side effects after round 4

AnneBehymer

Ok had round four of taxol/carbo and advastin and the bone pain is a lot worst but I am also having problems with the upset stomach and heart burn. I do understand that it will get worst as I get more treatments but I sure do hate this. I never want to have anyone I know go through this again or ever. I know it sounds like I am gripping but this just sucks. I have an appointment tomorrow for blood draw and because I am in a trail I have to have the blood drawn each week and I just don't feel like going. Sorry for sounding off but I needed to get this off my chest.

Anne

antcat

Dear Anne
I can certainly relate to your side effects. I've been having so many side effects since June, more so than before. I guess the more chemo a person is on, the more side effects they'll have. I've been getting heartburn also, and my primary care doc gave me a prescription for Prilosec. I did get upset stomachs when I was on Avastin and Topoetecan and Avastin and Cytoxan, but never really wanted to take anything for it. I also have blood drawn once a week but it's getting to the point where my veins are saying "enough". I do have a port which they just use for chemo and now I have a cellulitis in the area about my port, so they aren't using it for chemo. I'm on antibiotics and I'll see this week, if it clears up. I hope so, because when they used my vien for chemo I have a large black and blue. I tried telling the nurse she was hurting me when she put in the needle and was turning it while in my skin, but as everything else, they do what they want to do. They should put themselves in our position and see how they would like it if someone did that to them.

AnneBehymer

antcat said:

Dear Anne
I can certainly relate to your side effects. I've been having so many side effects since June, more so than before. I guess the more chemo a person is on, the more side effects they'll have. I've been getting heartburn also, and my primary care doc gave me a prescription for Prilosec. I did get upset stomachs when I was on Avastin and Topoetecan and Avastin and Cytoxan, but never really wanted to take anything for it. I also have blood drawn once a week but it's getting to the point where my veins are saying "enough". I do have a port which they just use for chemo and now I have a cellulitis in the area about my port, so they aren't using it for chemo. I'm on antibiotics and I'll see this week, if it clears up. I hope so, because when they used my vien for chemo I have a large black and blue. I tried telling the nurse she was hurting me when she put in the needle and was turning it while in my skin, but as everything else, they do what they want to do. They should put themselves in our position and see how they would like it if someone did that to them.

I agree with you they if
I agree with you they if they are going to do that then they should have to go through it having someone digging for a vain. I have a port and it is use for blood draw and chemo and I am doing ok with the port no problems as of yet. Were you just dx in June if so we were told at the same time. My nurses are very good they do seem to understand but when I was in the hosptial after surgery they were drawing blood every day before port and I had a few that would dig for a vain that is how I ended up with the port they knew my vains could not handle the chemo my vains were to hard to get to. I will pray you do better as you go through this. As you can tell I still have not been to bed because of the side effects so it seems like we are in the same boat I will pray that you get better fast

Anne

antcat

AnneBehymer said:

I agree with you they if
I agree with you they if they are going to do that then they should have to go through it having someone digging for a vain. I have a port and it is use for blood draw and chemo and I am doing ok with the port no problems as of yet. Were you just dx in June if so we were told at the same time. My nurses are very good they do seem to understand but when I was in the hosptial after surgery they were drawing blood every day before port and I had a few that would dig for a vain that is how I ended up with the port they knew my vains could not handle the chemo my vains were to hard to get to. I will pray you do better as you go through this. As you can tell I still have not been to bed because of the side effects so it seems like we are in the same boat I will pray that you get better fast

Anne

Thanks Anne,
Thanks Anne for your kind words. I was originally diagnosed in 2006 as Stage 2A. I originally went into a remission for 14 months, then it came back, went into remission for another 12 months, it came back and haven't really been in remission since the 2nd time. It gets so very discouraging because they can't seem to find the right chemo cocktails to give us. And, since I've been on so many different chemos since last year, I'm not really eligible for any trials, which doesn't seem fair, but that's just the way it is. I also pray that you will get better fast, as I can certainly relate to what you're feeling.

AnneBehymer

antcat said:

Thanks Anne,
Thanks Anne for your kind words. I was originally diagnosed in 2006 as Stage 2A. I originally went into a remission for 14 months, then it came back, went into remission for another 12 months, it came back and haven't really been in remission since the 2nd time. It gets so very discouraging because they can't seem to find the right chemo cocktails to give us. And, since I've been on so many different chemos since last year, I'm not really eligible for any trials, which doesn't seem fair, but that's just the way it is. I also pray that you will get better fast, as I can certainly relate to what you're feeling.

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Anne