Awwww, thanks Beth, How are you ingesting the tumeric? I "like" it and use it in cooking, but that is occasional.
And thank you, dancing has been really painful lately but I am still doing it! Blessings, Michele On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 1:03 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you will be jumping for joy Michelle. I am keeping you in my > thoughts and prayers...I am trying tumeric with sprycel to see if it helps > with the inflammatory response I have from it....I have been told by others > that it also helps the absorption of the med fopr better BCR -abl results > without taking more meds.....I guess we are all learning... I can still see > you dancing.....such a beautiful image... > > Take good care, > > Beth > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LearnToBallroomDanceOnline.com <[email protected]> > To: cmlhope <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 1:39 pm > Subject: Re: [CMLHope] To Beth, regarding Lemon Juice > > You go, Peg!!! > > What a great explanation! And I am so anxious to see what my results > will be next month, as I have been taking 70 mg of Sprycel, with the > Bragg's Vinegar for the past 3 months.My last two PCR's were negative. I > swear if it is negative again you will feel me jumping for joy!!!! > > Here are the links from the previous posts: > The Ever Increasing BCR-ABL Synopsis > <http://www.leukemiasurvivor.co/2013/08/the-ever-increasing-bcr-abl-synopsis.html> > Absorption; Could This be the > Cause<http://www.leukemiasurvivor.co/2013/08/absorption-of-medication-could-this-be.html> > Sucking Down the > Mother's<http://www.leukemiasurvivor.co/2013/08/sucking-down-mothers.html> > A Negative PCR, > Really?<http://www.leukemiasurvivor.co/2013/08/a-negative-pcr-really.html> > > Feel free to share with others! > > Blessings, > Michele > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 8:29 AM, peg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Beth, >> >> Hi Beth, >> >> You are right that increasing absorption of a TKI does render a higher >> dose, and for me, yes this caused more side effects on Sprycel, but my side >> effects in hindsight were an auto-immune reaction. Here is the thing about >> lemon juice, vinegar, coke or anything that increases stomach acid, it is >> possible, as gleened from personal annecdotes and my personal experience, >> that Sprycel, and possibly other TKI's, actually cause a reduction in >> stomach acid over time reducing the amount of absorption of a dose that >> would otherwise be affective on our CML. There are still so many unknowns >> about these drugs. Whether that is the case or not, at a point where a >> dose is no longer affective, doctors have simply increased the dose, rather >> than trying to increase the absorption! I personally think that there is >> more control over how much you are absorbing and the toxicity of a drug by >> simply restoring your ability to absorb a medication rather than increasing >> the dose. If you are taking, let's say, 100mg of a drug daily, increasing >> the absorbtion by intentionally increasing acidity still can never give you >> more than 100mg, but if you increase that dose to 140mg, on any given day >> you could absorb more...up to the full 140mg, as the acidity level is >> natually affected in your stomach by what you eat. Sort of like why a >> particular food will give you heartburn on one day but not another...due to >> natural fluctuations in stomach acid. This is just my thought on this. >> >> As an interesting side note, when this vinegar topic came up here last >> year, I had noticed that not only was my sprycel dose not as affective but >> that every time I ate I got stomach pain and indigestion. On an >> experiment, I tried lemon juice to ease the indigestion and stomach pain >> and it worked. There is much anecdotal evidence of this online as an >> indigestion aide. So to take my experiment one step further, I started >> swigging lemon juice before my meals, and it completely put an end to my >> indigestion! >> >> As far as wound healing...yes...this was my experience also on all of the >> TKI drugs, wounds do not heal well or quickly! In the case of Sprycel, my >> skin was extremely dry and did not heal well from any type of wound, >> surgical or injury. I also noticed that I had an absorbtion problem from >> medication patches...in my case estrogen...it simply did not absorb well. >> I also had a more extreme reaction to chlorine when I was doing pool >> therapy, but found that using a heavy mosturizer prior to contact kept me >> from breaking out in an itchy rash. Wounds will eventually heal but must >> be safeguarded, with extreme vigilence, from infection due to the slower >> healing time. Hang in there! >> >> Hope my thoughts are able to help in some way. >> >> Peg >> >> >> -- >> -- >> [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 [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > [email protected] > www.LearntoBallroomDanceOnline.com<http://www.learntoballroomdanceonline.com/> > -- > -- > [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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > [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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- [email protected] www.LearntoBallroomDanceOnline.com -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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