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Chemotherapy Discussions

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Neuropathy caused by Chemo
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Hello everyone,My younger brother has Multiple Myeloma and is experiencing severe neuropathy in his feet.  He is in such pain and your posts gave me a...
006/19/09 Message Rating
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Neuropathy caused by Chemo
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Hello everyone,My younger brother has Multiple Myeloma and is experiencing severe neuropathy in his feet.  He is in such pain and your posts gave me a...
006/19/09 Message Rating
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starting chemo
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Firstly I want to say what a great lot of people here!! I am blown away by the generosity,love and concern shown to others by so many on this  message...
006/17/09 Message Rating
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What can be done to hide the c...
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My beautiful wife is having a chest port inserted week for her chemo and I wanted to know if any of you had some tips on clothing to hide this port.  She i...
305/28/09 Message Rating
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FORGOT ANTI-NAUSEA MEDICINE
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The nurse forgot to add the anti-nausea medicine to my dad's iv yesterday. Has this ever happend to you?
005/27/09 Message Rating
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13 year old boy force to have ...
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  I could not belive what I was reading. I supose it because Im on holistic alterative treatment, and Im doing so well on it, that Im concernd but is this ...
005/19/09 Message Rating
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Anyone heard of VP-6?
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After a total spine MRI, a "walnut-sized" tumor was discovered in my spinal cord, mid to lower back.  It appears that some of the cancer from my ...
005/18/09 Message Rating
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Antioxidants
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Does anyone have a handle on whether or not antioxidants help or hinder chemo, specifically Gemcitabine aka Gemzar? Have never received a straight answer on thi...
205/13/09 Message Rating
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administration of chemo
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My husband has high grade CIS, and has recently had surgery on his ureter and renal pelvis.  Due to the fact that he has only one kidney, the surgeon was n...
005/07/09 Message Rating
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Support
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Hi. My partner has MM, went through two years of chemotherapy - various trials many complications. Got the all clear and know results are positive again. Chemot...
205/06/09 Message Rating
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Erbitux Doses
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My husband has been given the option of having 3 Cisplatin treatments over 7 weeks, or 35 Erbitux treatments along w/Radiation.  Radiation everyday and Erb...
204/30/09 Message Rating
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Erbitux or Cisplatin
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My husband and I met with the chemo Dr. yesterday and we were given an option.  We needed to choose Erbitux or Cisplatin.  Erbitux Chemo has no side e...
104/30/09 Message Rating
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oxilialplatilin(?)
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hello all, my name is mike, i was diagnosed and treated for colon cancer from april '07 until december '07.  december was my final day for chemo.&n...
004/30/09 Message Rating
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numbness in fingers and feet
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hi reading the blogs still.wish i"d had a computer when i had my treatments 2plusyears ago.i too had carplatin  and taxol.my numbness in feet and fing...
004/27/09 Message Rating
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looking for treatment informat...
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Yesterday evening 4/20/09 someone I donot recall thier name discussed treatment they recieved for thymoma, my friends doctors would like to know what you reciev...
104/21/09 Message Rating
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low platelet count
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Hi Everyone,  I am having trouble getting my platelet count to come back up between chemo sessions.  I've googled and found lots of suggestions.&n...
004/16/09 Message Rating
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Patient, LindaMae Passed Away
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For All of you who connected with LindaMae, she passed away peacefully at 3:23 monday morning. Her PPC cancer got future than thought and she stopped treatment ...
004/13/09 Message Rating
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My first week after Chemo . .
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It's not fun, but I'm hanging in there.  I'm having the usual side effects.  Some nausea, dry heathing, fatigue.  I'm also having...
204/11/09 Message Rating
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IV Decadron and elevated blood...
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just started(yesterday) Chemo treatment(Carboplatin and Taxol). I'm a type 2 diabetic. One of The premeds(Decadron 20mg IV) caused a big spike in my blood s...
104/10/09 Message Rating
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chemo brain
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this is my first time on this , and I read everyones answers to the the person who wants to go on vacation and stop smoking,    you are all so wo...
004/09/09 Message Rating
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first timer
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I'm a nervous wreck tonight...I'm feeling that my whole body is shaking....I had 2 major surgeries before ...one was in 1994 for large cyst in my right ...
004/06/09 Message Rating
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Side Affects of Chemo
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My dad has to start chemo within the next two weeks. He recently had surgery to remove his tumor in his rectum. 2/3 of rectum was removed as well as tumor. Whil...
204/02/09 Message Rating
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Exhaustion
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Hi Everbody !  All my positive energy and prayers are with you !My Dad is being defeated by exhaustion. I cannot tell if it is the disease or the Torisel ,...
103/31/09 Message Rating
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lost sense of taste
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   I have only started chemo in the past 5 weeks, although I have been under treatment for Stage lV breast cancer since 1998.  The treatments I g...
103/28/09 Message Rating
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Has anyone had this Combo
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My dad was diagnoised with stage iv lung cancer last week and will begin his chemo treatments on Friday. He will have 3weeks on and 1 week off 1 time per week o...
103/26/09 Message Rating
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