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02-09-2013, 01:39 PM
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marijuana??
OK, Im gonna say it.....Have any of you been prescribed Marijuana? I have never in my life taken any(illegal) drug, or drank a drop of alcohol or smoked! But, my husband and I are reading about how Marijuana helps so much with nausea and weight loss. I would love to hear your feed back.
Thanks!
momac1ta
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02-09-2013, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Elizabethton, TN
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Re: marijuana??
Can't speak for others but I would recommend you stay away from this even as a medicinal option. First of all and MOST importantly - never put anything in or on your body during your treatment period that you haven't checked out with your doctors. So many things can alter the way chemo acts -many supplements and drugs can lessen effectiveness and you certainly don't want that. Just always ask - chemo nurses are also a wonderful source of good, sensible information relating to anything you have going on.
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3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast
3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated
3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear
3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side
4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides
5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo
07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side.
07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin
08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont.
12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks
4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc.
5/2011 - NED!!! port out.
8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED
7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed.
2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.
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02-11-2013, 05:22 PM
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Location: San Diego, CA
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Re: marijuana??
Try Acupuncture or Acupressure for nausea and appetite - it really works.
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11/19/10 Identified swollen lymph node
1/24/11 Mammogram showed microcalcifications - no mass
2/4/11 Diagnosed ER/PR- HER2+++
2/23/11 Began TCH protocol every 21 days 6x
5/23/11 Ultrasound of originally diseased lymph node shows normal
7/25/11 Lymph node dissection - 8 of 14 show disease
7/29/11 Double mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders)
8/29/11 Begin follow up chemo - Adriamycin 4 treatments every 2 weeks and Xeloda. Self inject Nupogen shots
1/6/12 6 weeks of Radiation finished
2/13/12 Last Herceptin/remove port
3/27/12 PET/Brain Scan NED :)
8/15/12 Final reconstruction - hello nipples, good bye expanders
9/14/12 Rejected implant/infection. Implant removed
5/6/13 Latissumis Dorsi surgery left side with expander
PS - my photo was taken 5 days after my double mastectomy surgery and 6 weeks after my TCH was completed
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02-11-2013, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: New York, New York
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Re: marijuana??
It's not legal here in New York, but my friend had a "card" for it California. I personally have no issues with it at all, and believe it should be legalized. I don't smoke it or drink the tea, but lots of people benefit from its use. My grandmother smoked it when she suffered through lung cancer in the 70's and felt it was great for her pain.
Karen
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02-11-2013, 06:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Hershey, PA. Live The Sweet Life!
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Re: marijuana??
I think it is perfectly fine.
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Smile On!
Laurel
Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08
7mm invasive component
Partial mast. 5/08
Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH
0/5 nodes
4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08
Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09
Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09
Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08
Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08
Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard!
Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara
15 Years NED
I think I just might hang around awhile....
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02-11-2013, 09:23 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: "Love never fails."
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Re: marijuana??
I went through six rounds of chemo in both 2003 and 2007 without using much of the pain medication prescribed. (Remember to walk as soon as you can after surgery and then exercise regularly during treatment). In fact, I still have more than a half bottle of the Hydrocodon from my 2010 hysterectomy/oo.
There are plenty of good nausea meds and effective anti-emetic medicine available. Just ask your doctor/oncology nurse and they will prescribe the appropriate ones for you.
It's quite easy to build up tolerance of the pain pills (possibly why some would abuse it) and I imagine similar effect of marijuana.
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02-12-2013, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Re: marijuana??
Anti-nausea meds have come a long way (as many have posted already).
That being said, my brother-in-law (deceased for 30+ years), was treated for leukemia in the early 80's and there was nothing legal to help for his nausea. He had access to marijuana and smoked it in the hospital. Doctors and nurses were very much aware, but glad that there was something to increase his appetite and reduce his nausea.
I don't see anything wrong with it and also think it should be legalized. However, I don't think you will need it. I've been through 4 TCH rounds, taken my meds as prescribed, and have not had an issue with nausea at all. With other side effects, yes, but not nausea.
Janis
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March, 2000: 48, Post menopausal (5 yrs HRT) Left breast, IDC 3mm/DCIS 1.6cm, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, mod differentiated, MIB low, lumpectomy, node neg via SNB, rads=33 Stage 1a
June, 2000: Tamox 4.5 years,Femara for 5 years (end in Jan. 2010)
Sept, 2012: 61, Via mamm, ultrasound, biopsy, right breast, 2.3cm tumor, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, poorly diff, KI67 60-70%
BRCA 1 and 2 negative
October, 2012: Bi Mast with tissue expanders, port placement
Final Path: IDC 2.8cm, DCIS, 1/4 sentinal nodes positive (@#$%). Stage IIB
Nov 29, 2012: Begin TCH/6x/every 3 wks, H for 1 year/every 3 weeks.
March 14, 2013: Finished chemo
April 9, 2013: Begin radiation 28x
May 22, 2013: Finished rads
June 1st, 2013: Started Aromasin for 5 yrs.
July 15, 2013: Switched to Letrozole (Femara). Probably for the rest of my life
October 16, 2013: Exchange surgery
October 31, 2013: Finished Herceptin
December 5, 2013: Port removed
Glad this year is over!
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03-13-2013, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 163
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Re: marijuana??
I lived in CA during treatment, so I had a card. I tried it to fight nausea and migraines from Neupegen. One problem - the smell made me nauseated, so I never ended up using it.
