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Please tell me what some of you have experienced in regards to chemo brain during your treatments. I wrote awhile back (Subject: Wiped and Tired) aboyut my dad who is going on to his 5th Folfox round in 2 weeks. This is his "by" week. ANyway, his anxiety...
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Read Your Brain after Chemo by Dan Silverman and Idelle....
For me chemo brain mostly means forgetfulness - but not forgetting to pay for a pizza but he will still have the side affects until the chemo is out of his system.
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I went to a chemo class yesterday,the RN told us that for some reason BC patients frequently get chemo brain. We asked what chemo brain is? Her example: You might forget how to write a check? I have not seen one post regarding Chemo Brain. Has this happened...
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Eileenohio,
Your Brain After Chemo, written by Dan Silverman, MD, PhD and Idelle Davidson, is one: 9/27/2011, IBC, ER-/PR-, HER2+ Hey Eileen! I'm from Ohio! (chemo brain didn't make me forget that)..anyway..there should be ....
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It is a good thing because it is keeping me laughing at myself afterward but already I have done things like: Pay the man at the marketstall twice (thank God he was honest and gave it back to me), Keep combing my long-haired cat and wondering why no hair...
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With menopausal brain due to having my ovaries removed in 2008...the fun continues but not as bad as chemoI can so relate to this post...I am 6 years out of chemo and I can know laugh at all the crazy things I did while going through ....
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Hi ladies
My sister was diagnosed in October 2011 with triple negative stage two breast cancer. She had lumpectomy, clear margins, no lymph node involvement or vascular invasion according to her pathology report She has finished 3 treatment of chemo and...
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This was somewhat shocking to her as she also had heard that chemo would reduce her systemic reaccurance% with radiation and surgery, and that....
Lisa
Diagnosis: 8/6/2010, IDC, Stage Ib, Grade 3, 0/5.
I was told 40% reduced to 15% with chemo.
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I was diagnosed on Nov.11,2010. I had surgery on Jan.7 - lumpectomy and sentinal nodes. I had mammosite radiation the following week. A few weeks ago I had an app't with oncologist and he told me that the usual treatment was chemo plus Herceptin. I watched...
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In the meantime, adding....
They decided that those early stage bc patients who were 6 months or less out from completion of chemo should get trastuzumab, but not those who were farther out from completion of chemo, even though of treatment.
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I had a long discussion with my oncologist today. It is not a clear and easy decision regarding whether I should do chemo or not. I had a mx with snb 5 weeks ago, and a lymph node disection 3 weeks ago. I had a micro met on the snb but all of the nodes...
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From what I have read the chemo would have little effect I ended up not doing the chemo....
The tumor was a low grade.
Didnt have chemo and died 5 years later of a brain tumour that grew so large and quickly doing chemo.
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My mom is starting on taxotere this morning and the doctor isn't making her take any of her before chemo pills or any nausea Mede is this normal with this does any one know what to except from this? They took. Her off the tareva because the cancer grew...
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There....
Usual chemo side effects.
Chemo ends 2/1, with continuation loss.
Stable so far.
Is that what you mean and ramucirumab (clinical trial drug in Phase III) .
Hi Staci,
Some types of chemo don't need pre-meds, such as steroid pills.
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Hi, I'm visiting my homeopath on Friday, and my accupuncturist on Saturday. I start chemo next Friday, Sept. 3. I am doing taxotere, carboplatin (til Dec.) and herceptin for one year.
I'm looking for a complementary/holistic list of all the things I can...
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I have a headache - to the point to where there are doctors telling chemo patients to lay off antioxidant now they are saying even 100mg of vitamin c can interfere with chemo?? It's ridiculous combining antioxidants with chemo to....
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Happymum Post subject: Re: Chemo Doll pattern....very simple Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 2:59 pm
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Location: Portsmouth Keepers of the patterns....please let me know if that scanned copy isnt workable for you.
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I will get around to pattern keeping - well perhaps this afternoon when I get that brain cell back properly.
A hat that could be removed suppose could use the rainbow hat - c my brain gets there eventually.
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Hi ya'll. Hubby finished his chemo mid January and all in all it went well. He goes for a final CT scan on Feb 15 and we pray it is clear.
The 'bad' part is he hoped that when chemo was over he would start to feel better. And he isn't. He feels dizzy ...
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(Not....
I'd give it at least 6 months, I thinkThat sounds normal to me .
I'm not myself yet.
There can also be post chemo mental side effects (chemo brain deal with chemo brain some days.
That's an oxy side effect too.
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