Hi Angelia, Sorry you feels so down. This is the worst treatment. Everyone has given you some great ideas, I can only echo them. I was realy against taking pain meds ( in my old hippi days I would have jumped at the chance!) I did start taking morphine , maybe in my 4th week, maybe 5th. It did help, stopprd the pain, helped me sleep. I was affraid it would be difficult to stop and I would get hooked. By the end of treatment I had both fental patches and morephine.It only took about a month to get off the drugs and I honestly can say needed them. The two biggest side effects were I could not read, too spacey and got quite constipated.
Hang in there, we are all pulling for you
Steve
70 male, athlete...again SSC of undetermined orgin , early july 09 40 tx radiation, 8 chemo cisplatin and ebuterx finished TX in mid Sept 09 Clear at the 6 year mark! Back to swimming, biking and running! just a tad slower never regained my weight, even when I eat lots and lots, just a skinny guy now
Just way glad to be seeing the green side up!
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