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Cancer Pain question...

Jodisgoing180
Jodisgoing180 CSN Member Posts: 97
in Ovarian Cancer #1

I am currently using Doxil for a recurrence.  The first round about two weeks after that round, I felt better-- the heaviness in my chest was gone, the pain in my back.  I had my second round about a week ago, and all my cancer symptoms I was complaining about before I started Doxil are back (except the chest heaviness-- my pleural effusion is gone, I can feel that it's gone)-- just back pain and a side stitch.

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  • NoTimeForCancer
    NoTimeForCancer CSN Member Posts: 3,601 Member
    edited November 2016 #2
    Jodi, this chemo is different

    Jodi, this chemo is different for you so maybe you want to call the office and see if they have heard this before.  I hope that your pain eases.

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  • rejoycew
    rejoycew CSN Member Posts: 36
    #3
    Doxil

    Sorry to hear some of your symptoms are back with starting Doxil. I have had 4 treatments with Doxil and have found it to pretty free of side effects.  Yes I still have some momentary pains in my back and side but is relieved by tylenol. I know everyone is different, but  I'm pleased that I have more energy and can travel to visit family and enjoy life.  I pray the same will be true for you soon.

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  • Jodisgoing180
    Jodisgoing180 CSN Member Posts: 97
    edited November 2016 #4
    Thanks for the inputs...  I

    Thanks for the inputs...  I am now painfree again.  I talked to the doctor and he said it was just side effects from the infusion.  He said that it's likely that the chemo is affecting cells around where the cancer is and thus causing pain.  My CA-125 has lowered, so he is not concerned.  He thinks that I'll have a few months of remission.

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  • henhill
    henhill CSN Member Posts: 123
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    Hi Jodis

    I am experiencing similar pains as yours even though mine is UPSC, and I am taking megace.  Did you have radiation, by any chance?  I had it a year ago, to a terrible outcome of abdominal pain.  Then, it went underground and returned in the spring.  Again, it reappeared along with back and leg trouble.  My doc at MGH said it was all due to radiation colitis, and was "definitely not the cancer:".  I got an appointment with a specialist in gi/onc but 1st appt is FEb 3!

    I wonder if you heard this??

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  • Jodisgoing180
    Jodisgoing180 CSN Member Posts: 97
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    No radiation.  Just surgery

    No radiation.  Just surgery and chemo.  Right now the cancer is so small it's inoperable.

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