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Jan 13, 2021 - 10:16 am
Hi All- I am currently undergoing my second round of chemo. I have a lot of pain from my rectal tumor and it hurts the most when I am sitting in a chair. This has lead to me missing a lot of work. I take morphine, acetominiphine, and gabapentin every day but they only make the pain manageable for staying home and laying on my bed. I've noticed that the first 2 days when I am doing chemo, I have reduced pain, and I assume it is because of the steroids. I am wondering if anyone here has been given a prescription for daily steroids to address pain while undergoing chemo? I don't know if its the kind of drug that would interfere with chemo if taken on a daily basis. I thought I would like to hear from you all before I ask my oncologist about this. Thanks- Kelley |
Joined: Dec 2017
I have never been given a
I have never been given a daily steroid. I did get a prescription to take it the day before my infusion as extra allergy med when I was taking FOLFOX after I became VERY allergic to oxaliplatin. And I have a steroid mouthwash for when I get mouth sores really bad. Not answering you question, but just pointing out that I have taken steroids outside of infusion. There is the question though if the steroid messes up your sleep. I mean, I know from the mouthsores that pain overrides a lot of other issues. But for me, I get like 0 hours sleep the first night of steroid, and that it takes me almost a week to recoup the sleep loss of first two days
Joined: Dec 2017
I wonder if there is a
I wonder if there is a steroid cream you could use. But as I type that I realize that my thoughts of how I can't feel anything on my stomach along my incision from liver resection is completely different because your pain is from the inside, whereas my stomach is numb from the outside
Joined: Dec 2017
sorry I clicked twice
I wonder if there is a steroid cream you could use. But as I type that I realize that my thoughts of how I can't feel anything on my stomach along my incision from liver resection is completely different because your pain is from the inside, whereas my stomach is numb from the outside
Joined: Apr 2017
Prednisone
I took prednisone for joint and back pain. It helped a lot. But there are long-term effects of steriod use. For me, the prednisone exacerbated heart problems caused by the chemo, so I discontinued using it. But pain is insiduous. Sometimes it seems it is worth making compromises, despite the risks.
Joined: Feb 2009
Pain
My rectal pain was terrible where it wasn't possible for me to sit comfortably. They put me on protofoam which is a suppository that helped me immensely. Between the tumor and the radiation, my rectal area hurt for quite some time. I've never heard of a steroid directly, but the protofoam has hydrocortisone in it which helped.
Kim
Joined: Jan 2020
Thanks everyone for your
Thanks everyone for your posts.
Kelley