Hi, Mary Ann, great to see you online! Yes, I remember putting on weight
with chemo also...I wanted to say to the nurses, " uh, excuse me, I signed
up for the chemo with the weight-LOSS program!" We do get a strange sort of
humor with this stuff! Hope all is well with you and your family. Hugs to
you and that dear husband of yours! Love, Joicy
> From: John Montgomery <monty48@voyager.net>
> Reply-To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:05:28 -0400
> To: <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
> Subject: Re: [MOL] Dave B.
>
> Dave, I remember when I had my first treatment of the same combination of
> drugs that you are taking, I had the same thing happen. I also had little
> shooting stars flying all over the place as I looked out at the nurse. It
> does scare you to death, but once they slowed the flow things went back to
> "normal". I had 12 treatments in all and that was the only time that
> happened. So if you don't find that shirt, don't worry. Next time should
> be OK!
>
> My biggest problems were putting on 35 pounds and losing my hair!! I blamed
> the hair loss on the steroids. (A gal has to have something to blame weight
> gain on, doesn't she?!?!?! It couldn't have been that I ate everything in
> sight!)
>
> Good luck on your next treatment.
>
> Mary Ann
>
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