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Starting 3rd week of treatment for anal cancer

vette123
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Jul 24, 2012 - 11:31 pm

Hi! Just started 3rd week of treatment for anal cancer. I was wondering how long after the second round of Mitomycin and 5FU do the side effects last. The first round was OK. I mostly suffered with diarrhea and mouth pain and soreness. I read earlier that the second round causes much more N/D and weight loss. Can anyone comment. Thanks Yvette.
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Cheyenne
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Jul 25, 2012 - 9:15 am
My biggest reaction to the

My biggest reaction to the chemo was hair loss at the end of the third week. (Two weeks after the first round ended.) I did have more weight loss towards the end of the five weeks of treatment but I think a lot of it might be due to the radiation. Another poster said that they were told the radiation ramps up your metabolism. I know that I continued to lose a little bit of weight after treatment ended. I am now 6 1/2 weeks post treatment and the weight is coming back some. Part of that is due to working out and lifting weights. I felt like I lost a lot of muscle tone during treatment.
vette123
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Jul 25, 2012 - 5:10 pm
Thanks

Thanks for responding. If I do lose any hair, I hope it comes back curly like yours( it looks great). I have always loved curly hair. Also, I read something very disturbing today in the doctors office in a cancer magazine. Unfortunately I was unable to finih it. I read there is an increase of HPV related oropharangeal cancers. I thought it said something about a vaccination. I wonder if they mean you can take Gardacil vaccine as a preventative measure as an adult. If