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Treatments and side effects

Best Roll on Deoderant anyone can recommend?

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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Found my Main Vampire - thought how cute - until I googled it. Not my best idea.

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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Breast cancer

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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tinnitus and hearing problems

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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Tamoxifen side effects

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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Preveloda (Capecitabine)

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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Xeloda side effects

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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Medicare coverage for chemo

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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Treatment week 1

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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Radiotherapy side effects

Hi I had SCC squamous cell carcinoma in lip. Wedge resection and histology shows evidence of cells on border. PET CT scans revealed all clear except some activity at site of surgery.As a precaution have been advised to have radiotherapy on site of excision.What are...Read More

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