Change of chemo
hi all,
had a bit of a rough ride lately. Diagnosed with stage 3 cancer back in May, put onto TAC to shrink tumour before surgery. It has certainly worked as tumour has shrunk by half. However, bec...
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grrr. Cancer treatment, the gift that keeps on giving.. well sending you a huge dose of turtle hugs xoxoxoxox..
I have had issues with inflammation and infection in the chest before. I originally had it before starting chemo so was behind the 8 ball. and it was tricky but the chemo certainly got in there and did a great job. (I was coughing so very badly that I cracked 4 ribs!!!)
After that my gp helped be to settle the lungs down with asthma meds as it was so inflammed and cranky.. it took around 3 months but it did certainly improve. (they even found a scarring which was not from cancer but from previous infections!!!)
if you take my ongoing treatments out of the equation (as they can cause issues with the breathing) I am turtling along quite well.. with no real after effects.
I have my fingers and toes crossed for you that the steroids settle it and your lungs remember what it was like pre infection/inflammation and give you more oxygen to function with really really soon.
cheers, Sharon (pink66)