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Steroids with Chemo: What is your experience?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 6 8:26am | Replies (19)

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@clarkb

Started chemo July 23. Had the steroids as a drip just prior to the chemo. Treatment was late in the day. Woke up early the next day ready to take on the world, haha, felt great all day. Then the third day hit! Felt like I had the flu for the next 3 days! No nausea thankfully, just zero energy and aches and pains. Started to feel better day five and now two weeks later back to normal. Just give yourself a break those first few days, it will likely get better. 57 y/o, stage 4 metastatic bones and lymph nodes, doing triple therapy to burn this crap out of me! PSA went from 120 to 0.4 in 60 days so I’m thrilled about that! Good luck to all!

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I also am stage 4, bones and lymph nodes. I finished 10 rounds of chemo last fall. If your journey gets bumpy, know that you can do this. A lot of people on here can offer help with any side effects you may or may not get. I wish the best for you on your journey.

Yes, that is the pattern my husband displayed when he had dexamethasone with the docetaxel infusions. You can at least plan around it and take advantage of the days you know you will feel OK.