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Are you having the same type of chemo as previously?

I also just restarted chemo for endometrial cancer for the second time two weeks ago. Carbo/taxol again, but with Keytruda too. So far, I don't feel any worse than the first time. My chemo symptoms mostly went away after a week as they had before.

I was having acid reflux, I think from the cancer, before I restarted chemo, and chemo has also given me acid reflux in the past. I sometimes take OTC Pepcid, or if that doesn't work, I take the prescription Ondansetron (Zofran) that they gave me.

Have you tried icing your hands and feet during your chemo infusion? I'm not sure whether it helps, but it probably can't hurt. My feeling is that after you get home, you should then warm your hands and feet back up, and then try to keep them warm. (My reasoning is that maybe peripheral neuropathy has to do with your hands and feet being too cold at some point, since things that are "peripheral" tend to be colder.). My feet are still a bit numb from the chemo I had last year, but so far don't seem to be getting worse (knock on wood).

I hope you start to feel better.

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Thank you so much for responding. They say I am on the exact same chemo as before (carboplatin, paclitaxel, and bevacizumab) and at the same doses. I’ve heard things like side effect risk is cumulative. But I am so weak, I can barely make it to the bathroom. I didn’t feel weak during or after my first round of chemo two years ago. I could work, take care of house and husband, no problem. I’m worried I might have to go to the hospital.