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Re: Need to be able to...EAT!
Jody,
I'm so sorry you're not feeling well! The Boost should provide enough nutrition...but do you have any decadent, usually forbidden foods that you could indulge in without guilt while you "bulk up"? You know...a favorite dessert, fried anything, chocolate, red meat... When I was in active chemo...I indulged myself...and it helped. And, I agree with Bonnie, big surprise, check with your doctor...drugs act differently in different people. There might just be an easy fix waiting at the end of that phone line. Deb's idea about acupuncture is a promising one too...especially if your insurance will cover it! (Hi, Deb!!)
Now... I certainly don't mean to make light of your weight loss...you're much thinner than I am, and can't spare the weight!
BUT...OMG...I soooooo hope that when I wean from the damn dreaded Decadron...
that I too am afflicted with 30 or 40 pounds of weight loss! Fifty wouldn't even be a bad thing!! Please God! Let such a scourge befall me!  tee hee
Seriously...I hope you get an answer to this conundrum soon....and are feeling more like your old self before long!
Sending love and a big hug!
Denise
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1/11-needle biopsy
2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes
3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH!
4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks
8/26/11 finished Taxol!!!
10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon
11/11 radiation x28
1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY!
1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :(
2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds
4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon
6/8/12 Return to work :)
6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :(
7/10/12 last Herceptin
7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm
8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb
8/23/12 Back to work
12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair
1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY!
1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair
1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm
5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis
5/10/13 begin weaning steroids
6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working!
6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear!
7/5/13 finally off steroids!!
7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin!
7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids
7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again!
8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :)
9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed
“ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert
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