Suggestestions Needed For A Blend For Cancer Pain and Chemo Side Affects

[Guest guest]

Howdy folks,

 

Some of you know - my grandmother has been battling cancer for over a

year now (second time in her life, when she was younger - over 30 yrs

ago she battled and defeated breat cancer). Between the cancer and

her arthritis (she is 79) when the weather gets " bad " she has a lot

of pain (and she lives in NYC, which seems to more so than not have

rainy " bad " weather these days). Also the day after her chemo

treatments she feels kinda yucky too. I was wondering if any has any

first hand experience with blends they have used or a loved on has

used successfully to help the body aches that accompany cancer,

arthritis and chemo treatments. I have some ideas but being that I've

not had first hand experience with this myself I figured I'd ask

around. I'd like to send her something that'll be effective the first

time around as she's not so much an " alternative therapy " kinda

person, so I don't think she'd keep trying multiple blends that don't

help her out - and I'd like to help her out.

 

Thanks!

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

[Guest guest]

My Chris's mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last July and died

in December. She also had moderate arthritis and high blood

pressure. After the surgery, she had a severe reaction, becoming

delusional for over a week, requiring heavy sedation. She then had a

serious problem with edema. She did not do radiation therapy but did

start the chemo treatments (though quit after he became painfully

obvious they were not effective - she ended up having " spontaneous "

ostomies through the abdominal wall). While undergoing chemo she

struggled with lots of nausea.

 

So, with all that happening, her husband and she wanted me to

supplement the medical treatment with oils. She loved lavender and

geranium, so I used those a lot. She liked having a choice of

sniffing ginger or peppermint to help with nausea. (She also drank

some chamomile tea. I heard rumors that she may have had access to

other herbal medicaments that help with nausea and appetite, which

would be legally prescribed by CA state law, but the Feds keep

arresting folks for it.)

 

I made a lavender/geranium/clary sage blend in jojoba and fco to

gently massage her legs to help move the fluid out. The scent

soothed her, as did the massage, which also had its mechanical effect

of moving the water up.

 

Because she initially was very upset about the scarring, as soon as

the incision healed, she would apply a blend of heli, chamomiles, and

lavender in rose hip seed oil to the scar. As she developed the

additional openings, we would apply this oil around them when we

changed her dressings. This was to help with skin irritation and

odor.

 

Toward the end, odor control was a significant issue. She was very

thankful she had access to the oils. I provided a couple of

different blends for air freshening (she stayed at home, with the

help of Hospice, and died there peacefully). I made a bright, lemony

blend, one that was spicy/woodsy/christmassy, and one with bergamot,

mandarin, lavender, clary sage, and geranium for evenings when she

would become agitated.

 

Yes, I gave her a heckuva lot of oils - we also let her manage her

own use of the morphine. We were less worried about sensitization

than about her feeling good about her body.

 

At one point when I was giving her a massage, she laughed and said

that her skin had never been so soft and healthy in her life. She

said that while her body was betraying her, at least she would not

betray it and keep it clean and smelling sweet.

 

Too long, but I won't edit it. Hope it helps.

 

Take care,

 

Trish Ross

SF and Gualala, CA

 

, " Chris " <chrisziggy@e...>

wrote:

> my grandmother has been battling cancer