April/May 2012 Chemo hang out

Hi everybody,

Just caught up reading all the posts since last week. Great information on the radiation choices, helped me tremendously. My case was also on the fence, I had isolated tumor cells in my sentinel node and my case was put in front of tumor board and two factors made them decide I should get rads

* Triple negative tumor
* Age less than 35

Interesting that my MO said that with isolated tumor cells, usually it is considered node negative, but with triple negative receptors they tend to treat it like node positive so I most likely will be getting rads after the chemo regiman (Yay me!)

Getting my weekly break from AC and next week starting my Taxol. It is encouraging to see people starting to feel better with Taxol. So looking forward to that.

Praying for minimal SEs for everybody.

Vballmom, I wish the best in the BGC today. With the bare minimal side effects. I have been told that A/C is very hard.



Good luck to all who are in the chair this week!

Oh Mary...I am so sorry.  I have a few choice words for him but they are not forum friendly.

mary71- WHAT??!!??? Stay strong Mary!!!  We are here to support you no matter what.  Meanwhile, you do what you have to do to stay on track with your healing and getting better.   You will know when the time is right to do what you know you have to do!!!!

Melrose - I must say, you said it much better than me! I am a hot blooded Greek.

@ Mary - I'm with Roula on this one! 

@ Stacie - my last one is July 12th then moving on to the Rads board.  Of course I'll still be here as well until all my Sisters are done!

Oh Mary you poor girl.  I agree with Roula.

Try to stay strong and focus on you and getting better.

Huge hugs being sent to you.

Misty

ahhh mary..nothing I can say except hang in there..sometimes bad times cause us to show our true colors..better now than later..HUGS..

mary - So sorry, but if he's cheating on you, he definitely is NOT your better half.  You are a strong woman and do not deserve to be treated that way, ever, but especially now!

Hi everyone! I don't think I've logged in to BCO in a month or so. I seem to be prone to what my onc calls "anticipatory nausea," just getting nauseous from associations. So many things give me that awful queasy feeling, even just reading about chemo here.

The great news is that my tumor is now completely undetectable by touch.



I've completed 4 of 6 TAC treatments so far. The end is in sight but still so far away.



Managing my other side effects ok, I guess. Eating has been more a chore than a pleasure, as my tongue looks and feels like what I imagine a dead slug looks/feels like. Nothing tastes good but my husband has been very insistant that I eat at least something at every mealtime. ("Thanks" to his efforts, I've gained back the weight I lost over the first three treatments.)



I've been very tired. My iron levels were the only thing low at my last bloodwork, so I've been trying to eat beans and/or spinach at every meal, with foods containing vitamin C to aid absorption when possible. Hopefully boosting that will help with my fatigue.



I hope everyone is doing well, and I hope I can join in more once I finish chemo and go into surgery then rads.

Hey to all....I've missed posting in the forum but today I'm not gonna let it pass without at least 1 post.



I'm happy that so many of you are finishing up chemo all together ....even finishing AC and moving onto Taxol...Yaaa!



I've finished AC#3 on jun 20......bu in between ac2 and #3 baby boy decided to bring his joy to our lives....he was due jul 4. Went into the OBG on jun 6....I was already 3cm dilated....and having contractions every 10 mins, even thought wasn't feeling them. Blood counts were exceptional at that time (surprisingly) so we decided to induce a week earlier. h

That was some pain that induction...but Ethan-Zade came to us healthy and peaceful @6lbs at 36 weeks.



Been adjusting ok to the new schedules etc with bottle feeding and diaper changes in the middle of the night.....at least I get to do something while i have this insomnia. Lol.



Have my last AC on jul 10. Then onto weekly taxol for 12 weeks.



Love and healing positive energy to all you strong women.



Xoxo from the little Caribbean island of tobago.

Mary, so sorry to hear that. Some people can be really insensitive and disrespectful! Ugh it pisses me off. Make sure you're putting YOU first.



Positivity congrats on your healthy baby boy!!!



Good luck in the BGC this week everyone...wishing minimal to no SE to you all

Stacie:

dancetrancer -  6/13/2012

Stacie - to insert a link.

First, pull up the page (on a new browser tab) you want to link to.

Copy the url at the top of the page.

Next, come back to where you want to post it.

Type the name of the thread.

Highlight what you just typed.

Hit the link button (looks like a chain link).

Paste the url in the "link url" box that opens up. 

Hit insert.  You'll see what you had highlighted turn into a link.

Hope that helps.  It's not that easy to figure out the first time!  

Cottontail - congrats on being over 1/2 way done!

Positivity - congrats!  I don't know how you do it, honestly.  You are truly amazing!

 Good luck to all in the BGC today! 

Update on me:  Had my Herceptin only today, no problem.  I'm feeling better overall, more energy, less heartburn.  I still have the thrush (can you believe it) and my whites are still low, but not critically.  I'll be glad to get past day 21 (day 19 now) which will be past the 3 week mark after my last chemo.  I'm hoping then I will finally see my numbers climb and get rid of the freakin' thrush!  My hemoglobin is the same as last week, 8.7, so still taking it easy.

Carb cravings explained: via my nurse - thought you all would find this interesting!  The steroids make your sugar levels spike.  Your body releases tons of insulin in response.  Then, the steroids wear off, your sugar drops, but there is a lag in the insulin...it's still high.  SO, your body craves a sugar source and the easiest source are simple carbs...and you crave.  How cool is that to understand?  So now we know.