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Cathy, I was told I could do the injection in my thigh (not in the muscles) if my tummy got too bruised check with your doctor about that. They can show you where. All the very best xx
Hi Julie, thank you for sharing your experience. I hope that your kidneys get better. All the very best xx
Catherine, I am glad your mom is in remission. I hope she continues to do well.
I will have the port put in on the 9th of May as I think chemo will be part of my life for sometime and my veins are getting tired.
All the best, BrigitteMy Last chemo today! I now have to wait until 19th April for a scan and will see my oncologist on 21 April. It is a relief to get a break from chemo. I hope I won’t have to go through it again but if I have to. I will cross that bridge when I get to it.
Chemo number 5 out of 6 done today. Last one before the scan in April. This time the chemo was burning going in so she put a hot towel on my arm which help. I also has a swelling near the neddle where the hydration liquid leaked under my skin. I didn’t report it and my nurse was a bit upset but nicely. I sometime wonder if they had done chemo after my surgery, whether it would have stopped the recurrence although it is irelevant now. Hope the drugs work. I am feeling like a pin cushion after having 2 blood test in 3 days and the chemo but got used to it by now.
staying positive.Well, looks like it is chemo time tomorrow. My platelets count went back up to what is considered acceptable. I am amazed that it did in just 3 days. After this session I only have one more and than it will be time for a scan to check on the results. Fingers crossed it will have made a difference.
Thank you so much for your comments and your hugs, it helps put things in prospective and I feel less alone. The last 5 years have been rough due to the fact that I lost my husband to leukemia in 2011, than my baby sister in 2013 to breast cancer. I was dealing with all of that until 2 years ago when I started to feel I needed help. I am on Zoloft (50mg) and it has been a life saver and I think the reason why I coped calmly with learning I had CC last year.
Here are bigs hugs back to you and wishing you all the best.brigitte xx
Thanks Julie,
I will get some queeze eze.
I get a small bag of steroid with my Gem/Cis chemo as well as well as an anti-nausea med that is supposed to last 72 hours. I am on sertralime, 50mg once a day as well which I think has helped me cope with having CC. calmly. As far as physically feeling weak that also seem to get better after 5 days.
All the best to you Julie,
BrigitteThe things I hate since being diagnosed with CC are:
Not having my husband with me (I lost him 5 yrs ago this month to cancer), to hold me when I feel unsecure.
Not having someone to talk to about my fears, my feelings as I don’t want to burden my children, who already worry about me.
Waiting to see in April if the chemo has worked and having to wait 2 weeks after the scan
before I can see the oncologist (he will be away) for the results.
Not knowing if the chemo side affects will get worse with each treatment.
Yet when I read the other posts and how rough some people have it, I feel I have nothing to complain about.Got my second chemo on Thursday and again got a headache for a couple of days but and have heartburn more than usual. Felt like a wet noddle the next day but better today. If that is all the side effects I get, I have nothing to complain about.
Thank you for your comments,it is giving me hope. I have 5 more chemo session until my next scan in April. The first one didn’t give me any significant side affects just heartburn and slight weakness in my muscles and occasional light headedness. I try to live in the present and ask the good Lord for strength each day.
Take care
BrigitteThank you for your support. It was a long day in hospital but so far just have a headache so count myself lucky. Tomorrow is another day so fingers crossed
