Archive for the ‘Chemo Side-Effects’ Category
Hello friends. Just wanted to bring you up to date on things and to let you know I think it’s time for me to be a Princess. Since my last treatment, I did have my right lung drained. They removed 600 cc’s of fluid. The procedure, overall, didn’t really help with my breathing, but they [...]
Since I started my new chemo last week, I haven’t been feeling well. I had a lot of pain in my back, ribs, and stomach. I have also been struggling with my breathing. Just picking up a sock off the ground was a challenge. Yesterday, I went to Roswell Park for my second chemo treatment, [...]
I recently had a CT scan of my chest and abdomen, which showed that there has been a slight growth of cancer. There is a new spot in my liver, approximately 1.5 cm. Doc said its difficult to tell if there has been any growth in my lungs because there are so many spots in [...]
UPDATE: Decided to try the Tarceva before the new chemo. Will update you on how it works. __________ Went to Roswell yesterday to get a CT scan. It came back showing the clinical trial drug TL, along with the Gemzar (another chemo) is not working. With that, and the fact that my side effects now [...]
Just had chemo on Friday, which was chemo number 4 in the clinical trial. I have been having low levels of while blood cells and this time, they determined that I have neutropenia. Neutropenia is an abnormally low level of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell). As it was explained to me, it’s the [...]
This is my first Christmas with cancer and I am so happy to be here. Woo Hoo! There has been one slight hick up however, and that would be Chemo Brain. You see, one of the common side effects of chemo is having memory problems, commonly known as Chemo Brain. It can be a pain [...]
Never having chemo before, I had no idea what I was getting into. I was naive and set myself up for this extremely complicated procedure. Turns out, chemo isn’t so scary. It’s a lot easier than Gamma Knife. You basically sit in a chair and they hook you up to an IV. At the onset, [...]
