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Roz · 10-30-2007, 03:55 AM

Hi Brenda and Janet,
Thanks for the advice and commisserations. It is nice to know you are not alone, especially when you live alone like me and there is no one to "live" through it with you. My daughter is OK, but my friends are better. guess my daughter finds it hard to accept right now.
Anyway, I have tried the BRAT diet, nearly drove me mad, but still... I think maybe the key is to get on top of it. I left it for a while thinking ot would right itsel, and that may have been my downfall. I hope it is as simple as that. I also think that I will take electolytes immediately after diarrhoea to keep my system balanced. I just felt so dreadful, and began to sleep a lot. Perhaps that's a sign of electolytic imbalance. Again, i hope it is going to be that simple!! One wek on and one week off seems like a good way to go. I will discuss it with my onc. Thanks a lot.

10-30-2007, 03:55 AM	#5
Roz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 105	T/X side effects Hi Brenda and Janet, Thanks for the advice and commisserations. It is nice to know you are not alone, especially when you live alone like me and there is no one to "live" through it with you. My daughter is OK, but my friends are better. guess my daughter finds it hard to accept right now. Anyway, I have tried the BRAT diet, nearly drove me mad, but still... I think maybe the key is to get on top of it. I left it for a while thinking ot would right itsel, and that may have been my downfall. I hope it is as simple as that. I also think that I will take electolytes immediately after diarrhoea to keep my system balanced. I just felt so dreadful, and began to sleep a lot. Perhaps that's a sign of electolytic imbalance. Again, i hope it is going to be that simple!! One wek on and one week off seems like a good way to go. I will discuss it with my onc. Thanks a lot. __________________ diagnosed June 03. Rt sided Inflammatory BC in rt lower quadrant. 7cm tumour. Also 3 DCIS. 3 rounds of EC, mastectomy with axillary clearance (12 nodes+ of 19). 1 more EC. 5 weeks of rads, with weekly booster to attack skin lymph involvement. 4 cycles of Taxol. Tamoxifen.Recurrence December 04, Herceptin started early Jan05,+ Arimidex. NED 26 mths. Recurrence early Mar07. Taxol added to Herceptin. NED. Will have total of 6 cycles, then Aromisan and Herceptin. Early Oct 07, recurrence to the pesky right upper lobe, with some pleural thickening upper rt hemithorax. T/X now the treatment. May 2008, Taxatere and Herceptin for lung recurrence