Just picked up new specs,and found something out,it looks like chemo has given me blurred vision.I had an idea this was going on.So now i have eye problems,neuropathy and another problem,cancer the gift that keeps on giving,mind you at least i am still here.At the moment i am entering my third week of back pain,worse at night where sleeping one side is a problem,well another week i shall see the doctor,because that pain moves about i am wondering if a nerve is trapped after too much gardening,i am not getting any younger.
Chemo side effects.
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Drago
Legendary Member
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- The Urban Fringe
Think yourself lucky it's not radiotherapy.
Yes, being in remission for two years and six months from angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a very positive sign, as most relapses for this aggressive cancer happen earlier. [1, 2]
Understanding Remission and Relapse Risk
This an entry from an article found via Goggle,really positive,worry pops up now and again,mainly when i feed a bit down.Today being a day i am feeling down.
Understanding Remission and Relapse Risk
This an entry from an article found via Goggle,really positive,worry pops up now and again,mainly when i feed a bit down.Today being a day i am feeling down.
Drago
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When Mrs D was at her worst with MS, before the docs got a grip on her treatment, I seriously considered the wacky baccy for her. After all, I knew who to go and see to get it. Fortunqtely she refused, was worried about my job if id been caught, but I'd have done it for her.
TC99
Well-Known Member
Having a cannabis drink each morning diminished the nausea amazingly well. I could then hold down my pain meds instead of vomiting them up. I used less oramorph as a result.
When my mum had chemo it actually made her eyesight slightly better! Not only that but it cleared up her Eczema that she'd suffered with since childhood too. but the wildest one, was she always had slightly wavy blonde hair, when it grew back after the chemo the first time around, it came back jet black and curly, she was mortified lol!
Cannabis was certainly a big help for my dad during his treatment, it really helped with a variety of side effects and helped his appetite a huge amount!
Cannabis was certainly a big help for my dad during his treatment, it really helped with a variety of side effects and helped his appetite a huge amount!
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
The only slight blessing is chemo is more targeted these days. Neuropathy is the biggest side affect of mine, and during it whilst I had massive weight loss and extreme crushing of the nerves (couldn't touch anything cold, and even breathing cold air was enough to feel like I was being throttled and rain after a session made me feel like I was going blind), I never had sickness or hair loss and Ive always been a blind as the proverbial bat. I hope things improve for you as best as they can.
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Chemo after effects for me:
My sense of taste is altered.
I feel generally weak - 10 months since last and final round. CNS says I need more patience and give it time.
My skin is drier than it used to be.
I feel the cold much more than usual.
My (residual) hair was silver but reverted to the dark of my youth. Bodily hair is thicker, too. Very strange!
Still, all a small price to pay than no treatment and the alternative...
My sense of taste is altered.
I feel generally weak - 10 months since last and final round. CNS says I need more patience and give it time.
My skin is drier than it used to be.
I feel the cold much more than usual.
My (residual) hair was silver but reverted to the dark of my youth. Bodily hair is thicker, too. Very strange!
Still, all a small price to pay than no treatment and the alternative...
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Post-treatment moods do tend to bounce around a bit. All the patients in 'my' haematology unit have up and down days.
I tend to be most down when waiting for latest biopsy results in tandem with miserable weather.
MadMalx
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While the older (but often still essential) chemo drugs almost all have unpleasant effects, many of the newer targeted therapies are MUCH better tolerated. If you’re heading for these treatments, many patients have minimal adverse effects. I’m writing this from a scientific and personal perspective.
A relative took a lot of persuading to start on therapy because of his fear of the side effects (and cancer was only slowly progressing ). As it turned out he barely noticed anything and progression appears to have slowed.
A relative took a lot of persuading to start on therapy because of his fear of the side effects (and cancer was only slowly progressing ). As it turned out he barely noticed anything and progression appears to have slowed.
Mad Doug Biker
Mediocrity Manifest.
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- Craggy Island
@postman, Me? Well, I had chemo in 1999 (CML), but even now I encounter problems from it.
The most obvious for about 5 or 6 years afterwards was the fact that I felt the cold *Stupidly* easily, so much so that 35° was just getting warm for me.
I'd walk about on the hottest days of the year with big wooly jumpers on and still be chilly!
Another thing is that my throat is f***ed (technical term), so not only does it make a clicking noise when I breath out if I have any sort of saliva at all, but I also get food stuck in my throat. Certain foods or ingredients are worse than others.
They found I have polyps and a sort of pouch in my throat, so things get 'stuck'.
Oh and I get insanely cold feet, so cold it's sore in fact, which is seen as nerve damage from the chemo.
The most obvious for about 5 or 6 years afterwards was the fact that I felt the cold *Stupidly* easily, so much so that 35° was just getting warm for me.
I'd walk about on the hottest days of the year with big wooly jumpers on and still be chilly!
About the hair, I was VERY blonde and straight (my hair I mean), but it then came back in dark brown and curly - I looked like my Aunt who was about 80 at the time! 😆
Another thing is that my throat is f***ed (technical term), so not only does it make a clicking noise when I breath out if I have any sort of saliva at all, but I also get food stuck in my throat. Certain foods or ingredients are worse than others.
They found I have polyps and a sort of pouch in my throat, so things get 'stuck'.
Oh and I get insanely cold feet, so cold it's sore in fact, which is seen as nerve damage from the chemo.
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Mad Doug Biker
Mediocrity Manifest.
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Oh and my bowel packed up after 10 years of medication (technically I still have the Leukaemia), requiring me to have my large intestine removed.
Lucky me!!
As for the nausea reported by others like @TC99 ... I just learned to live with it and just ignore it. It wasn't 'real' to me, it was all in my head, especially with the Kinase Inhibitors afterwards.
No need for wacky backy or anything else, not that I have ever smoked anyway, just attitude. My folks would have killed me anyway.
Lucky me!!
As for the nausea reported by others like @TC99 ... I just learned to live with it and just ignore it. It wasn't 'real' to me, it was all in my head, especially with the Kinase Inhibitors afterwards.
No need for wacky backy or anything else, not that I have ever smoked anyway, just attitude. My folks would have killed me anyway.
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