I have been receiving Ethyol shots daily, one in the back of each arm, since week one. I would get the shots and then the Rad. Well, last week, week three, on Wednesday, I got a little sick and threw up. The doctors were not sure if it was from the pain med or the Ethyol shots so they stopped the shots for a few days. On Tuesday this week, I received the shots the rad and came home to be violently ill for almost 12 hours. I had the chills, sweats, throwing up and more. I have never felt that sick in my entire life. Needless to say, the Ethyol, for me, is a thing of the past.
If anyone on this forum gets Ethyol, I hope you have a much better experience then I did.

Some of us that have had the Ethyol shots did fine but many others have had a similar experience as yours.

I was able to get thru 5� weeks of the stuff and I had a similar reaction as yours, went in and grabbed hold of the LA table and was turning a very nice shade of Kermit the frog green. Got shuffled back into the chemo treatment room for some IV anti-nausea meds and after about an hour was back to "normal". Two days later and the same reaction spelled the end of the Ethyol treatments for me.


Kevin

wfc,

sorry about the ethyol side effects. john may be trying it next week but it doesn't sound so great.

did you have surgery, or is it just rads for you at this point?