hearing loss and chemo drugs

pkaz53

mercey said:

chemo { PAUL}
thank you for explaining the rounds Paul.I know how you feel about cancer being the worse thing you have run in to.I never played football.ha..but I have been in a motocycle wreck,yes I was riding myself.. loved it and still miss it. But my husband was in front of me and decided to sight see and slowed down to look at something.We were on a gravel type road so my only choice not to slide was to try and pass him..As I was passing him on the left, he realizes what he had done, could not see me in his mirror and decided to move over to give me room if I was passing him..Only problem was..he moved to the left and we collided.My front wheel got locked in the side of his and I just remember thinking "This is going to hurt" And sure enough it did. HA! Luckily the worst part was my leg ...I had other minor injuries, but the leg was put back together with part of my hip bone, nuts, bolts,plates and screws.It is still crooked and that was 13 years ago.I was in a wheelchair 4 months.Crutches 4 months and took years to move my foot halfway properly.the nerve damage was excruciating and still acts up..as a matter of fact today was a bad day because of the weather change..all of this just to agree..I thought that was my big hit in life.Nine months out of work... But NOTHING compares with aggressive cancer treatments.. i am sorry i had you remember all of your treatment.I had to have a transfusion at the end of mine and I think like you..don't want to do all that again..You are in my prayers,never to see this demon again... Hugs, Jill

Jill
Big hugs,:) It sounds like you had a lot of challenges in your life, the accident and then the cancer.
I agree with you nothing compares with aggressive cancer treatments.I don't ever want to go through that again.
Don't be sorry that you had me remember,it's something that I think you'll agree we can never forget I'm farther away from that time and where I am now,it just took me a long time to write that and I paused and reflected several times. I'm six years away from the treatments and if there is something I went through that helps one person than,that's a positive.

Keep the faith, I will remember you in my prayers
Be Well,Paul

Marcie7

I have been to 5 chemo
I have been to 5 chemo treatments and I have some hearing and vision loss. Im hoping they will be restored when the chemo is over. Im fairly new to this I was diognosed with lung cancer 6-2008

marijune

Marcie7 said:

I have been to 5 chemo
I have been to 5 chemo treatments and I have some hearing and vision loss. Im hoping they will be restored when the chemo is over. Im fairly new to this I was diognosed with lung cancer 6-2008

what determines chemo treatment
Marcie7, May I ask you what type of chemo were you receiving. I will be starting carboplatin & Taxol soon and am hearing it may cause nerve damage, loss of hearing and eyesight. I also will be getting radiation at the same time. I wonder what determines the type of chemo the Dr treats you with. I am very scard to start chemo.

stayingcalm

medi_2 said:

Hi
Hi Pkaz53 and Mercey, sounds like I had pretty much the same treatment you guys had. Just last week I had my first check-up scans (treatment ended in March09). Haven't got the results yet (they re-scheduled my appt. from Jan.11 to Jan. 28, that was lovely) I've decided to give myself a clean bill of health haha.
My hearing loss is evident but I thought the cause of it was the PCI. Drives me crazy. I had stomach problems before treatment, but they seem to be worse, especially at night, doubling over pain. My esophagus burned from the radiation but is better now. The weird thing is that during treatment I had no problem. Go figure.
The thing that bugs me most is chemo-brain. Half of the things I do each day are done bass-ackwards! My daughter keeps complaining that refridgerator items keep showing up in the cabinet! I'm absent minded and forget the silliest stuff. Oh well, as you said, it is better than the alternative!
Take care!
Medi

On hearing loss etc
Like you, medi_2, I've been blaming the whole brain radiation for my hearing loss, it never even occurred to me that maybe the Cisplatin I had back in 2005 was the culprit! Live and learn!

I still blame the WBR for my terrible short-term memory, however, and my kids get annoyed with me because I panic when I don't remember where my glasses are (on my head, usually, or I'm sometimes even wearing them and can't find them!).

I keep hoping those normal brain cells are not irretrievably gone, but if they are, it was a good trade!

1acme

mercey said:

etoposide and cisplatin
Hi there.. was so happy to hear what a wonderful survivor story you have.I pray you continue to do well.I also had aggressive chemo with cisplatin and etoposide and radiation on the same days..I did and still have a lot of digestive problems as far as acid reflux from the treatments.At one point I could not even swallow my own saliva ..I was also inoperable.The swallowing improved alot since Oct.2009..my last chemo treatment.But I still have to stay on meds for acid reflux which can get really painful still.Did you have this problem? God Bless you!!

Hearing Loss, difficulty to swallow & acid reflex
Hello, I had DD of AC/TAX/TAC for about 6 months last year (2011).
I did not have any Radiation.

However after Chemo there were some significant changes. I can tell you that I had been diagnosed with :

(a) Hearing Loss - I have continues buzzing sound in both of my ears and I am not hearing well. Some days are better then other. Even driving a car on bumpy road will "increase" volume of buzzing in my ears ( As per specialist I may have to consider hearing aids as this hearing loss will not get better.

(b) during the Chemo I had a bad Acid Reflex.
After chemo I notised that some "sugars" trigger a terrible Acid Reflex so they are the days that I practically live on Tums

(c) yes during the chemo I also had a difficulty to swallow. It felt like my mouth was frozen and did not know what to do with food. I had to concentrate and tell my body to swallow every bite of food, water or even saliva. This eventually improved by it self slowly after chemo.