Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 396 | i agree with the above comments. andy went thru 3 rounds of chemo, took home a "baby". each round was harder especially with fatigue. he never lost his appetite though...ate like a horse. he did develope a "metalic" taste in his mouth. the MO suggested using plastic silverware, this seemed to help a little. he stopped working during his second round due to the fatigue. couldnt keep up with his demanding 65+ hr/wk job. never heard of the crop circles...lol! but the fatigue during chemo is NOTHING compared to rad/chemo.
Teresa ----------- CG to ANDY. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) T2N2cMxG4 stage 4. 43 @ dx 8/31/09 tx 9/21/09-11/06/09 cispatin/docetaxel/5-FU X3 PORT 9/9/09, PEG 12/07/09 35 IMRT-1/wk carbo 11/30/09-2/3/10 tx stopped due to complications IMRT BOOST 3/08-3/12/10 PET 4/12/10 CLEAR! PEG out 4/14/10
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