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04-10-2013, 10:59 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 163
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Re: marijuana??
I understand what you're saying, Allan. I was reluctant too, due to the longterm effects it has on the brain. At the time I just felt desparate to be rid of the pain, and I had already been through several meds so I thought, why not try?
That said, one thing that actually did help me a whole lot was acupuncture. But I guess that would be a new thread  |
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04-11-2013, 09:21 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: New York, New York
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Re: marijuana??
When marijuana is clean, it is nothing more than a passable approved CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, much like any other opiate/narcotic drug we currently are given. New Hampshire has a list of painkilling medications that might be of interest:
https://420durango.com/dispensaries/...od/vermont-thc
Karen
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Graves Disease, became Euthyroid via Radioactive Iodine, June 2001.
Thyroid Eye Disease. 2003. Decompression surgery in 2009; eyelid lowering surgery in 2010.
Diagnosed: June 2010, liver mets. ER-/PR+10%; HER2+++.
July 2010: Begin Taxol/Herceptin. Eliminate sugar from diet. No surgery or radiation.
January 2011: NED
April 2011: Progression in liver only. Other previous affected areas eradicated. Stop Taxol/Herceptin after 32 infusions.
May 2011: Brain MRI: clear.
May 2011: Begin Tykerb daily, Xeloda twice per day for one week on, one week off, and Herceptin.
November 2011: Progression in liver. All other tumors remain eradicated.
December 2011: BEGIN TRIAL #09-093 Taxol, MCC-DM1 (T-DM1), Perjeta.
Trial requires scans every six weeks, bloodwork and infusions weekly.
Brain MRI: clear.
January 2012: NED. Liver mets, good riddance!
March 2012: NED. Developed SMA (rare blood clot) in intestinal artery and loss of sight in right eye due to optical nerve neuropathy. Resolved when Taxol removed this month.
Continue Protocol of T-DM1 weekly and Perjeta every 3 weeks.
May 2012: NED.
June 2012: Brain MRI: clear.
June-December 2012: NED.
December 2012: TRIAL CONCLUDED; ENTER TRIAL EXTENSION #09-037. CT, Brain MRI, bone scan: clear. NED.
January-March 2013: NED.
June 2013: Brain MRI: clear. CEA upticking; CT shows new met on liver.
July 3, 2013: DISASTER STRIKES during liver ablation: sloppy surgeon cuts intercostal artery and I bleed out, lose 3.5 liters of blood, have major hemothorax, and collapsed lung requiring emergency resuscitative thoracotomy, lung surgery, rib rearrangement and cutting deep connective tissue, transfusion. Ablation incomplete. This life-saving procedure would end up causing me unforgiving pain with every movement I make, permanently, otherwise known as forever.
July 26, 2013: Try Navelbine/Herceptin. Body too weak after surgery and transfusion. Fever. CEA: Normal.
August 16, 2016: second dose Navelbine/Herceptin; CEA: Normal. Will skip doses. Watching and waiting.
September 2013: NED, Herceptin only. CEA: Normal. Started Arimidex.
October-November 2013: NED. Herceptin and Arimidex. CEA, CA125, 15-3: Normal.
December 2013: Something brewing. PET lights up on little spot on liver; CEA upward trend, just outside normal. PET and triphasic liver scan confirm Little Met. Restart Perjeta with Herceptin, stay on Arimidex. Genomic sequencing completed for future treatments, if necessary.
January 2014: Ablate Little Met on the 6th. Happy New Year.
March 2014: Brain MRI: clear. PET/CT reveal liver mets return; new lung mets. This is not funny.
March 2014: BEGIN TRIAL #10-005 A(11)-Temsirolimus plus Neratinib.
April 2014: Genomic testing indicated they could work, they did not. Very strange drug combo for me, felt weird.
April 2014: Started Navelbine and Herceptin. Needed something tried and true, but had significant progression.
June 2014: Doxil and Herceptin.
July 2014: Progression. Got nothing out of it. Brain: NED.
July 2014: Add integrative medical hematologist-oncologist to my team. Begin supplements. These are tumor-busting, immune system boosters. Add glutathione, lysine and taurine IV infusions every three weeks.
July 2014: Begin Gemzar, Herceptin & Perjeta. Happy.
August 2014: ECHO perfect.
January 2015: Begin weekly Vitamin D Analog infusions. 25 mcg. via port.
February 2015: CT: stable.
April 2015: Gem working, but not 100%. Looking into immunotherapy. Finally, treatments for the 21st century!
April 2015: Penn Medicine. Dendritic cell immunotherapy.
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04-12-2013, 07:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 81
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Re: marijuana??
marijuana and acupuncture were the only things that eased the nausea for me....none of the anti-nausea meds helped.
Each person reacts differently to chemo, and the chemo drugs themselves have different "emesis" ratings (adriamyacin is more likely to induce nausea than taxol).
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Dx 4-12-2012
R unilat Mx 5-25-2012 (no reconstruction)
Stage 2B, Grade 3, Her2+++, Er + (15%), Pr -
4.2 cm, 2/14 nodes +
3 AC, 4 T/H
Zoladex 4 months
Oophorectomy Feb 2013
AI daily
Herceptin every 3 wks until Sept 2013
Gamma Knife June 2014, 2 cm brain met
Liver mets Oct 2014
Taxotere/herceptin/perjeta-CLEOPATRA trial Nov 2014-Mar 2015
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