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Polly_Rose
10 years agoMember
Cardiotoxicity
Just wondering if anyone has suffered cardiotoxicity after chemo. I have just been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy most likely caused by the toxicity of the chemo drugs but I'm finding it really diffic...
lrb_03
10 years agoMember
Hi Polly. Did you have any symptoms? Was that why you were seeing a cardiologist? Or was it a routine echo that diagnosed your cardiomyopathy?
I'm wondering, as I've persistently had a very low tolerance to activity since shortly after starting chemo, in that my heart rate goes up quite high, quite quickly, but my echo was normal. I finished neoadjuvant chemo in early October.
Take care, Lyn