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Start Chemo in 2 days
Okay so I start in two days. I have 5 little pills to take the night before. I have two perscriptions for nausea and vomitting but not sure when to take, says one every six and one every 4 hours as needed. I have been taking Miralax for some time now. What suggestions do have for me? Should I take one of the nausea pills…
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1st Chemo Tomorrow
First chemo for my wife starts tomorrow. Port placement first, then taxol for 3 hours and 1 hour of carboplatinum. We are nervous, prepared, and happy. Nervous about side effects and happy to move forward and get this behind us. Thanks to Editgirl, NoTime, DebraJo and all the other great ladies here, we are prepaired.…
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Snow & how weak I must be!
I stayed home from work today because I didn't want to be out on the roads in our snow (blizzard) conditions. Sooo, being bored and the snow/wind last let up, I decided to showel snow. I have always done this so even though the snow is really wet I thought, no problem. eah, right. I'm pooped after just about 5 minutes,…
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Different Kind of Check in!
Ok ladies, I have been searching for several members here and other boards lately. Different people have mentioned others that I had over-looked. Karen, Kathy, and Kelly over at the Ovarian board have thought having a check in for EVERYONE! Not a staging thing or dx, ect., just an "I'm here" thing. And besides yourself,…
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Naturopath in New York City or close
Do you know personally an Onco Naturopath in New York? I found plenty online, but how to choose the right one? Any recommendations? Thank you sisters!
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I HAVE WONDERED WHY NOBODY EVER MENTIONS MY NAME!!!!!!!!NEMPARK ?
nempark . I am still around.
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cucu me update
Yesterday I had Lab, CT scan and My cancer is back. I finished chemo on October 9 last year. I'm starting new chemo on February 5.Don't know yet what. How scare am I you can image. Ca 125 is 25. I have few mets, not bigger than 10mm in abdomen, peritoneum area and close to the liver. Some enlarged lymph nodes. Diagnosed in…
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A good news day!
Greetings Ladies! I have held off coming to the Board until after I got the results of my labs and scan yesterday. Things had been going well, and my labs for trhe last three months have been coming out good, but forwhatever reason that period right before a CT scan seems to surface every fear and doubting cell in my being…
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Oh great! Permanent alopecia??
I started looking around the web to see if there was anything about permanent baldness and chemo. I was given Taxotere and Carboplatin. Look what I found!! "Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. Taxotere is an injectable concentrate commonly used in chemotherapy to treat breast cancer.…
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What are the odds and when will i know?
I'm still numb, so my thoughts may wander. I'm three yrs post menopause and and a few weeks ago I woke up to heavy bleeding. I called my GYN and was given an appointment. Of course I'm convinced the news will be the worse. I went to my appointment and am now scheduled for an ultrasound and biopsy Nov 30th. I haven't shared…
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When will my hair start to grow again??
Happy Saturday to all you wonderful ladies (and Red Corvette)!! It will be seven weeks on Tuesday since my last chemo and my hair is STILL not growing back. I look like Uncle Fester!! I never lost all my eyelashes or eyebrows but they're a lot thinner than before. All I have on my head are some little tufts of white which…
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Study: Antioxidants may help cancer cells spread
I was told not to take antioxidants during chemo but now this study comes out... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/10/14/antioxidants-may-give-a-boost-to-cancer-cells-making-them-spread-faster-study-suggests/
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when you seek a second opinion
Sisters, what do you do when you seek a second opinion? Do you tell your primary onco doctor, do you ask for all your results or the doctors communicate between themselves.... I'm thinking what I'm going to do if I got bad result from my scanner on 27th. It's too soon for recurrence, but I was disgnosed with stage 4 in…
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Sandy, Debra, Moli, Eldri, Lou an, No Time For Cancer, Cindy
Thank you guys for understanding. Louann (you made me laugh)
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Moli updating.
Hi Ladies ,I finally got surgery date for January 6th , long time to wait but i am downsizing and hoping to move within the month of December . I am planning a bells and whistles Christmas celebration for children and family in my new place.I have narrowed down my search to 3 places and will choose one soon.So won't do any…
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Sandy, Moli, Debra, Eldri, lou ann
Love you guys. Lou Ann (you made me laugh) all the other ladies.
