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Chemo Port Implant: Does it really help ease the process of chemo?

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Jan 7 11:06am | Replies (15)
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@rjjacobsen

Yes, the oxaliplatin was awful... you lasted longer on it than I. Besides the neuropathy you cited, for me it also caused dizziness and faintness.

Once I got severe vertigo, collapsed in the infusion center and got a quick wheelchair ride to the ER. Whee!!! That was the end of the oxaliplatin!

(I can laugh about it now...)

Lest this scare others, it was an unusual event and the oncology team did adjust me chemo accordingly.

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cjay | @cjay | Dec 21, 2023

Have you found anything that helps the neuropathy? I also crashed one day when I went in to get my pump removed. My blood pressure crashed and I got taken back and given IV fluids.(but to be completely transparent,‘I had eaten some THC banana bread my niece made for me that morning, not knowing that THC lowers your blood pressure a lot!🤦‍♀️)

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