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Anyone else having a difficult time managing side effects for cancer treatments?

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11/14/2018 at 7:25 AM

I'm post single mastectomy stage 1 breast cancer. I been having one he'll of a time managing these awful side effects from, arimidex to exemestane and femara. Migraines, tendonitis, muscle spasms, joint pain, edema, nausea. My oncologist acts like this treatment is not a big deal and I'm one of the rare people who cannot tolerate these treatments. Anyonelse? I feel alone.

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08/09/2020 at 8:21 PM

@missshe How are you doing? Are you still going through treatment?

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02/03/2021 at 11:29 PM

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Hi everyone,

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Did you experience any side effects along with your cancer treatment? What type did you have? How did you cope with it?
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02/14/2021 at 8:19 PM

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Everything else has been destroyed, it didn’t take the cancer out but it sure did kill everything else! If I would have only known!!!

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I am currently going through chemo infusion (paclitaxel and carboplatin). I have been through two cycles and 4 more cycles to go. I didn’t get sick the first cycle but it did hit me with all the side effects in second cycle. Can someone tell me if it will be even worse side effects each cycle or about the same?

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My worst side effect that I seem to be having with my immunotherapy treatment is a colitis condition. From what I have googled and what I have learned this is very common. It's just one horrible side effect... Just as bad or worse than the damn treatment...

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When they act like that contact the insurance company and tell them that the dr is doing nothing and tell them not to pay him. He will change his busy schedule to answer all the questions you have. I had a dr the same way till I called the insurance company and now he has a lot of time for me and only make me wait 20 minutes to see him

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02/18/2024 at 9:05 PM

I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.

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