Guest guest Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Hi, Amy. Cysplatinum just out and out stinks from all different standpoints. But since your husband is not facing that one, I won't bother talking about it. Doxorubicin is particularly HEART TOXIC. A person is only supposed to get it ONE time in their life because of heart toxicity. But if it is that heart toxic, should it even be given once? There is the possibility that taking the supplement CoQ10 simultaneously to getting doxorubicin may protect the heart. But I am not sure that has been proven. How have you staved off getting chemotherapy thus far? And why is the doctor pressing for chemotherapy now in particular? How is your husband doing? By the way, BOTH ABVD and Stanford V include Doxorubicin. It is a disgusting and dangerous toss-up between the two protocols you mentioned. If I had no other choice but to do one or the other, I would choose the ABVD because it includes less drugs, and therefore a little less chance of serious side-effects and complications. Bleomycin, by the way, is a particularly rotten drug many people do not tolerate well. I would rename it " Blech-omycin. " I would, if at all possible, continue to AVOID the chemotherapy. But if you get to a point where you feel you have no other choice, I would do everything I possibly could to mitigate against the side- effects of the chemotherapy. I would read Quillin's book, (the very latest edition), and would do all he recommends, and I would also read " How To Fight Cancer and Win " and do whatever the author of that book recommends. We have had members on this board who now have very painful, permanent nerve damage,(neuropathy), from getting chemotherapy. And Bruce Guilmette tells me more than a few people have died years later from heart failure due to heart toxicity from doxorubicin, but that the chemotherapy doesn't get blamed due to the length of time between receiving it and the time the heart failure occurs. I would CERTAINLY LOAD UP with CoQ10 PRIOR to ever receiving doxorubicin, even IF it has not been absolutely proven to guard the heart from the drug. I would also contact Ralph Moss's organization and speak with them. They do not necessarily require that they be paid just to speak with you. But for my part, paying Ralph Moss 300 dollars, or whatever he charges for a recommendation, it not a lot of money given that the man knows so much and spends more than 40 hours a week studying and learning about all different kinds of cancer treatment. Best wishes, Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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