Has Anybody Had Cytoxan - Methotrexate - 5FU (CMF) Chemo?

debragood1
debragood1 Member Posts: 48
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Hi.

Searching for others who've had/are having this chemo regimen. Thanks.

Deb
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  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #2
    Sorry Debra, I didn't have
    Sorry Debra, I didn't have to have chemo. Surely someone here has and will respond.

    I know everyone has a different combo of drugs.

    Good luck!
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #3
    Gee, Deb...
    Honestly, for your sake... I'm really hoping a member will respond. (I had the "C"; but, not the other two.)

    Actually, and just F.Y.I. - yours is the first time I've read of this particular regimen here, on the board.

    Best wishes to you. And the pic of you and your adorable pup is really sweet! :-)
  • janmill99
    janmill99 Member Posts: 7
    #4
    Chemo Cocktail
    I had 5FU,Epirubicin and Cytoxan (CEF)6 treatments followed by 4 Taxotere treatments....so not the same but some on the same mix. Everyone is effected so differently by these drugs it's difficult to share experiences. CEF wasn't so difficult for me, Taxotere very tough. Some of my friends in my support group had the opposite experience. If I can help I would be happy to share my experience.
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #5
    janmill99 said:

    Chemo Cocktail
    I had 5FU,Epirubicin and Cytoxan (CEF)6 treatments followed by 4 Taxotere treatments....so not the same but some on the same mix. Everyone is effected so differently by these drugs it's difficult to share experiences. CEF wasn't so difficult for me, Taxotere very tough. Some of my friends in my support group had the opposite experience. If I can help I would be happy to share my experience.

    Thanks, janmill99
    Thanks so much.
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #6
    Christmas Girl said:

    Gee, Deb...
    Honestly, for your sake... I'm really hoping a member will respond. (I had the "C"; but, not the other two.)

    Actually, and just F.Y.I. - yours is the first time I've read of this particular regimen here, on the board.

    Best wishes to you. And the pic of you and your adorable pup is really sweet! :-)

    Thanks, Christmas Girl
    Thanks, Christmas Girl. Yes, I've been surprised that there don't seem to be others on this regimen because it is pretty common, but that's the way cookie crumbles. Thanks again for responding.
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #7
    Alexis F said:

    Sorry Debra, I didn't have
    Sorry Debra, I didn't have to have chemo. Surely someone here has and will respond.

    I know everyone has a different combo of drugs.

    Good luck!

    Thanks, Alexis
    Thanks for your response!
  • diana42071
    diana42071 Member Posts: 2
    #8
    cmf
    I had this combination of drugs nearly 20 years ago. if you want to know more just let me know. good luck!
  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    #9
    diana42071 said:

    cmf
    I had this combination of drugs nearly 20 years ago. if you want to know more just let me know. good luck!

    Just wishing you good luck!
    Just wishing you good luck!

    ♥ Kylez ♥
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #10
    diana42071 said:

    cmf
    I had this combination of drugs nearly 20 years ago. if you want to know more just let me know. good luck!

    Welcome, diana42017
    We're glad to have you here - a 20 year breast cancer survivor? Wow! Best wishes to you, for continued cancer-free good health.

    Please tell us more about your experiences. Longer term survivors inspire such meaningful hope for all of us. There are several amongst this group. Your story would be greatly appreciated, I'm sure.
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #11
    diana42071 said:

    cmf
    I had this combination of drugs nearly 20 years ago. if you want to know more just let me know. good luck!

    Thanks diana42071
    Hi Diana:

    Thanks so much for responding. I was just wondering how other folks did on this regimen. My Onc mentioned it is "chemo-lite" but I am not feeling it's so lite. I've had many side-effects. Was it rough on you or did you go about your life as usual?

    By the way, how wonderful that you're a long-term survivor! That gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

    Deb
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #12
    diana42071 said:

    cmf
    I had this combination of drugs nearly 20 years ago. if you want to know more just let me know. good luck!

    Thanks diana42071
    Hi Diana:

    Thanks so much for responding. I was just wondering how other folks did on this regimen. My Onc mentioned it is "chemo-lite" but I am not feeling it's so lite. I've had many side-effects. Was it rough on you or did you go about your life as usual?

