| Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 4 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 4 | I don't think working out has anything to do with how you react to chemo, in that case, I should never had a problem. I ran, biked, swam, boxed, and lifted weights, since I was 15, amongst several martial arts programs in between, and all my jobs required me to be physicaly fit, and be a deterrent, sometimes physically. I started chemo at 245 lbs, and after a severe reaction to the same chemo, Taxotere, Cisplatin. 5-FU, near death, I was 130lbs in less than a month. The side effects are too numerous to list. I think of it similar to an allergic reaction, some have no problems to certain foods, and some do. Can't do much to change that, just change the food, limit amount of exposure, duration, in this case toxin, if you can, and sometimes all it takes is once, and that's why they give you all the other meds to lessen the toxicities and side effects.
10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil 11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp 01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks 06/11 30 HBO 08/11 RND PNI 06/12 SND PNI LVI 08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy 10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux 10/13 SND 10/13 TBO/Angiograph 10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI 12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo 11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO 03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN 09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy 04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site 06/17 Heart Attack Stent 02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs
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