CancerCompass message board discussion started by freeatlast on 8/1/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,14933,0.htm Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ i started my chemo today and  all went  well,im doing the chemo called carbplatin i went in there with my mind made up i wasnt  going to get  sick  and  i didnt get sick today. i hope  tomarrow is good and i hope  every  day is like today . i feel wonderful they also say  they dont think i will loose my hair.i ate a good lunch  and a good dinner all seems to be good  just wanted to  let any one know  that is having the same  chemo treatment i had  , i no every one is diffrent  so every one keep  possitive regardless of  wht kind u  are having  thanks  just wanted to share my  story  barbara freeatlast Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT Hello! Hope you are still feeling OK. Get plenty of rest and drink lots of fluids. Now is the time to Take Care of Yourself. Do not allow yourself to feel guilty--you are working on getting well. This is your full-time job now.Surround yourself with things you love--books, magazines, candles, etc. Please be certain that there are lots of good thoughts for you... I know what you are going through and wish many blessings for you!  Jenniferny Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT for  the  first   day it was ok  but  i didnt relize it  would  get  wrst i beeb sick to my  stomach  and  yeasteday i couldnt hardly walk  today  im still unstable on my feet i guess this is the side  effects on chemo hope i t  passes  soon it has been 4 days secnce i had the  chemo  i try to stay possitive  but its hard to  barbaraOn 8/2/2007 Jenniferny wrote:Hello! Hope you are still feeling OK. Get plenty of rest and drink lots of fluids. Now is the time to Take Care of Yourself. Do not allow yourself to feel guilty--you are working on getting well. This is your full-time job now.Surround yourself with things you love--books, magazines, candles, etc. Please be certain that there are lots of good thoughts for you... I know what you are going through and wish many blessings for you!   freeatlast Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT  On 8/1/2007 freeatlast wrote:i started my chemo today and  all went  well,im doing the chemo called carbplatin i went in there with my mind made up i wasnt  going to get  sick  and  i didnt get sick today. i hope  tomarrow is good and i hope  every  day is like today . i feel wonderful they also say  they dont think i will loose my hair.i ate a good lunch  and a good dinner all seems to be good  just wanted to  let any one know  that is having the same  chemo treatment i had  , i no every one is diffrent  so every one keep  possitive regardless of  wht kind u  are having  thanks  just wanted to share my  story  barbaraBarbara-My 46 yr old girlfriend just finished her Carbo/taxel tratments 6).  You will hopefully be as free of side effects as she. The anti-emetic drug Zofran worked great but if you don't have insurance it would be prohibitive ($33 per pill- 3 per day for first 3 days. There are various programs with the cancer groups that can help financially.  Pam noticed her hair falling out at 14 days after her first treatment, she shaved her head but says she wouldn't have if she had 20-20 hindsight as she thinks it might have just thinned.  It started growing back after the 4th treatment(odd), and is about 1 1/4 inches long now. Her eyelashes went about then, but her eyebrows stayed.  She suggests getting synthetic wigs instead of human hair as it is easier to keep a style, and they do look good.  She has had a lot of stomach and bowel issues but it is more related to her surgery than the cancer itself (adhesion and constipation).  You should get through it just fine.  She did not have any other side effects like mouth or skin issues, and she and I both would say that the most important thing to watch is your weight, hers started to drop, lost 42 pounds from surgery and the aftereffects but we managed to stop it and turn it around before it affected her blood counts and other nutrition markers. She has now gained to a weight of 152 after starting at 184. She only needed 2 procrit shots after the 4th chemo treatment and her Hemoglobin shot back up to normal. She was diagnosed initially with Stage IIIB which appears to have spread to a lymph node in her celiac axis node near her pancreas.  The chemo seems to have knocked it out, waiting for results of a Pet/CT  scan from last Wednesday. Hopefully she is disease-free now.  If yoyu have ANY questions , please contact me. I have become totally immersed in her care and her cancer. She is upbeat and you couldn't tell she was sick by looking at her.  We will both pray for you and think of you. Hang in there. Rick (and Pam). mistered Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT  On 8/1/2007 freeatlast wrote:i started my chemo today and  all went  well,im doing the chemo called carbplatin i went in there with my mind made up i wasnt  going to get  sick  and  i didnt get sick today. i hope  tomarrow is good and i hope  every  day is like today . i feel wonderful they also say  they dont think i will loose my hair.i ate a good lunch  and a good dinner all seems to be good  just wanted to  let any one know  that is having the same  chemo treatment i had  , i no every one is diffrent  so every one keep  possitive regardless of  wht kind u  are having  thanks  just wanted to share my  story  barbaraHi Barbara,Thanks for sharing and for keeping positive, too! I had my 1st chemo treatment on July 25th and am scheduled for my 2nd on Aug. 15 (1X every 3 weeks for total of 6 treatments).  My chemo cocktail is carboplatin and taxol.  So far, all I experienced were flu-like symptoms  for about 3 days beginning on the 3rd day after chemo.  Then, for about a week, I felt tired.  Today I am feeling great and am sort of wondering if the chemo is 'working'!!!  LOL!  I have faith it is, as I do have aches and pains now and again in my gut area, so I know the chemo is kicking BUTT and fighting those little nasty buggers left behind!  GO CHEMO!I have been told I will lose my hair, but so far haven't.  That'd be OK, though, as sometimes I just don't feel like styling it and it would be a lot easier throwing on a hat like guys do!!Keep up the Faith and Blessings to you,Susie Susie12 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT Hi Barbara,I am winning my second battle with cancer.  The first being colorectal cancer. 4 1/2 years later, it metastisized to both luungs.  The second bout, I jtook carboplatin.  My hair thinned out but it did not fall out.  So just wait it out and see what happens.  My treatmentis over now, and half of my hair is about 12 inches long, and the other is bout two inches long.  Nice look!I took pre-meds before the carboplatin that really prevented me from having nausea.  I did not lose much weight and I tolerated the 5 FU and Carboplatin very well.  Blood counts were good throughout and I had 8 rounds, over 7 months.  SO, hang in there!  You can get through this and you'll be stronger than ever.  You'll be in my prayers and pray for me as I go back to M.D. Anderson tomorrow for PT/CT scans following my two lung surgeries. Take care,Deborah  Marlingirl Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT Dear Rick,Your post was inspiring to me and I thank you for that!  I hope Pam is in remission, it sounds as if she will be.  You are both in my prayers,Susie Susie12 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT first  day was good  2nd  day  was  pretty good  have been sick to my  stomach  off and  on threw out the week  but with the med s  they are giving me its helping a bit  thanks  for ur in put freeatlast Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT my  first day was  great, the 2nd day i got a bit sick to my  tummy, but the meds they have me on  are surpose to be helping that , i keep  praying  i will get threw this  and  so will others  mine was at stage 2  they say they got it all  i will soon be going to have my second treatment  the end of august  i feel pretty good today  in september they are putting me on  some meds its called arimidex have u heard of that if so  wht are the side  effects to that  i know its expensive $650.00 a month and theyu want me on it for  2  yrs,they say  no i wont  loose my hair  but i dont believe them , either that or it will thin out  which is  funny  as my hair is and  has always been  thin not  thick at all, well hope all is well  with u  keep praying and keep ur chin up   freeatlast Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT