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v-ness · 02-18-2010, 06:04 PM

thanks, everyone. jackie, i am seeing an opthamologist tomorrow. i mentioned my recent chemo and the resulting eye watering and twitch in my call, which is how i got a next-day appointment. yay for the chemo card.

i would happily forgo a needle in the eyelid if he has alternatives and i will definitely mention the nerve sheath problems from taxanes. i will look up B6 and i have been taking some magnesium, because i heard that sometimes a shortage of that is the culprit.... but i am starting radiation on monday and i know there are supplements i am supposed to stay away from. i don't even know which, the radiation setup and tattooing appointments were such a whirlwind. i also have worse chemo brain now than when i was on chemo, so i seriously need to remember to bring a notepad.

curiously enough, i found on the web that klonopin can help a twitch, so i took some then flushed my eyes with eye drops. i have less twitching tonight. i can't even begin to count how many times it occurs in one day. i lucked out doing so well during chemo, i guess i spoke to soon.

sorry to be so bitchy, it's just that i only left utah a week ago today and almost forgot about cancer for a week while there (even with the twitching and tearing). i come home and am up to my neck in work and then have 4 cancer related appointments in one week. if the twitch didn't happen the whole time i was away too, i would assume it was stress related even if i wasn't the least bit nervous over the radiation bit and the echo. gotta find a happy medium with klonopin! i crashed big-time the minute i got home from work and only just woke up.

i just have so little patience for annoying things. the funny thing is, my week in utah cured my last bad problem - the incessant nosebleeds!

valerie

02-18-2010, 06:04 PM	#6
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: anything stop eye twitch? thanks, everyone. jackie, i am seeing an opthamologist tomorrow. i mentioned my recent chemo and the resulting eye watering and twitch in my call, which is how i got a next-day appointment. yay for the chemo card. i would happily forgo a needle in the eyelid if he has alternatives and i will definitely mention the nerve sheath problems from taxanes. i will look up B6 and i have been taking some magnesium, because i heard that sometimes a shortage of that is the culprit.... but i am starting radiation on monday and i know there are supplements i am supposed to stay away from. i don't even know which, the radiation setup and tattooing appointments were such a whirlwind. i also have worse chemo brain now than when i was on chemo, so i seriously need to remember to bring a notepad. curiously enough, i found on the web that klonopin can help a twitch, so i took some then flushed my eyes with eye drops. i have less twitching tonight. i can't even begin to count how many times it occurs in one day. i lucked out doing so well during chemo, i guess i spoke to soon. sorry to be so bitchy, it's just that i only left utah a week ago today and almost forgot about cancer for a week while there (even with the twitching and tearing). i come home and am up to my neck in work and then have 4 cancer related appointments in one week. if the twitch didn't happen the whole time i was away too, i would assume it was stress related even if i wasn't the least bit nervous over the radiation bit and the echo. gotta find a happy medium with klonopin! i crashed big-time the minute i got home from work and only just woke up. i just have so little patience for annoying things. the funny thing is, my week in utah cured my last bad problem - the incessant nosebleeds! 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!