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Side effects of treatment
taxotere side effects
- By Christensen · Posted November 19, 2009
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- goodmorning Two weeks after chemo with Taxotere Paulie, who has early lung cancer, is still very weak, shaking and pale. Two days after treatment I had to take him to the ER. He was in the ICU for ten ...
Sex after pelvic radiation
- By sunshine47 · New reply November 3, 2009
- 7 replies
- I had radiation to the pelvic area because of uterine cancer and 2 brachytherapy treatments,its been around 8 months and I am still having pain with intercourse and can only handle it with my husband ...
fluid
- By crolly · Posted October 29, 2009
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- has any one had a swelling in thier fingers, i had this today, i have fluid in my stomach could it be that, as its in my body ...
spotting after trachelectomy
- By christiecsr · Posted October 21, 2009
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- I had a radical trachelectomy 8 weeks ago. I have not had any issues iwht bleeding or spotting until today. Three weeks after my surgery I had my period as planned (I only have periods every 3 mo). Now ...
avastin
- By scs4444 · Posted September 25, 2009
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- after one and one half weeks of my first treatment i keep getting fever about 100.4. also i am fatiged like i have never been in my life. also get occassional headaches. the fever goes away with tylenol ...
Pneumonia vaccine
- By Dourasje · New reply September 7, 2009
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- I was asked today if my mother should get the Pneumonia vaccine as well as the flu vaccine. I know that my mother is very suspect about these vaccines because there is always the possibility of getting ...
Late Effect From Several Radiation Therapies
- By SEAZ-STS · New reply July 16, 2009
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- From Radiation Therapies ~ 2004-2005 For the past 6 + months, I am experiencing daily pain from the late-effect radiation-caused severe fibrosis of my left paraspinal muscles (thoracic and upper lumbar ...
Chest pain after surgery and radiation therapy
- By Leasha_Barnes · Posted July 6, 2009
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- I was diagnosed with Stage IIB (squamous cell carcinoma) lung cancer in January of 2009. I underwent a wedge resection of the upper and middle lobes of my right lung in February of 2009. The procedure ...
Rised welts on tongue????
- By sandy45 · Posted June 5, 2009
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- Hello I started TARCEVA 5 days ago, yesterday i developed some strange spots on the back of my tongue.If anyone has had this I would like to know what it looked like.I have an appointment on Monday but ...
Interluken-2
- By Susie59 · New reply April 30, 2009
- 1 reply
- My husband has battled melanoma for 11 years. First were skin cancers, sentinel node biopsy, he took immunotherapy at Duke University. We thought every thing was clear until 2003. They found melanoma ...
what to eat when chemo takes your appetite
- By vikingmomma · New reply April 28, 2009
- 6 replies
- Could you please give me ideas on food that agrees with you doing chemo treatment? My mom has just started her first chemo treatment taxol/carbo this past Thursday. She started losing her appetite on ...
Lung Cancer
- By VickyLynn · New reply February 2, 2009
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- My sister (58 years) has small cell lung cancer. Her had chemo Dec 15, sick from first day. Now her white blood count is low and can't have chemo Jan 5. She thinks the meds they gave her for nausa made ...
Tarceva side effects
- By sheilake · Posted January 6, 2009
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- I have been on Tarceva for two months and am trying to manage the side effects of the rash. The Tarceva is working well but the rash both burns, produces bleeding and itches. I have a regime that keeps ...
chemo/radiation on 88 year old????
- By dllfb · Posted September 20, 2008
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- I am quite concerned that my 88 year old mother may not be able to take the adverse effects of chemo or radiation. She was diagnosed with gb cancer with one liver lesion a few weeks ago and she has opted ...
Feeling of having "Something" stuck in the chest!
- By sunshineray · New reply August 20, 2008
- 1 reply
- 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 ...
