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v-ness · 01-10-2010, 09:46 AM

hi - i haven't had a nosebleed since i was in 4th grade but i've started getting them in the past few weeks. i didn't really think too much about them since they ended quickly. however, after TCH infusion #5 my nose feels like it's been sucked dry of all moisture and i can't blow my nose without the tissue being full of blood and clots this weekend. my mother suggested i put vaseline in my nose, but i read on the web that you can inhale the petroleum particles and that is not good. is there a good and healthy way to moisturize up there? breathing isn't painful, but i am now aware of the dryness of every breath and i can't imagine this constant disruption of the healing scabs is very good. p.s. no, i don't take anything that can be considered a blood thinner. i think it is purely a chemo or herceptin side effect and yes, i have an all-night vaporizer going, to no avail. thank you for any tips you may have. valerie

01-10-2010, 09:46 AM	#1
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	what to do about nosebleeds? hi - i haven't had a nosebleed since i was in 4th grade but i've started getting them in the past few weeks. i didn't really think too much about them since they ended quickly. however, after TCH infusion #5 my nose feels like it's been sucked dry of all moisture and i can't blow my nose without the tissue being full of blood and clots this weekend. my mother suggested i put vaseline in my nose, but i read on the web that you can inhale the petroleum particles and that is not good. is there a good and healthy way to moisturize up there? breathing isn't painful, but i am now aware of the dryness of every breath and i can't imagine this constant disruption of the healing scabs is very good. p.s. no, i don't take anything that can be considered a blood thinner. i think it is purely a chemo or herceptin side effect and yes, i have an all-night vaporizer going, to no avail. thank you for any tips you may have. valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!