Mine thinned over a year's time, then it started coming out like crazy, now it has settled back to a slow thinning again. I would say I've lost about 50 % of my hair over the last year and a half.

I travelled from Ottawa to Seattle this spring, no one would give me insurance that covered pre-existing conditions, even though I am stable, but I had no problem getting regular insurance for accidents and other things. So I just decided to take my chances (I really wanted to visit my sister).

The medical staff I deal with all recommend exercise highly. Within the limits of the fatigue I get, I go for walks, sometimes a couple of times per day, anywhere from 1/2 hour-1 hour. It feels very good. I would see what your doctor says in terms of type and intensity of exercise.

I am on chemo for life, so far it is keeping things stable, it will be a year in March that I started.

Swinging, take care.

I have gotten a few slight nose bleeds, my blood pressure has gone up a bit. So far no protein in the urine. I just finished my 12th treatment.

I live alone too. My sister, who was there for me a lot of the time at the beginning moved across the country, in fact she now lives in the US. I have a brother and friends in the city, but no one with me all the time. So far it has worked, but I do worry a bit about how things will be when I get wo...

I live alone and I know someone else who did a year all on her own. We had the visiting nurse if we need it. She did, I at least know it is there for when/if I need help. In the past I stayed with my sister, but the last treatment I was on my own for the two days I had the bottle attached to me. I w...

Some people like me cannot be operated on, we have to hope chemo shrinks it to nothing and that we can have a break of a few years if possible.

You got great news, enjoy that feeling...

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”
― Groucho Marx

That's it that's what I get, thanks, juliej, it was driving me batty trying to remember.

I get a shot right before I get my ironitican, I forget what it is called, it is to prevent a major cramp while the infusion is happening. It doesn't stop the big D, that is still a possibility.

Pico salax is what I used for my colonoscopy, it was very easy. Two doses in a mug of water about 12 hours apart, easy peasy, combined with a clear liquid diet, it really cleans you out. Is that what that other stuff is? The same kind of laxative? I am unfamiliar with Go-Lytly. I hope it all goes we...

When I started the folfiri plus Avastin, I have had varying reactions, some weeks I am more nauseated (I say oogy) than others, but it is almost always just mild for a day or two. It has been 12 weeks, I still have hair (though it is thinning). So far my blood counts (platelets, wbc, etc.) have stay...

I had a growth on my upper ear removed, the doctor thought it was cancer and took a larger margin off, a pie slice (she was a plastic surgeon and her words to the other doctor when he suggested a punch biopsy was "Plastic surgeons don't do punch biopsies"). Luckily it wasn't cancer. One ea...