Hello to all,
I am an RN who has stage III ovarian cancer. It is slow growing, so not as aggressive or deadly as the other kinds. My first surgery was just that and no chemo or other treatment and occured in 1995. I then began to have pain and other G-I issues last year. The second surgery was done in April of 2005. Since the cancer had recurred, the protocol was now chemo and/or more aggressive treatments. The surgeon said he was only able to "get" 80% of the cancer.
I started with Doxil, and was told that these mega myers or high dose vitamin C IVs did something to the Doxil making it less effective. The Doxil did nothing for me. I then went to Carboplatin and started doing the Vitamin C IVs after awhile into that. The last dose of the Carbo was in early June. I get, through my port, the Mega Meyers now which includes: 50GMs of Vitamin C, Mag Chloride 1GMm, Vit B 5,6,12 and B-Complex--all about 100-200 mg., Sterile Water, 350 mls. I get this locally from my Internist who is the Andrew Weil of Sedona. I go for chemo treatment at the CTCA. They gave me something like this, but I really needed it 2 or 3 times weekly and it is impractical to stay in Zion that long.
I have no way to prove that this is "working" and have heard of the Kansas study and the fact that IV Vitamin C turns into Hydrogen Perioxide, but IT MUST BE IV and NOT ORAL. I get this about 3 times a week through my port. It makes me feel much better, more energy and also healthier. I have not had a virus or cold for over one year now, and at one point my WBC was <2. I think this is best if it is used as a conjunct with another form of chemotherapy. Right now I just started on a pill form called "Tarceva" I can say I am feeling much better generally than I did when I was on the Doxil and Carbo.
Someone wanted to know if they could do this at home. No way. You would have to have too much medical equipment to do this and I don't see how you could access your own port sterilly, or start an IV on yourself.
I would recommend this to anyone, but you really need to know if any of these vitamins interfere with whatever chemo you may be on. There is a really great book on this called "Antioxidants Against Cancer" by Ralph Moss. It includes which antioxidants to take or not to take with which chemotherapy. An invaluable resource!