decadron question
They are bringing me down off the decadron. I am down to 1/2 pill every other day. But I am still having what feels like swelling in my neck and the back of my arms and my stomach feels like I am 10 months pregnant. I ate a turkey sandwich and a few potatoe chips for breakfast/lunch today and within 15 minutes my stomach just blew up. If I stuck a needle in my stomach I think I would fly around the room like a deflating ballon. It makes it really hard because the decadron makes me want to eat. Does anyone else have these problems and if you do is there anything that you do to make them feel better? I just want to feel good.
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Angela - NC
Dx May 2003 at age 39
Lt mastectomy, no nodes
DCIS, PR- ER- Her+++
4 rounds AC
Recurrence Dec 2006 Rt lung
2/07 - 3 Brain mets - Radiation
3/07 - Carboplatin and Herceptin
8/07- mets stable. Finished Carboplatin-remain on Herceptin
12/07 - Herceptin only
5/08 - Lung mets grew - tykerb and Navilbene. Reaction to Tykerb -9/08 Herceptin again
12/08 - Lung mets growing - xeloda.
8/09 - Given Zometa for precaution
10/09 - Lung mets back plus new ones. - Put back on Xeloda.
1/10 – Began short-term disability
2/10 –Lung mets growing - Gemzar
9/2010 – Scan show tumors in lungs growing. Put on Ixempra (every 3 weeks). MRI of the brain showed a brain bleed but it had stopped bleeding.
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