Retification: its 2 capsules of green tea On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Ricardo Gadelha <ricardodgade...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Sandra, > Good afternoon from Brazil. > My son is now 2 years on gleevec and still have 0.24% PCR. His side effects > have been treated with exercises, natural diet and 2 supplements ( 1 > capsule of garlic 6 hs before gleevec and 2 capsules of GREEN TEA a day - > do not take late afternoon). > His diet IS COMPLETELY sugar free. Besides that, he avoids to eat anything > made with: 1-hydrogenated vegetable oils; 2 white flour ( white rice, white > bread,); milk ( dairy food). > > It seems that this works for my son. Talk to your doctor about a nutrition > oriented therapy. > Regarding your leukemia treatment, you're doing very good by having a total > remission in only 6 months. > keep going, > Ricardo. > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Sandra Wells > <nannyg...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > >> Dear CML Warriors >> >> I have been on Gleevec almost six months now. Of the 34 side effects that >> I know of, I have had 31. Most only lasted a couple of weeks and haven't >> been that bad. I have even conquered the diarrhea and muscle spasms which >> were the most debilitating with the help of diet changes and supplements. I >> still have eye edema but even this seems to be improving. >> >> The two side effects that have been constant are low energy and shortness >> of breath. Both of these I have had even before I started the Gleevec and >> could have been the CML. My question is "Do these side effects improve and >> how much longer should I expect to have to cope with these?" >> >> Both my doctors are vague about this and don't seem to have any answers >> for me except to try another drug. My dilemma is that I am in total >> remission on Gleevec after only six months, and I really do not want to try >> another drug just because I am "tired" or having "trouble breathing". >> >> Hoping for some sage advice from my fellow warriors and hearing from you >> soon. >> >> May God Bless You All, >> >> Sandy >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Ricardo > -- Ricardo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
