avaccarino's Journey:
Patient: Lung Cancer
Patient Info: Currently in active treatment (initial surgery, receiving chemo rounds/radiation), Diagnosed: about 9 years ago, Female, Age: 73
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Hair loss (alopecia)
Side Effects
I have Chemotherapy 1 every 3 weeks. I am 4 treatments in. I have experienced nausea, vomiting, severe fatigue, weakness, dizziness. Those are just some of the side effects i incur during my 8 days after receiving my treatment, which lasts 9 hours. I also suffer from stage 4 bone cancer. My lung cancer is stage 2.
Drug or Chemo Therapy
Edima, for nausea, works great. Composine, also for nausea, works ok.
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