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Old 09-14-2008, 05:12 PM   #1
jml
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these RADS are kicking my butt!

okay, so I've weathered 92 rounds of chemo, haven't ever ventured to count how many "Vitamin H" infusions, other that to say I've been on Herceptin since 2002, a liver resection & 5 surgeries in 2 years...
i hate to admit it, but these rads are kicking my a**!
i can't seem to wrap my brain around it!
i'm only 2 weeks in & have just begun to feel tired.
but I have 5-6 more weeks to go.
they warned me about the fatigue & i asked the rad.onc why it can be so severe?
is it like kryptonite & superman w/this mysterious debilitating effect??
she said no, it's just your body needs extra energy to heal.
ok, i get that, but i'm still a little stunned.
i continued to teach Pilates & train clients throughout
active treatment & immediately following my surgeries, but these rads...???
what's up with that?
the good news is, within the 1st week of starting rads, these pesky supraclav nodes shrunk a bit, then by week 2, down from 2cm to 1.5cm
my rad.onc is very happy, as am I, ofcourse
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