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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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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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rjjacobsen | @rjjacobsen | Dec 22, 2023

Thanks for the warning about THC and the story.

When I was going through this, MJ wasn't legal in Minnesota, but now it is legal but you can only buy it now at several native American reservations. The state is working on building the regulations, licensure and taxes. We have some CBD shops, but a state audit found that 39% of their merchandise was above the legal limits. (Oops!)

When I was in treatment, my oncologist suggested gabapentin for the neuropathy, but mine wasn't very painful, so I declined. That may be an option for you.

I'm two years past the end of chemo now and still have some minor residual numbness in fingers and feet, but it's not significant or painful enough to take a medication for it.

Hope that helps.

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