cancerlynx.com has some good sugestions. Thanks for that info. My nails are are red and sore. We'll see if they turn any other colors. Thanks for your replies. luv, Mary...
I've been on weekly Taxol for 11 weeks and will start another 12 weeks when this 12 week course is done (next week). My fingernails are turning red and are tender. Has anyone else had this? What...
Bummed out.....living 25 miles inland from Galveston means packing up my bird, my older sister and heading for the hills, on the run from hurricane Rita. Talk about bad timing, the dr. called for me...
I haven't had any pain with Taxol...just a few aches I figured due to old age...I'm 63. Mary...
Bernadette, I’ve had my 4 th Taxol and have not lost brows or lashes, and still have a lot of head hair. I think Taxol is not as harsh as AC, but the double whammy affect may be the culprit. And, I...
Deb, it's encouraging to know your spots have disappeared. I also have evidence of early infiltration to bone (vertebrae). I told my dr. (M.D. Anderson in Houston) I want whichever has the best...
Bern, I'm only taking Taxol. I'm being treated for mets from original CA 12 years ago. The dr. put me on Arimidex in April - when I first found about the recurrence - it did no good. So now Taxol. I...
OK. Now that I'm getting personal tutoring, what's the difference in "post a quick reply" and just reply. I really did try to find out, but couldn't find it in help. The stuff I put in my profile...
Hey, MK. A bolt out of the blue...I was searching thru Roll Call to find folks either my age (rare..I'm a VERY YOUNG 63), or with similar dx, or from/around Houston. I have grandkids in Dallas, so I...
Thanks, Lori. I live in the subdivision that joins NASA. I can see the rockets they have on display from my yard. Nice to hear from a Houston gal. mary...
www.breastcancer.org has a lot of good info on drugs. I think we sometimes tend to blame everything that happens to our bodies on the medications we're taking. Sometimes weight gain can be due to...
Did not gain wt. luv, Mary...
I had bilat mast 12 years ago with silicone implants. Didn't have enought belly fat, thanks to having a tummy tuck a few years earlier. (sometimes a crystal ball would really help.) I"m 63 and have...
There is a state board of medical examiners you might want to send a letter to. Mary...
I took TAmoxifen for 5 years. May have had some hot flashes - was not a big deal. It kind of puts you in menopause...you may not even have any side affects. I think it's a great drug. It's nothing as...
All you women just sound so wonderful. I submitted a post a while back about my dr. giving me a menu of treatments. I went back to him and told him I decided which one I wanted: "the one that got the...
Bernadette, Thanks for answering. I"m going back to the dr. and get more answers. Good luck on your chemo. What are you taking? Mary...
This is my first post, tho I've been reading some of those posted. I have stage 4 met to liver and bone. Arimidex didn't work. Now my dr. has given me what he calls "menu items" to choose from....