Can I ask anyone if they have any idea when hair starts to come back after chemo has finished. I have been on taxol and caprpolatan (think thats how you spell it). Just finished about three weeks ago, does it take 3 months 6 months, nobody has said. Marion.
Yippee, finished my last chemo this week, only had six but seems like it lasted forever and then went in quick, if that makes sense. Have to go for a scan in three weeks then take it from there!!! Dont know how I feel, its strange not to be planning your life in three week cycles. Not sure what to feel, dont want to be too optimistic dont want to be doom and gloom, that cancer is a strange one, you just dont know how…
Am I the only one who now questions everything and everyone since getting ovarian cancer. Friends and family, who it must be hard for to see me go through this, I just question them all the time in my mind, are they doing that out of sympathy for me or do they actually want to be with me. Feel I have to be cheerful all the time, saying Im fine, everbody I meet saying your looking well, as if Im not supposed to be!!! Just…
Hi everyone, hope I dont sound like a moaning pain but has anyone any sugestions on tablets to take for leg and joint pain. On third cycle of chemo, Carboplatin and Pacitaxel. First two didnt seem so bad, got pains for day five, got them right away this time and so much more painful, tried tramadol with no effect. I need sleep!!!
Just out of hospital, made the mistake of saying to anyone of my friends that would listen that the chemo wasnt as bad as had expected. What happens? When immune system is down get an infection and kidneys pack in, luckily was at hospital for something else and it was found in a blood test, had no symptoms of kidneys not working properly, has anyone else experienced this. Doctor at hospital said chemo may be reduced in…
