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Long-Term Effects of Treatment
Archives for October 2011
Discussion List
Probable Physical Confirmation of Chemo Brain
I am a 25 year survivor oh NHL and have had many side effects, long term and short, from treatments if some of you don't know me. One of them has been worsening chemo brain or chemo fog as some call it. For years I have known this was from both chemo and total body radiation but no doctors would validate that for years and…
Bone pain after Neulasta
So many people seem to have moderate to severe bone pain after neulasta - I just want to say that my chemo nurses told me to start Claritin several days before and after the injection, along with naproxen twice a day - I was having allergy -type symptoms, I think from the Taxotere - so I've just stayed on the claritin…
BRCA2 but No Family History
Help - I was just told I have BRCA2. In shock bc I have no family history. Just had a baby. Might want a second. Will be 39 this year. Would rather not have ovaries removed or mastectomy. Really scared - not sure what to do. Please help.
Surgical Wound not healing! It's been 230+ days since surgery! Any help?
I was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma October 2010. Since then, I've been through four rounds of chemo and had surgery on Feb 2011. After the drain was removed a couple weeks after surgery, the wound opened back up caused by tunneling of fluid. That was March 2011. It is now 7 months and the wound has still not healed! My…
I HAVE HEAT/SUN INTOLERANCE AS LONG TERM SIDE AFFECT.....ANYONE ELSE? HELP!!
It's been 15 years since I've had chemo/radiation/surgery [abdominal cancer]. The last year and a half I've had onset of HEAT/SUN INTOLERANCE. Can't find any info out there regarding how to treat this, if it's from chemo, or what. I can be in direct sunlight less than 5 minutes in very mild temperatures and just began to…