What is Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. Broadly, most chemotherapeutic drugs work by impairing mitosis (cell division), effectively targeting fast-dividing...

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Which is worse. I was very very sick from the Radiation, which was surprising. I wasn't told that 30% of patients have very bad reactions. I was sick for 2 years after finishing radiation. Literally hell on earth. Did anyone else have that problem?
Posted on 04/19/07, 02:04 pm
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Reply #1 - 05/09/07  12:57pm
" Oh well, too late now! Thanks for the info, though. Maybe I can pass it along to some of the women here at work that have cancer. "
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Reply #2 - 10/29/07  4:55pm
" It took me over four years to get over the physical effects of the chemotherapy I had. I had to learn to take better care of myself. It was a long and gradual recovery.
Hope you are doing well now..all the bestxxx "
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Reply #3 - 04/29/09  10:39pm
" I am sick no matter whether I have chemo or radiation. Its something we have to live with I guess. "
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