Meeting with Dr. Stone (Holistic Primary Care DR.)

I met with Dr. Stone.

Green Tea - life span of the effects of drinking green tea 2 or 3 hours within the body. It helps prevent the formation of new blood vessels by the tumor. In order to avoid the excessive caffeine re-brew the same tea bag. She said it will continue to brew the antioxidants etc but will run out of caffeine.

Melatonin - Will help with sleep and reduces breast cancer re-occurrence - start with 3 and work my way up to 20 milligrams gradually.

Black Coash -also believed to reduce roccurance of cancer and will help with the Hot Flashes

Tamareck - is a mushroom that will help keep my (blood?) counts up. I obviously didn't take very good notes on this one.

She is also prescribing something that will help counter the Neuropathy (nerve damage) that the taxotere may cause. I didn't get the name.


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