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Dry skin/mouth Bendamustine/Rituxan

Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Feb 16 9:26am | Replies (29)

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@loribmt

Hi @rod54 Sorry to hear you’re also needing chemo. One of my chemo nurses used to jokingly refer to it as “joy juice”…Not even close! 😅 But here we are…reminiscent of the old science film strips I recall from grade school with the monotonous voice of the narrator saying “Better living through chemistry!” Unfortunately, while it’s knocking cancer cells from our body it can have an effect on other cells too with dry skin, mouth sores, gut issues, hair loss, nausea, low blood numbers and fatigue.
Have you been experiencing any side effects from your first round of chemo?

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Everything was going well while I was being infused with the Leucovorin, Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan, and after that I was equipped with the Fluorouracil and a pump for a 46 hr period. About 10 minutes later my heart was pounding so we had to go back to chemo unit. BP was 191/84 HR 111.
Disconnected pump and I was sent to the ER. Was released from ER not knowing for sure which drug caused reaction. Will continue same regimen for round 2.