|   Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) 
 Joined:  Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 |  They have certainly made a lot of progress in chemotherapy since our relatives had it.  They can control the nausea (if it even causes it) Even hairloss isn't a given thing.  Some new chemos actually target specific molecules.
 I am very sad to hear about your little sister.  I will keep Kim and the family in my prayers.
   Gary Allsebrook
 ***********************************
 Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
 ________________________________________________________
 "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
 |