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St. Patty's Day Question :)

leesag
leesag CSN Member Posts: 621 Member
edited March 2014 in Ovarian Cancer #1
Ok, it's not green, but my nurses have told me that one glass of red wine is okay during my 1/21 day carbo/taxol regimen. I'm just curious about what other health professionals have told us.

(One of my friends told me to ask if 1 glass of red was ok, could I substitute 2 glasses of white! LOL)


Happy St. Patrick's Day to all, and may the luck of the Irish be with us long into our Irish Jigs with NED!
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  • Unknown
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  • hockeygolf7
    hockeygolf7 CSN Member Posts: 52
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    It's up to you
    If you feel like you want a drink while you are on chemo, go for it. I had a drink now and then while I was going through mine and no problems. Some days it wasn't even a consideration but sometimes it seemed like the thing to do. You decide! good luck and keep fighting.
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  • nancy591
    nancy591 CSN Member Posts: 1,027 Member
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    drinking
    After being diagnosed I didn't drink at all. When I had my first reoccurence I started to drink a bit of wine at social gatherings. I do not take narcotics or antinausea medication. I don't think I'd drink within several days of chemo.
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  • nancy591
    nancy591 CSN Member Posts: 1,027 Member
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    drinking
    After being diagnosed I didn't drink at all. When I had my first reoccurence I started to drink a bit of wine at social gatherings. I do not take narcotics or antinausea medication. I don't think I'd drink within several days of chemo.
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  • arbor3
    arbor3 CSN Member Posts: 103
    #6
    Wine
    When I went to my pre-chemo class, the nurse said it was alright to have a glass of wine 3 days after chemo treatment.
    Dinora
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  • Tina Brown
    Tina Brown CSN Member Posts: 1,036 Member
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    arbor3 said:

    Wine
    When I went to my pre-chemo class, the nurse said it was alright to have a glass of wine 3 days after chemo treatment.
    Dinora

    Ha ha good for you. I'm afraid I drink wine whenever I can!!!! It tastes horrid until day 6 after chemo & then I drink whenever I want.
    Tina xxx
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  • Susan523
    Susan523 CSN Member Posts: 231 Member
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    My doctor says "no problem"
    I have asked this question more than once in the last
    3 1/2 years, and always my Dr. says "if you want alcohol, go for it".

    But that's great advice about not taking it with narcotics or Tylenol.
    That can kill your liver (literally).

    I haven't wanted wine but a couple of times during chemo, but now that I'm
    -hopefully- done, I'm looking forward to drinking again... soon. VERY soon!!

    Enjoy your glass(es) of wine~

    (but ask your doctor to be sure).
    ~Susan xoxo
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  • msfanciful
    msfanciful CSN Member Posts: 559
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    Susan523 said:

    My doctor says "no problem"
    I have asked this question more than once in the last
    3 1/2 years, and always my Dr. says "if you want alcohol, go for it".

    But that's great advice about not taking it with narcotics or Tylenol.
    That can kill your liver (literally).

    I haven't wanted wine but a couple of times during chemo, but now that I'm
    -hopefully- done, I'm looking forward to drinking again... soon. VERY soon!!

    Enjoy your glass(es) of wine~

    (but ask your doctor to be sure).
    ~Susan xoxo

    Here, here.

    Here, here.
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  • minky1225
    minky1225 CSN Member Posts: 70
    #10
    GO FOR IT!
    As Mom would put it.."what's it gonna do?Give me cancer?"

    If this experience has taught me anything, enjoy yourself and life as much as possible!
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  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz CSN Member Posts: 1,834 Member
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    minky1225 said:

    GO FOR IT!
    As Mom would put it.."what's it gonna do?Give me cancer?"

    If this experience has taught me anything, enjoy yourself and life as much as possible!

    I had a frozen margarita
    I had a frozen margarita with Mexican food (I don't live in Texas for nothing) now and again. My doctor said it was fine.

    Red wine is good for building red blood cells. My grandmother's doctor recommended she drink a glass a day and she was 92.

    Carlene
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