anything stop eye twitch?
hi everyone-
my left eye started twitching around the same time i got my last chemo (TCH) on january 21 and it shows no signs of stopping. it even twitched all during my week's vacation in peaceful, lovely souther utah where i worked with cats in a sanctuary. if purring doesn't soothe something stress-related, i don't know what will. so i don't think it's stress.
i am starting to go stark, raving mad.
my oncologist is at a loss. she referred me to a dermatologist who can't see me for 6 weeks. even then she'd have to submit medical documentation to my insurance company so they could determine if they'd even cover a botox injection to my eyelid. so i calculate that even that possible relief could be at least 2+ months away.
i know some of you have had this too. did anyone ever get relief from it without just 'waiting it out'? i have to work and it's maddening to do so with this incessant twitch. i got an appointment for tomorrow with an eye doc to see if i need different glasses, eye drops, something. anything.
any solutions would be welcomed with gratitude. valerie
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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!
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