Isabelle49 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Anyone else get the jitters. Could be he three days of dexamethasone too and add in the Neulasta, so who knows. Ativan seems to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rower Michelle Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Ah, the jitters! It’s like you drank a gallon of coffee. It’s the steroids. Only good news is that it doesn’t last long & then you will sleep like a baby for two days before “normal” resumes. Good time to clean out the closets. Hang in there! Tom Galli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabelle49 Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 Thanks Michelle. The jitters were gone by Monday evening, thank goodness. That is a creepy feeling!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rower Michelle Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I vote for the jitters over nausea any day, plus my closet is in really great shape! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Galli Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 After chemo, in spades... Mine only lasted a couple of days and was likely "rhoid rage". Stay the course. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwroam Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Back in '07 , I was doing 12 cycles of Folfox 4 for Colon Cancer. Still CC free. They were really loading me up with Dex. That is one really rough chemo. Fast forward to 2017 and I resisted Dex for my NSCLC chemo but settled on 8mg, 4mg & 4 mg on consecutive days . By that time I had been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes ( for which I blame the Dex). Now that I have resumed chemo for cancerous lung nodules I'm on 4mg,2mg,0mg . I am getting metoclopramide for anti nausea. I have concluded that oncologists are way too free with handing out Dex. It's very trick stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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