msamy034
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help for heartburn
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 12:39 PM
I am having some heartburn...not severe. I called the advise nurse who said I could take tums last night but I do not want to get into eating bottles of that for minor discomfort....anyone else have any ideas> None of my paperwork states anything specific for it.
Thanks
Amy G IDC and ILC right breast, ER+/PR+, HER2- Diagnosed 2/7/12 Lumpectomy + 4 nodes (neg) 3/13/12 Chemo started 4/12/12; ended 6/14/12 Radiation completed 8/2/12 Tamoxifen and Effexor started 8/15/12 Switched to Arimidex and increased Effexor 1/31/13
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chelmsing
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Re:help for heartburn
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 1:44 PM
Cinnamon - I used the cinnamon flavored Listerine Pocket Paks when I had heartburn from the antibiotics I was on during chemo. This was the only thing that seemed to work, even more so than drinking baking soda in water. The oncologist had told to me take Tagamet because Prilosec had an interaction with my chemo drugs.
Since then, I've had minor heartburn once or twice and have also used cinnamon gum.
dx 10/28/10, 11/11/10 lumpectomy, 11/24/10 re-excision of margins, 1/17/11 mastectomy er+/pr+, 2.4 cm tumor & DCIS 2/14/11 4x dose dense AC followed by 4x Taxol No rads 7/22/11 DIEP reconstruction for right breast
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Tricia Keegan
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Re:help for heartburn
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 2:42 PM
Ask for nexium, or something similar as these meds are tough on the esophagus along with the anti nausea meds and Nexium can help prevent any long term issue's!
Tricia Keegan...From Ireland Dx July '05 IDC 3/9 nodes pos..triple positive..a/c x 4..Taxol/herceptin x 12 Herceptin 1yr ..rads x35 oophorectomy Aug '06 Currently taking Arimidex /Zometa 1 x yearly Carepage- survivortricia
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Re:help for heartburn
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 3:38 PM
The tums would not hurt you and would aslo give you added calcium but when I was on chemo they had me on 2 different drugs for heartburn, acid reflux type stuff etc..these drygs as Tricia said are very hard on esophagus and stomach...ask for prescripton antacid...
50 yrs, Rt breast lump found 4/12/09 during shower. 5/7/09 Organs, bones & head clean. 5/8/09Bilateral Mastectomy/ skin sparing surgery, implantation of skin expanders, removal 3 lymph nodes,one pos., tumors 1.5 cms x 0.8 cms & 0.8 cms x 1 cm, one tumor surprise, hidden. DX:Mixed Lobular and ductal adenoca. rt breast with badly defined borders. Est. Pos. nuc. ( +/+++) Prog pos. nuc. intense ( +++/+++) Her2- non-amplified, KI-67 pos. less than 30%
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