Share and learn about treatments and helpful hints for managing side effects of treatment.
- By Nemomom4 · New reply January 1, 2009
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- Because I'm a cancer survivor, and everything I talk about below has been greatly magnified since my cancer treatments, I'm posting this here in the hopes that someone else who has had mental/cognitive ...
- By Nemomom4 · New reply December 9, 2008
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- Ever since my diagnosis & treatment of nonHodgkins Lymphoma in 2003/04, I have been dealing with a nasty case of 'chemo brain': unable to think of words or finish sentences when speaking, not understanding ...
- By sunshineray · New reply November 10, 2008
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- My mum has just completed her 2nd round of chemo. She's experiencing joint pains. Has anyone experience this before? What can be done to help relieve the pain ...
- By mymomisasurvivor · New reply September 18, 2008
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- Hi everyone, I am new to this forum, and I am writing at the suggestion of the great people at Joan's Legacy. My mother is a non-smokers lung cancer survivor, and has been in remission for three years ...
- By kdbBEV · New reply August 25, 2008
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- I had ovarian cancer may 1998 stage IIIa. I had Carboplatin and Taxol. It has been over 10 years and I have been cancer free and I am very thankful. But the side effects are just now hitting me. I now ...
- By johnenri · New reply August 1, 2008
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- Hello to all who know, through experience, about the side effects of Gemzar please drop me a note to tell me about your experience as I'm about to undergo a once a week for seven straight weeks treatment ...
- By sunshineray · New reply July 14, 2008
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- My mum who's 68 was diagnosed with Limited SCLC in May'08. She's been through 3 rounds of Chemo - Cisplatin and Etoposide (with 3 more rounds to go) and 3 sessions of radiotherapy (which started this ...
- By chemo1 · New reply July 8, 2008
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- Does anyone other than me suffer long term cognitive problems from chemo? I am three years cancer free but still am having memory problems and forgetfullness! I could chalk some of it up to middle age ...
- By Eve · New reply June 12, 2008
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- I am to start both Avistan and Gemzar this next Thur. I have had 3 l/1 yrs. of chemo, radiation, etc. and now am facing this. Is anyone taking both of these and could you please share with me the side ...
- By Chris-Reed · New reply May 22, 2008
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- I wonder at which point in time should God, or whoever is in charge, just quit screwing around with me and pull the trigger. Between the age of 6 and 22, I've had cancer surgery on my brain, back, arms ...
- By Cherime · New reply February 11, 2008
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- My 5 years old son was Diagnosed of Neuroblastoma, stage 4. He was given 17th salvage chemo. treatment. His last treatment was last June 2007. Now according to His MRI and blood tests, no tumor or neuroblastoma ...
- By Russell1 · Posted November 22, 2007
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- I am currently in hospice with this affliction. Any helpful advice regarding pain management and survival would be appreciated. I currently have much pain in and around my mid-section, and right lung ...
- By mmonday · New reply November 16, 2007
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- My mom has breast cancer and is having chemotherapy. She is so tired all the time and hasn't been able to work. I keep bugging her to tell her doctor how tired she is but she says that she doesn't want ...
