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- Chemotherapy - Mayo Clinic
Chemotherapy drugs are used to treat many types of cancer Learn why it's done, side effects and what to expect during chemotherapy treatment
- Chemotherapy for colon cancer - Mayo Clinic
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 whether chemotherapy for colon cancer is a good choice for you
- Bad odor from chemo? - Mayo Clinic Connect
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 sense of smell and are picking up the chemo which is indeed present
- How to boost your immune system after diagnosis and before chemo . . .
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 possible?
- What to do about low blood counts after chemo? - Mayo Clinic Connect
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 require a blood and or platelet infusion during the neutropenic stage where all the blood numbers are down
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) - Mayo Clinic
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 effectiveness
- Platelets Too Low for Chemo Infusion | Mayo Clinic Connect
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 4th infusion Has anyone had to have a platelet or whole blood transfusion before a round of chemo?
- Anyone experience arthritis in joints and or body pain after chemo . . .
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 breast cancer in 2019 2020 then uterine cancer 2022 2023 Now going for the trial with an internal pain pump
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