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Thank you Sir! I do have hope and am excited about the progress. I hope others on this support group see past the possible negatives and have a vision for the future. My hair started falling out 2 weeks ago and called my hairstylist (who is a family friend) and told her with a laugh it was time for the "chemo cut" and went right over, no time to mourn such a minor loss.
I had a scary second chemo infusion Tuesday, became VERY flushed, high heart rate and almost passed out but the team was amazing! Pushed Benadryl and Prilosec and within 5-10 minutes was almost normal and was able to finish the infusion. My biggest fear was actually having to stop chemo, like you @northoftheborder I'm all in!
After seeing a very close friend die a horrible death from pancreatic cancer within 2 years of diagnosis 10 years ago I'm thankful for the hope I can have that he never could.
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I had problems with my first two chemo treatments. tight chest, very red, the staff was very quick to get things under control. I was happy that I could continue that day. After the first two rough patches, they changed my pretreat to include lots of Benadryl. I also took Dexamethasone and benadryl the day before and day after treatment. Nurse's called the effect of the benadryl as "droop and drool". The next 8 treatments went well,, I was extremely excited to "Ring the Bell" at the end of the last treatment. Best to all.
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Love the "chemo cut." 🙂
When I was stuck in a hospital bed for a while, I just asked my spouse to put the no. 3 attachment on our hair clippers and do my whole head with it. I felt so much better lying on a pillow all day after that, and it was much easier to keep clean during basin baths.
When it grew back on ADT, it came in fine and whispy instead of thick and straight, so I had a new look as a bonus.