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What are the conditions where you receive bladder chemo installation?
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Hi Honey, yes I had 9 maintenance treatments. The treatments are hard on your body and I did have a lot of burning and irritation although I never had a UTI. They would do a urinalysis before each treatment. The chemo can be very harsh on your body. I was very fatigued. I’ve been off the treatments for 5 months and I’m beginning to feel better now. I developed pelvic prolapse and it seems to be healing now that I’m not on treatments. I also found that special soap and gels for women helped to ease the burning & dryness. It helped soothe the pain. I hope you can see your gynecologist soon and can help you with your situation. I’m praying for you!
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Deb,
Thank you for sharing this. I've been kind of hard on myself about being so tired, and my six once/week treatments were over at the end of May. I've done some other reading, but hearing someone here talk about 5 months of effects and finally starting to feel better helps me to not feel like such a 'complainer.'
If I go out of the house on day 1, on day 2, I am shaky and too tired to do much. I will feel OK while I am out, but the price is too high the next day. I will often fall asleep without being able to stop it. I still run my own business and do that with Zoom sessions, so now that is just about all of my activity.
As a board member for a community service organization, I serve as a liaison to members about our upcoming activities, but I know I cannot afford the energy to attend any events I am promoting.
I'm getting comfortable with the word "no".
I think we all should be comfortable with "no" to what is too much for us, and "yes" to putting our needs first!