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Cancer Support

Lifeafter70

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10. There are so many cancer diets out there

Reply to LT Barclay (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 02:02 AM

Jul 2025

The best one we have come up with is to eat healthy lol. Protein, veggies and fruits. He trys to stay away from processed food and surgar. His cancer travels along his nerves, is microscopic and slow growing. That is why it is so difficult to treat. Many with acc survive 10 to 15 years after being diagnosed.
I would ask your wife's oncologist about those trials. Stay supportive for her but take her docs advice.

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Need information I can trust- wife is on 3rd round of chemo wants to try invermectin [View all] LT Barclay Jul 2025 OP

Is this a joke? NO! not Ivermectin. If I was in your wife's condition I would use marijuana. The internet has info in2herbs Jul 2025 #1

I wish it was a joke. Her aunt is telling her that this will stop the cancer. LT Barclay Jul 2025 #5

Did a quick search at national cancer institute Lifeafter70 Jul 2025 #2

Sorry to hear that. My wife has been reading a book called "Chris Beat Cancer" but hasn't been able to realistically LT Barclay Jul 2025 #6

There are so many cancer diets out there Lifeafter70 Jul 2025 #10

very sorry for what she is going through Skittles Jul 2025 #3

I agree, but she's at a desperate place LT Barclay Jul 2025 #7

IP-6 PikaBlue Jul 2025 #4

Thanks LT Barclay Jul 2025 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author pbmus Jul 2025 #9

Thanks. That is a good start and I'll have to dig more. I'm really skeptical because since Trump promoted it, there is LT Barclay Jul 2025 #12

Thank you for posting this Lifeafter70 Jul 2025 #14

so Skittles Jul 2025 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author pbmus Jul 2025 #16

yeah OK Skittles Jul 2025 #17

Immuneothrapy trials Donman Jul 2025 #11

I'm a PT and I realized I've been sitting on the sidelines too much as I believed what she's been experiencing are LT Barclay Jul 2025 #13

What your wife needs from you right now, money cannot buy. Irish_Dem Jul 2025 #18

Thanks. I'm very angry at work because I haven't been able to be there with her during appointments and even when I LT Barclay Jul 2025 #19

The important thing is that she knows you have her back, and love her, support her. Irish_Dem Jul 2025 #20

Fundamentally, ivermectin is for parasites Sparkly Jul 2025 #21

Thanks. I'm leery of it because it has achieved miracle cure status among the Trump followers and so any source LT Barclay Jul 2025 #22

Sugar Sparkly Jul 2025 #23

Surprisingly, in the scientific literature the use of ivermectin in breast cancer has been discussed in concert... NNadir Jul 2025 #24

Thanks. My wife is HER +. Her oncologist did say that the CART-T therapy is starting to be used on hard tumors and LT Barclay Jul 2025 #25

I'm so sorry to hear about your wife's and your situation Bayard Jul 2025 #26

Thanks so much. We have a golden retriever puppy who is quite protective after seeing my wife fall. And parakeets. I LT Barclay Jul 2025 #27

Awww....good pupster! Bayard Jul 2025 #28

Son is 14, daughter is 16. I was able to enroll them in a theater camp for a week over the summer, and that went well, LT Barclay Jul 2025 #29

I'm sure at that age they're a great help to their Mom Bayard Jul 2025 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Jul 2025 #31

I think Ivermectin is pretty safe as millions have taken it womanofthehills Aug 4 #32

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