Getting through chemo!
I am new at coming to terms with having to undergo chemo/herceptin! Any advice for symptons?
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Hi, and welcome to the site. If you need a hand with anything just shout.
If you want to find other posts that have already been made on the topics you're interested in, you can try the main site search (that's the box above the main navigation where it says 'start your search here'). Type in the word or topic you're looking for (like 'chemo') and when the results come back, it will tell you on the right side which are blog posts, and which are site pages.
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Hope that helps.
Di
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What sort of symptoms are you experiencing? There are some great tips from the ladies on here - Di's suggestion to do a search is great.
What Chemo Regime are you doing?
Amanda
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Hi There,
If you have any bone pain or aches and pains, I have found that Voltaren 25 is really great. The hospital can give you something for nausea if you suffer from it. Mostly they tell you that you really need to keep an eye on your temperature. If your temp gets to 38 degrees, they want you to head back to the hospital. Your side effects will dictate what treatment to seek out. Always check with the pharmacist if you are buying something from there.
There are lots of stories on here about everyones different or similar side effects. Just search for either the side effects you are having or even the name of the treatment you are having.
All the best. Take care.
Tracey
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Hi There,
If you have any bone pain or aches and pains, I have found that Voltaren 25 is really great. The hospital can give you something for nausea if you suffer from it. Mostly they tell you that you really need to keep an eye on your temperature. If your temp gets to 38 degrees, they want you to head back to the hospital. Your side effects will dictate what treatment to seek out. Always check with the pharmacist if you are buying something from there.
There are lots of stories on here about everyones different or similar side effects. Just search for either the side effects you are having or even the name of the treatment you are having.
All the best. Take care.
Tracey
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Thankyou to tracey, amanda and di for responding to my query.I will follow up on this info. I have had a second treatment and experienced nausea and vomiting for the first time! Not impressed!! Still feeling nausea but am taking maxellon? My treatment regime is 6 x chemo with docetaxel + carboplatin with Herceptin (trastuzumab). when the 6 are up the herceptin continues once every 3 weeks for a total of 52 weeks. my cells were HER2+ which means overactive cells.thanks for your help, i dont get much time for blogging especially when i dont feel well,struggling to type properly at the moment!! ciao marg.
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Hi Marg,
a bottle of ginger beer is a valuable thing to have on hand. A quarter of a glass can help with the nausea. Blackmores also have travelcalm ginger tablets, and they also work well, for me anyway, hopefully they work for others.
I was diagnosed advanced 5 years ago and didn't have chemo until December and this year. I am on Abraxane for the chemo but I am also having Herceptin because I apparently had two types of tumour. I'm not sure how long I will be on Herceptin but I have two more Abraxanes to go and then the same regime as you every three weeks.
Take care and hope this helps.
Tracey xx
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Hi Marg,
a bottle of ginger beer is a valuable thing to have on hand. A quarter of a glass can help with the nausea. Blackmores also have travelcalm ginger tablets, and they also work well, for me anyway, hopefully they work for others.
I was diagnosed advanced 5 years ago and didn't have chemo until December and this year. I am on Abraxane for the chemo but I am also having Herceptin because I apparently had two types of tumour. I'm not sure how long I will be on Herceptin but I have two more Abraxanes to go and then the same regime as you every three weeks.
Take care and hope this helps.
Tracey xx
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