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geckosfeet

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20. Oh wordpix. Hang on. I have been there. Still have my port. I am afraid that once it goes in

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 07:32 PM

Mar 2014

they just leave it.

Anyway. I finished my second round of chemo in Nov. Doc wants me to start again. I don't want to. My fingers and feet are still numb from last time. Hoping to quit work/retire end of june. Maybe will stsrt then if able.

But yea. Chemo sucks. I lost a ton of weight. Always tired. Diareaha all the time. Cold sensitivity. Taste and smell get all messed up. Nasty nasty stuff. Had to go in for four hour infusions every other week. Then they sent me home with a pump attached for two days. Really don't want to go down that road again.

So did you just start? Your first treatment? It does get more tolerable as time goes on but it always sucks. Let me know how things progress for you. Hoping it goes by relatively quickly for you. Please feel free to talk about it anytime.

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Anyone with metastatic disease who refused chemo? [View all] wordpix Feb 2014 OP

No, you should do the chemo if you want to live. Your cancer had already sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #1

I would recommend the chemo TexasBushwhacker Feb 2014 #2

thank you, sinking and Texas, I now agree with you wordpix Mar 2014 #10

I refused the option of chemo when I was dx. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #3

the studies are not conclusive about adjuvant chemo (post surgery) for my cancer wordpix Mar 2014 #4

6 months of ill to buy a year? Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #5

where did you get the CBD? Do you live in Colorado? wordpix Mar 2014 #8

forgot to say, in my state 2 yrs. ago MM was legalized but wordpix Mar 2014 #9

My apologies Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #15

Just found out recent PET scan results today. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #6

very sorry about your cancer progression- as for diet, mine is crucial to me wordpix Mar 2014 #7

Great diet info. Sounds like you are doing fabulous. Do you do much with mushrooms? geckosfeet Mar 2014 #11

mushrooms are very good so I've upped using them--organic only wordpix Mar 2014 #12

Thanx wordpix. Chucked the cheese and bread this morning. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #13

Congrats! I gave away a lot of food like that, too wordpix Mar 2014 #14

I would not have made it through Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #16

Well. Things are complicated by the fact that I just came down with a nasty cold. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #17

basic juicing and smoothies. Nurse freaked when she saw my green smoothie today, lol wordpix Mar 2014 #18

I was doing great. Then I got a port and started chemo wordpix Mar 2014 #19

Oh wordpix. Hang on. I have been there. Still have my port. I am afraid that once it goes in geckosfeet Mar 2014 #20

Oh hun, I am so sorry to hear this Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #21

for tingling fingers try B6 Betty88 Apr 2014 #22

update Chemo Round 5 & supplements wordpix Jun 2014 #23