vitamins

Hi Taina
My radiation oncologist did not want me to take any vitamins while I am having rads. The reason being that you don't want any cells to get stronger and healthier and vitamins can have that effect on cancer cells as well as just regular normal healthy cells. Please check with your rads oncologist and ask him before you start taking vitamins again. And, let me know what yours says.

Sue

Taina said:

Thanks
Sue:
that's what my Oncology dr said also, to ask my rads oncologist. I have an appt on Oct 5th. I will let you know......Thanks again....

I heard you can still take
I heard you can still take Calcium suplements, I'll have to ask also because I take VIACTIV and that has 500 mgs of Calcium 500 mgs of Vitamin D and 40 of vitamin K. I take them twice daily.

Taina said:

Thanks
Sue:
that's what my Oncology dr said also, to ask my rads oncologist. I have an appt on Oct 5th. I will let you know......Thanks again....

You are welcome Taina! Good
You are welcome Taina! Good luck with your appointment on the 5th. Is that your simulation appointment? Where they set you up for your rads? Or, just a consultation? I am here to help you in anyway that I can!

Sue

tgf said:

vitamins ... rads
My radiation oncologist didn't want me to take any vitamins or minerals ... while having radiation ... and even wanted me to wait a few weeks after treatments ended before I started up with my multi-vitamin etc.

hugs.
teena

None for me
My rads oncologist told me to NOT take any vitamins during rads and as Teena said, for a few weeks afterwords too. Talk to your own rads oncologist. I am sure he will tell you the same. They don't want anything to help the cancer cells.

♥ Noel

TAINA
I'm not sure about rads, but I have been taking vitaimins during chemo treatments. The doc has a list of my meds and never said not to. I have an appointment tomorrow so I'm going to ask that's for sure! Hugs, Diane

New Flower said:

Ca, D3
Taina,
My oncologist was ok to take regular multivitamins during Chemo. During Radiation I was not alloed any supplement ecept Ca and Vitamin D3.
Talk to your doctor.
Good luck with Radiation treatment

I don't know about chemo,
I don't know about chemo, as, I didn't have it. But, my radiation oncologist said absolutely no vitamins.

Leeza

Akiss4me said:

Hi Taina
My Docs all agreed no vitamins during treatment except 1200mg calcium and 1000IU of vitamin D because I have osteopina. So I think it is an individual basis. ♥ Pammy

Taina,
When I had my first consultation with my rads oncologist, one of the things he said was no vitamins during rads. You don't want your cells "pumping up". lol Good luck!

♠♣ Susie ♠♣

Wolfi said:

Thanks for the info
Sue,

I'm glad I read this tonight since I start my rads tomorrow. I have never been great about remembering to take my multi-vitamin each day but I was thinking about taking it so I could avoid getting too tired from rads. I'm glad I saw this first.

I'll talk to my doctor tomorrow about it but it sounds like he will tell me to not take any vitamins until I'm done.

Wolfi
Wofli, you are welcome. I think sometimes the rads oncologist doesn't or forgets to tell their patients these things. So, it is good to have a site like this where you can find out certain things to ask him. And, he may agree and he may not. But at least you have opened up a question that could be either harmful or beneficial to you. Let me know what your doctor says.

Sue

blazytracy said:

wow
Hi Taina,
wow, I guess that I better stop taking my vitamins..nobody even told me. I had my surgery but still have to do chemo and radiation which I haven't started. I guess I didn't realize that the cancer cells fed on the vitamins????? I will stop taking them tomorrow. why didn't my dr's tell me?

I had to change doctors over
I had to change doctors over the last couple of years. My first oncologist was all for vitamins. My second (and current) oncologist doesn't believe in them at all. I think he believes they will get your cancer cells healthier as well as your good cells! So I just try to eat a healthy diet.