Almost 4 years and its back - Is chemo worst the second time around

Dear Judy
Judy I am so sorry the stupid beast has returned in your life. I have had several different chemos and I didn't notice that the second, third, fourth time around was any worse. The biggest thing I always experience is the fatigue, just like the rest of the teal sisters. No nausea because they have pills for that. Loss of hair, that is usually a given with most of the chemos but there are some that you don't lose your hair. But hey, it grows back.

I pray that you won't get the bone pain that you experienced before. Keep us posted.

((((hugs))))

Judy133 said:

OMG
You went through chemo 4 times........OMG. I never did get nausea or tired the first time. But the bone pain was total hell. The hair oh well, like you said it grows back. I never wore a wig the last time. I got beautiful scarfs and wore pins with the scarfs.. I think a lot of how you react is your overall strength you have within yourself to fight the demon. I will never give up. Way too much to live for. You seem to have a lot of strength to go through what you did, I am going to take that as a positive and add it to my inner strength. Thanks for your response.

I am so sorry
you have to deal with this again. I am into my second year of NED and have no idea how I would handle that news. I had a lot of aches and pains with chemo especially the rounds after surgery. I wish you the very best for a successful treatment.

Karen

HELLO, JUDY
So sorry to hear you're facing this again. Unfortunately, I found the carbo/taxol to be harder the second time around, and I was warned by the PA at my doctor's office. Nonetheless, I found it comforting that I at least knew what to expect and gathered my arsenal beforehand. It may not be more difficult for you, but be prepared. If there's something that helped your bone pain, ask for it ahead of time. Taking something as a 'preventative' so to speak sometimes work better than taking 'as needed'. I remember when I had a tooth pulled they told me to go home and take the pain meds right away or I will be chasing the pain. I do not like to take medications, so I thought I'd try to get by with 1/2 of a pill. Well, they were right. I took that other half so fast when I realized the first 1/2 wasn't working. But it took even longer to get relief.

Will you be on carbo/taxol? I have low blood pressure, and this treatment made it even worse. Had to work around that, and once I figured out how to do that, I managed. Was your leg pain actual 'bone' pain or neuropathy? If neuropathy, many of us here have some suggestions that you can run by your doctor.

So sorry, Judy. I have my check-up in March with my gyn/onc and I'm a little nervous. Haven't been feeling the greatest lately, but I'm chalking it up to an enormous amount of stress and my 'go-go-go' lifestyle. Dx in 2000, recurrance in 2006.

Hugs and Prayers,
Monika

so sorry
I am so sorry to hear the cancer is back I will be praying for you. I have been in remission only for about four months and my CA125 has gone from 6 to 69 my catscan is clean. My doctor is going to watch my ca125 and see if it still goes up, Thursday I did tell him about this strange head ache I have been having for about six weeks not so if my number is up I will have a MRI of the brain. We do not believe that the cancer has come back and in my brain but we will do it just to be safe. I will pray that your surgery goes well and that you will once again be NED.

Hugs, Love, and prays
Anne