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voron999

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Re: any natural remedies to stop growth of AN?
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2017, 06:53:24 pm »
I wonder how much sugar is in the tea.  Dried fruits have a pretty high concentration, which is not good for those of us with a tendency for insulin resistance.  Perhaps in a tea form the sugar is less.

Tea from dry raspberries is really tart.
I would not worry much of sugar there; just do not add any.
Jan 11, 2016: 4 x 3 mm nodule in the left ......consistent with an acoustic neuroma.

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Re: any natural remedies to stop growth of AN?
« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2017, 03:33:09 pm »
I did two months of  transfer factor. It's a form of immunotherapy. I don't think I was on it long enough for it to have any effect. My wife's aunt is in immunotherapy and she said she's had cases where tumors have shrunken from this stuff. I'm still taking it everyday in hopes it won't grow back.
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voron999

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Re: any natural remedies to stop growth of AN?
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2017, 11:37:20 am »
I suppose now that I am in the "wait-and-see" mode, might as well research into this exact topic.
It would be great to find some magic natural tea, what not,  to stop and/or reduce my AN.
Jan 11, 2016: 4 x 3 mm nodule in the left ......consistent with an acoustic neuroma.

voron999

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Re: any natural remedies to stop growth of AN?
« Reply #18 on: March 08, 2017, 02:16:52 pm »
So in general does not hurt to consume lots of berries:

"Inhibition of cancer cell proliferation and suppression of TNF-induced activation of NFkappaB by edible berry juice"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17465224

"Berries for Cancer Prevention and Treatment "
http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Dr-Blaylock/berries-cancer-anthocyanins-angiogenesis/2016/08/03/id/742019/

Conveniently, I am an avid gardener and grow a small plantation of black currants, gooseberries, raspberries, and aronia.
All of these are really easy to grow and propagate and I highly recommend for a backyard project.
These are also compact. The black currants and aronia are totally usable as landscaping bushes/hedges as well.
Never need to spray (do need to cover raspberries from Japanese beetles where these are a problem).

I suppose I will expand now that I have a more valid reasons to grow and harvest these.
Especially, I am fan of black currants; totally recommend.

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Re: any natural remedies to stop growth of AN?
« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2019, 09:19:40 am »
Dear CEdwards,
I read your post with great interest as I am both taking aspirin, (325 mg) per day and getting acupuncture treatments, and taking Chinese herbal medicines in an effort to break up the tumor and help with ringing in the ear.. Because we can't see the tumor expand or contract, it's hard to know what works. I too have the same question as you. Can it work? Has anyone tried it? So far, I can't tell. My tumor is about 2 cm in size (just under, actually). It makes me feel woozy, causes ringing in the ear, inhibits learning and decreases use of vocabulary and causes pressure on my face. I'm living with it for now because as one physician stated, "Doctors should do no harm," and since I'm functional, treatment or surgery would just leave me worse off.
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Re: any natural remedies to stop growth of AN?
« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2019, 10:40:30 am »
I have spent hours reading posts on the forum and thus far have come across only 3 posters that have experienced spontaneous AN shrinkage.  All 3 have posted what steps they have taken in regard to diet, supplements and alternative medicine.  They are; LisaM, Derek and RodneyD.   You can find their posts on the forum by putting their names in the search box. 

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Re: any natural remedies to stop growth of AN?
« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2019, 07:56:41 am »
I've been taking 81mg aspirin each day since 2014. Mine has been stable with no growth.......no idea if that's the reason but I'll keep doing it!
Diagnosed 10/13/14 with 1.4cm AN L side
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April 2015 MRI no growth -
April 2016 MRI no growth - still 1.46cm.
4/17: No growth!
4/18: No growth! MRI 2 yrs
4/20: No growth! Symptoms stable- MRI 2 yrs

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Re: any natural remedies to stop growth of AN?
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2019, 11:24:49 am »
I have been doing routine 81mb aspirin since about  my last postings here.
Keep doing it.

And of course, I have lots of frozen black currants to eat too.
As well, I now have a good crop of Canadian Haskap berry.

Stable and "wait and see".

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Re: any natural remedies to stop growth of AN?
« Reply #23 on: June 19, 2021, 10:26:01 am »
What kind of Chinese herbal  medicine do you all use for the treatment? Is it working?