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Drinking Red Wine

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Good question!
I waited until 3 weeks clear of my last chemo before taking any alcohol, supplements etc. I did the "standard" 6 cycles of carbo/taxol, every 21 days, so I reckoned that if my body would have been strong enough to endure another cycle of chemo, then a glass of Merlot wouldn't do tooo much harm! And, of course, a glass of red wine a day with food is recommended on some anti-cancer diets (they're the diets I love)!
Kindest wishes
Helen -
Even during chemolaura25 said:3 weeks
I asked my Dr when I could have my lovely glass of red wine and he also said 3 weeks from the last chemo.
My oncologist said that an occasional glass of red wine was fine even during chemo. I can't remember if I ever did have one while I was in treatment. Now, though, when I drink, it's exclusively red wine. I'm not a glass-a-day person since I drink only socially--and as a writer I often spend a week holed up with work--but I probably have several glasses a month. -
WineRewriter said:Even during chemo
My oncologist said that an occasional glass of red wine was fine even during chemo. I can't remember if I ever did have one while I was in treatment. Now, though, when I drink, it's exclusively red wine. I'm not a glass-a-day person since I drink only socially--and as a writer I often spend a week holed up with work--but I probably have several glasses a month.
I use to love a glass of wine. But I take Lyrica and it is contradicted. Remember if you'e taking meds for neuropathy to check if you can drink wine. I have adapted to no wine. It's better than pain in my feet.
DIane -
Wine OK unless platelets are low!Songflower said:Wine
I use to love a glass of wine. But I take Lyrica and it is contradicted. Remember if you'e taking meds for neuropathy to check if you can drink wine. I have adapted to no wine. It's better than pain in my feet.
DIane
During five rounds of chemo I never had a glass of wine--although the chemo nurse at my large urban treatment center said "it won't hurt you."
Then I found on Mayo Clinic and other reputable websites that alcohol is a decided "NO NO" when platelets are low--which mine WERE when she told me that a glass "or even two" of wine during chemo wouldn't hurt me.
So I am playing if safe and abstaining from even one social glass of wine until chemo is long over.
But there HAVE been studies from Italy recently claiming that a single glass of RED wine is good for us during radiation therapy; the reservratrol apparently minimizes radiation burn. (Just Google "radiation therapy and red wine.")
I agree with most of you that chemo taxes our liver enough as it is; we can forgo the wine until treatment is over!
Rosey
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