Re: Bobbie, how chemo made your conditions worse, I relate

[Guest guest]

Hi Stella, well, no matter what the docs say, chemo, even if it was

lifesaving for you, is POISON. That’s all, and it’s no wonder your health

did not recover. Some people just do not have the constitution to throw of

the damage from it. And if you already had Fibro etc, that makes total

sense. I wish I had some easy answers for you…you may need to “go

alternative” and do chemical detox, eat organic etc., and for me, NAET

(Google it) really helped with the aftermath of my chemical

exposures/sensitivities. I hope that you get a turnaround and start getting

better & better. Aylwin xox

[Guest guest]

I also take Trazadone for sleep. Typically I sleep through the night and it's

ususlly a very restorative sleep for my body, however, I find that I have a hard

time actually rousing and I tend to drag in the morning until I get some

caffiene in me (I know, I should cut the caffiene out, but I have no willpower!)

[Guest guest]

Actually I have the same experience with Trazadone, I take 150mg and

it took me 14-15 years to build up to that amount. I do get a good 8 -

8 1/2 hrs of sleep but I'm slow when I get up.

Stella

[Guest guest]

The TX Cancer Center I go to made it very clear when we start chemo

that it is basically poison. Carboplatin contain platinum.

The chemo drugs hit fast growing cancer cells, but that also means fast

growing good cells get clobbered also. That is why hair falls out,

tongue taste buds become super sensitive to even the mildest spices,

vision and hearing both go wonky for a while, short term memory is lost

for awhile, and red and white blood cells are destroyed along the way.

Nerve cells also take a beating.

There can also be damage that doesn't show up until weeks, months, and

years later.

It is a tradeoff to survive cancer. I can't handwrite very well

anymore, but I can still type though not as fast. Doing calligraphy is

gone, handwriting letters is gone, painting, and other arts I used to

do are gone and my leg and feet problems are worse, but on those I was

halfway there already. Part of the things the chemo would cause were

already present in my body. That actually made it easier for me to

adapt to the side-effects. It wasn't fun, but I am still alive. I've

had my next 3 month scans to see if I am still in remission. I'll find

that out the 19th. I've been off chemo for over a year.

My sigmoid colostomy was a gift I never expected, but had to be done

because of the mass. It is weird to have your plumbing rearranged, but

it has given me freedom from the restroom that I never had before the

surgery in 2006.

I don't take any sleeping meds, I do have flexeril and clonazepam and

bentyl to settle spasms down some. I have found the training in bio-

feedback type exercises, self-hypnosis, and progressive muscle

relaxation to be very beneficial. I am on Neurontin that helps a

little for nerve pain and an older prescription NSAID.

The only real exercise I can do is some yoga postures and water-walking

and some water aerobics.

Resistance is futile, FMS and its companion disorders gives us no

choice, but to adapt and that is a pain in the the sit-down part, so to

speak.

Bobbie aka siamesecougar

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> Hi Stella, well, no matter what the docs say, chemo, even if it was

> lifesaving for you, is POISON. That's all, and it's no wonder your

health

> did not recover. Some people just do not have the constitution to

throw of

> the damage from it. And if you already had Fibro etc, that makes total

> sense. I wish I had some easy answers for you…you may need to " go

> alternative " and do chemical detox, eat organic etc., and for me,

NAET

> (Google it) really helped with the aftermath of my chemical

> exposures/sensitivities. I hope that you get a turnaround and start

getting

> better & better. Aylwin xox

>