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Side effects of treatment
Discuss with others your experiences of symptom management. Remember to always consult your doctors and nurses about specific concerns.
change of meds
- By lilwitchfromok · New reply September 25, 2009
- 7 replies
- came from Dr today and the doxil and avastin stopped working on me so dr wants to try gemsar( or something like that) , has any one been on that and what are the sideeffects ? love jay ...
thinking about skipping chemo
- By montanara35 · New reply September 21, 2009
- 29 replies
- I am 74 and have stage 2b ovarian cancer (serous, poorly differentiated) I am have a hard time deciding if I really want to go through chemo at my age. Doctors are telling me to hurry, that I need to ...
Hair-Fell out THREE times
- By Brown_Eyes · New reply September 20, 2009
- 27 replies
- I'm just posting this in case it'll help someone not freak out. When I started chemo, my hair fell out as I expected. After my 4th cycle, my hair started coming in-eyelashes, eyebrows, hair everywhere ...
Finger Nails Stronger after Carbo/Taxel chemo?
- By kennebec · New reply September 19, 2009
- 10 replies
- I've always had rather weak nails. Even to the point of not being able to wear polish because that caused them to split horizontally. I had six chemos of carboplatin/placitaxel with the last session in ...
Extreme Nausea..... Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- By Mfourreal · New reply September 19, 2009
- 40 replies
- Hello, My Mother is experiencing bad nausea and vomiting after her first chemo/ treatment .She is unable to hold down food . We have been trying to keep her hydrated w/ plenty of fluid and giving her ...
Anyone experienced a rash on your scalp?
- By HURSTMOMMY · New reply September 18, 2009
- 10 replies
- I need to get an appt to my doc monday but my head hurts and i have a bad rash on my scalp. I don't know if it's from chemo a week ago or what. I have had 8 chemo treatments and this is the first time ...
decadron
- By dollycat6 · New reply September 17, 2009
- 20 replies
- Has anyone been on decadron and what kind of experience was it? I don't want to gain anymore weight and I don't know what to expect. The doctor told me it helps with inflammation but I still question ...
Starting chemo :(
- By Mle42305 · New reply September 17, 2009
- 11 replies
- It has come to be that the best thing for me to do is chemo...I start carbo/taxol next wed :( Before I do that they need to place a port in my chest due to deep veins...I'm very nervous/scared about chemo ...
Questions of many things???
- By kmeha · New reply September 17, 2009
- 5 replies
- Off the bat, i have 1c ovca and just did my 3rd dose of taxol and carboplatin. Labor day started with a tickle in my throat, now it is a very annoying cough to take care of it. Even need to cough when ...
Low Platelet count - 5 weeks past due for chemo
- By reddynamo · New reply September 17, 2009
- 28 replies
- On September 17 I will be 5 weeks past due for my second treatment of Taxol/Carbo and it will be 8 weeks since my first chemo treatment. My platelet count is just not going up enough for my doctor to ...
Ascities
- By Coachdunn · New reply September 16, 2009
- 7 replies
- I am 3 months out of treatment for OVCA Stage III Did 6 cycles of Carbo / Taxol & Avastin...then did 3 more months of a clinical study Avastin &Erlotinib(Tarceva) I had to stop the study bc I developed ...
Embarassed to admit this
- By kalo555 · New reply September 15, 2009
- 15 replies
- Ok, I've not seen this posted yet so here goes. You're going to think I'm nuts.....really I'm pretty sane I think :) Since I've gone through surgery, completed chemo and somewhat bounced back to "normal ...
neuropathy in hands, does anything help?
- By Janto · New reply September 14, 2009
- 27 replies
- I am about to start my 5th round of treatment, (on my birthday). I've been having tingling and numbness in my hands and feet. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for helping with this side effect ...
Changes in Hearing?? Anyone??
- By koh847 · New reply September 14, 2009
- 19 replies
- Hi...I finished chemo in April....I am 47 y.o. and I swear my hearing has been affected by the chemo. Anyone else? Does it ever return to normal? My kids and husband are getting tired of repeating things ...
3 weeks late for treatment because of low platelet count
- By reddynamo · New reply September 11, 2009
- 19 replies
- I was suppose to have had my second treatment of carbo/taxol three weeks ago this coming Thursday, but my platelet count took a nosedive after my first treatment. They still haven't come up sufficiently ...
Chemo Ov Cancer Side effects-Face Neck Head swelling
- By shirlmac · New reply September 6, 2009
- 6 replies
- Has anyone had any swelling as part of the chemo sideffects? for the past year, right after I finished my surgery and first rounds of chemo. My face, eys, neck and shoulders swell almost every day. some ...
post chemo shoulder pain
- By wilko · New reply September 5, 2009
- 19 replies
- Hi I've read some old entries about women suffering shoulder pain post chemo for ovarian cancer. I have pain in both shoulders and am wondering if there is anyone else experiencing similar effects recently ...
Integrative Oncology
- By Mom82 · New reply September 4, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hi Ladies, I visit this site every single day and read all your stories and feel so helpless. When I read about all the side effects of the treatments you all get, I wonder if there isn't anything that ...
is it the gemzar?, the port?
- By kalo555 · New reply September 4, 2009
- 13 replies
- I had my 2nd treatment of gemzar last tues, had port placed fri of that week,then 3rd treatment of gemzar this tues followed by an injection the following day(forget the name of the injection...meant ...
Allergy to Taxol??
- By lizlabri32 · New reply September 3, 2009
- 26 replies
- Hi Everyone, My mother went in for her first treament this morning and immediately had severe chest pain and they had to call 911. They believe that she has had an allergic reaction to taxol. I am worried ...
