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Bone strength

rene9
rene9 CSN Member Posts: 214
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Hi just wanted to share that my Oncologist told me that Oscal-D is great for calcium for bone strength. It's also great for me that it comes in a tasty chewable...

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  • dyaneb123
    dyaneb123 CSN Member Posts: 950
    #2
    Thanks. I'm very bad about
    Thanks. I'm very bad about taking my calcium. I'll try these.
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  • teresa41
    teresa41 CSN Member Posts: 471
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    dyaneb123 said:

    Thanks. I'm very bad about
    Thanks. I'm very bad about taking my calcium. I'll try these.

    viactiv
    i take viactiv daily it is also a chewable it has calcium vitamin D and vitamin K .
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  • rene9
    rene9 CSN Member Posts: 214
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    teresa41 said:

    viactiv
    i take viactiv daily it is also a chewable it has calcium vitamin D and vitamin K .

    Viactiv!
    Thanks! I'll also check out viactiv!
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  • Mama G
    Mama G CSN Member Posts: 762
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    rene9 said:

    Viactiv!
    Thanks! I'll also check out viactiv!

    During chemo/radiation?
    Is it allowed/suggested to use these?
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  • teresa41
    teresa41 CSN Member Posts: 471
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    Mama G said:

    During chemo/radiation?
    Is it allowed/suggested to use these?

    mama G
    i was allowed to take vitamins during chemo and rads every dr is different.


    teresa
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  • lanie940
    lanie940 CSN Member Posts: 490 Member
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    teresa41 said:

    viactiv
    i take viactiv daily it is also a chewable it has calcium vitamin D and vitamin K .

    That is what I'm taking.
    That is what I'm taking. Viactiv.
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  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 CSN Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #8
    Thanks for this information
    Thanks for this information Rene!
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