| jmcquown |
Ken Davey wrote:
> Next week I check into the British Columbia Cancer Agency for further
> treatment.
> I have been told that I will be receiving both radiation and chemo
> treatments.
> Love to you all
> Ken.
> PS: Please look at the sig line below and go there - not just for me.
Ken, go to a health food store and look for L-glutamine powder. My father
is a lymphoma survivor. He underwent chemo a few years ago. One of the
nurses told him before he started the treatment to buy this stuff. The day
you start your chemo, mix 2 even Tbs. with 8 oz. water. Best to put it in a
jar with a lid and shake the crap out of it. Then drink it down. Repeat
this again 4 hours later. Do this every day, twice a day, throughout the
course of your treatment. Dad said it made him feel better, gave him extra
energy and as a bonus he didn't lose much hair at all. Granted, he didn't
have radiation treatments as well but it can't hurt.
Best of luck; our thoughts are with you.
Jill
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| Dee Randall |
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:Rd2ff.8881$cd1.6328@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> Ken Davey wrote:
>> Next week I check into the British Columbia Cancer Agency for further
>> treatment.
>> I have been told that I will be receiving both radiation and chemo
>> treatments.
>> Love to you all
>> Ken.
>> PS: Please look at the sig line below and go there - not just for me.
>
> Ken, go to a health food store and look for L-glutamine powder. My father
> is a lymphoma survivor. He underwent chemo a few years ago. One of the
> nurses told him before he started the treatment to buy this stuff. The
> day
> you start your chemo, mix 2 even Tbs. with 8 oz. water. Best to put it in
> a
> jar with a lid and shake the crap out of it. Then drink it down. Repeat
> this again 4 hours later. Do this every day, twice a day, throughout the
> course of your treatment. Dad said it made him feel better, gave him
> extra
> energy and as a bonus he didn't lose much hair at all. Granted, he didn't
> have radiation treatments as well but it can't hurt.
>
> Best of luck; our thoughts are with you.
>
> Jill
>
I thought L-glutamine was for bone problems/pains. You know, there might be
something to it, my f-i-l has recently developed bone pains. Within less
than two years, e had lymphoma with chemo, radiation, preventative
brain-chemo - cured; then colon cancer (a separate cancer) and removal of
some colon, etc. - Cured. Now he complains of bone pains.
Thanks for your information. I'll have my DH research this a little more --
I give DH credit for his dad being alive, what with all the decisions that
had to be made, appointments to have been made and kept and rehab. It was
an experience getting thru all of this. We are so happy that he is well now.
Thank you again.
Dee Dee
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| jmcquown |
Dee Randall wrote:
> "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:Rd2ff.8881$cd1.6328@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
>> Ken Davey wrote:
>>> Next week I check into the British Columbia Cancer Agency for
>>> further treatment.
>>> I have been told that I will be receiving both radiation and chemo
>>> treatments.
>>> Love to you all
>>> Ken.
>>> PS: Please look at the sig line below and go there - not just for
>>> me.
>>
>> Ken, go to a health food store and look for L-glutamine powder. My
>> father is a lymphoma survivor. He underwent chemo a few years ago.
>> One of the nurses told him before he started the treatment to buy
>> this stuff. The day
>> you start your chemo, mix 2 even Tbs. with 8 oz. water. Best to put
>> it in a
>> jar with a lid and shake the crap out of it. Then drink it down.
>> Repeat this again 4 hours later. Do this every day, twice a day,
>> throughout the course of your treatment. Dad said it made him feel
>> better, gave him extra
>> energy and as a bonus he didn't lose much hair at all. Granted, he
>> didn't have radiation treatments as well but it can't hurt.
>>
>> Best of luck; our thoughts are with you.
>>
>> Jill
>>
> I thought L-glutamine was for bone problems/pains. You know, there
> might be something to it, my f-i-l has recently developed bone pains.
> Within less than two years, e had lymphoma with chemo, radiation,
> preventative brain-chemo - cured; then colon cancer (a separate
> cancer) and removal of some colon, etc. - Cured. Now he complains of
> bone pains.
> Thanks for your information. I'll have my DH research this a little
> more -- I give DH credit for his dad being alive, what with all the
> decisions that had to be made, appointments to have been made and
> kept and rehab. It was an experience getting thru all of this. We
> are so happy that he is well now. Thank you again.
> Dee Dee
I'm only reporting what my dad told me. The nurse told him this as a
"shhhh" thing. The doctor on the military base wouldn't stoop to
recommending something from a health food store; he gets paid to write
prescriptions. But Dad said it definitely did help. And possibly (though I
don't know for sure) chemo causes pain in joints and bones as well? And Dad
had no energy; felt lethargic. Dad said this stuff helped him feel so much
better. Comes in strawberry, too :)
Jill
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| Ken Davey |
jmcquown wrote:
>
> Ken, go to a health food store and look for L-glutamine powder. My
> father is a lymphoma survivor. He underwent chemo a few years ago.
> One of the nurses told him before he started the treatment to buy
> this stuff. The day you start your chemo, mix 2 even Tbs. with 8 oz.
> water. Best to put it in a jar with a lid and shake the crap out of
> it. Then drink it down. Repeat this again 4 hours later. Do this
> every day, twice a day, throughout the course of your treatment. Dad
> said it made him feel better, gave him extra energy and as a bonus he
> didn't lose much hair at all. Granted, he didn't have radiation
> treatments as well but it can't hurt.
>
> Best of luck; our thoughts are with you.
>
> Jill
Will do.
Thanks!!
Ken.
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