Guest guest Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 My ears are agog! I'd been making it a point NOT to drink green tea. One day at work my editor came rushing over waving a news clipping that showed green tea suppresses cancer -- by jacking up the white blood cell count! I said, " Yikes! That's the last thing I need! " He smacked his forehead and we both laughed. Now it sounds like I was wrong. Right? On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:04 AM, hey00nanc <ncogan@...> wrote: > > > > > --- In <%40>, " willoughbyr@... " > <willoughbyr@...> > > > However, I am concerned at the further suggestion that green tea somehow > magically kept CML at bay from diagnosis until recently. I do not believe > this, and I hope any expectant mothers diagnosed with CML would listen first > and foremost to their doctors (and go to a CML specialist centre if in ANY > doubt about the advice given or care received). describes her story and > gives it as " evidence " that green tea works. > > > > Also, crucially green tea had no effect on the levels of bcr/abl oncogene > in her blood > ____________________________________ > > Hi , > I appreciated your post....very well written and intelligent, and lots of > good background information about our fortune with these drug options. > > I agree about green tea. I drink a fair amount of it (often with a splash > of org. fruit juice) because it is a good anti-oxidant, but it does not > control or influence cml cells. > > Just because you are doing 2 things at once (drinking green tea, and > staying off medical drugs) it does not mean that there is any correlation > between the two events. For all they know at present, maybe the hormones of > being pregnant have an influence on the cml cells, or maybe it was because > she was in the early dx phase that she was able to be off drug for a period > of time. > > But she does contradict herself with her claims about green tea (posted on > the list several times) and then she herself needing to start Gleevec > because of her high white count and an enlarged and painful spleen. I think > right there you have the anecdotal evidence that green tea was not > preventing the cml cells from increasing. > > Several of us, chatting off line, were just hopeful that others could see > through her faulty reasoning about green tea......but you never know when > someone might be vulnerable and hoping for some magic. When they first wrote > about Gleevec in People magazine, it was called the " magic bullet " .....so > this is where our magic is. We need which ever drug is working best for us > to survive. > > I am glad you monitor the list and hope you will keep contributing when you > feel you have something to add. > > C. > other side of the pond > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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