taking break from chemo

damama24
damama24 Member Posts: 174 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
While ai am happy to have abreak from chemo. In the back of my mind thoughts of the cancer running rampant through my body play out like a bad movie. I'm afraid all the progress we've made will dissappear during this month off . Am i just crazy or are these normal fears? Deb

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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #2
    Break
    I wouldn't worry as some people have to go that long between treatments because their blood counts aren't good or high enough. I was up to over 3 weeks in between treatments for the last three treatments because my counts were so low. Chemo is cumulative so it will remain in your body for some time to come. Enjoy the holidays without having that chemo.

    Kim
  • johnnybegood
    johnnybegood Member Posts: 1,117 Member
    #3
    Annabelle41415 said:

    Break
    I wouldn't worry as some people have to go that long between treatments because their blood counts aren't good or high enough. I was up to over 3 weeks in between treatments for the last three treatments because my counts were so low. Chemo is cumulative so it will remain in your body for some time to come. Enjoy the holidays without having that chemo.

    Kim

    as i
    do agree with kim,i have been done with chemo since july16,2009 and even though the side effects from it still linger on i am so scared it will come back.i guess its all part of being a survivor and is something we all experiance,,,,,Godbless....johnnybegood
  • Shayenne
    Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
    #4
    johnnybegood said:

    as i
    do agree with kim,i have been done with chemo since july16,2009 and even though the side effects from it still linger on i am so scared it will come back.i guess its all part of being a survivor and is something we all experiance,,,,,Godbless....johnnybegood

    It can
    Still progress while on chemo as well, so even if you take a break, it shouldn't matter. I'll be going on doing it once every 3 weeks with just Avastin and 5fu, and that kind of scares me, since I was doing the folfiri every other week, and I wonder if it will just progress like that, hope not though!

    I did also hear that chemo stays in your body for a really long time, so it's still working, when you think it isn't :)

    Hugsss!
    ~Donna
  • butterfly23
    butterfly23 Member Posts: 256
    #5
    HI
    Hi, They are absolutely normal feelings. I am also given a break this month, and I feel the same way, but I look at it this way, I will feel well Christmas Day. My 40th birthday! and New Years! Not that we do anything, but at least I won't feel soooo sick. I also think your body need a break once in a while, just think how strong it will be to fight this Beast once we start up again!

    Hugs
    Karyn
  • phoebe1017
    phoebe1017 Member Posts: 37
    #6
    also taking a break
    My husband is also taking 2 weeks off over the holidays; and I also have nightmares of the cancer progressing during the break. But he is on his 10th round of Folfox, 5FU and Avastin and he desperately needs a break. His blood work is all over the charts from week to week. I think the break is just as necessary for his mental health as it is for his physical health.

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