 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Geri,
Speaking from experience there are some of us that just couldn't find anything that worked or that didn't produced worse side effects. After trying millions of dollars in pills for pain and nausea I just said the hell with this and stopped all of them. I actually felt better taken as a whole because even though I did have the pain my nausea was brought back to tolerable levels and I was able to keep things down after swallowing.
Believe me I'm not advocating doing what I did but I'm just saying we can all react differently to the same pills or combos.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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