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Cisplatin & Pemetrexate OR Carboplatin & Alimta - Keytruda
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 6, 2024 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
thank you for that. The more I hear from you guys, the more I think this whole thing for me is soooo screwed up. So no, my biomarkers haven't come back yet as someone just asked so how can both oncologists be recommending keytruda and already asking for approval from my insurance since they do not have those tests back?! i have now lost faith in the only 2 hospital systems we have here.
months or years to recover. hmm.. i don't see the point for me then. 4 weeks and i;ve already lost so much from just the lobecctomy. i mean thousands of dollars of damages because i can't do anything. lost the entire month of august.
so 6 yrs for you! how long were you tired? I don't even know how to ask the questions. i mean, like months or yrs after chemo stopped? are you in remission...not sure i even know what that is. thanks for the help. i do appreciate it. it makes me think of what questions are in my head and stuff i haven't thought of yet. julei
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@julie67, there are different stages of recovery. I was only noticeably tired for 2 days after the first round of chemo and 3-4 days after the fourth round.
Two months after chemo, I still felt a little slow and stiff, but I wouldn't have even thought it was chemo-related until a physical therapist told me she could tell I'd had chemo because my soft tissue was a bit "crunchy." Her first thought was that I had a poor diet. Once she learned I was following the Mediterranean diet with plenty of fruits and veggies and that I was drinking enough water, chemo was her only thought.
Yes, I'm currently in remission and have been for most of the last six years -- except when I wasn't! Honestly, I don't think about it. If or when the cancer shows up again, I'll deal with it at that time. Otherwise, life is too short to worry about things that haven't happened yet.