Breast Cancer - All SharePosts Relating To "Chemotherapy Side Effects"

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Phyllis Johnson

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posted 03/09/2009, comments (36)

Taxol Toes: Coping with Peripheral Neuropathy

When my hands and feet started hurting about a year after I finished chemo, my oncologist said I had, "Taxol toes." She went on to explain that a more accurate term is peripheral neuropathy, which means nerve damage in the extremities--hands and feet. My hands and feet felt like they were asleep. I frequently dropped things, and I... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/08/2009, comments (2)

Not that I'm obsessed, but...

It may seem to those kind and interested enough to keep up with my shareposts that I'm obsessed with my hair. Well...maybe I am. I am most amused at the moment to find that it has changed from white-as-snow, through battleship-grey to BLONDE!!! My wonderful physio noticed this as she was working on my arm last week. And all this is happening with... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/26/2009, comments (7)

On a more serious note...

Tonight (it's 12.46am in Melbourne) when most people in my part of the world are sound asleep and in your part of the world are going about their daily business. I'm taking advantage of the Dexamethasone-induced insomnia to write a little more seriously than I usually do. Today I passed my latest milestone - Week 4 of 12 weekly... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/18/2009, comments (3)

Now hair's a funny thing

One of the biggest hurdles we face in our battle with the demon cancer is losing our hair. For me personally, I am not generally a physically vain person, but I did like two things about myself - my hair (thick, fine and silky) and my cleavage (v. sexy). I have lost both - for the time being. I had to talk lots of common sense to myself to get... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/30/2009, comments (2)

Chemo and Your Teeth

I did try to make a dental appointment, and if I’d known how important it was, I would have tried harder. I moved to the Kansas City area from North Carolina in December of 1997. As 1998 began, I was working two... Read more Chevron

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