re: Starting chemo treatment on Monday

Prayers.

I just finished 12 rounds of very aggressive chemo. It got tougher as it went along til I was just shot, 1-7 was tolerable 8-12 was tough . The chemo worked and tumor is gone , just had surgery ( it was on my scalp) have staples in my head as I type this Radiation is next. You can have no side effects or all of them. For me , I lost ALL my hair , like all of it everywhere, taste was screwed but I made myself eat. Sour things I liked , mashed potatoes, grits, pasta was good, I couldn’t eat meat towards the end , I drank lots of protein shakes and lots of water . Got mouth sores , the mouth wash they give you taste like crap but it works . Towards the end I was just exhausted, I didn’t lose much weight, my muscles were sore ridiculously sore, like all of them , I couldn’t walk 10 ft with out looking for a chair and out of breath. You might have none of these , we’re all different, you could have all or none or anything in between . One thing that helped me is I was in pretty good shape when this happened and kept working out as long as I could , I just did less and less til I couldn’t do it. My doctors are pretty certain I’m gonna win this which is good , from sound of it you have a great shot , I believe ya got this. Cancer sux , I don’t know that I have a worst enemy but if I do I pray they don’t get cancer. I’ll pray that win your fight when I pray that I win mine which is daily.

Take care bro!

God speed and prayers to you.

I think it depends on the types of chemo. I personally couldn’t drink or hold anything cold. If I did it felt like I was swallowing shards of glass and whatever I held felt like it was on fire. I didn’t fully go bald but my hair kept falling out in big patches so I just shaved it to a 1 and had a few bald spots


I had stage 4 colorectal cancer snd did chemo treatments every 2 weeks for awhile before doing radiation. The misery of the side effects would be at its worst like day 2-3 after receiving chemo and for the most part I felt better after a week. So it was nice having a week of feeling a little normal before getting another treatment. My sisters best friend has stage 4 breast cancer and she’s getting chemo once a week for like 2 months...I can’t imagine having to do it once a week since that’s how long it took me to get over the side effects, but hopefully hers isn’t as strong of a dose. I know my oncologist said he was being pretty aggressive with the chemo he was giving me




Let me know if you have any other questions or anything I can do to help. Haven’t read the thread yet so sorry if it’s been answered but where are you located?

Good luck. You definitely need to invest in some premium weed smoke before and after chemo session

Prayers sent

Seminoma or nonseminoma?

If you get radiation keep lots of crackers and Zofran handy. The treatment fields are pretty large through the gut so you can get some nausea. Otherwise, pretty smooth treatment. If you're young, you'll need to bank sperm for kiddos later.

I’ll keep you in my prayers.

Prayers. Beat its arse.

My dad(RIP) had cancer twice(Hodgkins& Melanoma) and my mum had bladder cancer in 2018. She is in complete remission. Thank the Lord. She was diagnosed 4 months after my dad died.

frick cancer.