Hello everybody. I am going through chemotherapy to treat stage 2 testicular cancer (embryonal carcinoma) and I have been looking at various options to supplement the traditional course of chemotherapy. I am not looking to replace chemo but rather I am looking for ways to supplement chemo to mitigate the risk that the cancer will in the future come back in the same or a different form. I have read the book from Jane McLelland “How to starve cancer” and been in touch with the care oncology clinic. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has had good or bad experience dealing with the care oncology clinic. Many thanks in advance.
Hi Gueum and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I can see that you've already joined and posted in the testicular cancer group and I'm sure the other members of that group will be along soon to share any experiences they have with the care oncology clinic.
When you feel up to it, it would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and treatment to date into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
I am half way through this book, absolutely fascinating read. If my cancer (Head & Neck) ever comes back again I will be taking Jane's advice for sure.
For balance it’s worth paying £30 to read this
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(23)00483-7/abstract
“The idea that one can directly influence cancer through diet is an alluring one. A cancer diagnosis can be extremely frightening, and the idea of personal control is comforting. The promotion of so-called cancer-beating diets has become especially prominent on social media in recent years, and videos by wellness influencers claiming that one can starve or feed their cancers, or that alkaline foods can neutralise cancers, have huge viewerships on platforms like T*k T*k, with some of these videos having upwards of 2 billion views
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
I wrote a blog about my cancer. just click on the link below
https://todaymycoffeetasteslikechristmasincostarica.com
I am terrified of it coming back
It’s a fear that we all have to one extent or another and we read how much more devastating a recurrence is than the primary event. My oncologist bluntly told me I would just have to live with it. The dread eases. I know it’s easy to say but it does. I know that a healthy lifestyle can be protective but here I am recovering from a cancer that was neither my fault nor environmental. It just happened. I still get the odd bad day when symptoms linger but I do get comfort from Peter Harvey’s essay
www.workingwithcancer.co.uk/.../After-the-treatment-finishes-then-what.pdf
Remember. We do get stuff that’s not cancer
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
I wrote a blog about my cancer. just click on the link below
https://todaymycoffeetasteslikechristmasincostarica.com
