Reflash post treatment

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cjamesfu
cjamesfu Member Posts: 14
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
In the sixth year of remission after the treatment for NPC, I recently had rash in my whole body resulting in an emergency visit. The rash was similar to the one I got when I received the first dose of cisplantin during the treatment. Emergency room doctor said it was caused by my body’s allergy reaction. Has anyone experienced reflash after the chemo treatment?

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  • D Lewis
    D Lewis Member Posts: 1,581 Member
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    That is very interesting... but nope.
    I did not experience a rash the first time around, so not expecting to see one later. But, who knows? The human body is an amazing thing.

    Deb
  • Scambuster
    Scambuster Member Posts: 973
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    Hi Cjf,
    Can you let us know more about what type of 'C' you had, and the treatment regime etc. Are you still on any pain meds or other meds at all ?? Did you continue with the Cisplantin after the first allergic reaction ?

    There a re few long term survivors here on our board, but many have moved on once they get their lives back.

    Regds
    Scambuster
  • fisrpotpe
    fisrpotpe Member Posts: 1,349 Member
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    I get many strange feelings that last 2-3 weeks at a time and some for 6 weeks. They have no connection to time of year, or doing something different. I look at them as long term side effects of your body re-flashing back to the radiation and chemo. My doctors have no thoughts other than the long term side effects and good things at some point go away. For example I go thru dry mouth all the time but several times a year I go thru spurts of extreme dryness, some durning raining time of year, some durning dry fall season.

    Un known flash backs sure doze take away some of the bore dome ..... errrr

    14 plus years post treatment
  • cjamesfu
    cjamesfu Member Posts: 14
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    Scambuster said:

    Hi Cjf,
    Can you let us know more about what type of 'C' you had, and the treatment regime etc. Are you still on any pain meds or other meds at all ?? Did you continue with the Cisplantin after the first allergic reaction ?

    There a re few long term survivors here on our board, but many have moved on once they get their lives back.

    Regds
    Scambuster

    Posttreatment reflash
    I was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer in year 2004. I received treatment consisting of three 10mg cisplatin doses for chemo in conjunction with 7000 rads (about eight weeks) for radiation. After the first week of treatment, I was admitted into intensive care unit due to allergic reaction. The treatment was stopped for a week. However, that was a blessing. It gave my body time to recover and adjust. I resumed and completed the treatment without any other episode. I am pretty much recovered with some minor long term side effects, which I won't make a big deal about it.
  • Kimba1505
    Kimba1505 Member Posts: 557
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    fisrpotpe said:

    Many
    I get many strange feelings that last 2-3 weeks at a time and some for 6 weeks. They have no connection to time of year, or doing something different. I look at them as long term side effects of your body re-flashing back to the radiation and chemo. My doctors have no thoughts other than the long term side effects and good things at some point go away. For example I go thru dry mouth all the time but several times a year I go thru spurts of extreme dryness, some durning raining time of year, some durning dry fall season.

    Un known flash backs sure doze take away some of the bore dome ..... errrr

    14 plus years post treatment

    Sort of PTSD-like
    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The body has a memory. People who experience truama do all kinds of things to put it out of thier minds...but the body remembers and creates physical symptoms. For most people with PTSD this is headaches, stomach aches, back aches...flashbacks are very common. This phenomenon is very interesting. Must be research out there somewhere.
    Kim

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