farquhar

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• farquhar has replied to a post on the message board

  I see that this post was from 2010, but if you are still on this site, I have equlibrium problems due , I think, to oxaliplatin treatment, IV 2 hour?? infusion with magnesium/calcium IV before and after oxaliplatin and dexamethasone 10 mg IV infusion( I have no adrenal glands).  I am also on a 2 day pump of 5FU.  9 days after the first treatment, I was unable to walk without losing my balance. I now walk wi...

  November 27 at 5:19 PM view post

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  My brother was on cisplatin for non-small cell llung cancer.  They didn't tell him it may damage his hearing.  He is now completely deaf in his right ear. I don't know if there are any remedial mitigators ( medicines) that might lessen or eliminate this, nor do I know if everyone taking cisplatin ends up with hearing loss or deafness, but I would question his doctor about this.  I just noticed tha...

  November 27 at 4:39 PM view post

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  Do noteat the corn!!  Ask your dietician or someone who is helping you with dietary needs.  I was in the hospital because of critically low sodium levels and no adrenal glands, so I was in for a few days to keep me from circulatory collapse and death.  Down the hall from me was a gentleman who was also dying to eat corn and did; he ended up with a severe blockage which ended him in the hospit...

  November 27 at 4:02 PM view post