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Topic	They're dropping one of my chemo drugs out of concern for my heart.
Rainbow_Dashing 05/28/18 10:22:42 PM #14:	Doom_Art posted... This is totally fair. In my defense I didn't expect to meet with her today nor did I expect the bad news about my heart so I was a bit gobsmacked and just kinda at a loss. Regardless I will definitely ask the oncology cardiologist about all this when I see him next week. What you said helped though. I've been lethargic since starting treatment so perhaps that had a negative effect. Been trying to get more active again lately on my off weeks though. No I totally understand, you get in the room get diagnosed with something that comes out of left field and you're just in shock and have to process it all. In that case I think it's best to tell your doctor that and then come back later with questions. But all too often I just see nodding of heads and then they go on facebook asking for help understanding and all of a sudden they're on homeopathic medications or... they hear I had that and I stopped taking my diabetes medications and I've felt better since, and so they stop too. In general though...chemo gets people tired. You're blasting all the rapidly dividing cells in your body with an agent that kills them off basically you won't digest food as well, you won't create blood as well and your hair will fall off. It wouldn't be surprising if you get tired, you aren't getting 100% from your food as you used to and you aren't getting as much blood as you used to as well. Not to mention your immune system takes a hit as well. Being tired will definitely happen. Best you can do is get the fluids and stay hydrated as much as you can and eat properly so your body can sustain. It seems like you haven't been too long on chemo, but it wears you down. If you can keep your energy up you're doing well. But do talk with your doctor about your concerns. --- https://imgur.com/p0Sbo https://imgur.com/mghB33T https://imgur.com/NWrZa <cite>Rainbow_Dashing posted [p:902151084] in They're dr... [t:76651073]...</cite> <quote><cite>Doom_Art posted...</cite> <quote> This is totally fair. In my defense I didn't expect to meet with her today nor did I expect the bad news about my heart so I was a bit gobsmacked and just kinda at a loss. Regardless I will definitely ask the oncology cardiologist about all this when I see him next week. What you said helped though. I've been lethargic since starting treatment so perhaps that had a negative effect. Been trying to get more active again lately on my off weeks though. </quote> No I totally understand, you get in the room get diagnosed with something that comes out of left field and you're just in shock and have to process it all. In that case I think it's best to tell your doctor that and then come back later with questions. But all too often I just see nodding of heads and then they go on facebook asking for help understanding and all of a sudden they're on homeopathic medications or... they hear I had that and I stopped taking my diabetes medications and I've felt better since, and so they stop too. In general though...chemo gets people tired. You're blasting all the rapidly dividing cells in your body with an agent that kills them off basically you won't digest food as well, you won't create blood as well and your hair will fall off. It wouldn't be surprising if you get tired, you aren't getting 100% from your food as you used to and you aren't getting as much blood as you used to as well. Not to mention your immune system takes a hit as well. Being tired will definitely happen. Best you can do is get the fluids and stay hydrated as much as you can and eat properly so your body can sustain. It seems like you haven't been too long on chemo, but it wears you down. If you can keep your energy up you're doing well. But do talk with your doctor about your concerns. --- https://imgur.com/p0Sbo https://imgur.com/mghB33T https://imgur.com/NWrZa</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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