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Anyone else having a difficult time managing side effects for cancer treatments?
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Mimasw
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I had all the side effects and I thought I was alone in this. Had to stop taking it. I’m on Tamoxifen but can only take it every other day. Doing better on it. It all has been a horrible experience. I want to live but they really need to come up with something better. After all I’ve been through it’s like why did I do it it if it may come back. Chemo and radiation has messed up my body big time and they don’t know if it will come back.
Mimasw
@sara_at32 they seem to not care what all this has done to our bodies
jackson12
@Mimasw I understand where you are coming from. We destroy our bodies with the treatments in hope it works... and in the process we kill basically any of the good cells bodies has left and just hope enough out survive the bad.
I wish there was something better too.
Susang
Mimasw
@Susang The depression was so bad they made me stop taking femara. I tried to stick with it but I just couldn’t. I’m thinking about going off the tamoxifen because I am getting severe muscle pain and can barely walk. Took a break from it and I’m feeling good again. I’m beside myself just wish there was something better.
Mimasw
@Mimasw I’m reading a book called Estrogen Matters I think anyone going through what we’re dealing with should read this.
Susang
@Mimasw.. Dear Mimasw. I know how important it is to take the aromatose inhibitor for long term good results. It's such a quandry. I know that there is a third drug. Did you try that?
Mimasw
@Susang I tried exemestane and it caused even more problems. Memory loss, nausea, insomnia and depression
Susang
@Mimasw what about Arimedex (so). Have you tried it. Also, what about a mood elevator like Wellbutrin or an anti depressant or a mild tranquilizer. I have been told that the hormone inhibitor may be key to longer term survival. Believe me, I have and continue to ask
Mimasw
@Susang Tried Arimedex same problems. I’m taking flax seed now hoping it will do the job. I don’t trust the doctors anymore.
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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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DCline3dogs
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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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.