#15436 05-14-2004 07:03 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 928 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 928 | Ed..please give us name of green tea ...I love the stuff!
Thanks Marica
Caregiver to husband Pete, Dx 4/03 SCC Base of Tongue Stage IV. Chemo /Rad no surgery. Treatment finished 8/03. Doing great!
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#15437 05-14-2004 08:12 AM | Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 642 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 642 | A physician acquaintance of mine was diagnosed with very bad lung cancer a few years back and investigated everything he could find regarding cancer. He is still with us and doesn't look bad. Anyway, I asked him what he does and he said that he takes "Super Green Tea Extract" capsules from the Life Extension Foundation.(lef.org). He said that since the capsules are so concentrated, you get much more benefit than you can ever get from just drinking green tea.
I don't know if it works, but I have been taking about four of them every day.
Best of luck Jay,
Danny G.
Stage IV Base of Tongue SCC
Diagnosed July 1, 2002, chemo and radiation treatments completed beginning of Sept/02.
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#15438 05-14-2004 08:58 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 164 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 164 | Hello Jay! Welcome!
I hate to say welcome to another person, but you have truly found a wonderful place. You are not alone. I too had cancer on the left part of my tongue and doctors opted out of radiation because the cancer was so small. I guess they left one tiny cell behind and 4 months later I had 2 cm tumor in my tongue. Please be diligent and watchful and don't let too much time pass before getting some help. I would say seek out a multi-disciplinary cancer center. Typical treatment consists of surgery followed by radiation and sometimes chemo with radiation.
Mine consisted of chemo first to attempt to shrink the tumor, then surgery, the chemo/radiation for 6 weeks.
The radidation was much tougher than the surgery recovery because it lasts so long.
Please let me know if I can help in any way. We are here for you whenever you need us.
God Bless
Lynn
Stage 3, N0, M0 oral tongue cancer survivor, 85-90% of tongue removed, neck disection, left tonsil removed, chemo/radiation treatments, surgery 11/03, raditation ended 1/04, lung mets discovered 4/04,
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#15439 05-14-2004 09:48 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 162 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 162 | Hello Jay. Glad you found us as this forum is a fabulous resource. I too am a green tea advocate and try to drink at least two cups a day. As most folks will say, one of the best things you can do is get a second opinion from a large cancer center with experience with this type of cancer. Good luck with that and keep us posted.
-Brett
Base of Tongue SCC. Stage IV, T1N2bM0. Diagnosed 25 July 2003.
Treated with 6 weeks induction chemo -- Taxol & Carboplatin once a week followed with 30 fractions IMRT, 10 fields per fraction over 6 more weeks. Recurrence October 2005.
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#15440 05-14-2004 11:19 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Here is some more detailed information about green tea from the American Cancer Society Complementary and Alternative Therapies page http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Green_Tea.asp?sitearea=ETO
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#15441 05-14-2004 04:51 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Marica, The tea is Sencha Hiki. It is the first pluck or the first harvest of the spring from the Wakayama Province near the oldest and most sacred buddhist temple in Japan, from the Hiki Garden. If you know much about Japanese tea, Gyokuro is the finest grade and Sencha is the next. However, this tea is absolutely the best tasting green tea. It is really cool to see Japanese drink this tea and their eyes light up with joy! It should be heated to 140 degrees and steeped from between one minute to one and a half minutes. The main place to get it is www.specialteas.com and it is a little pricier than most green tea at $37.90 per quarter pound but well worth it. I hope you enjoy it. I would agree the green tea extract gives you an advantage in concentration of polyphenols and other elements such as ECGC. There are 19 total elements identified in green tea with many benefits from each. I just love the taste and Sencha Hiki is the greatest of all tastes. Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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#15442 05-16-2004 10:18 AM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 928 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 928 | Thanks Ed...Sencha Hiki...I can`t wait to try it.
Cheers Marica
Caregiver to husband Pete, Dx 4/03 SCC Base of Tongue Stage IV. Chemo /Rad no surgery. Treatment finished 8/03. Doing great!
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#15443 05-21-2004 07:12 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Marica,
I talked so much about it, I had to order some more and it just got here today! I even ordered some more for my uncle in Japan. I will send it to him Monday. I am now sipping on the world's finest Japanese green tea!
:rolleyes:
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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