Regimens, side effects, and support from others going through chemo.
Good morning, My oncologist said I’d have hair thinning but the nurse said I’d likely lose my hair. Wondering if you only received taxol over 12 weeks (no dose dense or AC first) if you still lost your hair? If so, what week? I tried looking in the weekly taxol group but it’s so many post to weed through. Thank you!
Im starting chemo next week, and last wednesday "the port" was placed on the left side of my chest. Since it was placed, Ive been having some fairly bothersome left shoulder and neck pain (almost all the way from the port thru my upper back, and from the neck to the shuolder.) The placement site also hurts, mostly when I…
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who else has hair coming in EXTREMELY curly?! I’m wondering if it’s here to stay or just “chemo curls” and will subside. My dad has extremely curly hair so wasn’t sure what was happening! My hair used to be dirty blond and slightly wavy now it’s almost BLACK with LOTS of curls. Who else?!
Hi everyone, I'm caring for my mother who was diagnosed with Stage II Triple Negative Breast Cancer in November last year. She is the third generation along my maternal line to be diagnosed, but her genetic markers came out negative. She’s been undergoing chemotherapy for the past 5 months and is currently on Adriamycin…
Hi everyone. I'm halfway through a 12 week treatment plan, and wondered what things are like in other chemo treatment centers. In mine, the nurses are nice but there's no effort to make the place quiet or peaceful. They yell back and forth across the floor at each other, speak really loudly, and there's one tv in the…
I didn't see a thread starting for *my* month, so I figured I'd start one... Anyone else getting ready to start their chemo in February? I start my first tx on Feb 16th. I'm doing 4 cycles of docetaxel and cyclophosphamide (also called TC, I think?). I've been doing tons of reading about whether I need to ice my fingers…
Hi everyone! I'm brand new here, just had my first Taxol treatment yesterday. Reading through these message boards it seems like there's a lot of information my chemo center left out, I'm honestly thinking of switching to a different provider but wanted to ask here if maybe I'm overreacting? Before my first treatment, I…
My infusion nurse suggested I make a journal so I will do it here hoping people can find information that may be helpful to them. Let's start: June 11 - port placement. It went well, I guess. But not sure if there was an injury with my surgeon. I saw him discussing something with the nurse like his finger got pricked or…
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