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Celebration | Cancer is shrinking
Randy had his first CT after his third round of chemo today. Dr.'s nurse called to let us know it showed a 40% improvement. It was the first good news we have had. We will get more in details on Wednesday before next round of chemo, but they wanted to call with the good news.
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Side Effects | Weight loss
When I was initially diagnosed stage IV RCC, I weighed 191 lbs. Two years later I weighed 204. Following that I started slowly losing weight and now stay in the mid 130s.
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Side Effects | Vaginal dryness or irritation
Once I stopped taking the hormone replacement therapy in approximately 2016, I lost all sexual desire and became very dry and easily irritated.
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Side Effects | Skin changes
I seem to bruise quite easily and they take a couple of months to disappear. I am not on a blood thinner which many people ask me when they see my arms. I don't know the cause.
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Side Effects | Pain
I started having bone and muscle pain about 1-1/2 years into treatment which eventually became quite severe. It is now well controlled with the use of Morphine.
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Side Effects | Nausea/Vomiting
I have started to have issues with Nausea with dry heaves over the last 3 months. Generally mid-morning with the hot flashes but not daily.
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Side Effects | Hot flashes
When I was on the Votrient I had to stop my hormone replacement therapy that I had been on since going through menopause. Following stopping that medication I started getting hot flashes predominately at night, In recent months I no longer have the hot flashes at night but are now experiencing them in mid-mornings!
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Side Effects | Fatigue (tiredness)
This has been a side effect starting prior to my diagnosis and continues. I sleep on an average of 12 hours a night.
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Side Effects | Depression/Anxiety
Initial experience came after a slight increase in the size of my tumor at the top of my sternum was identified in January 2018 after having been on Votrient for 4-1/2 years! Was put on 10 mg of Lexapro.
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Side Effects | Constipation
Caused by both iron and Morphine. Take 2 Senna tablets twice a day which resolves the issue.
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Side Effects | Chemo brain
This increased over time. I was put on Ritalin, 10 mg, in AM and Noon in September 2018, which made an amazing improvement.
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Side Effects | Bone fracture or break
Had a break in the bone just below my sternum which healed after the second round of radiation therapy.
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Side Effects | Anemia (low red blood cell counts)
Have to take iron daily which causes constipation so also have to take Senna daily.
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Radiation | External radiation
More of an inconvenience than anything as I had to drive 45 mins to and from the treatment center for a 5-min procedure daily for 10 days. Had this in August 2014 and then again in April 2016.
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
Biggest side effect was fatigue initially. As time progresses bone and muscle pain started and increased over time.
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Oh No | Cancer has spread/Metastasized
15 years after initial diagnosis and left nephrectomy, metastasis to the top of the sternum was identified!
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Procedure or Surgery | Surgery
Recovery was long as this was an open radical left nephrectomy in 1999.
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Clinical Trial | Study drug to help alleviate mouth sores during treatment
Worked 100%, zero mouth sores which is almost unheard of for my treatment
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Side Effects | Nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy)
Good morning everyone, I am also a breast cancer survivor, in the Name of Jesus! - I didn't gain any weight on chemotherapy, I could taste and eat everything because of the Holy Spirit leading and guiding me a year prior to finding breast cancer. He completely flipped my diet and what I ate before I found the breast cancer…
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Side Effects | Chemo brain
Hand foot syndrome. Mood changes. Mouth sores. Weight gain. Tiredness.
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
In Shock!
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Procedure or Surgery | Surgery
I had a right hemicolectomy to remove the tumor located in the cecum of my colon. Four out of eight lymph nodes tested positive for cancer as well.
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
Routine blood work showed I was severely anemic. To figure out the cause of the anemia I was scheduled for a colonoscopy even though it had only been 3 1/2 Years since my last colonoscopy.
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Celebration | Anniversary
6 years later and no occurrences. Thank god and thanking this website. It is the primary resource that helped me get through this! Amazing support found here!
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
Taking Keytruda infusions every 3 weeks
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Side Effects | Nausea/Vomiting
Also experienced dehydration, low white blood count, low hemoglobin, and fatigue
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
Got very dehydrated during chemo and was hospitalized twice for it
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Immunotherapy
Just finished 4th round of Yervoy/Opdivo combo infusion. Minimal side effects after round 1. Tired in afternoons, slight rash, itching
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Celebration | Anniversary
Another year of remission!
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Celebration | Remission
husband been in remission for 6 yrs Thank you God
