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Racuh

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Diagnosed with angiosarcoma of the left breast in Jan 2009.
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Dear hair....

When I was fist introduced to the wondrous world of cancer the first chemo I received was adriamycin. From experience most BC patients get this super fun drug and have given it the nick name... red devil. I think thats a fairly apropos description of the stuff. That big red bag of awesome made my hair fall out at 2 weeks on the dot. Great... Read moreChevron
posted 10/05/2009, comments (5)|
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Racuh

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Naked mole rat.

Oh chemotherapy... you foul bastard. How I hate thee.    So, I had my third chemotherapy infusion this past tuesday... I am getting taxol. But unlike you poor women that have suffered through it I am getting a small dose weekly instead of a big one. No neuropathy yet... and mostly uneventful and painless until about 4 days after the... Read moreChevron
posted 09/24/2009, comments (9)|
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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 moreChevron
posted 03/09/2009, comments (65)|
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Judith Rosenthal Schwartz

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Long-term side effects of chemo with Taxol

For the last year-and-a-half I've been really suffering with painful feet.  Now I'm not the sort of person to run to the doctor every time I sneeze, so I tried to figure it out myself.  I tried orthotic-like supports: nothing.  I tried 800 mg. of ibuprofen: nothing.    In April I took my son on a college road trip to... Read moreChevron
posted 08/21/2008, comments (28)|
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Author, breast cancer survivor
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Avastin: One of the World's Top-Selling Breast Cancer Drugs

Editor's Note: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on 2/22/08 approved the cancer drug Avastin for women with advanced breast cancer, going against the recommendation of its own advisory panel. Also see PJ's postscript at the end of this post for more details.   Avastin, a drug that’s shown great promise in slowing the... Read moreChevron
posted 02/22/2008, comments (0)|
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