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Am starting the chemo treatment First go put me under the weather for 7 days Normal ????????? Did 25 treatments of radio piece of cake some blisters around anus no mouth sores yaaaaaaaaaaa lost my pubic hair no big deal Next chemo treatment they want to add 2 more drugs Ideas feelings folks ?? And anybody have a port That sun of a gun sticks out over an inch and itch until there is no tomorrow Is this normal for a port
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@cvestor, good questions. My dad found that there was a pattern to the days following chemo. For him the first couple of days he actually felt pretty good because of the steroids in the infusion. Once those wore off, he too was under the weather for 5 days or so and then gradually felt better each day. His infusions were every three weeks. How often are your chemo sessions?
Is the port itching less now that it has healed more?
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Didn’t have a port because the only infusions I had were for hydration so have no experience there. Also, I only did chemotherapy while being radiated. The doctor said the type of chemo I was taking was to enhance the radiation so no point in taking it after those treatments were done. Hoping that the radiation was enough.
As far as diarrhea is concerned, Imodium did nothing for me but lomotil was a game changer. Need subscription. It stopped the diarrhea without constipation which can happen with Imodium. Didn’t want to make it harder to go ( that is just more painful) just control it. Good luck.