Did anyone take probiotics or meet with a natural pathologist ahead or during treatment?
thank you!
Hi Ewagirl ,
I took probiotics in the form of raw goats milk kefir prior to treatment & afterwards but was told I had to stop them during treatment because the chemotherapy side of the treatment completely knocks out your immune system out & introducing any kind of live bacteria at a time when you’ve low or no immunity isn’t a great idea. I didn’t even think of going down the natural therapy route either to be honest, I wanted the Dr’s to just throw everything at it to get rid of it & I’m so pleased to say they did, I’m now 7 years post treatment & as far as I’m aware I’m cancer free.
Nicola
Hello Ewagirl
I have taken supplements all my life but stopped (apart from calcium) for the duration of my cancer treatment. The oncologist told me it is recognised that some supplements help with cell renewal and that is counterintuitive when the aim is to eradicate all the cancerous cells. I am back on them all now though...!
Irene xx
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