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Scuba diving after treatment
Does anyone know how long you need to wait after finishing chemo/rads before scuba diving? I've checked my with my doctors, but it's not something they know about and I can't find much about it online. I'm hoping to dive 5 weeks post radiation and three months post chemo.
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Cooling Cap
Will be having my first round of AC Chemo next week and was wondering if anyone has tried this and if it is worth it? Believe it's very cold and I tend to get headaches even without having anything cold on my head.
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Uncontrollable Emotions
Help I feel like I am going crazy...……... I have so far had 3 rounds of TC (docetaxel and cyclophosphamide) chemotherapy and have managed it quite well. I have had about 4 days where I have been unwell but by day 7 I am pretty much back to my normal self. It has been 2.5 weeks since my last round, but this past week I have…
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(Hopefully) At the end of my journey
Hi everyone. I have been reading all your posts (thank you) and never wrote anything myself until now. I was diagnosed with a pretty small but aggressive tumour last June, and pretty quickly moved to a lumpectomy, then 4 dense doses of AC chemo, followed by a planned 12 weeks of Taxol (I only got to 8 due to peripheral…
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Chemo and Exercise
Well, Chemo 3 is happening on Monday and so far so good. I am getting used to being at about 70% pace. Have just read a great book by Alison Porter: Stronger than Before and am putting some changes in place for my life over the next cycle including exercise - well walking. Now, does anyone have any advice? I know I could…
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Writing to express yourself
Hello there, Has anyone else felt the urge to write or be creative to express how you are feeling about your diagnosis/ treatment? If so, what do you do with your pieces? I wrote a poem about chemotherapy, and I don't know what to do with it. All I can think of is to share it here. So here it is: Chemo sucks balls – A Poem…
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arthritis meds and cancer
rheumy wants me on methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine , anyone been on those with breast cancer ?/
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stomach always upset
Hi, I was recently diagosed with a triple neg stage 3 cancer. Successfully removed with clear margins, but pathology showed, particularly aggressive. Just had first 2 chemo treatments of doxyrubicin/cyclophosphamide, having 4 fortnightly sessions, followed by 12 weekly sessions of paclitaxel. Then 3 months of radiation…