Anyone here been through chemo?

[Accipiter22]

make a list of questions as you think of them, then bring them to your doctor

 

[dugweb]

My brother took chemo. It was a pill he took every night at bedtime (along with about a dozen others). His chemo was very mild. He was noticably fatigued, but on his second round through it we were able to go up to the cabin and go boating. He didn't waterski or anything, but got out and enjoyed it. He didn't lose his hair.


One of the reasons his chemo was pretty easy was he took a pill every night with the chemo to help him not be sick. The pills were $50 a pop, and very small, but they worked! He felt guilty about using a $50 dollar pill everynight not to be sick, and since he felt so much better than he thought he would on chemo he didn't take one of those little pills one night (without telling anybody) to see how it would be. THAT was a very very rough night for him. He didn't miss another one of those little pills again.

 

[EagleKeeper]

I have a brother-in-law that is on his way out.
Diagnosed last fall, they removed a bad kidney, but it was too late. Already reaching toward the brain and lungs.

In November, he was given 6 months.

Wife is heading back to see him right now - she cut short a vacation because he may not make it more than a week or two.

He tried Chemo last Jan-March but had problems handling it.
When he was healthy enough, he did not want to; when he finally gave in to doing it, he had weakened to the point that it was hard for him to handle it.

 

[BeauJangles]

Good luck man, I read through your story.

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
sorry to be a downer but I wouldnt wish cancer on my worst enemy....it was the toughest thing i have ever had to do to see my mother go though it and the chemo, she passed away Jan 31, 2006

each chemo and cancer is different, they will absolutely tell you the side effects and everything you need to know...if they dont go somewhere else...do a a lot of research and ask lots and lots of questions, go to the american cancer society boards

hopefully you have a loving and supportive family and the kind of chemo you get is not that bad...i wish you the best, there are a lot of survivor stories out there unfortunately my mother wasnt one of them

i guess her passing recently has left me a bitter when it comes to talking about cancer and treatment

my sentiments. I know how it feels as my aunt just passed away from cancer in April.

 

[1sikbITCH]

My mom had breast cancer, beat it.

Then she got Leukemia 10 years later, and so far she's beat it too (about 2 years in remission so far).

All due to chemo.

 

[speg]

Good luck!

 

[jcuadrado]

I had Hodgkins Disease and went through chemo every other Tuesday for 6 months. It sucked pretty much...every patient and disease is different. I've been in remission for 12 years now. Stay positive......these days cancers are very beatable.