Wonderful news! Getting back to exercising is a great thing. So glad you have chemo behind you and are doing so well.
Thanks, Faye. Chemo certainly effs a person up. I have had the weirdest thing with my hands for the past week; the skin is wrinkled on my fingertips like they do when I have them in water for too long. I asked the doctor about that today and he said many people on chemo have this. So weird. I'm always worried about my kidneys since my mother died of kidney failure. Hearing that the kidney function test is normal was good news indeed.
@Beth Gallagher The skin on my fingers is ripply as you describe it, and this appeared after I was taking prednisone for a long period. The skin on my arms turned leathery, a bit of that on lower legs also. I thought normal skin would return after steroid stopped; it did not. Frank
Interesting, Frank. Each of my chemo infusions was preceded by an IV dose of steroids. Hmmmm. I don't notice any change in the skin on my arms, except it seems drier and I use a lot of lotion. Also my veins seem more prominent than they used to.
@Beth Gallagher - good for you ! @Frank Sanoica - yes prednisone does all sort of weird things to you - and is different for each person. I was just weaned off that earlier this year. For everything it cures ti will give you something else.
Well said, Gloria! Before prednisone, I was just an ordinary nondescript stable minded old lady. After prednisone, even my old inherited cuckoo clock started working. Seriously, prednisone did cause me skin problems now cleared up and also hastened my cataracts and glaucoma. Cataracts were removed but I am stuck with glaucoma for life. Nasty stuff, but sometimes necessary. Beth, just keep up with eye exams and always asks if they see cataracts forming. Steriods are well documented for causing cataracts and in my opinion and experience glaucoma. The doctors admit to the cataract connection, but deny it has any bearing on glaucoma.
Actually, I have had small cataracts forming for a couple of years. Maybe the steroid will bump them into "surgery size" so I can get that done.
It progressed my cataracts in less than a year.. next stop eye surgery . Well after i see specialist see what he thinks.
Yeah, I heard that same bullpucky because the jerk was making money changing my lens every 6 months. When I went to the eye surgeon and specialist that didn't sell frames and lens, they had me scheduled as a priority case. Had the cataracts been removed earlier they would have seen glaucoma before I had 70% nerve loss. The eye surgeon says all you have to do is claim vision loss which everyone with cataracts has to some degree. Don't worry about being too early and having secondaries, because they are easily lasered out.
Is your regular eye doc also the surgeon? Regular optometrists let cataracts go too long according to my eye surgeon. Many eye surgeons are hesitant as they don't want to have any hassle with insurance. If you aren't having any vision problems and no eye pains, then waiting may be a good idea as you have so much else to deal with. The thing is the actual surgery takes less than 5 minutes. the preparation is the time consumption. The only pain is the initial deadening and that is brief. Doctors may advise you to wait until your immune gets recovered. Infection is a concern after surgery. When I had mine done, the guy next to me was 90 and just getting his out, so age isn't an issue.
My eye doctor is an ophthalmologist. I don't question her expertise and at this point, I can see fine. Plus I have bigger fish to fry right now.