    By the way, how wonderful that you're a long-term survivor! That gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

    Deb
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #13
    diana42071 said:

    cmf
    I had this combination of drugs nearly 20 years ago. if you want to know more just let me know. good luck!

    Hi and welcome Diana42071!

    Hi and welcome Diana42071!
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
    #14
    survivorbc09 said:

    Hi and welcome Diana42071!

    Hi and welcome Diana42071!

    Just want to say good luck
    Just want to say good luck to you Deb. I didn't have chemo, so, I am lucky in that way.
  • diana42071
    diana42071 Member Posts: 2
    #15
    I had just turned 36 in 1989
    I had just turned 36 in 1989 when i found a lump in my breast. Actually the year before i had a lump removed that was benign. Every night when I went to bed I would run my hand over the incision and always felt like there was still a lump there. Every time I would call my surgeons office and try to make an appointment, this idiot receptionist would ask me what my problem was. When I explained to her I still felt like I was feeling a lump she told me it was just scar tissue.This went on for several months. Finally I went to see an ob gyn. When he was examining me I told him I thought I had some scar tissue from a previous biopsy. He said he didnt think it was, and sent me for a mammagram. The mammagram showed it to be a fluid filled cyst.
    When I called my surgeon the next day, guess who answered the phone,? you got it, the receptionist that thinks she's a doctor. When I explained to her I needed to see the doctor that I still felt a lump she tried to tell me it was scar tissue again.I told her it was not and to give me an appointment that day! When the doctor said the mammagram said it was fluid filled he tried to aspirate with a needle. Nothing came out.So he sat me up and told me he didnt think it was anything. The lump the year before was benign, i was only 36, with no history in my family.So I said ok.
    Then I said "but you wont know 100% untill you take it out right"? He said "right". So I said lets do it!
    It was stage 1 with 19 lymph nodes removed, all was clear. Mastectomy followed wth 6 month cmf therapy.I had reconstruction and a subcutaneous mastectomy on the other side.
    Thats my story. It will be 20 years Dec.7,2009.I would tell myself every day." I may die today, but I will not die of breast cancer today".
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #16
    diana42071 said:

    I had just turned 36 in 1989
    I had just turned 36 in 1989 when i found a lump in my breast. Actually the year before i had a lump removed that was benign. Every night when I went to bed I would run my hand over the incision and always felt like there was still a lump there. Every time I would call my surgeons office and try to make an appointment, this idiot receptionist would ask me what my problem was. When I explained to her I still felt like I was feeling a lump she told me it was just scar tissue.This went on for several months. Finally I went to see an ob gyn. When he was examining me I told him I thought I had some scar tissue from a previous biopsy. He said he didnt think it was, and sent me for a mammagram. The mammagram showed it to be a fluid filled cyst.
    When I called my surgeon the next day, guess who answered the phone,? you got it, the receptionist that thinks she's a doctor. When I explained to her I needed to see the doctor that I still felt a lump she tried to tell me it was scar tissue again.I told her it was not and to give me an appointment that day! When the doctor said the mammagram said it was fluid filled he tried to aspirate with a needle. Nothing came out.So he sat me up and told me he didnt think it was anything. The lump the year before was benign, i was only 36, with no history in my family.So I said ok.
    Then I said "but you wont know 100% untill you take it out right"? He said "right". So I said lets do it!
    It was stage 1 with 19 lymph nodes removed, all was clear. Mastectomy followed wth 6 month cmf therapy.I had reconstruction and a subcutaneous mastectomy on the other side.
    Thats my story. It will be 20 years Dec.7,2009.I would tell myself every day." I may die today, but I will not die of breast cancer today".

    Thank You, Diana.
    Thank you so much for sharing your story Diana. Congrats on being a long-term survivor. Be well and enjoy!

