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YvonneM
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9 years ago

Havent been here for a while but feel the need for a chat!

Hi all, Since my original diagnosis in April 2013 I have had lots happening.  Right mastectomy, axillary clearance and of course chemo and radiation treatments and then bone mets.  I have been going well and had, until recently been on Arimidex and then Capecitabine.  As my tumor markers have just started to trend up slightly, my oncologist changed me to Vinorelbine, boy was that the chemo from hell for me.  The side affects were awful and constipation was at the top of the list for me with this drug.  I ended up spending 5 weeks in bed and taking just about every concoction known to man to try and get some relief.  After three sessions my oncologist took me off Vinorelbine and gave me a three week break to try and rest my body.  This week I started on Liposomal Doxorubicin and so far so good. But don't know much about this yet, glad of any info you may have.  No side effects to mention just yet.  The downside was though that my veins are not happy and I will be having a port inserted before my next chemo.  Feeling a bit nervous about this, I don't know why as I am usually positive and upbeat about what I have to do.  But just of late I have felt a little anxiety sneaking up on me I hope I can shake this and get back to being my usual self. Thanks for listening ladies...Von