They found a mass: How do you cope with anxiety and all the tests etc?

Hello Merry, I can not express myself enough of how wonderful everyone is on this site, I am so glad to be a part of a inspiring bunch of good people thank you all for being here for me and making me feel I am not alone with this battle, you lift my spirit's and help with my anxiety and panic attacks. hope my treatment tomorrow is like the first one I only felt like a semi hit me for four days and did not get sick altho I did take the anti nausea meds! have not taken the covid shots yet waiting till May then chemo will be over. so staying away from people and getting garden ready for flowers. watch a lot of movies and cleaning out the house is keeping me busy.

Thank you all for being here big hugs.
Cynde

@loula; @miriam57- The main concern about getting the vaccine is not whether it’s safe for people with cancer, but about how effective it will be, especially in people with weakened immune systems. Some cancer treatments like chemotherapy (chemo), radiation, stem cell or bone marrow transplant, or immunotherapy can affect the immune system, which might make the vaccine less effective.
Cancer patients were not part of the covid-19 vaccine trials.

Although there isn't specific information yet on how effective the vaccines might be in people being treated for cancer, it’s possible that the vaccines might not be as effective in people with weakened immune systems as compared to people with healthy immune systems. Despite this, exp

For patients who have just had a stem cell transplant or received CAR T-cell therapy, who are typically receiving immunosuppressive therapy, we recommend that they delay COVID-19 vaccination until at least 3 months after they’ve completed treatment. That’s based on data that [other] vaccines have had limited efficacy during periods when these patients are their most immunosuppressed.

The data are a little less clear for patients who are getting aggressive chemotherapy, but for those who are receiving more intensive treatment regimens—for example, those starting initial therapy for leukemia—we recommend that they delay vaccination until their cell counts recover.

I hope that both of you have discussed your vaccination delay with your oncologist. Have you? WHat did they say?

had my 2nd chemo treatment when they started the keytruda I was doing okay but towards the end of it I started having very bad pain down both of my arms and then it was going across my chest they used my port for the first time I told them to start the steroid and then it went away the rest of the carbo/taxol went fine anyone have this happen to them?

@loula How frightening for you! The pain did go away after a short time, though? Something similar happened to me when I was receiving rituxan for my autoimmune disease. The nurses sent me off to the ER and I checked out fine and it never happened again. The doctor said it was an infusion reaction—the drug was going in too fast.
We’re you monitored by the nurses during this time?

Hello Becky
It was a very scary event, there was probably 4 inches of keytruda left and my sister was there, I said omg there is unbelievable pain going down both my arms I sat up from the bed and all of a sudden it starts going across my chest my sister looked out the door a flagged the nurse she said I should of told her sooner but it happened so quickly, I said give me the steroid injection now and it went away, but they never did a ekg or nothing. now I'm scared the 21st to have this again, it did not do that the 1st time when they used my arm this was the 1st time of using this port and I am not sure I care for this port. I will be talking to the doctor before I go for the treatment. your right it may have been on to high of drip. do you still take that drug ?

@loula How frightening for you! The pain did go away after a short time, though? Something similar happened to me when I was receiving rituxan for my autoimmune disease. The nurses sent me off to the ER and I checked out fine and it never happened again. The doctor said it was an infusion reaction—the drug was going in too fast.
We’re you monitored by the nurses during this time?

Hello Becky
It was a very scary event, there was probably 4 inches of keytruda left and my sister was there, I said omg there is unbelievable pain going down both my arms I sat up from the bed and all of a sudden it starts going across my chest my sister looked out the door a flagged the nurse she said I should of told her sooner but it happened so quickly, I said give me the steroid injection now and it went away, but they never did a ekg or nothing. now I'm scared the 21st to have this again, it did not do that the 1st time when they used my arm this was the 1st time of using this port and I am not sure I care for this port. I will be talking to the doctor before I go for the treatment. your right it may have been on to high of drip. do you still take that drug ?

Hello Becky
It was a very scary event, there was probably 4 inches of keytruda left and my sister was there, I said omg there is unbelievable pain going down both my arms I sat up from the bed and all of a sudden it starts going across my chest my sister looked out the door a flagged the nurse she said I should of told her sooner but it happened so quickly, I said give me the steroid injection now and it went away, but they never did a ekg or nothing. now I'm scared the 21st to have this again, it did not do that the 1st time when they used my arm this was the 1st time of using this port and I am not sure I care for this port. I will be talking to the doctor before I go for the treatment. your right it may have been on to high of drip. do you still take that drug ?