2008 May 01 « Meningioma and Me

My journey towards natural shrinking of a brain tumor
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Welcome! My name is Teresa and I have a teeny, tiny meningioma. Doctors will tell you meningiomas are benign, they grow slowly, and you'll probably outlive them.

But benign brain tumors have a worse survival rate than breast cancer , resected tumors often grow back, tumors grow around blood vessels and nerves and can't be touched, and a brain surgery at age 65 when it might be big enough to worry about could be difficult, so a "watch and wait" stance isn't quite enough for me.

This blog is about my journey through "total wellness", anything natural and with good science behind it that *might* help keep the tumor from growing or shrink it entirely.

My diagnosis:

Pea-sized 5-6mm left parafalcine meningioma. Just in a "watch and wait" stage. It was found via CAT scan after I fell off a truck in June 2007.

My theories:

Since some meningiomas are similar to uterine fibroid tumors, follow the actions that doctors take to naturally shrink women's fibroids.

Also, per Dr. Wallace, many nutrients strengthen the body, reduce inflammation that tumors cause, and inhibit tumor growth. Follow what she says!

My action plan in order of importance:
1. Rediscover God. Develop faith to be healed, to accept His wisdom, love, and provision. (This was a late-breaker for me but it is now all important).
2. Build a great relationship with an MD you trust.
3. Go vegetarian (already did long ago).
4. Reduce xenoestrogen exposure. This is harder and more expensive than it sounds.
5. Fight inflammation per Dr. Wallace (I use fish oil and the acai health drink, MonaVie)
6. Massively boost antioxidants per Dr. Wallace (again, MonaVie/acai)
7. Seek out foods and supplements with known estrogenic tumor fighting properties (this is called inhibiting angiogenesis). I take Indole-3-Carbinole, nattokinase, and bioflavonoids.
8. Eliminate body fat, it stores toxins.
9. Improve overall physical fitness. Why take pills if I'm out of shape?
10. Engage a chiropractor for their holistic slant and approach to total wellness.
11. Stress reduction (yoga and other).
Migraines and headaches

I do get migraines. As a preventative (prophylactic), I have taken MonaVie for over two years. For me, it's very effective. Not saying it would be so for anyone else.

For breakthrough headaches, I take butterbur.

If I can't stop the headache before it cascades, I simply take Rx promethazine and go to bed! I do not care to have narcotics in my life at this stage.

#1 - Stuff I really take!
- Bioflavonoids
- Butterbur
- Fibrovan from Women’s Health Institute
- Indole-3-Carbinole
- L-tyrosine
- Life Force Multiple Vitamins
- MonaVie Acai Health Drink
- Progestelle Natural Progesterone Cream
- SeaLogix Fish Oil
Chiropractic - Colorado
- Activa Chiropractic, Dr. James Turnbull and Dr. Justin Dukes
fitness
- 24 Hour Fitness
Friends
- Patti Merrill’s Photography Blog
- The Morganegg Family
Just stuff I like
- BYU TV Online
MD Research
- Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General - List of medical providers with convictions or license revocations
Migraine remedies that work for me
- Butterbur
- MonaVie Acai Health Drink
Natural Supplements
- Robert McDowell’s Herbal Treatments (UK)
- UltraLogix Supplements
Pets - Because my pets get the best care too!
- HealthyPetNet
Physicians - Colorado
- Sheldon Sowell Center for Health
Prescription Resources
- Prescription Assistance
Skincare products that I love and use
- Beauty Without Cruelty - Paraben-free shampoos, I love their products!
- Clay Essentials Face and Skin Mask - Wow Wow Wow!
- Kiss My Face (Read label, not all are paraben-free but most are)
- Mychelle Dermaceuticals
Weight loss
- OutBlogger - Body Fat Distribution Factors
- TrimLogix
Xenoestrogens
- Dying to Look Good Blogspot
- Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Recent Posts
- How is my experiment going?
- Free Hugs
- Strengthening your body and shoulder after arthroscopy
- Off-topic but we need a laugh: MomSense and DadSense Videos
- How to have a speedy recovery from shoulder surgery
- Over 60 and out of shape in Denver?
- Sunday Sermon Series - His Strength is Sufficient
- Sunday Sermon on the Meningioma Blog Part 1
- Taking care of dissected carotid arteries during surgery
- Back on supplements to recover from surgery
- Arthoscopy on my shoulder yesterday
- Meningioma had zero growth
- How effective is fish oil as an anti-coagulant?
- Days, hours away from learning whether or not my meningioma has grown
- Estrogen dominance and thyroid, adrenals, menopause — all connected?
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Posted on May 1, 2008 by sowgenerously

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