babylady317

You can get neuropathy, the feet/hand tingling. I was told you can get side effects years down the road from chemo and radiation and surgery. The fun never ends.
I have had chemo 3 x in my life...cisplatin, 5FU, and taxol and kept acrylic nails each time without any trouble...I was soooo happy. My big nail turned dark bluish this last round of chemo and I asked the nurse but she was sure it was not the chemo, looked more bruised. I always pedicures too but due to swollen legs my daughter does it at home for me.

Thanks so much everyone for you posts. It always helps knowing you are not alone in the journey we cancer patients follow !

After 4th Taxol, nail issue began with pain under toenail and then partial separation from nail bed. Also started with red skin spots on arms where darker brown sun spots had been. ???

Thank you for asking ! Am doing fine, getting stronger every couple of days. My oncologist asked me to participate in Clinical trials with the diabetes drug Metformin. I do not have diabetes but they have found it helps 40 % of triple negatives because it protects the cells. I am delighted to do something to help with research.

Good to hear from you and it sounds like things are moving in the right direction. We're so grateful that you are part of our network.

Good Luck and let me know if I can answer questions for you !

Hi babylady,

Thanks so much for your question. I saw that you were able to register your breast cancer diagnosis as triple-negative. Good job on getting that done!

Now, when you are on your WhatNext "Home" page, on the right side you will see a box that says "Find Peers." These people who we recommend to you are closest to your diagnosis. We have several women with triple-negative on WhatNext, so these should be the people who you will see first. You can look at their journeys and "follow" anyone you choose by clicking "follow" on their page. This way, it cuts down the noise by enabling you to see information of people who are most relevant to you.

If you are interested in searching others with different diagnoses, you can go to the "People" page, and use the search tools on the left hand side of the page.

I hope this helps. If not, please let me know what else you need.

Thank you for being here.

Best,
Karen

Thank you. This is a great site ! I have told others about it. It always helps me to have others to "talk" to about all of this.

Thank you for the kind words, and for helping to spread the word! If you ever have any ideas for making the site more useful please feel free to email me at kareng (at) whatnext (dot) com.

We support you!!!

I'm going to St. Vincent's on 86th St. I had trouble with the site last night and could not respond until now. I just got my official diagnosis yesterday and I'm starting chemo tomorrow.

I had taxotere and Cytoxin .

babylady317 You can update a profile picture just by clicking on the stock image. When you do you should see a link to "Change Picture". I hope this helps.

David

I sent an email to some friends who are dealing with cancer telling them about this site. Jayson Parker wrote back to say he is meeting with you ! I am so fond of Jayson, Kendra and Tatum. I admire that they took cancer and did something positive with Tatums Bags of Fun ! I have known Kendra for over 20 yrs. Wonderful people !!!

What a small world. I am glad you are finding benefit here. We have some great people. Thank you for helping to spread the word. We need all the help we can get.