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From depression to hair loss, cancer treatment side effects can be difficult to deal with. Our supportive online forum can help you research new strategies and locate resources for dealing with cancer treatment side effects. Join today to share information and experiences with other patients who are also working to recover from their cancer treatment.

Side Effects Discussions

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Peripheral neuropathy
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Hello Fellow Cancer Survivors,I had the 6 month treatment for stage III rectal cancer with 5FU and Ox and Luc.  I have the neuropathy as many of you have.&...
002/19/08 Message Rating
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arimidex
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i was wondering if any one eles is having the same problems with this medicine as i am or if its the medicine i keep gaining weight like 1 to 2 pounds a week i ...
002/19/08 Message Rating
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Side effects of SUTENT 50mg
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My father 58 years old was diagnosed with RCC and Metastasis to Lung, Paraaotic LN and left shoulder. He is taking SUTENT 50mg. He just completed his ...
102/14/08 Message Rating
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Side effects of SUTENT 50mg
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My father 58 years old was diagnosed with RCC and Metastasis to Lung, Paraaotic LN and left shoulder. He is taking SUTENT 50mg. He just completed his ...
002/14/08 Message Rating
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Numbness on the leg as side ef...
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My husband has gone through 4 cycles of chemotheraphy, the last one was combined with 5FU. Now he feels tingling and numbness in his right leg. His Oncologist i...
102/12/08 Message Rating
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Neuropathy from Oxaliplatin
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I took my last stage 3 colon cancer treatment (the usual) in November, 2007.  I have now developed severe neuropathy in feet, knees and hands.  When I...
202/08/08 Message Rating
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Questions about after ffects o...
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I am worried about my 18 year old daughter, She had morderate dysplysia of the cervix the gyno. did a leep procedure on her back in Oct. of last year since then...
002/05/08 Message Rating
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Carac
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Have been using carac for 16 days.  Noticed where ever I apply it turns red in a couple of days.  I thought carac would only produce the redness where...
002/02/08 Message Rating
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Aromasin headaches & hot flash...
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Does anyone else suffer from daily headaches since beginning Aromasin therapy? Also, my face turns red a lot, especially when I'm talking - is this a h...
001/29/08 Message Rating
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Peripheral Neuropathy
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After 19 weeks of treatment with virtually no side effects, other than losing his hair, my husband finished his chemo the end of November. Last week he began to...
401/25/08 Message Rating
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numbness, muscle and joint pai...
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I went through stage 3 colon cancer a few month back. This is the second time. The first time I was 30. This time I'm 43.  I went through chemo treatme...
101/25/08 Message Rating
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Skin Treatments/Tarceva
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I recently was viewing information regarding Tarceva and it's side effects on the skin and was linked to a website that sold skincare products that helped a...
001/24/08 Message Rating
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Losing too much weight
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My father is being treated for rectal cancer.  He is 6 weeks into chemotherapy and has lost a massive amount of weight.  He is 6"0 and now weighs...
301/21/08 Message Rating
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Aromasin Side Effects
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I am so happy to have found this site and appreciate all I have learned from reading your messages.  I had been on Femara for 12 months and experienced ter...
001/18/08 Message Rating
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arimidex
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I am 57 and was diagnosed with intraductal carsanoma in July 2006.  It was caught very early and I had a lumpectomy, went thru 8 rounds of chemo 13 ro...
001/17/08 Message Rating
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Arimidex
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Does anyone have rib pain?  I think mine might be from my plastic surgery. They took muscle and skin from my back and moved it to my breasts.  Does an...
001/16/08 Message Rating
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Arimidex
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I have been on Arimidex since 7/07 and I was doing not bad but now my body hurts.  After sitting for a while my feet and ankles stiffen and I find it hard ...
701/13/08 Message Rating
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night sweats
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Anyone have any suggestions for treatment/remedies for night sweats...my son's nearing the end of his long, long battle and the night sweats are miserable.....
001/10/08 Message Rating
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thrush
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I'm 8 weeks out of radiation treatment for SCC on the base of my tongue. Generally, I'm recovering well. But I have deposits of thrush around my molars that don...
301/08/08 Message Rating
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thrush
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I'm 8 weeks out out radiation treatment for SCC on the base of my tongue. Generally, I'm recovering well. But I have deposits of thrush around my molars that do...
001/08/08 Message Rating
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Sutent side effect - loss of t...
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Hello, My mom is on Sutent. (30th day)  She is 84 and has RCC metastasized in the liver.  She is taking 1/2 the usual dose all of the time. ...
001/04/08 Message Rating
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Tarceva side effects
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I am taking tarceva for lung cancer. I don't have a rash, but my hands are very tender, dried, cracking and peeling. they tingle and feel like leather. I wa...
012/19/07 Message Rating
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radiation side effects a week ...
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i'm sorry if my question is something that has already been talked about.i am new to this site...my 89 year old mom had one week of radiation for breast can...
112/17/07 Message Rating
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Dry mouth
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My mother has been bothered by dry mouth and perhaps a little thrush for quite a while now.  At this point, any small comfort would be a big thing.  T...
412/01/07 Message Rating
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early menopause
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Hi All.  I am 38 years old currently in remission from NHL.  Completed chemotherapy in April07, and Radiation in august 07.  I have not yet retur...
111/08/07 Message Rating
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