For your first note: I have done some research and you're absolutely right! What's funny to me is that even if chemotherapy doesn't work, there are essentially plans B, C, D, etc. The new treatments are really really impressive and I'm young.
For your second: yes, I have become very active in this, especially when it comes to nutrition. The unfortunate part though is when there is so much conflicting information from studies, because the role of nutrition in cancer treatment has been only preliminarily studied. For example there is evidence that vitamin C interferes strongly with methotrexate, one of the most common chemotherapeutic drugs. Or a diet high in folic acid could cause similar trouble (when I'm already doing a leucovorin rescue). And then another study about how polyunsaturated fats can cause metastasis -- wait no they are effective against tumors in another study. Anyway my point is that I still agree with you and I ask a lot of questions and am (rather) vigilant, but unfortunately some things just aren't clear and my doctor told me to be a bit calmer about my diet. But how can I, when those nutrients can selectively feed or attack the tumors according to nih.gov! Ah!
First off, I would definitely listen to your doctor when they strongly discourage something. In our case for example, folic acid was also a no-no.
Here's a book that was very useful to us: "The Cancer-fighting kitchen" by Rebecca Katz and Mat Edelson.
One more piece of advice on nutrition (I'm just the messenger here). Listen to your body, at different parts of the treatment it will tell you different things, your tastes will change etc. Also, you can't go wrong drinking lots of water!
For your first note: I have done some research and you're absolutely right! What's funny to me is that even if chemotherapy doesn't work, there are essentially plans B, C, D, etc. The new treatments are really really impressive and I'm young.
For your second: yes, I have become very active in this, especially when it comes to nutrition. The unfortunate part though is when there is so much conflicting information from studies, because the role of nutrition in cancer treatment has been only preliminarily studied. For example there is evidence that vitamin C interferes strongly with methotrexate, one of the most common chemotherapeutic drugs. Or a diet high in folic acid could cause similar trouble (when I'm already doing a leucovorin rescue). And then another study about how polyunsaturated fats can cause metastasis -- wait no they are effective against tumors in another study. Anyway my point is that I still agree with you and I ask a lot of questions and am (rather) vigilant, but unfortunately some things just aren't clear and my doctor told me to be a bit calmer about my diet. But how can I, when those nutrients can selectively feed or attack the tumors according to nih.gov! Ah!