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Elevated liver enzymes
I didn't see any recent threads involving the topic so I'm starting a new one. I'm trying to see if anyone has had a similar circumstance in regards to alkaline phosphatate, ALT and AST levels. My alkaline phosphatate and ALT were elevated before I started chemo. The levels were 131 (should be under 104) and 67 (should be…
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Starting Chemo in November 2017
Hey all! I love these threads I have seen, and since I will be starting in November (just around the corner) I thought I would get one started. It took me a long time to come to the decision to do chemo (stage 1a, Node negative) but because I had an Oncotype of 25 and a High risk Mammaprint I decided that I needed to just…
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Starting chemo June 2021
Hi everyone. I will begin AC in about two weeks. Just wondering is there anyone else beginning chemo this month? I’m scared and don’t know a lot. I have talked with some of my friends that have had it and they have given some helpful advice. I will be doing chemo before surgery. If anyone has advice or thoughts on good…
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AC treatment
Hi - I've really benefited from the weekly Taxol treatment thread, and was surprised that I couldn't find a similar thread on AC. So here it is - a place to compare notes on what helps, how we are feeling, what our nurses tell us, and how it goes. Since AC is short, I'd like to particularly ask for people to post about…
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Quitting Taxol?
I did four rounds of AC, and I'm on my second round of Taxol. Beginning with the third round of AC, I started experiencing heart palpitations and some weird sensations in my heart. These symptoms have become more pronounced in the five weeks since then. I wear a heart rate monitor, and my resting pulse is anywhere between…
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Starting Chemo May 2020
Hello everyone, please feel free to join. I didn't see a post for this yet so I thought I'd start one. This is actually my very first post! I had my surgery 3 weeks ago today. I just found out yesterday that I will start chemo on 5/15. I'm doing 1 session every two weeks, with 8 weeks of Taxol followed by 8 weeks of…
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Vein Problems
Hi all, I finished TCHP 3 weeks ago, and my veins are shot. 🥴 I have one vein that's turned dark (it looks like a faint bruise line running up my arm), and on the same side, I have a small lump/knot in a vein near my wrist. The nurse said the darkening of the vein is normal but to "watch the lump." It's sore to the touch…
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Starting Chemo September 2021
Thinking perhaps we start a thread for those of us staring at chemo in September. How are you preparing; physically, mentally and emotionally? I know I've been doing research, asking questions, stalking past chemo threads and messaging ladies here. While I am pretty scared, I thought I was mentally prepared. But as I prep…
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Starting Chemo August 2021
**** Reposted *** Hello All. I am very glad to have found this website, even though no one really wants to be here…. I was diagnosed at the beginning of June and had a lumpectomy on June 29. My MO submitted for the Oncotype test and I had my follow up appointment today. My score was 46, so I am scheduled to start with my…
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Post Chemo-Anemia?
Hello to all, I'm now nearly 11 months post chemo. I've finished chemo 17 August 2018 and rads at October. I'm having my tests every 3 months. Pre chemo my Blood count was fine, after chemo my hematocrit is 36,6 and yesterday was 35,6. I'm a little concerned because all my other tests are fine (and blood tests -except…
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Pericardial Effusion
I had an echo at the start of the chemo 3 months ago as a regular check before starting TCHP and today after 4th cycle, the cardiologist told me that the fluid around the heart seems a little more than she would be comfortable with. She then checked the one from 3 months ago and turns out I had it exactly like this all…
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My Hair regrowth solution
So after chemo my eyelashes, eyebrows, and hair never really came back the way they were before. I did not want to do Rogaine because I heard it deepens your voice. I don't know if that's true but I didn't want to take the chance. While I was trying to figure out my hair growth issue, I had started on a skin care regime.…
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Prolonged fever after 4th AC treatment
Hi folks, I'm more than 2 weeks past my 4th AC + Keytrud infusion and have been having a 100 degree fever for the past week. I've been admitted into the hospital due to this and they're not able to find the source of my fever :( I've felt a slight fever before with other infusions but nothing that lasted this long. Is this…
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Quitting chemo early?
Has anyone stopped chemo early? The whole thing was a miserable experience with awful side effects and an oncologist who couldn't have cared less about me and my concerns. Side effects were rough and after the third cycle I just gave up. My oncotype score was 27 and I'm not convinced that really would put me in the "high…
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Postpone or miss AC treatment?
