Guest guest Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 16 treatments, wow, and I'm worried about 8. Why 4 years with the port? Just curious. I told my Onc I'd like to keep it in for a year, just in case. I'm an optimist but I'm also a realist, kind of a contradiction in terms. I think positive and I'm confident I'll beat this (otherwise I'd be a total basket case 100% of the time), but I also know that I could have a recurrence and need more treatments. But I think my Onc is really feeling I'm doing so well with treatments that she has a totally positive outlook. She's very pleased with how healthy I look. Other than the hair loss and some minor aches and pains and fatigue the first week after treatment, I'm not experiencing many side effects from chemo and nothing major so far.. Just the Neulastra knocked me for a loop. Since we're not doing that anymore I'll have to be more diligent about eating immune boosting foods and taking my Astragalus, vitamins and minerals. I forget much of the time. Not good. LICS June "The best protection any woman can have...is courage." Cady Stanton Secular Breast Cancer Support group: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SecularBCSupport/ -----Original Message-----From: breastcancer2 [mailto:breastcancer2 ]On Behalf Of WeinbergerSent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:06 PMTo: breastcancer2 Subject: Re: Posting--response hi everyone i have had a port for almost 4 years it was the best thing i did when i had cancer much less discomfort than the old needle in the vein thing i still get my blood work done using my port i had 16 chemo treatments mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 16 treatments, wow, and I'm worried about 8. Why 4 years with the port? Just curious. I told my Onc I'd like to keep it in for a year, just in case. I'm an optimist but I'm also a realist, kind of a contradiction in terms. I think positive and I'm confident I'll beat this (otherwise I'd be a total basket case 100% of the time), but I also know that I could have a recurrence and need more treatments. But I think my Onc is really feeling I'm doing so well with treatments that she has a totally positive outlook. She's very pleased with how healthy I look. Other than the hair loss and some minor aches and pains and fatigue the first week after treatment, I'm not experiencing many side effects from chemo and nothing major so far.. Just the Neulastra knocked me for a loop. Since we're not doing that anymore I'll have to be more diligent about eating immune boosting foods and taking my Astragalus, vitamins and minerals. I forget much of the time. Not good. LICS June "The best protection any woman can have...is courage." Cady Stanton Secular Breast Cancer Support group: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SecularBCSupport/ -----Original Message-----From: breastcancer2 [mailto:breastcancer2 ]On Behalf Of WeinbergerSent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:06 PMTo: breastcancer2 Subject: Re: Posting--response hi everyone i have had a port for almost 4 years it was the best thing i did when i had cancer much less discomfort than the old needle in the vein thing i still get my blood work done using my port i had 16 chemo treatments mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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