 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Is Aranesp a steriod? Has he had any steroids (they gave me one to help me tolerate the chemo--decadron, I think is what it was called)?
Steriods can cause this kind of reaction in some people from what I've heard (though what they gave me just made me feel better than I had any right to feel).It could also easily be the frustration at everything seeming out of control and awful. Wer all react differently to that too.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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