Hi there, I’m just wondering if anyone here has postponed or missed AC by a week. Before I was dx in October, my husband and I rented a beach house in Fla. for a week in Feb, for our children and grandchildren. We’ll be driving to Fla, as my Dr. said no flying. Right now my chemo schedule is my last AC treatment the day we…
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AC infusion and bladder irritation
Hi, I can’t find anything related to this so thought I’d just ask here. Does anybody have bladder irritation, kind of like a pressing feeling on your bladder when you’ve had fluids? I don’t really have any symptoms for a UTI. Many Thanks!
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Chemotherapy + Response
Starting chemotherapy for the first time for invasive ductal carcinoma . Wondering if anyone could speak to how their cancer responded to chemotherapy and whether chemotherapy effectively shrunk the tumour. Also wondering if anyone could speak to their experience with FEC-D chemo? Is there anything I can do to better…
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Chemo Related Breast Pain?
Hi everyone. Started chemo November 5th. I felt fine the first few days but then I got the chills, body aches, sneezing, sore throat, general fatigue, diarrhea, and a rash on my face, chest and back. I'm ok now (just get more tired) and was given methylprednisolone and clindamycin to treat my rash. My oncologist is going…
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AC - Any non-horror stories? Tips?
Hi everyone, I will be starting AC soon after 12 weekly TC+Keytruda doses. Although it wasn't a walk in the park Taxol was manageable for me. I've read many horror stories regarding AC and it is nicknamed "the red devil" for a reason. I'm just trying to find a ray of sunshine in this storm and wanted to hear from you…
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Steroid let down? Who has this
Ok so I’ve had my first chemotherapy Wednesday. Today is Friday and I feel steroid let down. I’m not sick, just sad and kinda tired. I hate steroids they just lift you way up and throw you down. Is there anyone else that have felt this way after the steroids wear off? Thanks
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Starting Chemo October 2018
So here is goes :-) just got my plan in place. First AC treatment is October 9. Starting this forum in the hopes others who are having treatment the same month can meet :-)
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Post chemo and still have cancer cells
hi- hoping someone might have advice on what I should push for next. I’m 42 and just finished a summer of DMX and 4 cycles of TC chemo. I had stage 2A IDC grade 3, onco 17,and extensive LVI (lymphovascular invasion). I’m now heading into hormone therapy stage with Lupron shots and AI drugs. I went to a naturopathic…
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TCHP Fingernails
Hi, I finished 5/6 rounds of TCHP Oct 12, 2021 then my nails started turning. Did this happen to you? Do they grow back like normal? It seems that my fingertips are changing shape and my fingerprints are disappearing (can't use to open doors at work anymore/I can't see them). My derm said he didn't know if they will grow…
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Neuropathy w/AC?
I had my 3rd AC infusion last week, and last night I noticed the tips of my fingers feel callused, like there's something between my skin and whatever I'm touching. I see the MO next week, but I was curious if anyone else had neuropathy issues with AC - neuropathy was mentioned to me for Taxol, which I start on 1/26, but…
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Has anyone had COVID while doing chemo?
What was it like? I am vaccinated and boosted and don't leave the house much, but the apparent transmissibility of the Omicron variant has me a little concerned, especially since my husband has to go to work each day and there are few, if any precautions there.
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My Chemo experience
Hi Everyone!! So glad I found this site. It's very helpful so you don't feel totally alone while going through this difficult time in our lives and wanted to share my story also. I was diagnosed end of March 2021 with Stage 2 that went into my lymph nodes and very aggressive type. They started me on the ACT regimen right…
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Starting Chemo November 2021
I haven't seen a thread for those of us staring chemo in November, and thought I'd start one. I've been lurking in the earlier Starting Chemo topics but thought it would be good to go through this with others. Friday, 11/12/21 I will have a port placed - scared to death about what it will be like, even after reading others…
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Starting Chemo May 2019
Have been trying to find one started for May 2019 with no luck. Starting 4months of AC+T May 2nd every 2 weeks. Scared out of my mind and not sure where to start. I still feel lost about the whole process. Do you meet with someone before it happens or do you just sit in a chair and they start?
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Starting Chemo March 2021
I couldn't find a thread for Chemo March 2021 and I thought to start one. I will be starting my AC chemo on March 11th. Anyone else starting this month?
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Signatera test
Our mo recommended the Signatera test before chemo and then again after. My understanding is that it tracks stray cancer cells in the blood and will determine if the chemo was effective. My question is what if the test is still positive post chemo? Does that mean that a recurrence is inevitable? How would that be typically…