At 43, I did pre-op chemo and radiation, then after I had my entire colon and rectum removed in an 8 hour surgery, I almost died from a frigging staph infection.
Then, at the advice of my oncologist, did post-op chemo which was MUCH more aggressive than the pre-op chemo. This was to kill stray cancer cells. How I wish I wouldn't have listened to my family and friends. They all told me to do it, you have to, what if you die. Well, hind sight is yadda yadda, but I should have gone with my gut feeling. Chemo ruined my life even worse than I could have imagined.
I was supposed to do 8 post-op treatments, 1 every other week, take home a noisy pump for three days, and then return to have it removed from my port. All at the cost of over $20,000 per treatment(that's the price of the chemo only). I quit after the THIRD treatment due to the side effects.
Soon afterwards, the REAL side effects took place. My feet are now completely f*cked from neropathy, I am sterile, I am impotent, and I have major joint pain. Add to that, extreme tinnitus, fatigue, 3 years of severe depression, pain, and oh yah, my big toenails are disgusting, which is how I found this thread.
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The story is the same for me.
At 43, I did pre-op chemo and radiation, then after I had my entire colon and rectum removed in an 8 hour surgery, I almost died from a frigging staph infection.
Then, at the advice of my oncologist, did post-op chemo which was MUCH more aggressive than the pre-op chemo. This was to kill stray cancer cells. How I wish I wouldn't have listened to my family and friends. They all told me to do it, you have to, what if you die. Well, hind sight is yadda yadda, but I should have gone with my gut feeling. Chemo ruined my life even worse than I could have imagined.
I was supposed to do 8 post-op treatments, 1 every other week, take home a noisy pump for three days, and then return to have it removed from my port. All at the cost of over $20,000 per treatment(that's the price of the chemo only). I quit after the THIRD treatment due to the side effects.
Soon afterwards, the REAL side effects took place. My feet are now completely f*cked from neropathy, I am sterile, I am impotent, and I have major joint pain. Add to that, extreme tinnitus, fatigue, 3 years of severe depression, pain, and oh yah, my big toenails are disgusting, which is how I found this thread.
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