    Deb
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #17
    diana42071 said:

    I had just turned 36 in 1989
    I had just turned 36 in 1989 when i found a lump in my breast. Actually the year before i had a lump removed that was benign. Every night when I went to bed I would run my hand over the incision and always felt like there was still a lump there. Every time I would call my surgeons office and try to make an appointment, this idiot receptionist would ask me what my problem was. When I explained to her I still felt like I was feeling a lump she told me it was just scar tissue.This went on for several months. Finally I went to see an ob gyn. When he was examining me I told him I thought I had some scar tissue from a previous biopsy. He said he didnt think it was, and sent me for a mammagram. The mammagram showed it to be a fluid filled cyst.
    When I called my surgeon the next day, guess who answered the phone,? you got it, the receptionist that thinks she's a doctor. When I explained to her I needed to see the doctor that I still felt a lump she tried to tell me it was scar tissue again.I told her it was not and to give me an appointment that day! When the doctor said the mammagram said it was fluid filled he tried to aspirate with a needle. Nothing came out.So he sat me up and told me he didnt think it was anything. The lump the year before was benign, i was only 36, with no history in my family.So I said ok.
    Then I said "but you wont know 100% untill you take it out right"? He said "right". So I said lets do it!
    It was stage 1 with 19 lymph nodes removed, all was clear. Mastectomy followed wth 6 month cmf therapy.I had reconstruction and a subcutaneous mastectomy on the other side.
    Thats my story. It will be 20 years Dec.7,2009.I would tell myself every day." I may die today, but I will not die of breast cancer today".

    Thank You, Diana.
    Thank you so much for sharing your story Diana. Congrats on being a long-term survivor. Be well and enjoy!

    Deb
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #18
    diana42071 said:

    I had just turned 36 in 1989
    I had just turned 36 in 1989 when i found a lump in my breast. Actually the year before i had a lump removed that was benign. Every night when I went to bed I would run my hand over the incision and always felt like there was still a lump there. Every time I would call my surgeons office and try to make an appointment, this idiot receptionist would ask me what my problem was. When I explained to her I still felt like I was feeling a lump she told me it was just scar tissue.This went on for several months. Finally I went to see an ob gyn. When he was examining me I told him I thought I had some scar tissue from a previous biopsy. He said he didnt think it was, and sent me for a mammagram. The mammagram showed it to be a fluid filled cyst.
    When I called my surgeon the next day, guess who answered the phone,? you got it, the receptionist that thinks she's a doctor. When I explained to her I needed to see the doctor that I still felt a lump she tried to tell me it was scar tissue again.I told her it was not and to give me an appointment that day! When the doctor said the mammagram said it was fluid filled he tried to aspirate with a needle. Nothing came out.So he sat me up and told me he didnt think it was anything. The lump the year before was benign, i was only 36, with no history in my family.So I said ok.
    Then I said "but you wont know 100% untill you take it out right"? He said "right". So I said lets do it!
    It was stage 1 with 19 lymph nodes removed, all was clear. Mastectomy followed wth 6 month cmf therapy.I had reconstruction and a subcutaneous mastectomy on the other side.
    Thats my story. It will be 20 years Dec.7,2009.I would tell myself every day." I may die today, but I will not die of breast cancer today".

    Thank You, Diana.
    Thank you so much for sharing your story Diana. Congrats on being a long-term survivor. Be well and enjoy!

    Deb
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #19
    diana42071 said:

    I had just turned 36 in 1989
    I had just turned 36 in 1989 when i found a lump in my breast. Actually the year before i had a lump removed that was benign. Every night when I went to bed I would run my hand over the incision and always felt like there was still a lump there. Every time I would call my surgeons office and try to make an appointment, this idiot receptionist would ask me what my problem was. When I explained to her I still felt like I was feeling a lump she told me it was just scar tissue.This went on for several months. Finally I went to see an ob gyn. When he was examining me I told him I thought I had some scar tissue from a previous biopsy. He said he didnt think it was, and sent me for a mammagram. The mammagram showed it to be a fluid filled cyst.
    When I called my surgeon the next day, guess who answered the phone,? you got it, the receptionist that thinks she's a doctor. When I explained to her I needed to see the doctor that I still felt a lump she tried to tell me it was scar tissue again.I told her it was not and to give me an appointment that day! When the doctor said the mammagram said it was fluid filled he tried to aspirate with a needle. Nothing came out.So he sat me up and told me he didnt think it was anything. The lump the year before was benign, i was only 36, with no history in my family.So I said ok.
    Then I said "but you wont know 100% untill you take it out right"? He said "right". So I said lets do it!
    It was stage 1 with 19 lymph nodes removed, all was clear. Mastectomy followed wth 6 month cmf therapy.I had reconstruction and a subcutaneous mastectomy on the other side.
    Thats my story. It will be 20 years Dec.7,2009.I would tell myself every day." I may die today, but I will not die of breast cancer today".

