To Take Tamoxifen or Not…. That is the Question
I wanted to share with you this great article I read today about Vicky Sewart, a 4-year breast cancer survivor who has rejected her oncologist’s advice to take Tamoxifen in favor of a special diet.
Here’s a link to that article. It’s an inspiring article, I hope you’ll read it.
I did exactly the same thing when I was diagnosed with PR+ breast cancer years ago, mainly because I really felt the drawbacks and the side effects of the drug were just too dangerous.
I’m not passing any judgment whatsoever on those who have decided to take Tamoxifen, I just know that for myself and my body it wasn’t the right thing to do. I wasn’t willing to risk any of the side effects that the drug engenders, there are too many of them.
This may not be a good course of action for everyone, I’m not saying that either. My whole desire here is just to inform – to let you know that in some cases doctors don’t know everything there is to know about the healing power of certain nutrients in our food.
My Biggest Hope
My biggest hope is that the field of oncology will begin to pay attention to and take on some of the wisdom that natural medicine has to offer.
I loved the part of the article that stated “Her experience will now form part of an academic study into how lifestyle can affect the body’s response to cancer.” There are lots of these studies being done already.
Just go to the pubmed.gov website and put the words “turmeric cancer” in the search field and you’ll get dozens of studies that say curcumin (the active ingredient in turmeric) is effective against all kinds of cancer cells.
2014 Update: I have written an article on curcumin which highlights some of the best studies: Harvest the Power of Curcumin to Kill Breast Cancer Cells
Come on, oncologists. Your way isn’t the only way. Get with the program!
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I too do not wish to take tamixifine , im looking for like minded women who have taken this route to go down natures alternative and are living to tell the tail healthy and cancer free.
Hello Fatima,
Thanks for your comment, you’ve come to the right place. If you are on Facebook, there’s a whole bunch of ladies there who have joined my page and many are not on Tamoxifen. I also chose not to take it, for quite a few different reasons. On Facebook my fan page is: Facebook.com/MarnieClark.com You might also like to sign up for my free newsletter series – I share all kinds of healing information there that I don’t share within my website articles. You can sign up from any page on my site – right hand side of the page. Wishing you health and happiness!
Marnie
Any thoughts on the drug, anastrozole? I was on tamoxifen for a year, but oncologist switched me to this one and my muscles and hip bone are in constant pain. I am considering going off of the drugs.
Hi Becky,
I have sent you a private response to this question via email.
Warmest regards,
Marnie
I Googled “Anastrozole oral chemotherapy” – it made me very sick – retina changes, terrible wrist and hand pain, no appetite. I felt like I was poisoned. Doctor wanted to switch me to Tamoxifen which has been proven to cause retina damage.
I am choosing naturals to help reduce estrogen.
Its funny the doctors tell you cancer & recurrence are “fuelled” by estrogen THEY ALSO SAY cancer is fuelled by “sugar”.
My question is to them “if you want to “block” estrogen why do you not want to “block” sugar???
Hi Donna,
Great question. Please just be aware that having a disease like breast cancer is about so much more than the estrogen issue. If estrogen were truly the cause of breast cancer, it would have been a problem since ancient times – we have always had estrogen, right? It has only really become the huge problem that it is in recent decades, with the advance of processed foods and chemically-laden body products and cosmetics, not to mention an overabundance of stress. We need our estrogen! It is NOT the enemy here. If you would like to learn about what other things are causing breast cancer and what to do about that, I’d suggest subscribing to my newsletters. You can do that here: https://marnieclark.com/newsletter-sign-up/ Keep asking those good questions!
Warmest regards,
Marnie