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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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nearly 5 yr appt - NED! BUT kidney values not NED - help?
The past 2 years, my GFR numbers have been in the hi 40s to 50s. My onologist says for me not to worry - it was to be expected due to really dose-dense chemo. My NP has been concerned. But now I am deciding to get more info. It indicates 3rd stage chronic kidney disease and 'they' suggested jumping straight ahead to a…
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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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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
Thyroid cancer on top of melanoma
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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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Did you know that drinking coffee improves survival in colorectal cancer?
Another study has just confirmed that drinking at least 4 cups of coffee daily improves survival, even in colorectal cancer patients whose cancer has spread. My oncologist confirmed this from an earlier Dana-Farber study back in 2015. I drink my coffee every day as part of my survivorship plan.…
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Being Open to Suggestions
We all know that once people know we have cancer, there is no end to the advice we get whether welcome or unwelcome, whether we pay a professional or ask a website, whether it comes from Aunt Judy's friend who grows daisies in organic soil or our super skeptical neighbor who eats 15 chili dogs a day. It's hard when we ask…
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Colon cancer question
My mother is having a bowel resection on Monday for a very large fist sized tumor in her lower colon, next to her appendix. She is 83. Any advice? I am her primary caretaker.
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Does anybody have or had a problem of side effects after a chemo like pimples and pus bumps?
Does anybody have or had a problem of side effects after a chemo like pimples and pus bumps?
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RIP Ruth Bader Ginsberg
What a fighter she was. It seemed like no disease was stronger than she was. She set an example for many, that's for sure.
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Pain medication causing itching all over?
it's been so many years since I had pain medication regularly maybe I just don't remember, but I am having spells of itching. My head, arms, legs, everywhere basically. Normal?
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Side Effects | Chemo brain
Hand foot syndrome. Mood changes. Mouth sores. Weight gain. Tiredness.
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Good news and bad news
Let's start with the good news first. My skin is very sensitive to the adhesive of the clear drape that creates the vacuum and seals the dressing to the wound. The wound specialist wants to give my skin a break, so I have just a dressing, no wound vac. I'm unleashed! Now the not so good news. I discovered yesterday morning…
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
In Shock!
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Stomach tube leaking.
While going through this stomach tube ordeal in the ER over the last day, they told me at the ER that it's normal for them to leak. The one that was in to start with leaked just a little but nothing like the one that came out or its replacement. I can push a little water, or fluid of any kind and it will leak considerably.…
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Accuracy of results
For me, multiple CEA tests were done. Multiple colonoscopies were done. I have heard colon cancer can spread primarily to the lungs or liver. Does a CEA detect any recurrence in a part other than the colon?
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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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Chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy
Any suggestions and/or successes? I am 8+ years out from ending my chemo, which left me with (CIPN) neuropathy. I have taken alpha-lipoic acid, B vitamins, folic acid and even tried several months of acupuncture. All to no avail in even minimizing, its gradually increasing effects. Today it feels as if the bottom of feet…
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How many of you know the symptoms of ovarian cancer?
It's important to know if you are increased risk for ovarian cancer - some include never having breast fed your baby or being childless. The symptoms are vague so it's important for women to review the symptoms. Please check out my article on the risk factors and symptoms of ovarian cancer.…
