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Doxil - Skin reaction
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Has anyone had a problem with skin reactions from Doxil treatment besides on their hands and feet? I woke up this week 3 days after treatment with bright, red ...
112/24/03 Message Rating
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Numbness in feet from medicati...
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I've been on Lupron, Zometa, Casodex and Thalomide since March of this year for my stage 4 prostate cancer. Although recent bone scans show no new areas of grow...
412/13/03 Message Rating
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Abnormally High Red Blood Cell...
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My mom was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer and has been undergoing chemo. All of her blood work looks great except her red blood count......its double ...
112/06/03 Message Rating
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Distorted Taste
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I was diagnosed with tongue cancer two years ago at age 47 and had surgery followed by radiation which I finished in January 2002. Of course my mouth was ...
011/05/03 Message Rating
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Weight Gain During Chemo?
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I've read that women often gain weight, sometimes 20 or more pounds, during chemo. I could never understand why, until I realized that my finger & toenails almo...
910/11/03 Message Rating
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Chemo and veins
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Mom had chemo done today first they missed the vein then they got one she now has a bruise and a bump kinda swollen vein looks swollen and blue and bubbly in on...
009/17/03 Message Rating
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Small Cell Lung Cancer and swo...
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My mother has sclc and went to the emerency room yesterday for a Swollen left foot - same thing happened before she was even diagnosed with SCLC except on her o...
309/08/03 Message Rating
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Sphincter Muscle Pain
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I have had bladder cancer for the last 5 1/2 years. I've had numerous biopsies & many rounds of treatment with BCG & or interferon. This year was the first year...
109/06/03 Message Rating
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Reducing Iron
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Hi, I asked a question about iron some time ago, but sadly received no response. Anyway, my girlfriend finally asked her doctors to check her ferritin levels;...
008/26/03 Message Rating
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Carbo Chemo side effects?
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My husband has gotten the news that the Gemzar he has been taking has slowed down his CUP, however it has not put it into remission or pushed or decreased any t...
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What symptoms (pain, physiolog...
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I'm 38 and I may have prostate cancer. If I do, and it is malignant, and I choose to do nothing about it, and I happen to die because of it; what symptoms will ...
108/25/03 Message Rating
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Please read! Diarrhea
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Does anyone have information on small cell lung cancer and the diarrhea it brings during chemotherapy? The diarrhea starts 2 days after the chemotherapy and las...
208/24/03 Message Rating
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Blood Clots
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Has anyone had any experiences with blood clots in your legs? My sister has breast cancer and has developed 3 clots within the last month. She had a filter pu...
508/14/03 Message Rating
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Chemotherapy Circadian Timing
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I understand from a cancer book I am reading that there can be a tremendous difference in amount and severity of side effects depending upon what time of day th...
008/13/03 Message Rating
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Constipated???
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Hi, this is Oby again. Thought I'd share what I have found to be the absolute solution to constipation -- which so often comes about because of the chemotherap...
208/08/03 Message Rating
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Effexor XR
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I would like some information on the drug Effexor XR. How is it different from Effexor? What does the research say about the use of Effexor XR in place of Effex...
007/28/03 Message Rating
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Shortness of Breath from Chemo...
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I had 6 treatments of carboplatin & paclitaxel for ovarian cancer stage 3C; last treatment was completed in November '02. I was assured by my Dr. a few months l...
107/14/03 Message Rating
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Thrombocytosis
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I have received some very good information on my blood disorder, I have an appointment on the 18th of July, because I have no insurance they want 180.00 up fro...
007/07/03 Message Rating
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Diabetic Now
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My doctor gave me decadron a premed steroid drug that you are given. I kept passing out. Not for long but I couldn’t sit up or stand up. My family had to call 9...
006/03/03 Message Rating
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Weakness After Chemo
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My dad has been treated with 3 doses of chemo and now has very weak legs. Does anyone know what has caused this?? He was admitted into the hospital because he f...
805/27/03 Message Rating
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Radiation Treatments
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Hi Everyone, just letting you know I'm on my ninth day of radiation, so far I have lost my taste of any food so I will go back to my feeding tube. Have started ...
505/26/03 Message Rating
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Blood bacterial infection
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My sister hass bladder cancer and now they say she has a blood bacterial infection, what type of infection is this?
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Always Tired
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Hi, My name is Susan. My husband was diagnosed with lung cancer during a routine chest e-ray at the emergency room. By the next week he was undergoing brain s...
505/02/03 Message Rating
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Lymph Leaking From Mastectomy ...
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I had a mastectomy in December of 2002. Since that time, I have at intervals leaked lymph through the skin just below my mastectomy scar. Has anyone else had ...
004/29/03 Message Rating
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Lymph Leaking From Mastectomy ...
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I had a mastectomy in December of 2002. Since that time, I have at intervals leaked lymph through the skin just below my mastectomy scar. Has anyone else had ...
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