What are Epirubicin Chemotherapies? List from Cancer Survivors
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Epirubicin Chemotherapy Chemotherapies
What Epirubicin Chemotherapy Cancer Survivors said about their Chemotherapies.
sickness, weakness, no appetite, lived off cereal, and jello for a week, no taste,increase in smelling sense was intense 12/24/2005 was the first treatment.
lots of dates,
spinal chemo right now are every three months and that causes head ach pretty bad for her and also some nausea
vincrisine she gets once a month and that hurts her jaw arms and knees. mostly the joints.
mercaptiprine, is every day, that just gives her a weird rash.
methotrexate makes her sleepy
Oral Chemo (Xeloda) - 7/07 to current weight gain, tenderness in hands and feet, fatigue, irritability, feeling full; dehydration
6 Treatments - 3 week cycle
3 - FEC
3 - Taxoteer
Sept. 7, 2006 through Dec. 21, 2006
It was called cef (which is cefuroxime, epirubicin, and cyclophosphomide). It is used only in a couple of Canadian provinces as it is very expensive.
Blood work and chest xray September 11, 2007
Bone scan September 17, 2007
Port installed in right chest area September 18, 2007.
MUGA scan September 19, 2007
First Chemo treatment September 20, 2007
Neulasta shot September 21, 2007
Headaches and blurred vision
Hospitalized September 25, 2007
Found blood clot in the jugular vein
Started on lovenox and warfarin
Hair fell out in huge clumps 2nd week after first chemo
Second Chemo treatment October 11, 2007
Tiredness, constipation, nausea
Changed nausea prescriptions twice
Third Chemo treatment November 1, 2007
Potassium too low-put on prescription supplement
Nose bleeds and bruising from warfarin, not chemo
2nd MUGA scan scheduled for November 26,2007
4th Chemo scheduled for November 29th
Chop therapy for 7 months
Original Chemo was Epirubicin, Cisplatin and 5-FU April-September
2nd Irinotecan and Taxane
Current Fol Fox 4 + Avastin
September 2007-February 2008 - fatigue was the worst part; no nausea; started losing hair on 13th day after first treatment. Hair began to return about 3 months after chemo and was long enough to be a "really short hairstyle" after 3 more months.
1st and 4th week of Radiotherapy treatment, chemotherapy was also performed. 24 x 5 delivery of 5FU with a Cisplatin infusion on second day of each of these weeks.
Side effects included a 'Chemo crash' both weeks I had the treatment - second week worse than the first (required blood transfusions).
Started Chemotherapy on September 5, 2008; Taxotere, Carboplatin, and Herceptin - originally planned for 6 rounds (every three weeks). I completed 2 rounds and then my doctor stopped(my mass grew back). Side Effects - Nausea, diahrea, extreme fatigue, bone/joint pain, flu-like symptoms, hot flashes, numbing, weird taste in mouth, loss of appetite, hair loss
I then did weekly Taxol and Herceptin started 10/17/08 for 6 weeks. Side effects included nausea, occasional diahrea, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, neuropathy, hot flashes.
I started 5FU, Cytoxan, & Epirubicin on 12/02/08 (4 rounds every three week) while continuing with weekly Herceptin for 12 more weeks. Side effects - Nausea, vomiting, diarhea, hot flashes, mouth sore, fatigue, loss of appetite.
I started Tykerb in Feb 2009.
I will continue with Herceptin for at least 7 more months after surgery.
Taxol sucks!!!!! makes your hair fall out and makes breathing really difficult until i go into an anxiety attack. I dont like taxol
May 23rd 2007 started 6 sessions 3 x F.E.C
3 X Taxotere
Ulcers in my mouth, sickness, diarrhoea,
thrush, joint pain, loss of finger and toe nails, peeling skin on hands and feet,
preadjuvant, and adjuvant, 12 week cycles with cisplatin, epirubicin and 5FU. For recurrence it was oxciliplatin, leukovorin and 5FU.
R-Chop, eight sessions
one every 3 weeks.
Side effects: nausea, loss of appetite, some muscle aches, hair loss, effected my eye sight - had to wear eyeglasses since the 4th chemo.
Folfox with avastin. for 6 months. with lots of side effects (the worst was vomiting and neuropathy). After liver resection Folfuri(nausea, lethargy,confusion ect.)
after the second recurrence and percutaneous ablation I had Cetuximab with Irenotecan with a horrible acne type rash
Protocol: FEC-T (4 months/every 3 weeks)
FEC-T :Epirubicin/Fluorouracil/Cyclophosphamide cycles 1-3, then add Docetaxel for cycles 4-6
Finished chemo November 24/2010
Sep-feb--The oncologist said it would be " hard going"--that would be one word for it.
FEC and taxotere. Three treatments of each starting 2/11
Starting on 18th April, 2011
took Docetaxol (Taxotere) after FEC - finished chemo July 22
Breast cancer 1 2004: FEC - started throwing up after session 2 and it just got progressively worse.
Breast cancer 2 2011: TAC - minor heartburn, some nausea, some reaction to lenograstim injections, but apart from a little nausea, no sickness (hooray!). Complete hair loss with both types of chemo.
cisplatine caused hearing damage, taxotere caused skin and nail damage and herceptin made my hands tingle. Xeloda wiped me out, and all of the above caused hair loss.
3/15/14 Began 10 session clinical trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Chemo iv (cisplatin and epirubicin + trial drug/placebo) every 3 weeks. 2000mg Xeloda pills daily. IV chemo is followed by two days of dextametazone (steroid pills) which give me a boost. Hair loss, dry hands - currently trying to prevent them from cracking, some fatigue. Trying to avoid pain meds because that seems to be the cause of constipation/discomfort.
3-8-2013 To 11-5-13 chemo. I be off balance, I throw up, lost hair, bones ache, hot flashes all side effects.
Cisplatin, Epirubicin, Capecitabine (Xeloda)
#1 June 12, 2017, #2 July 4, 2017
Nausea, Dry mouth, Tingly fingers, blood clot in spleen, hair loss
February to May 2014
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