Green tea
Contains antioxidants, particularly catechins, which can enhance immune function.

Turmeric
Contains curcumin, which can help lessen inflammation and fight free radicals.

Foods with vitamin D
Fatty fish, eggs, milk, and 100% juices fortified with vitamin D are all good sources.

Foods with zinc
Beef, seafood, wheat germ, beans, nuts, and tofu are all sources of zinc.
Foods with protein
Milk, yogurt, eggs, beef, chicken, seafood, nuts, seeds, beans, and lentils are all sources of protein.
Getting enough sleep is also important for boosting your immune system. Adults should get between 7-9 hours of sleep each night.

Watch out for overdosing on vitamins A & K as many multiple vitamins have more than is needed.

@A MyMyelomaTeam Member

Angie,

I appreciate your immune boosting list of foods. Especially, I love that you included the need for 7 to 9 hours of quality sleep. It’s so important!!! It’s my weakest area. I think I’m doing ok with what I eat and exercise but I’m up too late and don’t get sufficient sleep. Working hard to correct that!

One sleep expert (Matthew Walker who wrote Why We Sleep) in an interview mentioned that we used to think that diet, exercise and sleep were the three foundations of health. Now we know that sleep is the foundation on which diet and exercise rest.

Thanks, again, for your encouragement! I love how we help each other on this blog.

Andrea

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A MyMyelo...

Hi @A MyMyelomaTeam Member - I provide the CPT and Quest Codes to my Onc through their Portal to their Nurse Staff. My Onc always approves my requests - he's interested to see what I might find. A recent conversation with him, he mentioned that Medicare doesn't always cover them but then my AARP Supplemental tries to get Medicare to cover it and if not, my Onc just takes care of it himself and never charges me. I'm not sure how often that happens and I am getting quite a lot of monthly tests and some special requests as well.

We have my quarterly meeting next Monday and I'll be asking for my RAS genetic testing to see if I can prove there's a link of these and Velcade issues. A ChatGPT Search indicates though not proven, it's very likely that if I have these genetic defects, Velcade is quite prone to cause more significant neuropathy. That might explain why some people say they've been on Velcade for years without any problems. I've Got to Know.

I'll be Posting about this later - maybe by the weekend -
I have a real solution to my Neuropathy that works for me. It's been working lately and my ChatGPT inquiries confirm my experiences and results to be very likely.

It's simple but the ChatGPT Responses are very detailed and make good sense. I want to cross-reference with more inquiries and then Post - due to the 3,000 character Limits of this Forum, it will be a multi-part Post.

Have a great Thanksgiving.

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Me too!!!
This all makes a lot of sense to me!
I’ll try to find out more about my killer cells and my RAS genetic testing too!
Thank you Larry!!!