Talk Cancer

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I have to start chemo next week for bladder cancer (recurring), and that ought to create a whole new can of worms. I went through it about a year ago, but was on a whole different regimine of drugs. So we shall see.

Good luck – my prayers for you!  Chemo can be so agonizing, and we have our own shit to deal with on top of it.  You need to be very brave now, and make sure you look for support anywhere you can get it! MC

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I have to start chemo next week for bladder cancer (recurring), and that ought to create a whole new can of worms. I went through it about a year ago, but was on a whole different regimine of drugs. So we shall see. If I drop out of sight, don’t worry, I’ll get back just as soon as I can. Gramma

I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.  I know how rough chemo can be as my brother is going through it now.  I hope yours is an easy one (as much as possible) and you have very few bad side effects.  Take it easy and just post when you feel up to it.  It is important that you take care of you! Thinking of you, Bonnie

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My thoughts are with you during your chemo.  Get rest and post when you have energy.  We’ll hold down the fort for you. c

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Rich, I am on Trileptal. When I first started taking it about 6 months ago, I developed god awful tremors. But they put me on Inderal, and I am fine now. It’s hard for me to say just what is working great and what is not. I know with the combo I am on now, I am functioning quite well. Next week may be another story. I have to start chemo next week for bladder cancer (recurring), and that ought to create a whole new can of worms. I went through it about a year ago, but was on a whole different regimine of drugs. So we shall see. If I drop out of sight, don’t worry, I’ll get back just as soon as I can. Gramma

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Anyone on Triliptal???  How well does it work???  Side effects??? rich

Wonderful so far, I’ve heard nothing but good things about from others that take it. I suffered mild sedation the first week I was on it. (apparently first week on psychatric drugs can do this, so anybody old to the meds probably won’t experience that part. That and I was coming of a rapid cycling week) I had awful headaches a couple times, mostly it was a constant lingering headache I could ignore for the most part a solid two weeks. They completely disappeared after the third week of meds. My increase a month later didn’t give any further headaches. Hmm, headaches. and headaches. That’s about all I had thinking about it. It works wonders for me. I had one of the most stressful mornings I’ve had in several weeks. I maintained a good balance and walked into my therapists office this morning laughing about how hair-pulling it was for a while. So far I’m either very easy to treat or the trileptal is just that good. I’ve had two bad weeks since starting the meds. They both came right after the holidays. Stress makes BP worse and there’s nothing in the world that’s going to help that. They increased the dosage on the trileptal to 450mg a day and it still took a couple weeks to bring me up from a depression. I called within a few hours of feeling that something wasn’t right and we were able to prevent it from becoming much worse. Like I said, I’m not sure if I’m just that easy to treat (probably not) or the trileptal is just that good. I haven’t heard the first thing wrong with it. Most of the conversations I’ve read on this newsgroup points to it being just that good. Grace

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Anyone on Triliptal???  How well does it work???  Side effects??? rich

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Rich, I am on Trileptal. When I first started taking it about 6 months ago, I developed god awful tremors. But they put me on Inderal, and I am fine now. It’s hard for me to say just what is working great and what is not. I know with the combo I am on now, I am functioning quite well. Next week may be another story. I have to start chemo next week for bladder cancer (recurring), and that ought to create a whole new can of worms. I went through it about a year ago, but was on a whole different regimine of drugs. So we shall see. If I drop out of sight, don’t worry, I’ll get back just as soon as I can. Gramma

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