Mar 13, 2024 · Chemotherapy drugs are used to treat many types of cancer. Learn why it's done, side effects and what to expect during chemotherapy treatment.

Jul 8, 2025 · Chemotherapy for colon cancer also carries a risk of side effects — some temporary and mild, others more serious or permanent. Your healthcare team can help you decide …

Nov 25, 2024 · For the first several rounds of Chemo I could smell the chemo on my breath. After about the fourth round I don't notice it so much. It could be that you have a hyper sensitive …

May 23, 2025 · This is why HIPEC is often referred to as a "chemo wash" or "hot chemo bath." Heating chemotherapy medicine can help it penetrate into tissues and enhance the medicine's …

Mar 9, 2025 · So by trying to boost my immune system prior to chemo am I causing myself to suffer longer without treatment and am I making it harder for the chemo to be as effective as …

Apr 27, 2023 · As of February 2023, I've been on two types of IV chemo called Gemcitabine and Docetaxel and since then my legs have become very weak and heavy to the point that I am …

Mar 6, 2025 · Chemo brain is a common term people with cancer use to describe trouble with thinking and memory that can happen during and after cancer treatment. Chemo brain also …

May 3, 2024 · To help avoid infections, my white blood counts were boosted with the addition of a Neulasta injection the day after my last day of chemo each round. Sometimes a patient will …

Feb 14, 2025 · I’m 2 years done and doctors are baffled. I’ve been a pain patient for years and it’s been completely manageable/managed by a spinal cord stimulator since 2018. Had chemo for …

Apr 29, 2025 · I’ve completed 3 rounds of carbo/taxel chemo with a 4th round scheduled prior to cytoreductive surgery. My platelet count keeps dropping and is now too low for me to have my …