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I was a bad girl.

clamryn
clamryn CSN Member Posts: 508
edited March 2014 in Ovarian Cancer #1
Hi everyone. I thought I would just share this with all of you. I had a chemo treatment and I wanted to go swimming two days later. I had called my nurse and was waiting for her phone call. I knew she was busy so I thought... What the heck. I put on my swimming suit. Well I had bought this huge blow up slide that has water running down it. You climb up a wall (about 10 ft) and then you slide down into a pool of water. I did it three times. My grandkids were elated. They were all laughing at me. Well my nurse called and I asked her about it. She said, "No you can't do that because of causing friction to your body. You could get blisters all over." I said, "Well too late." "I already did it." I am okay... nothing happened. Of course,... now I am the talk of the doctor's office.

I hope everyone has a blessed day.

Linda
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  • Susan523
    Susan523 CSN Member Posts: 231 Member
    #2
    Good for you!!!!
    I'm so glad you didn't have a bad reaction, and you created some wonderful memories with your family!!!!

    xoxo
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  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz CSN Member Posts: 1,834 Member
    #3
    Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead...
    I say, no matter what it is, if you get the chance, do it - while you still fell like it! My doctor actually encourages me to enjoy myself: travel, bike, swim, walk....whatever suits my fancy.

    Quality of life is everything.

    Carlene
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  • lindaprocopio
    lindaprocopio CSN Member Posts: 1,980 Member
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    Hissy_Fitz said:

    Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead...
    I say, no matter what it is, if you get the chance, do it - while you still fell like it! My doctor actually encourages me to enjoy myself: travel, bike, swim, walk....whatever suits my fancy.

    Quality of life is everything.

    Carlene

    Are you on Doxil? I'm on taxol and rough-house in pool DAILY!
    I spend an hour each day playing "Raft-WipeOut" with my grandkids in our pool, a very ROUGH athletic dunking game complete with crashing Big Balls off each others heads to knock you off your raft! It's a great workout, and I never gave my chemo or my port a THOUGHT! HA! Even when I am fatigues, somehow that game revives me. I'm with Carlene: LIVE!!!

    But if you're on Doxil, well, friction can be bad. You may have to curtail the sliding, but surely not the pool!
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  • nancy591
    nancy591 CSN Member Posts: 1,027 Member
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    lindaprocopio said:

    Are you on Doxil? I'm on taxol and rough-house in pool DAILY!
    I spend an hour each day playing "Raft-WipeOut" with my grandkids in our pool, a very ROUGH athletic dunking game complete with crashing Big Balls off each others heads to knock you off your raft! It's a great workout, and I never gave my chemo or my port a THOUGHT! HA! Even when I am fatigues, somehow that game revives me. I'm with Carlene: LIVE!!!

    But if you're on Doxil, well, friction can be bad. You may have to curtail the sliding, but surely not the pool!

    Doxil
    LOL...I thought the same thing when I read the post....I thought she must be on Doxil.

    Glad you had fun!
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  • msfanciful
    msfanciful CSN Member Posts: 559
    #6
    Oh that is absolutely
    Oh that is absolutely priceless! LOL!

    Another hit against cancer...I am so tired of cancer making us afraid
    to do happy things or even think happy thoughts.

    Hurray for you!



    Sharon
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  • clamryn
    clamryn CSN Member Posts: 508
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    Doxil - Yes
    Yes, I am on Doxil. I was on the Taxol in 2008 and did 6 infusions. Then the ugly beast... rared its head again in 2010 and now I am on the Doxil. The Doxil doesn't seem to bother me too much. I just get really fatigued on the 4th day. Of course, I have the hand/foot syndrome. I just tell everyone I tried to die my hair red and it got all over my hands. I have one more treatment of the doxil and then I will get a CT/Scan. That will make 8 infusions of it.

    Linda
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  • LPack
    LPack CSN Member Posts: 645
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    Good for You
    Linda,

    I was told too about the blisters with Doxil, so Saturday before my first treatment on Monday I went water skiing (had not gone for 3 summers). Got up on second try and skied until I got tired! Now I don't know if I will do that again this summer as I have a higher dose than normal because of the Clinical Trial, but I will do as much as I can as long as I feel like it.

    You go girl!

    Living for Eternity,
    Libby
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