The one side effect constant seems to be cold sensitivity with Oxaliplatin. That one comes on quick. Sometimes even during infusion, if not shortly thereafter. Others typically rear their heads within the first 5 days. As a general rule with day 1 being infusion day, side effects tend to peak later ...
Hey SBL, so sorry you need to come back here. Not a whole lot has changed early on for rectal as you've noted. Maybe the only thing is that it's become standard practice to wait AT LEAST 8 weeks post chemo/rad for surgery. Some docs prefer 10 or more.
Meh, no. I found salt intake to be not necessary as I ate a LOT of it on chemo anyways. I craved extreme flavors since everything tasted like chalk to me. So I salted the heck out of my food. Poured sugar in my coffee, and ordered spicy foods as hot as humanly possible. If your mother doesn't like s...
I had minor sores and was prescribed meds for it. Another of my larger challenges with chemo was that everything tasted like chalk. It was really annoying. Nothing tasted good except EXTREME flavors. I could eat ridiculously hot things and barely tell. In fact I found myself constantly ordering thin...
Even if the surgeon did, such results are unlikely to change the planned course of treatment and surveillance. I would imagine there's post-op chemo and then scans planned for you?
Vent away. We discuss this every year and I'm with you. Breasts are fun to talk about, poop is not. Call me defeatest, but I have no idea how to change that. And make no mistake, until that reality changes, the awareness will never even come close.
Well, how did your dad do with the colon surgery? Was his recovery as-expected? Did he have complications? If his initial surgery was unremarkable, perhaps this one will be too. A laparoscopic (keyhole) liver met removal is rare, but not unheard of. It's only done in cases with small primaries right...
1. I've seen folks get the port in, have it immediately accessed, and sent straight down to the chemo center for chemo. I might not recommend this, as removing the needle would be painful 2 days later, but it can be done. A week would be nice and easy. If you do have pain the first day or so followi...
I have no personal experience here, but I read a lot of folks on this forum have their rash get better the longer they're on Erbitux/Vectibix without that fact impacting their treatment success. Seems to this non-dr that the skin just gets used to it.
Well, I don't know if this will make you feel better, but I have a family history of colon and uterine cancer, personal history of multiple sebaceous cysts and DON'T have Lynch. I did get colon cancer though :shock: :x Sounds like you do have Lynch though with those mutations so all the precautions ...
That definitely sucks bigtime. What foods has she been eating? Has she tried things like BRAT diet and increasing starchy soluble fiber? Has she tried Imodium or other gut motility suppressors?
What was your pre-surgical "clinical" staging as a result of whatever scan they did on you (PET or ERUS)? Did they suspect lymph involvement BEFORE surgery? When you have chemo/rad before surgery it's possible for the chemo/rad to wipe out the nodes that were there before. Hence treatment ...
You've been run through the ringer, that's for sure. That decrease in CEA is a great thing. Sounds like a lot of your troubles are from the constipation and partial blockage. That's what's causing the worse-than-normal nausea too. I've never taken it, but everyone on the board here has raved about E...
Thanks for all the input guys. Actually CRguy, my scotch palate has broadened in the past couple years. Been getting into Glenlivet a bunch lately, as well as glen moray and dalwhinnie. I've got a bottle of glenlivet 18 waiting for Nov 13th (God bless Duty Free). Thanks for reminding me to give my d...
Agreed, and getting it done BEFORE surgery can provide an excellent data point for you moving forward when it comes time to monitor the success of treatment regimens or in checking for recurrence. It's not a perfect test, but for many folks can be invaluable. Better to not stick your head in the san...