Preparing for Herceptin

[blueash]

Hello Karen,

I have just answered you post on the other thread but have something to say about this too.

The supplements you want are pycnogenol and CoQ 10.

http://www.doctorshealthpress.com/heart-health-articles/the-heart-strengthening-tag-team

The combined one they mention is hard to get but you can get them separately from Amazon. I get the Ubiquinol 100mg because that is supposed to be absorbed better.

My first echo scan was 55% and my second was 60% I took the supplements a week after the first one because they said if mine dropped to 50% they would not give me Herceptin. They already stopped my chemo because my blood counts got too low! My last (4th so far) was 67%

I am taking these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00QJ4F0KG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CLSFE3W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Karen C]

Hi, I am to start chemo alongside Herceptin on the 18th. I know next to nothing about any of this! Are there any do's or don'ts beforehand or anything I can do to help prepare myself physically? Ive read about it not being good for the heart and have a family history of heart disease. Seen something on taking supplements but wouldn't know where to start. Thanks x