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The Joys of Dexamethasone
Well, the side effects of Dex have truly hit me in the last few days! Less than a week out from my third chemo and I am sick of feeling like a bloated lump who gets home each night with cankles and s...
Hi @"Kiwi Angel",
I used to have my chemo on a Friday, I would get up Saturday morning looking like a puffer fish LOL. Everything was bloated. Didn't help that I had a weird skin reaction to Paclitaxel and had to stay on Prednisone the whole 12wks as well. Put on 5kg over the whole thing. It came straight off afterwards though within about 4 wks. I guess you know how I feel about Tamoxifen, however I have lost 8kgs while on it. So yay for one good thing about it.
Hope you feel better soon lovely.
xoxoxo
I used to have my chemo on a Friday, I would get up Saturday morning looking like a puffer fish LOL. Everything was bloated. Didn't help that I had a weird skin reaction to Paclitaxel and had to stay on Prednisone the whole 12wks as well. Put on 5kg over the whole thing. It came straight off afterwards though within about 4 wks. I guess you know how I feel about Tamoxifen, however I have lost 8kgs while on it. So yay for one good thing about it.
Hope you feel better soon lovely.
xoxoxo