Senior Member (75+ posts) Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 79 | John had terrible heartburn and indigestion for a few days after every chemo treatment. He still gets it from time to time ( 6 months out) and he had pretty much never experienced it before he was treated for cancer.
When we reported the symptom his doctor said it was a side-effect some people had from the chemo and prescribed a liquid that was put through the g-tube he had at the time. It was called ranitidine, something that reduces the production of excess stomach acid and really helped calm things down a lot.
Mary
Caregiver for John SCC left tonsil Stage III/IV dx Sept 05, tx started Oct 21/05 -IMRT 35, cisplatin 3 X 100mg/m2;completed Dec08/05.
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