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Chemotherapy Discussions

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Grandmother has stage 4 lung c...
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hello my grandma has stage 3 or 4 small cell lung caner. We found out the day after christmas in 2007. I just broke down.. here i am with my 55 year old grandma...
202/24/08 Message Rating
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CMF
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I am getting ready to have CMF in a week.  Can anyone give me any advice or information.  I am very freaked out about it.  I would love to hear f...
002/20/08 Message Rating
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found out i have hodgkins
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all i hear is the bad mostly from people who have never had it. so i was wondering what i can expect. is there anything i need to worry about the first time i g...
002/11/08 Message Rating
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hair loss
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My friend has ovarian cancer. She has beautiful long thick hair and is worried that she will lose it when she starts chemo. I know that not everyone loses their...
102/10/08 Message Rating
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5FU Chemo deadly PLEASE BE CAR...
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My family needs answers. If any of you have lost a loved one to the chemo trmt 5fu or have experienced any of this horrible drugs side effects please it ne...
001/30/08 Message Rating
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Toxic Coctail????HELP!!
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Anyone have information on Carboplatin and Taxol given 4 hours weekly, we just were doing Cisplatin and Camptosar 7 hours straight weekly with no luck. Changed ...
301/29/08 Message Rating
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Gemcitibine and Capecitabine
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My mom is about to start this chemo for pancreatic cancer.  she is worried about losing her hair.  I read that it is not that common with this drug co...
001/24/08 Message Rating
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Cancer
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Hi, my name is Melinda and my mother (age 72) was diognosed with cancer 2 years ago.  I just use cancer because it started in her uterus and spread to her ...
001/23/08 Message Rating
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FOLXFOX and Hair Loss
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Just got my second chemo and noticed that my hair started to fall out.  Doc said if it started already now, I will loose all... anyone with similar experie...
001/22/08 Message Rating
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non small cell lung cancer
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Does anyone know of a person with NSC lung cancer that was actually helped by having chemotherapy?Chemo did nothing to help my husband accept to prolong hi...
101/17/08 Message Rating
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5fu topical treatment
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I had Melanoma on my right arm three years ago and had it excised. I follow up with the dermatolgist and and tests required.  I have signs of sun damaged s...
001/13/08 Message Rating
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5fu topical treatment
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I just started using 5fu topical for the bridge of my nose two days ago. Is it possible to have side effects so soon? I couldn't sleep all night and feel na...
001/13/08 Message Rating
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Hair restoration
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I am 23 years old and I had chemotherapy when I was 18 and 19.  I also had radiation to my head(brain cancer).  I have had a lot of hair grow back but...
112/28/07 Message Rating
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Getting insurance to cover Abr...
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Has anyone had any luck making their insurance co cover a switch to Abraxene due to Taxotere (or others) not working?Blessings...Angie
012/14/07 Message Rating
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My father who has cancer, his ...
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Should my dad have chemo at this number?   Not even sure if the oncologist would approve it next week..(when he gets hi blood tested again).. Has...
012/13/07 Message Rating
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Side affects of chemo nerve pa...
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Before I took taxol for breast cancer I was healthy and strong.  The taxol gave me herendous pains in my legs and feet, so bad I could hardly stand.  ...
412/11/07 Message Rating
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Xeloda
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I'd like to know if any of you have had the same reactions to Xeloda that I have been having. I'm experiencing terrible body aches, have been dizzy, go ...
112/07/07 Message Rating
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Wig Donation
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My mother-in-law passed away from lung cancer 2 weeks ago.  She had a blond beautiful real hair wig that our family would like to donate to a woman in need...
011/27/07 Message Rating
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Treatment 1
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I have had my surgery and now I have completed 1 of 6 treatments of chemo.  I have felt really sick this 1st week.  Can anyone tell me if I will start...
811/18/07 Message Rating
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Information and question about...
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My mother was diagnosed with MM 2.5 years ago. She lives in Kansas and her husband insisted she be treated locally for her cancer. They seemed to control it for...
011/17/07 Message Rating
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NAUSEA
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Hi My son has brain cancer and is on his third round of chemo / temador.Any suggestions to help lesson the nausea he's experiencing??  Certain foo...
110/23/07 Message Rating
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Signet cell ring
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Hi I am trying to help my niece.  Was wondering if anyone can share what treatment they have had for signet cell ring cancer-(appendix, or even other), how...
010/12/07 Message Rating
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Alitma
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My husband just had his first treatment with Alitma, and he sure vomits a lot more than he did on Taxol. It has also worn him out to a frazzel. He was working p...
010/01/07 Message Rating
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What can we expect
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My wife has stage IV lung cancer that was diagnosed in June of this year.  They said she had a tumor in the brain, in her lung and on her lymphnode.  ...
009/27/07 Message Rating
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CPT11 and Avastin ???
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I'm just looking to talk to anyone who's had some experience with this treatment.  I'm about to start it tomorrow.  I had a mixed glioma r...
109/25/07 Rated by 1 members
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