Dee Randall wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ken Davey wrote:
>>> Next week I check into the British Columbia Cancer Agency for
>>> further treatment.
>>> I have been told that I will be receiving both radiation and chemo
>>> treatments.
>>> Love to you all
>>> Ken.
>>> PS: Please look at the sig line below and go there - not just for
>>> me.
>>
>> Ken, go to a health food store and look for L-glutamine powder. My
>> father is a lymphoma survivor. He underwent chemo a few years ago.
>> One of the nurses told him before he started the treatment to buy
>> this stuff. The day
>> you start your chemo, mix 2 even Tbs. with 8 oz. water. Best to put
>> it in a
>> jar with a lid and shake the crap out of it. Then drink it down.
>> Repeat this again 4 hours later. Do this every day, twice a day,
>> throughout the course of your treatment. Dad said it made him feel
>> better, gave him extra
>> energy and as a bonus he didn't lose much hair at all. Granted, he
>> didn't have radiation treatments as well but it can't hurt.
>>
>> Best of luck; our thoughts are with you.
>>
>> Jill
>>
> I thought L-glutamine was for bone problems/pains. You know, there
> might be something to it, my f-i-l has recently developed bone pains.
> Within less than two years, e had lymphoma with chemo, radiation,
> preventative brain-chemo - cured; then colon cancer (a separate
> cancer) and removal of some colon, etc. - Cured. Now he complains of
> bone pains.
> Thanks for your information. I'll have my DH research this a little
> more -- I give DH credit for his dad being alive, what with all the
> decisions that had to be made, appointments to have been made and
> kept and rehab. It was an experience getting thru all of this. We
> are so happy that he is well now. Thank you again.
> Dee Dee

I'm only reporting what my dad told me. The nurse told him this as a
"shhhh" thing. The doctor on the military base wouldn't stoop to
recommending something from a health food store; he gets paid to write
prescriptions. But Dad said it definitely did help. And possibly (though I
don't know for sure) chemo causes pain in joints and bones as well? And Dad
had no energy; felt lethargic. Dad said this stuff helped him feel so much
better. Comes in strawberry, too

Jill