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Chelee · 01-10-2010, 05:37 PM

As already mentions the Ocean saline spray works well. Keeps things moist. I know of one women I chatted with at my cancer center once...she ran into the same problem you have. She was having really bad nose bleeds/clots. That's when her onc told her to get the Ocean spray and also gave her some type of ointment that was an anti-biotic that you put a tiny bit on a Q-tip and spread it around in each nostril. She said it had her nose feeling great in two days. Got rid of the scabs almost immediately. I don't know the name of the ointment...but you might want to ask your onc about it.

Once you get it all healed up, and continue with the saline spray it should be ok after that. By the way...I tried the Ocean spray "Gel". I thought that would be great, (NOT) It's not thick enough and doesn't really coat the inside of the nose like I'd hoped it would. I was disappointed. I've had better luck taking a Q-Tip and wiping regular Chapstick inside my nose. Works great for me. The Chapstick keeps that dried up crusty crap away when I'm on Herceptin.

Chelee

01-10-2010, 05:37 PM	#13
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: what to do about nosebleeds? As already mentions the Ocean saline spray works well. Keeps things moist. I know of one women I chatted with at my cancer center once...she ran into the same problem you have. She was having really bad nose bleeds/clots. That's when her onc told her to get the Ocean spray and also gave her some type of ointment that was an anti-biotic that you put a tiny bit on a Q-tip and spread it around in each nostril. She said it had her nose feeling great in two days. Got rid of the scabs almost immediately. I don't know the name of the ointment...but you might want to ask your onc about it. Once you get it all healed up, and continue with the saline spray it should be ok after that. By the way...I tried the Ocean spray "Gel". I thought that would be great, (NOT) It's not thick enough and doesn't really coat the inside of the nose like I'd hoped it would. I was disappointed. I've had better luck taking a Q-Tip and wiping regular Chapstick inside my nose. Works great for me. The Chapstick keeps that dried up crusty crap away when I'm on Herceptin. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.