does anybody know if the low dosage of chemo will ffect me the same way the stronge dose does? i mean with all the side effects and do you think i would be able to go back to work?
2007-02-09 06:55:51 · 6 answers · asked by pinky312004@sbcglobal.net 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Depends on many things. Not everybody reacts the same to chemo. But most young people react better than old people.
For my best friend, who is 31, she can't work for the first week after her chemo (she is way too tired), but she is quite fit after that (ok, she wont run a marathon, but she can do some amount of work).
But you have to be careful not to hang out around people with contagious infections, because chemo does make you neutropenic for a while (min. white blood cell count around 7 to 10 days after treatment).
My friend is undergoing adjuvant chemo every 21 days for ovarian cancer with carboplatin and paclitaxel, which are quite common first line chemo agents.
I wish you good luck and courage with your treatment.
2007-02-09 08:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most serious side effect I have heard of is you start losing your mind. The chemo destroys cells and it is indescriminate. I have had friends that had chemo and they lost a lot of memories and brain power. Spooky.
My suggestion is serious vitimin C. The RDA says 64 miligrams a day. Linus Pauling who got 2 nobel prizes for his work on vitimin C and organic chemestry said a minimum of 1000 mg a day and 2000 mg if you are sick. I had something, to this day the doctors have no idea what it was, but I was flat on my back for 2 weeks in usually Nov and again in Feb. I went on vit C when I got sick and after a couple of years I have never been sick again. During those times I was sick I took a varying amount daily and it followed a bell curve over the 2 weeks. I was up to 40,000 mg a day at one point, 300,000 mg over 2 weeks. It was a narrow range I had to maintain. If I took too much I got diarrea and if I took too little I was sick. In that range I was totally asymptomatic. You need to drink a lot of water because Vit C is a natural diarretic. Also, you doctor will say your kidneys will disolve or calcify, but drink the water and it SHOULD be fine. A couple of years ago the had a report out that said the best cancer-fighter was Interferon - at $15,000 a gram - but it also said that Interferon is a product of the natural breakdown of Vit C in your system. Shortly after that they tried to make Vit C by perscription only. Guess why. Good luck.
2007-02-09 08:05:31 · answer #2 · answered by David M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only your doctor can tell you. Not all chemo works on all BC there are so many different type of BC each is treated differently.
Each individual react differently to the drugs.
Again your doctor is your best resource.
2007-02-09 21:41:20 · answer #3 · answered by wild4gypsy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know you will have to ask your DR Chemo can be very hard on your body Remember all the treatment is your choice not your DR's Read Listen & ask others - GOOD LUCK TO YOU
2007-02-09 07:03:14 · answer #4 · answered by hobo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
side effects are different with everyone. i worked through my last 6 treatments. it was very tiring, but i did it. a lot may depend on your job. talk with your boss and see if you can do something different so you can still work. good luck and bless you.
2007-02-09 14:11:37 · answer #5 · answered by barb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well most likely it will but there is medicine they can give you that will help now as far as going back to work dont count on that to soon.
2007-02-09 09:55:25 · answer #6 · answered by mountainchowpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