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vitamins after chemo?

laurissa
laurissa CSN Member Posts: 773
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I finished chemo 3 weeks ago and still feeling a little sluggish. Should I be taking vitamins now to build myself back up? Which are the best to take? I just got some B-complex, C, E, and Selenium, I read these are good to take for fighting cancer. Anything else?
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  • Sher43009
    Sher43009 CSN Member Posts: 602 Member
    #2
    Ask your doctor first..I was
    Ask your doctor first..I was told NO vitamins or herbal teas during and after chemo or radiation as they interfere with how they work.
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  • Taina
    Taina CSN Member Posts: 166
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    vitamins
    Hello, Larissa..
    are you going to have rads???
    if so, you have to wait to take vitamins until treatment is done.
    if not, you can take a multivitamin, omega and vitamin D.
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  • Ritzy
    Ritzy CSN Member Posts: 4,381 Member
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    Taina said:

    vitamins
    Hello, Larissa..
    are you going to have rads???
    if so, you have to wait to take vitamins until treatment is done.
    if not, you can take a multivitamin, omega and vitamin D.

    Ask your oncologist or your
    Ask your oncologist or your radiation oncologist. I don't know about chemo, but, I was told no vitamins during rad treatments.

    Sue :)
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  • TLynn0102
    TLynn0102 CSN Member Posts: 86
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    Ritzy said:

    Ask your oncologist or your
    Ask your oncologist or your radiation oncologist. I don't know about chemo, but, I was told no vitamins during rad treatments.

    Sue :)

    Vitamins
    Talk to the doc to see if you can take the vitamins fisrt and ask if these are the ones they recommend. I take my vitamins at night before bed because I think they get the best chance to stay in my body then.
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  • teresa41
    teresa41 CSN Member Posts: 471
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    TLynn0102 said:

    Vitamins
    Talk to the doc to see if you can take the vitamins fisrt and ask if these are the ones they recommend. I take my vitamins at night before bed because I think they get the best chance to stay in my body then.

    vitamins
    i take a womans multi vitamin and omega 3,6,9.and i also take viactiv for vitamin D and calcium
    and it has vitamin k . i took my vitamins during chemo and rads . everyone is different.



    wishing you the best.

    teresa
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  • Megan M
    Megan M CSN Member Posts: 3,000
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    teresa41 said:

    vitamins
    i take a womans multi vitamin and omega 3,6,9.and i also take viactiv for vitamin D and calcium
    and it has vitamin k . i took my vitamins during chemo and rads . everyone is different.



    wishing you the best.

    teresa

    I couldn't take any vitamins
    I couldn't take any vitamins during rads. My rads oncologist explained that you don't want your cells being healthy, good cells or cancer cells. You want them weak, so, I didn't take any. Ask your own oncologist and see what he says.

    Megan
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  • remster8
    remster8 CSN Member Posts: 3
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    Vitamins
    I was told by my doctor that vitamin c helps strengthen cells. So, if you have a tiny cancer cell you don't want to take any extra c. Natural vitamin c from fruit and etc is fine. Please ask your doctor what he or she thinks!
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  • carkris
    carkris CSN Member Posts: 4,553 Member
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    remster8 said:

    Vitamins
    I was told by my doctor that vitamin c helps strengthen cells. So, if you have a tiny cancer cell you don't want to take any extra c. Natural vitamin c from fruit and etc is fine. Please ask your doctor what he or she thinks!

    My onc thinks vitamins are a
    My onc thinks vitamins are a waste of time but I could take them. I didnt take them much but along with my general inability to eat i dont think they would hurt. but if you eat well and can get it naturally that seems best. rads onc said multivitamin only. every center is different.
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  • Alexis F
    Alexis F CSN Member Posts: 3,598
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    carkris said:

    My onc thinks vitamins are a
    My onc thinks vitamins are a waste of time but I could take them. I didnt take them much but along with my general inability to eat i dont think they would hurt. but if you eat well and can get it naturally that seems best. rads onc said multivitamin only. every center is different.

    I don't know about chemo and
    I don't know about chemo and vitamins, but, when I took rads, I was told no vitamins. It wasn't a big deal to just not take any for those weeks. I doubt it hurt anything. I resumed taking them after I completed radiation. Check with your own oncologist and rads oncologist. Do whatever they tell you. Good luck!

    Lex♥
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  • Mama G
    Mama G CSN Member Posts: 762
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    Alexis F said:

    I don't know about chemo and
    I don't know about chemo and vitamins, but, when I took rads, I was told no vitamins. It wasn't a big deal to just not take any for those weeks. I doubt it hurt anything. I resumed taking them after I completed radiation. Check with your own oncologist and rads oncologist. Do whatever they tell you. Good luck!

    Lex♥

    Just eat the right foods and you won't need any vitamins!
    Eat lots of fresh fruit and veges, whole wheat, fish, ect. to make sure you are covering all your vitamin bases!
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