Now you know why people get a "port". It only took me one IV of that crap and I got a port. Why do you want to do this to yourself?? ...??? What are you talking about? I never said I wasn't going to allow the IV to be moved as per the medical advice from the oncologist, I'm just looking t...

There's another option that could be considered, namely spreading out the infusion time ovrr a longer period of time

...Yep, I asked for that too...and she won't do it!! She refuses to change anything other than the location of the IV and the nausea drugs which won't help with the nerve pain.

Thanks for your replies. I've spoken to my oncologist who is adamant that what I went through is a normal reaction and won't give me anything else to counteract the severity of the symptoms other than to move the IV line. I'm not happy at all considering I just spent 2 weeks bed-ridden with various ...

I started my first of 8 rounds of Xelox chemo treatments on the 13th and the Oxaliplatin IV was a bit of a nightmare. Within a few minutes of the line being flushed after the IV was finished, my lips went numb, I couldn't swallow and felt like I was choking, my vision went blurry, I got an instant h...

Thank you all so much for replying to my post. I feel a little less anxious after reading your replies and will definitely take all of your advice on board. Knowing that this is survivable is of great relief to me considering all the doom and gloom Dr Google has to offer. Your stories inspire me to ...

Hi. I've been recently diagnosed with colon cancer at 40 yrs of age after a health check up. A 3cmx2cm tumor was discovered in my descending colon during a colonoscopy. I have no family history and other than the 1 tumor, no other health issues. I didn't have any symptoms prior to diagnosis and what...