Postby zephyr » Wed Jul 01, 2020 6:24 pm
WarriorOne wrote:I'm starting my 3rd round of FOLFOX today...
I was looking towards tea, but I've read that some teas (rooibos, green, and white teas) may interfere with the treatment (makes it less effective). Other beverages seem to influence liver enzymes, so that's a concern too since I have a liver metastasis.
Green tea can interfere with several drugs. I don't think it's much of a problem with Folfox but when I switched from Folfox to Folfiri, I was specifically told by the oncology nutritionist not to drink green tea because it does not play well with irinotecan. If you check the "
Do Not Take If" section of the green tea page at the About Herbs website, there's a list of other drugs that are problematic with green tea. You may be able to search for other teas and find something you like that's safe.
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/green-teaI don't know how well this will work for you but Ultima makes some flavored electrolyte powders that you can add to water, and then you could warm it. It might taste like a flowery herbal tea. The powders contain no sugar but all of the ones I've tried have a lot of flavor. Having the electrolytes might also help for other issues. My fav is Cherry Pomegranate but Raspberry and Grape were also good. I buy it from my naturopathic oncologist's office but I've also seen it at Sprouts and on Amazon. Here's an Amazon link where you can read more about it:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ultima+Replenisher/page/FBF7A218-8AB2-4B30-9429-0219BEFC7E9D?ref_=ast_bln
Nov-2009 Early stage CRC, routine colonoscopy
2010-2014 F/U colonoscopies, all clear
Jun-2016 CRC during F/U colonoscopy, surgery, Stage 4, KRAS, MSS
Aug-2016-May-2018 Folfox, 5FU, Folfiri & Avastin
Aug/Sep-2018 YAG laser surgeries (Germany), 11 nodules removed
Nov-2018 clean CT scan
Mar-2019 New lung nodules
Apr-2019 Dec-2020 Xeloda/Avastin, SBRT, cont. Xeloda/Avastin
Mar-2021 Forfiri/Avastin
Mar-2022 Ablation & Thoracotomy
Feb-2023 Folfiri & Avastin
Nov-2023 Xeloda & Avastin