital complication rate increased during the study period from 3.07% to 7.04%” I developed
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced Cardiomyopathy (CI-CM)- How long have I got?
“Chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy (CI-CM) is the most frequent complication of cytotoxic drugs, cardiotoxicity, and portends a poor prognosis.” I underwent several cardio-toxic chemotherapy
Continue readingChemo-induced Neuropathy- Myeloma
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy” (CIPN) effects the lives of up to 40% of cancer patients who receive chemotherapy. You’ve heard the saying that “the cure is worse than the disease?”
Continue readingFertility-related Online Support For Male Cancer Survivors
“These findings suggest that most men do want to talk to others about fertility, which indicates that there is a need for more fertility-related social support” Let me qualify the above statement-
Continue readingCIPN – Female Cancer Survivors Beware…
Almost half of female cancer survivors had persistent symptoms of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) for many years after treatment ended The two immutable truths of cancer survivorship
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