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Originally posted by AWJDZ
one thing I have learn through my mom's ordeal is that there are hundreds of different chemo treatments. I was always under the impression that chemo was chemo....you get sick, throw up, feel miserable, you hair falls out, etc. One of the effects of one of my mom's chemo (she is on two different types) is that she VERY sensitive to cold. She can not eat, drink or touch anything cold while she is on it. It will actually cause her to freeze up and choke. Hair loss is not a side effect of either of hers. She only experiences nausea when she goes in to get a shot (that one that they advertise on TV, I can't remember the name, but it starts with a P) All and all, I think she is doing very good. Her dr. says that being on two different chemos at one time is very tough, but she is a very strong willed, tough lady.
AKA_Monet, I'm with you...I hate cancer too. It has effect me from a very early age...I lost my nanny when I was 10 from oral cancer, my grandmother had breast cancer, my granddaddy had prostate cancer (but is doing VERY well at 87), my papa had pancratic cancer, and now my mom with colon, liver, and lung (no she has never smoked, it was just that far spread when it was found). I hate it, I hate it, I hate...and I pray that one day there will be no such thing!
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Although I am no expert in this, your mom is cold sensitive because she lost a lot of "fat cells" with the chemo... Fat tissue insulates organs and are environmental sensors--hot/cold exposure. How these fat cells work is under intense research, because 1) they can become cancerous rapidly; or 2) they affect other organs causing chronic disease, such as heart/renal failure and attack, diabetes, obesity (if they enlarge), etc...
Your mom may have a genetic predisposition that was unknown at the time of her diagnosis that her fat cells are highly responsive to the drugs... I would demand they keep tabs on that by measuring blood glucose levels, because sometimes the side effects of chemo drugs is diabetes and fat cells play some role in that process... Just tell them to keep an eye on it...