Dear Torie,
Pls forgive the short message. Broke my wrist last Sunday - slipped on
ice. So only have 1 hand to type. St John's Wort is a natural herb for
depression - take 1 3X a day. So so sorry for side effects. Doc says such
a big reaction is normal? Chemo verrry hard - so sleep away! Also may
want to look into herbs to replace estrogen?
Am praying for you,
Barbara S.
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> From: victoria@best.com
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> Subject: Re: [MOL] Still waiting to hear what the doctor said..
> Date: Thursday, January 22, 1998 10:24 PM
>
> Hi Carla,
>
> Well, the Dr. thinks the rash on my legs was from an interaction between
the
> Taxol (chemo drug) and motrin, which I had taken the day before the rash.
I
> have been taking lots of motrin for several years for lower back pain.
The
> dr. now says I should not take it at all for the remainder of the chemo
> (about 11 weeks left). It apparently does something with or to
platelets,
> and he doesn't want me to take it. The rash is fading gradually & he
thinks
> it'll be gone within a week. So now I have nothing for pain except meds
> which knock me out, like vicodin....it's hard to work while you're
> sleeping...hmm...maybe I need a new career as a sleep researcher...
>
> Anyway, if this wasn't bad enough, he also had the results of the assay
of
> my tumor cells for estrogen receptors, and 70% of the cells were estrogen
> receptive. This now means that I have been feeding the cancer by taking
> estrogen and can no longer take it. I've been on hormone replacement
since
> the hysterectomy I had 2 and a half years ago. On days when I have just
> forgotten to take it, I have gotten depressed. So, between the pain and
the
> depression it's not a very rosy outlook right now. I suppose I can join
the
> rest of the world and take Prozac or Zoloft or Paxil, but I was
determined
> to be the last person on earth who isn't taking it....Oh well....Not to
> mention that I'm going to start aging like Dorian Gray here any minute.
> Sigh......
>
> So..if you have/had adenocarcinoma, this estrogen thing is something you
> might want to check out. (but then you're probably pre-menopausal,
huh?)..or
> at least ask your Dr. about. The suggestion for the assay came from the
> UCSF Onc..thank goodness I asked him about it or I would still be feeding
> the cancer every day unknowingly........
>
> Anyway, hope this fills you in...no major symptoms lately except the cold
> and the myalgia all over....
> Thanks for caring, friend...
>
> Torie
>
>
>
>
>
> At 10:59 PM 1/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hey there Torie.... I would really appreciate the update on you from
seeing
> the doctor... Nothing that you were going through sounded normal to
me....
> Please let me know what all they said.... Love you..
> >Carla
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