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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...
I puffed up on dex. I had breast oedema (or reconstructed breast oedema) my underarm was puffy where I had sentinal node and Id have tightness across my back from my muscles being stretched...it was just weird. I tried lymph sleeves and compression singlets which pushed the fluid up to my collar bone. My legs ended up feeling like walking through concrete. But....you get through and it's joyous not to need it anymore and watch all the fluid then leave your body.