The start of my Chemotherapy Blog
Whenever I tell someone I am a Cancer survivor the conversation almost always turns to Chemo Therapy and how it affected me.
I wish Blogs had been around when I was in the middle of my Chemo so I could have kept a log of the daily events.
posted by DCooley
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Chemotherapy is harsh and it is a struggle. Thats why it is always nice to have someone who is there for you. My girlfriend went through it and she started to lose her hair that she cherished so much. So I went out to purchase a lace wig for her. Come to find out they are really expensive. They and and cost anywhere from $500 to $4,000. But I found this website that sells Lace wigs at a reasonable price. I know for women or hair is what makes us feel feminine. So now I am on a mission to tell every chemotrapy patient out there to go to www.mysunshines.com you just might like what you see. My girlfriend loves it because it is so natural looking. and althoug what she is going throug is very painful i enjoy it at that one moment when she look in the mirror and recognizing herself . My payers are out there for everyone going throug the same thing. www.mysunshines.com
Could you please post some more so you can help us?
I agree that lace wigs can make a huge difference. I also know people who have gone through or are currently going through chemotherapy treatments and the affect it has on their appearance can be heart-breaking. There is a shop in Los Angeles called Mo' Hair Technologies where 2 friends were able to get fitted for beautiful lace wigs. The wigs were applied in-store and the transformation was amazing! You could immediately see the change in their attitude and demeanor once the wig was applied. These women are amazing and their inner glow shined through! The best part about this shop is that they work very closely with a dermatologist from Beverly Hills who recommends and endorses their wigs, so you know your health is important to them. Their website is www.mohairtech.com.
Chemotherapy is such an experience. But this is also a life saving threatment.
My friend Marion said that when she got the diagnosis of breast cancer, the fear hit her so hard the she got sick to her stomach – even though the doctor told her she was going to be OK. She said she was depressed because of all the bad things she knew were coming. I picked up on that she was suffering on things before they had happened – and I hoped that maybe they wouldn’t be as bad as she thought. I felt guilty because I wasn’t going through it. So it was easy for me to tell her not to worry – but that wasn’t helping too much. So, being the research brain that I am, I searched the internet to see what might help with her worries. I found something at www.chemocaremusic.com that turned out to be so good for her. It calms her so fast, helps a lot with the nausea, and especially helps her get to sleep. It’s made a LOT of difference.
IT HAS BEEN 7 MONTHS SINCE MY LAST CHEMO TREATMENT...STILL STRUGGLE ON A DAILY BASES...WITH ISSUES...THOUGHT BY NOW WOULD BE FEELING 100% BETTER...CHEMO IS A POISON..CHEMO STARTED ABOUT 6 WEEKS AFTER SURGERY...I WAS ON A PUMP..WHICH MEANS...EVERY OTHER WEEK YOU GET CHEM FOR 48 HOURS STRAIGHT...FIRST OF ALL...I AM IN MY EARLY 50'S... I FOUND MYSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF MENOPAUSE...IMMEDIATELY AFTER MY FIRST TREATMENT...AND IT STILL CONTINUES TO THIS DAY...AND IT IS 5 TIMES WORSE THAN ANYONE ELSE I KNOW...HAIR FALLS OUT...NOSE BLEEDS...NAUSEA ALL THE TIME..I WAS ON TWO DIFFERENT TYPES...I WAS SO SICK THEY HAD TO TAKE ME OFF ONE OF THEM...ALSO IF YOU ARE PRONE TO MIGRAINES..EVERY PROCEDURE I HAD TO HAVE...GOT A MIGRAINE...FIRST CHEMO TREATMENT..GOT A MIGRAINE..AND AM STILL HAVING THEM..AND HEADACHES ALL THE TIME...THEN THERE IS THIS WHITE CELL COUNT SHOT(WHEN YOU WHITE COUNT DROPS WAY LOW)...WOULD LOOSE ABOUT 48 HOURS AFTER TAKING THIS SHOT...WOULD BE MISERABLE, SLEEP, HEADACHE..AND VERY VERY NAUSEA....AND THESE CANCER CENTERS WHERE YOU RECEIVE THE CHEMO...NURSES ARE GREAT...BUT IT IS THE MOST DEPRESSING PLACE YOU WILLL EVER GO...MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHERE OLDER AND TRYING ANYTHING THEY COULD TO SURVIVE..EVEN THOUGH CHANCES WHERE VERY SLIM...THE COST....UNBELIEVABLE...HAVE GREAT INSURANCE...BUT OUT OF POCKET...$5000.00 PER CALENDAR YEAR...SO IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND STARTED CHEMO IN OCTOBER...COME JANUARY YOU PAY ANOTHER $5000...OR WHATEVER YOUR INSURANCE WENT UP TO...THE INSURANCE COMPANY PAID OUT OVER A 1/4 OF A MILLION DOLLARS....TAKE THAT WHITE COUNT SHOOT...OVER $5000..EACH TIME YOU TAKE IT...YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE THAT COVERS THAT...THEY DON'T GIVE IT TO YOU...AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO RAISE YOUR WHITE COUNT...MY TREATMENT WAS FOR 6 MONTHS...I WAS SO SICK...I REFUSED THE LAST TREATMENT...7 MONTHS LATER..MY HAIR IS NOT FALLING OUT ANY MORE..NO MORE NOSE BLEEDS..STILL NAUSEA...STILL HAVE HEADACHES AND MIGRAINES...AND ENERGY LEVEL STILL LOW...HAVE TO FORCE MYSELF TO FUNCTION... MOST OF THE TIME I WISH I DID NOT TAKE CHEMO...WHEN I HAD MY PET SCAN..IT DID NOT LIGHT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE..(SO THAT MEANS THEY COULD NOT FIND SEE ANY CANCER..LIGHTS UP..YOU ARE IN TROUBLE)...WEIGHT GAIN..IS ANOTHER PROBLEM...NOT AT FIRST..BUT AT THE END..THEY TELL YOU TO EAT AND NOT DIET..BUT YOU ARE RECIEVING STEROIDS..FOR THE NAUSEA..AND BY THE END YOU HAVE PACKED ON WIEGHT AND CAN'T GET RID OF IT...HAVE ALREADY TOLD THE DOCTOR ...I WILL NEVER TAKE CHEMO AGAIN...
Thank you so much for this inspirational post. The chemotherapy is really the most painful phase not physically, but emotionally. My sister-in-law underwent a breast removal surgery after being diagnosed stage 2 borderline 3. The following chemotherapy had serious side-effects. She lost all the hair and had to stay in home for months together.
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