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Wondering if anyone on here has considered or has refused treatment. In the past year I’ve had an Anal Cancer diagnosis, gone through radiation and chemo where I had to relocate to the city for the 7 week treatment away from family and friends and needing to take ...Read More
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Hi... to stink or not to stink... that is the question. So even though my radiation treatment is aiming at my neck, not my armpit, I've been told to not use regular deoderant during my treatment and get a natural roll on one. So I just searched online for re...Read More
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Hi, I call it my main vampire because in movies you have to find and kill the head/main Vampire character in order to kill the vampires he made. In my case, my secondary cancer was found in my swollen neck lymph node... and the PET scan I had yesterday came back ...Read More
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I am about to start chemo has anyone else been given doxorubicin am wondering about side effects and any heart problems
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Hi, I've recently undergone 4 cycles of chemotherapy (etoposide and cisplatin), and am now done with the treatment. so far the tumor markers are good. Currently however after a week and half after my treatment I've been dealing with ear ringing and muddled hearing....Read More
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I've been really uncertain about tamoxifen. It makes me feel weird and I'm finally losing weight since Covid started. Any tips?. And does it make you gain weight?. Had breast cancer and am done with radiation. Thanks 😊
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Hi to all!I am 39, and was diagnosed with a triple negative breast cancer (no metastatic). A year ago I completed my chemotherapy and had radiation afterwards. My oncologist suggested that I should be on Capecitabine as a monotherapy for a year (as an adjuvant -ext...Read More
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Hello, all. I've been taking Xeloda, 2,000 mg a day, for stage 4 anal cancer since July, one week on and one week off. In the past 10 days, my heels have become quite swollen and sore. This is known as hand-and-foot syndrome. Since the malignant lymph glands i...Read More
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Hello, everyone, Of course, Medicare Part D covers chemo costs. I just learned that Part B covers the costs for many ORAL chemo drugs, such as Xeloda. "Oral drugs used for cancer treatment that contain the same active ingredient and are used for the same indicat...Read More
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Hi all, Diagnosed in August 2019 with HPV16+ - t1n2pn1m0. Tonsil and lymph node (left hand side). Had a neck desertion and tonsil removal(Tors) and took 3 weeks to recovery. Saw 2 DR's and an oncologist afterwards and decided to not have Chemo or radiation as the...Read More
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