Feeling Ill
I have mets to liver and bones and I am 1 week post twice daily radiation treatment on my level 3 lymph nodes. I have also just stopped taking Dex which I took for a month. In the last few days I have...
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Cheery news :(
I loathed Dex and it was a new addition to the whole production since I last had chemo ten years ago. It made me grindy and hungry and sleepless and just BLAHHH. Who knows if taking it for a month would be long enough to cause a kick-back when you stop. Knowing our luck, it would. If that is the problem, logically it should sort itself out. Or not. This shit can drive you bonkers
A quote from Dr Google for you; best bet would be ask a real-life doctor or your BC nurse
Steroid use withdrawal: tapering the drug gives the adrenal glands time to return to their normal patterns of secretion. Withdrawal symptoms and signs (weakness, fatigue, decreased appetite, weight loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain)