FOLFOX #1

plh4gail
plh4gail Member Posts: 1,238 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Here comes my first FOLFOX. I'm going to be so tough, I won't be able to feel nothin'. :):):)

Gail

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  • AnneCan
    AnneCan Member Posts: 3,673 Member
    #2
    GO GAIL!

    GO GAIL!
  • geotina
    geotina Member Posts: 2,111 Member
    #3
    Oh Gail:
    Fear of the unknown and how this chemo will affect you is so very human. Very difficult sitting there watching the infusion, try and nap or read or simply talk to others in the lab and it will be over before you know it. Get lots of rest and fluids when you get home. I sincerely hope the side effects are minimal for you. Reading our experiences will prepare you for any side effects.

    Wishing you continued healing - Tina & George
  • Lori-S
    Lori-S Member Posts: 1,277 Member
    #4
    Good luck
    You'll do fine. Thanks to this site you won't be caught off guard with the possible side effect symptoms. I'll be hoping for an uneventful and easy round for you. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. That seems to be what most end up in the ER with when it comes to chemo - dehydration. Just be careful not to drink anything cold! And watch you first bite of food. Some have a sudden jaw pain with it but, if you keep chewing it goes away. And above all ... stay warm especially hands and feet. HUGS
  • OGammy01
    OGammy01 Member Posts: 67
    #5
    Folfox
    I pray your first Folfox goes as well as mine did.
    You're going to do great!

    A big hug,
    DianeO.
  • khl8
    khl8 Member Posts: 807
    #6
    You go Girl!!!!!
    Kathy

    You go Girl!!!!!

    Kathy
  • maglets
    maglets Member Posts: 2,576 Member
    #7
    khl8 said:

    You go Girl!!!!!
    Kathy

    You go Girl!!!!!

    Kathy

    go Gail
    you just stay one step ahead of that oxy girl

    you are going to do well

    mags
  • dhepner
    dhepner Member Posts: 4
    #8
    Good luck Gail...my dad
    Good luck Gail...my dad starts his first FOLFOX/AVASTIN treatment on 12/14. Wishing the best for you.
  • vinny3
    vinny3 Member Posts: 928 Member
    #9
    Folfox
    As others mentioned hydrate well. The side effects aren't so bad at first, except for the intolerance to cold, especially cold liquids, and the first bite syndrome ( the jaw spasm). I found that by clenching my jaw first before chewing the fbs wasn't so bad. I hope you live in a warm state. I'm in Minnesota so it was pretty much covering everything up when going outside. The side effects do become more cumulative, especially the numbness in the hands and feet but be sure to talk to your onc as you go along and she/he can help.

    Keep at it, ****
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #10
    Treatment
    Hope that it all goes well for you. You can do it, I'm sure of it. If by chance you get vision problems that can happen too but it will get better.

    Kim
  • LOUSWIFT
    LOUSWIFT Member Posts: 371 Member
    #11
    Folfox Club
    Welcome to the Folfox Club where no one wants to be. React to your side effects as they come don't be a tough about it. Folfox has a way of changing side effects on you just as you get use to the ones you had. Let the adventure begin and start killing the beast. Hugs Lou
  • maglets
    maglets Member Posts: 2,576 Member
    #12
    LOUSWIFT said:

    Folfox Club
    Welcome to the Folfox Club where no one wants to be. React to your side effects as they come don't be a tough about it. Folfox has a way of changing side effects on you just as you get use to the ones you had. Let the adventure begin and start killing the beast. Hugs Lou

    oxy Club
    Lou do you have to be a current user of the drug oxy to belong to the club.

    I am one and onehalf years out of oxy and I would like to apply for membership please


    lol.....you must need some old timers......

    Christmas Hugs....

    maggie
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    #13
    Welcome to the club
    Take a good book.
    I took my laptop and did some posts while getting infused.
    Then I feel asleep.
    Hope it goes well.
    Pete
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #14
    pete43lost_at_sea said:

    Welcome to the club
    Take a good book.
    I took my laptop and did some posts while getting infused.
    Then I feel asleep.
    Hope it goes well.
    Pete

    Gail, good luck and don't think about
    side effects,I was on Folfox last year and was manageable to me!.
    Cheers and Hugs!

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