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Need hope: Neuropathy from chemo
Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Jan 21 10:24am | Replies (135)Comment receiving replies
Hi Tessie, oh gosh, I’m sorry you’re having such a rough time with the lingering neuropathy from chemo. I know you wish you could turn back the clock on your decision to have treatments. Was there an option of you not having chemo for your cancer, with a positive outcome of beating the disease?
I know from experience chemo can be brutal but to be victorious over cancer it has to be stronger than the disease to be able fight it and win. It appears that you’re cancer free? Even though you’re having to use the walker and neuropathy impacts your daily life, I do see your spark of that spirit of endurance that keeps you going every day. And the positive side is that it appears you are in remission. ☺️ May I ask what type of cancer you had? And are you able to take any medications to help with the discomfort of the neuropathy?
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I had ovarian cancer. My oncologist worked for six hours to remove the damage it had done along with two other surgeons. It crawled over everything. I had one and half feet taken off the colon and my bladder with all the scrapping they did needed surgery to fix the holes in it. I had to wait a little over one year to get this fixed because of Covid here. The sad thing here though is that I had a cyst on that ovary and my regular doctor and myself
followed it until I saw a gynaecologist who told us both not to worry about it because it would never amount to anything. I wanted the doctor to remove this ovary but she refused and told my doctor not to follow it with the ultra sound tests any more and so this is where I am today. My meds are 2 caps twice a day of Lyrica or pregabalin and 4 caps at bedtime of of nortriptyline.