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  • Enjoyful
    Enjoyful Member Posts: 278
    edited November 2009

    Brenda -

    I hear you!  I had my second TC on Thursday followed by Neulasta on Friday and the aches are starting to settle in.  Not sure I can handle four more of these.  AGGGHHHH.

    E

  • Enjoyful
    Enjoyful Member Posts: 278
    edited November 2009

    Valerie -

    I have a bucket o'Vicodin and am hoping it helps with the aches.  It was almost unbearable last time - so bad I couldn't sleep.  I keep putting on my ruby slippers and telling myself it's only temporary...it's only temporary.....

    E

  • birenegn
    birenegn Member Posts: 4
    edited November 2009

    Hi there. I wondered how you are now after 18months. I'm starting this week and our dx were similar.

  • birenegn
    birenegn Member Posts: 4
    edited November 2009

    Hi. Do you recall your staging # and Oncotypoe score#? I start T & C on Wednesday. You are a very positive person and I'm sure that helps when we're dealt these cards.

  • cherneski
    cherneski Member Posts: 149
    edited November 2009

    YOU CAN ALL DO THIS!  YES YOU CAN MAKE 6 TX'S!    I did it and if I could do it you can too!

    I really didnt think I was gonna make it.  I had terrible SE's and was so sick.  But I made it.

    Please remember to tell your Drs. EVERYTHING!  Write it down so that you dont forget.  They can tweak your meds.  Keep a journal just for SE's.  If you are in pain get pain killers.  If you are puking get whatever will work to help you stop.  Remember tell them EVERYTHING!

    I am routing for all of you!

    Much Love Deb

  • lottie
    lottie Member Posts: 160
    edited November 2009

    Thanks Deb. It's #3 for me this coming Wednesday. I've had a really good week but it'll be back down the rabbit hole again ... I know I can make it through #6 and I think your advice is really really important - tell your docs everything! 

     Lottie 

  • arnie2two
    arnie2two Member Posts: 374
    edited November 2009

    Hey ladies... even though I'm done with chemo and onto rads I'm still reading and cheering you on too!  There is light at the end of the tunnel...hang in there!!!

  • valeriekd
    valeriekd Member Posts: 79
    edited November 2009

    Thanks you guys, Cheering us on helps !!!! Valerie

  • arnie2two
    arnie2two Member Posts: 374
    edited November 2009

     

    Valerie...You're more than welcome!  I had 4 AC and 4 TC  and it's all of matter of taking it one day at a time and having the support of these amazing women who understood every ache, pain and SE that came my way.  Family is loving and supportive...but no one can understand what all of this feels like unless they've been there!   ((((((((((hugs)))))))))) janet 

  • dogsaver
    dogsaver Member Posts: 110
    edited November 2009

    Thanks for all the Emend advice. Its great to hear from all that are going through and habe gone through this. Deb,I'm so glad you are feeling better it sounds like this stuff really got you bad and you have endured a lot and you got through it due to your determination and your family and you're strength has been an inspiration. Pamela, keep us laughing. I could do a note to everyone but I think you're all amazing! I have one more and I wanted to just call it a day and yell mercy but ill put the battle helmet on go for another!

  • one-L
    one-L Member Posts: 653
    edited November 2009

    Hope all you girls that have a treatment  this week get  through it with minimual ses.  I will be thinking of you.

    This is day 10 post treatment and I am feeling great.  I can only hope it continues.

    Juannelle

  • chrisct
    chrisct Member Posts: 310
    edited November 2009

    I finished T/C x 4 mid-September and I'm cheering you all on too!  I'm 13 tx's into rads so far. Still getting my strength back after chemo.  Had no stamina initially, but last week I was able to jog a slow 5 miles - so the strength is coming back.   And my scalp is getting darker with new growth.  Hang in there ladies - before you know it, you'll be on your way too!

    Just wanted to mention that I had IV Aloxi before my T/C transfusions and it worked great for me.  I've read that Zofran and Aloxi are considered to be pretty much interchangeable, but for some people one works better than the other.  I wanted to mention it in case trying Aloxi might be the trick for anyone having trouble with nausea.   I didn't have any trouble with nausea - sluggish digestion during week 1 yes, but nausea no. 

    Wishing everyone minimal SEs!

  • elizk
    elizk Member Posts: 4
    edited November 2009

    Chris thanks for the note on Aloxi.  I start TC Nov 9(?) and am asking about that.  I have pills for at home naseau, but I AM SCARED!!! I made a note to ask the doc tom about Aloxi.  I also see the surgeon about getting my port tom.  I'm glad you are doing well.  Elizabeth

  • elizk
    elizk Member Posts: 4
    edited November 2009

    Chris thanks for the note on Aloxi.  I start TC Nov 9(?) and am asking about that.  I have pills for at home naseau, but I AM SCARED!!! I made a note to ask the doc tom about Aloxi.  I also see the surgeon about getting my port tom.  I'm glad you are doing well.  Elizabeth

  • elizk
    elizk Member Posts: 4
    edited November 2009

    Chris thanks for the note on Aloxi.  I start TC Nov 9(?) and am asking about that.  I have pills for at home naseau, but I AM SCARED!!! I made a note to ask the doc tom about Aloxi.  I also see the surgeon about getting my port tom.  I'm glad you are doing well.  Elizabeth

  • cherneski
    cherneski Member Posts: 149
    edited November 2009

    Dogfighter, Pam is a funny one isnt she!  Pam we love you!  Keep them laughing, we will cheer them on together!