    Thank You, Diana.
    Thank you so much for sharing your story Diana. Congrats on being a long-term survivor. Be well and enjoy!

    Deb
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #20
    diana42071 said:

    I had just turned 36 in 1989
    I had just turned 36 in 1989 when i found a lump in my breast. Actually the year before i had a lump removed that was benign. Every night when I went to bed I would run my hand over the incision and always felt like there was still a lump there. Every time I would call my surgeons office and try to make an appointment, this idiot receptionist would ask me what my problem was. When I explained to her I still felt like I was feeling a lump she told me it was just scar tissue.This went on for several months. Finally I went to see an ob gyn. When he was examining me I told him I thought I had some scar tissue from a previous biopsy. He said he didnt think it was, and sent me for a mammagram. The mammagram showed it to be a fluid filled cyst.
    When I called my surgeon the next day, guess who answered the phone,? you got it, the receptionist that thinks she's a doctor. When I explained to her I needed to see the doctor that I still felt a lump she tried to tell me it was scar tissue again.I told her it was not and to give me an appointment that day! When the doctor said the mammagram said it was fluid filled he tried to aspirate with a needle. Nothing came out.So he sat me up and told me he didnt think it was anything. The lump the year before was benign, i was only 36, with no history in my family.So I said ok.
    Then I said "but you wont know 100% untill you take it out right"? He said "right". So I said lets do it!
    It was stage 1 with 19 lymph nodes removed, all was clear. Mastectomy followed wth 6 month cmf therapy.I had reconstruction and a subcutaneous mastectomy on the other side.
    Thats my story. It will be 20 years Dec.7,2009.I would tell myself every day." I may die today, but I will not die of breast cancer today".

    Thank You, Diana.
    Thank you so much for sharing your story Diana. Congrats on being a long-term survivor. Be well and enjoy!

    Deb
  • debragood1
    debragood1 Member Posts: 48
    #21
    diana42071 said:

    I had just turned 36 in 1989
    I had just turned 36 in 1989 when i found a lump in my breast. Actually the year before i had a lump removed that was benign. Every night when I went to bed I would run my hand over the incision and always felt like there was still a lump there. Every time I would call my surgeons office and try to make an appointment, this idiot receptionist would ask me what my problem was. When I explained to her I still felt like I was feeling a lump she told me it was just scar tissue.This went on for several months. Finally I went to see an ob gyn. When he was examining me I told him I thought I had some scar tissue from a previous biopsy. He said he didnt think it was, and sent me for a mammagram. The mammagram showed it to be a fluid filled cyst.
    When I called my surgeon the next day, guess who answered the phone,? you got it, the receptionist that thinks she's a doctor. When I explained to her I needed to see the doctor that I still felt a lump she tried to tell me it was scar tissue again.I told her it was not and to give me an appointment that day! When the doctor said the mammagram said it was fluid filled he tried to aspirate with a needle. Nothing came out.So he sat me up and told me he didnt think it was anything. The lump the year before was benign, i was only 36, with no history in my family.So I said ok.
    Then I said "but you wont know 100% untill you take it out right"? He said "right". So I said lets do it!
    It was stage 1 with 19 lymph nodes removed, all was clear. Mastectomy followed wth 6 month cmf therapy.I had reconstruction and a subcutaneous mastectomy on the other side.
    Thats my story. It will be 20 years Dec.7,2009.I would tell myself every day." I may die today, but I will not die of breast cancer today".

    Thank You, Diana.
    Thank you so much for sharing your story Diana. Congrats on being a long-term survivor. Be well and enjoy!

    Deb

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