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Chemotherapy
My mom is starting chemo in a month or so, is there any ideas on how to keep her white count up?
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suspicious pain
For 5days already I have a pain in the lung/liver area on the right side. It's not sharp or strong, but I already think is recurrence. I'll call my doctor tomorrow. What else could it be if not recurrence? I'm almost two months after finishing chemo.
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How could someone be so evil?
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/whistle-blower-helped-expose-michigan-cancer-doctor-mistreated/story?id=32369291 Did any of you see this?? A Michigan oncologist diagnosed people who DIDN'T have cancer with a cancer diagnosis so he could make money from chemotherapy and radiation. Some of the people who had the chemo with no…
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Saw a Wound Care doctor today
I finally was able to get into the Wound Care clinic today. They took pictures of my port site wound and measured it. Then they gave me a prescription to soak my packing material in before I pack the wound twice a day. I also got some new kind of bandage that isn't supposed to rip my skin off. I go back next week for them…
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Pembrizumab
Good evening. My mom was diagnosed with uterin cancer stage 1A almost 2 years ago when this nightmare began... Over the course of this time she received chemo and brachytherapy radiation. (3 treatments )she is otherwise healthy, fit, active, etc she was then given a clean bil of health and we celebrated her entrance to…
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Lowered dose
I'll be brief, because the web site keeps logging me out. Getting #3 infusion today at full strength, but nurse is suggesting to lower dose due to extreme side effects on nerves which can be permanent, she said the chemo will still be maximized for cancer, but now the excess is going to side effects. Thoughts?
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Pre Chemo Diet Preparation
Thank you so much to all you brave, strong, and wonderful ladies. I've been a "lurker" on this Board since my wife was diagnosed with stage 1a upsc in December. I've learned so much information from everyone here and I signed up today to express thanks to everyone here because of this lousy disease and to ask a question.…
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My mom recovery from surgery
My mother has surgery and we found out she was stage 4 b. As hard as that was to hear I saw something in her doctor that I have never seen before, hope. She is to start chemo as soon as she recovers from surgery and puys a little weight on. She is going to beat this and she will go into remission. This is just a little set…
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Lymph node involvement in groin / arm pit
Greetings Everyone, During my hysterectomy I had 23 lymph nodes removed - all in my pelvic area. Prior to my dx I had a lot of pain in my left groin area and my arm pits. I told this to my oncologist prior to my hysterectomy but she couldn't feel any swelling and felt the chemo that followed my hysterectomy would address…
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My Mom's Surgery
My mom goes into the hospital on Tuesday for a hystirectomy; the good part is that we made it to surgery and her tumor shrunk by half. She is now cureative instead of controlable. The hard part is that I am more scared now then when she first got diagnosed, it is really hard to see my mom this way and I have no idea how to…
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acupucture
Several people have mentioned using acupuncture to treat the side effects of chemo. My treatment center is offering a telephone teletalk on the value of acupuncture in cancer treatment. If anyone is interested in attending here is the info: Moffitt Cancer Center Tuesday Teletalk 1/19/16 7:00 to 7:30 PM 1-800-206-6032 enter…
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Pain?
Does anyone take anything else besides motrin for muscle/bone pain? I don't want to necessarily get started on stronger pain pills that cause other problems, but nothing I'm doing is helping and it's increasing. I walked on the treadmill this morning, took a hot shower, sat with a heating pad, massaged my legs, NOTHING! My…
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External Radiation Procedure
I don't know if this has been addressed in a previous thread, if so, I apologize in advance for asking. In March I will begin 25 rounds of external radiation. For those who have done this, are you naked or covered? A friend of a friend told me you're buck naked lying on the table in the custom cast made so you don't move.…
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Chemo hell!
Are any of you or have you in the past followed this chemo path? Day 3, 4 and 5 are hell - dry heaves, pain, dizziness, fatigue, dehydration, white-coated tongue? I can no longer take oxycotin since I'm having night terrors and bad constipation. The night terrors were so bad I stayed awake throughout Sunday into Monday for…