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Need advice on side effects
Hi, I was recently diagnosed with her2 positive breast cancer on the 9th Dec 2020, Started Chemotherapy on 11th Jan 2021. Had my second session of chemo yesterday 1st feb. all went well until I got h...
Dear Abbydog,
Thank you for your reply, it was a great help. Ended up calling the emergency department at the hospital as the swelling went all the way up to my knees. They told me it was because they gave me 2 litres of fluids that day of chemo in a 3 hour timeframe, and my body retained the fluid. so in the end I had to get compression socks and medication from GP the next day. It is slowly helping but still quite sore to walk around.
Thank you for your reply, it was a great help. Ended up calling the emergency department at the hospital as the swelling went all the way up to my knees. They told me it was because they gave me 2 litres of fluids that day of chemo in a 3 hour timeframe, and my body retained the fluid. so in the end I had to get compression socks and medication from GP the next day. It is slowly helping but still quite sore to walk around.
Also I’ve now got all the after hours numbers for chemo nurses and oncologist.
Thank you once again
Thank you once again