I am 21 years old and have been undergoing chemotherapy for 2 years now. My treatment has gone well and I shouldn't complain. Though the worst is over and the treatment is not nearly as aggressive anymore, there is just one medication I cannot tolerate. Dexamethason. I take it 4.5mg for five days, every month. I am extremely sensitive to it as I experience all of its side effects from the mood swings, acne, swelling, water retention, low-calcium, low-potassium, and muscle pain... etc. It actually still frightens me because I know the stress it puts on my poor mortal body. Though, I wish I can just not take them anymore I have to. I know that the side effects are due to a excess production of hormones and so I was wondering if there is a way to counteract this to a point where it doesn't produce so much. I know this is probably defeating the purpose of this medicine but I am desparate. Also, I have changed so much, physically, because of this medicine, that I hardly recognize myself... will my body regulate itself? and if so how long does it take for my body to do so? I try things like excerising and it feels impossible to keep fit while on it. What am I doing wrong? My diet is very healthy, I even meditate and do yoga often but still I have these disfiguring effects.
Please help. No one I know who is my age understands how this effects me and so I have no feedback.