Does anyone else paint their nails black?
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@mlp74 Noā¦and I have a feeling that the Look Good etc Nails workshop lady said not to 
I will wrack my brain and check my notes in the morning to let you know if thatās true!
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@belle1 @pollyanna1 @ivy-cat - is there any chance that your throat is sore from indigestion? Mine often feels like itās burning inside and horrible to swallow, so I was wondering 
Iām sure youāve already thought of that though!
For me itās a separate thing as I had really bad indigestion/heartburn after the first EC so ended up on omeprazole and getting the doze doubled to get rid of itā¦. Still on the double dose and blissfully no indigestion or heartburn this time round. Itās a good idea to consider though as I had both the sore throat and indigestion burning in it last time!
@mlp74 no, and the lady in the class said no need for them to be black and you could do them a nice deep red or something instead? Thereās not much evidence for it but she did say she thinks it does help but that itās the pignments in darker ones (not just black) that help. I think as long as youāre using cuticle oil and filing and moisturising regularly thatāll help tooāŗļø Iāve not painted mines at all as I started using polybalm before chemo (on the recommendation of my BCN) and I canāt paint them with that as it needs to go on the nails/cuticles every dayā¦ I was looking forward to having red nails tooš
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Morning guys! Just loaded up on my steroids and anti sickness so hoping these will kick in soon. Iām probably being stupid but what could happen to our nails as Iāve just seen the painting nails question? I know your skin can get sore but didnāt know much more? H xx
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Itās not stupid at all - I didnāt know anything till my BCN told me. They can go red/inflamed at nail beds, brittle, split down the middle or if they catch they could lift from the nail bed or fall off etc due to damage caused by the chemo. I sound like a look good feel better fanatic here but I done their nails workshop and it was really good. There are videos online too in their tutorials section about nail care:
https://lookgoodfeelbetter.co.uk/tutorials/
Itās a whole new world of stuff we didnāt know about eh!!
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Thanks @belle1 sounds similar to what I had read but didnāt know deep dark colours other than black so thatās good news! Iām sick of black! My understanding is itās about keeping the light away from nails - so not using the nail light etc and making sure the whole nail is covered. But as you say I donāt think that there is much evidence based research around this so not sure whether itās worth it .
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Yep that was mentioned too in one of the workshop about it being light protection. I would be sick of black too - at least you can experiment with other nice deep coloursāŗļø she just said to take it off every 3 days or so to check for infection/nail changes that may be happening under the polish
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Hi @altoan, Iāve really bad indigestion and notice my throat is definitely worse this time. Manukau honey helped last time but not this time. BCN said its cumulative effect of Doxorubicin. Going to ask if I can increase omeprezole.
Is anyone else here on Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide and noticing side effects worse as times goes on.
Hi all, radio silence here, Iāve just had a read through trying to catch up and Iām glad to see you are all doing well through the numerous side effects, I wonāt try to individually reply as my brains not up to it,
Iāve had an awful couple of days following 3rd EC Iām on day 7 today and had awful headaches and generally feeling unwell since yesterday, had lots of rest and feeling a little better at the min, Iāve also been having like a pulsating noise in my ears like I can hear my heart beat??? Anyone else have this? Xx
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Yes I did it helped preserve my nails during fec-t chemo 
Shi xx
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Keep eye on temperature and if something doesnāt feel right even without a temperature do ring your rapid response number to check all is ok 
Shi xx
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Oh thanks for that. Iām going to book in one of those courses. I have booked into the makeup and skin care one at a maggies centre so Iām looking forward to that. Some help with how to do eyebrows will be good! I havenāt been putting anything on my nails so will get some cuticle oil now as I have found this last week my skin around my nails getting a bit more flaky. H xx
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@elle16, I had this pulsating in my ears felt also like my hear beatā¦ weird. Iām on 10 and side effects just starting to ease this time. Hope yours starts to ease
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I finally have some good news. Feel like every trip to the hospital so far has resulted in being told that things are worse than initially thoughtā¦ so, was pretty apprehensive for my halfway scan today! But my tumour has shrunk from 2.7cm to just under 1cm 
and the two smaller tumours next to it have disappeared. Such a relief and feeling a bit more positive about my appointment with the oncologist on Monday now.
Hope everyone is OK? @elle16 Iām also feeling really rough after my third round of EC, hopefully it will ease for both of us soon x
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Iām so happy for you! How incredible that itās shrunk so much already and the other two are awayš hopefully your side effects calm a bit and you can have a nice weekendāŗļø
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Thanks for all the well wishes, and the response to the similar symptoms, feel better knowing Iām not the only one, sometimes I feel like Iām imagining things and have to remind myself itās side effects of the treatment and Iām not going mad, wishing the days away to feel better and to taste.
Someone mentioned tasting a banana the other day, now thatās a goal , whoever it was hereās a big thumbs up 
, the small achievements mean so much
@ivy-cat thats great news , over the moon for you
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