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Long-Term Effects of Treatment
Archives for October 2009
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help me
My 43 year old husband was diagnosed this month with stomach and liver cancer. The doctor did not offer much hope past 10 months---what do I do next? Please help me--I can not stop crying. Is chemo the way he needs to go? Will chemo make his last months (if these are his last months) unbearable?
vesicant extravasation survivors I am waaaay too alone on this one!
On May 20, 2009 an unfamiliar nurse appeared to administer my third roud of RCHOP; the previous two had saved my life from a rapidly growing Non Hodgkins B cell diffuse Lymphoma stage four (according to Dr. Swarts). The Benydryl and Attavan combined with fatigue from a road trip took me off guard so I trusted the stranger…
Anal abscess and fistula -- what next?
For all those of you out there who've had colorectal or anal cancer, I completed my treatment for anal canal cancer in May 09 (surgery/rad/chemo-5FUwithMit). I've overcome fatigue (for the most part) and muscle weakness in my legs (PT helped). Now I've been treated twice for an anal abscess (the surgeon didn't get it all…
"CHEMO-BRAIN"
I have recently discovered what I thought was just me, but turns out to be somewhat of an epidemic among cancer survivors called "chemo-brain". I noticed it immediately after my first treatment. I was in a constant state of intense confusion. I had to rely on others to keep my appointments, couldnt remember my age, names,…
Fever
My sister was treated with 12 weeks of chemo (every 2 weeks) then followed up with 12 more weeks. She has been running a fever for 3 weeks now (less 3 days) and is hospitalized. All tests for infection are negative. This happened before at the end of her first 12 week chemo treatment. She is now so weak she can't walk, is…