Chemotherapy Side Effects
Chemotherapy is a powerful drug-based treatment that attempts to erradicate the body of cancer cells. The potency of the drugs cause often severe side effects in patients including hair loss, mouth sores and nausea, to name a few. Patients undergoing chemotherapy are given anti-nausea medications to ease their symptoms.
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After the Hair Loss, Early Menopause: Finally Something Exciting While Living with Cancer
Hi everyone! So I'm sure a lot of you are dealing with your hair falling out from chemo. And if you're like me, and cancer treatment pushed you into early menopause (I'm in my late 20s), then you absolutely understand the agony of hot flashes and being hot all the time. This time that I have been away, I have been trying to…
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Phyllis Johnson, Health Guide, answered side effects years later after… Jenny, I am so sorry that your sister had such terrible side effects from chemo. …
Phyllis Johnson, Health Guide, answered foot/leg pain and breast cancer… Like PJ said, it could be peripheral neuropathy, which can be caused by Taxol,…
PJ Hamel, Health Guide, answered Will my taste buds come back??? I just… It does take quite awhile for your body to find its "new normal," Honey,…
PJ Hamel, Health Guide, answered Taking Exemestane, after mastectomy.… Donna, you might want to contact Michele by clicking on her name (in blue)…
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