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Anxiety through the roof
Tomorrow (Wednesday) off to get Whole Body Bone Scan, DEXA and CT Chest abdo and pelvis. So over invasive tests. I'm not brave at all and am beside myself. I wish I could pull my big girl pants on a...
Yes, @viking1I had all those side effects for about 10 days after chemo. Thought I was going crazy with the heart thing, though I think it was the Dex caused the strong pounding. I also shook all over constantly for the first week on FEC, Docetaxel didn't have that effect.
The shoulder, jaw and neck pains were weird and seemed to move around.
I found my symptoms got better or less intense with each dose, or perhaps I was managing them a little better.
The only one that didn't get better was the leaden heavy fluid retaining legs on Docetaxol, that built up with each dose. Okay now though, 8 weeks after last dose.
My Oncologist said I could increase the Dex from 3 days to four if I needed to for nausea control as Maxalon did very little. I decided not to though as I didn't like the Dex side effects.
The shoulder, jaw and neck pains were weird and seemed to move around.
I found my symptoms got better or less intense with each dose, or perhaps I was managing them a little better.
The only one that didn't get better was the leaden heavy fluid retaining legs on Docetaxol, that built up with each dose. Okay now though, 8 weeks after last dose.
My Oncologist said I could increase the Dex from 3 days to four if I needed to for nausea control as Maxalon did very little. I decided not to though as I didn't like the Dex side effects.