    You can do it!  Hope you all feel as good as can be!

    Much Love Deb

  • lottie
    lottie Member Posts: 160
    edited November 2009

    I get an anti-nausea med injected into the IV when I have chemo. I think it's Aloxi but I'm not sure. I know that if she pushes it too fast it burns like %$&^#. I have Compozine to take every 6 hours as needed after. I does give me a sort of dull, thudding headache though. I'm so sorry some of you are having so much trouble w/ nausea. I do get it, but not to the point of throwing up and staying on top of it w/ Compozine or ginger ale and crackers, seems to do the trick. My biggest problems are pain and fatigue ... we'll see how #3 goes on Wednesday. Looks like I've had about 10 days of semi-normalcy this cycle. 

  • lottie
    lottie Member Posts: 160
    edited November 2009

    I have a hair question -- I'm bald in most places and have about 1/16 of an inch of hair on the top of my head. It's definitely dead, not growing, just sort of sitting there hanging on... it comes out with just a little tug. It's itchy. Should I just take it all off w/ a razor at this point? Has anyone done that? 

    Hang in everyone ...

    Lottie 

  • one-L
    one-L Member Posts: 653
    edited November 2009

    Just wanted to say good morning and good luck to all that are having treatment today.

    Juannelle

  • chrisct
    chrisct Member Posts: 310
    edited November 2009

    Lottie - some women have used lint roller tape or even duct tape to take off the loose hairs.  I imagine duct tape would be pretty sticky, but some have used it.

  • lottie
    lottie Member Posts: 160
    edited November 2009

    Thank you Chris. I'm thinking about packing tape -- more tug than the lint roller, less sticky than duct tape.

  • valeriekd
    valeriekd Member Posts: 79
    edited November 2009
    Hi Lottie a razor is not a good idea b/c of nicks to the scalp and possible infection. people recommend a buzzer w/ a #1 inch cover on so the blade does not hit your scalp unprotected. Good luck! Baldy Valerie
  • swest
    swest Member Posts: 140
    edited November 2009

    Hi Ladies!  I too am here cheering you on!!  I finished TC Feb. 13, 2009.  If you are having nausea please tell your Onc.  You should not be having any troubles with this.  I took Kytril and had no problems.

    Hang in there everyone!  We know how difficult this part of the journey is.  YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

    Sonia

    Edited to correct the year!  Oops!

  • arnie2two
    arnie2two Member Posts: 374
    edited November 2009

    I know this is probably "goofy" but I wrote this poem while in the midst of chemo... I just want you ladies to know that there are sooooo many gals out there that are rooting you on!!!! 

    New friends...

    That I would not even recognize if I met on the street.

    Many are plodding along feeling the same way

    on any given day....

    They care and it's to them my soul I bare.

    They know where I've been because they've been there too ...

    We try to lift each other up, but let each other be blue.

    Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry;

    and often we just wonder why...

    and then there comes another person that we can encourage

    or just lend an ear, a "newbie" who is full of fear.

    Sisters of breast cancer, each others burdens we bear.

    New friends, good friends, to my eye brings a tear.

    (((((((((((hugs)))))))))))   janet

  • one-L
    one-L Member Posts: 653
    edited November 2009

    Janet, the poem is beautiful. 

    I feel really good today, went to get my WBC checked and it has been super charged.  I can go back to work. 

    I hope all goes well for everyone getting treatment this week.

    Juannelle

  • revricki
    revricki Member Posts: 51
    edited November 2009

    Hi everyone! My last TC is Wednesday and it can't come fast enough!!! Bring it on!! I've never been more excited to be poisoned. HA.

    Here's my two cents on anti-nausea drugs. Aloxi and Zofran are from the same drug family and gave me awful migraines to the point where I need migraine medication and my Dr. threatened to send me for a brain scan. That was round #1. Since then, only EMEND. No nausea, no headaches.

  • jeanl151
    jeanl151 Member Posts: 36
    edited November 2009

    Janet,  your poem is lovely and it words are exactly  how I feel about this website.

    Jean

  • one-L
    one-L Member Posts: 653
    edited November 2009

    revricki, congrats for your last TC.  I have 3 more to go.  I know you are excited.  I am glad you are being able to control you nausea, fortunately I didn't have any of that with my first tx, but I know it could hit  with any treatment.

    Juannelle

  • valeriekd
    valeriekd Member Posts: 79
    edited November 2009

    Beautiful poem - I posted on another thread that this trip is bittersweet at times. The women I have met r beautiful and brave and i would never have met them otherwise- Including the women "met" on this site. Tomorrow is Tx #2. I'll keep you all with me - Thanks- Valerie

  • valeriekd
    valeriekd Member Posts: 79
    edited November 2009

    I just changed my avatar Want to see if it worked -too much hair in the old one but not enough daughter in the new one!

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