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Hello everyone, Thanks for your kind wishes and thoughts and suggestions. My Reflux problem settled, along with the nausea. However, at the end of the 2nd week, I started to feel OK but then got a few ulcers on my tongue and my gums and teeth were so sore - OK now. Runny nose, sneezing, and watery eyes started this week and I know it not a cold. Hope this doesn't effect my 2nd chemo on Monday 26th Sept. Christina xx0
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Hi again. Forgot to tell you I have bum fluff on my head... LOL... xx3
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Hi Christina. I feel for you. Chemo was definitely not a walk in the park for me. Just wanted to give you a heads up about reflux with radiation therapy. Definitely mention this to your radiation oncologist. There is a chance during radiation that your reflux may flare up again if some of your oesophogus gets hit by the beams. I had reflux way back in the past and never mentioned it to my oncologist because I had forgotten about it. However after radiation I ended up in hospital with severe pain and not being able to eat or drink properly for 6 weeks following due to severe reflux. I had to have an endoscopy and was on morphine due to the inflammation. If my oncologist had have known about how severe I had reflux in the past she would have done treatment a little differently. In the end I lost a lot of weight because of it - 10 kgs in 6 weeks and was so tired and sick - much worse than the chemo. I really hope this doesn't happen to you. So my recommendation is to be proactive about your reflux management. Wishing you all the best and praying that your margins are clear.
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Don't be surprised if you end up with some bleeding with those nose drops. I had constant watery eyes and nose. Even now 5 weeks on my nose still runs but not longer bleeds. You eoikd have to be extremely ill for them to not give chemo.0
