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AC affecting the heart?
I know long term chemo can affect the heart but has anyone felt it during treatment? I have had one session and my resting heart rate has gone up 20 bpm and hasn’t come down. I was so nauseated and ti...
My heart rate increased when I had chemo. I asked my oncologist why - and she said because you become anaemic in between treatment and your body is having to work harder, hence the heart is pumping harder and faster. It was more obvious 5 days after infusion, which is when I was at my weakest. I had an echocardiogram before I started, and I was told my heart was 'perfect' also.