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Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Mama,
Just think in terms of the chemo being only the facilitator to the death of cancer cells allowing the big gun of radiation to truly kill them. There are a lot of survivors here who got the weekly chemo treatment and stayed healthy enough to finish the prescribed course of both rads and chemo.
It won't do a lot of good to do the three bag method if you are too sick to finish all treatments.
Wishing you strength during this really hard time,
Deb
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | Maybe they should out you on 24 IV during chemo,
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 23 | Good to hear that you are getting hydrated and that you have rallied. And you are getting some hours in at work is just awesome!
Here's a list of the meds that were included in my first chemo: (my nausea was minimal)
Magnesium sulfate solution, Granisetron HCl, Palonosetron HCl, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, Fosaprepitant dimeglumine, and the hypersensitivity meds diphenhydramine HCl, Hydrocortisone sodium succinate, and methylprednisolone sodium succinate.
The cetuximab made my face a mess. The second week I developed a very intense rash that would bleed very easily.
I couldn't imagine wearing the rad mask with that rash I had.
Maybe a lower concentration of cisplatin? My doc has me on 75mg per meter squared and my tonsil and lymph are indeed responding. From just looking at it I would say my tonsil is half the size. Your tonsil and nodes are gone. Seems to me a concentration change would be reasonable?
Hope you and your team find a good solution for your next chemo.
Wishing the best for you,
Steve
6/5 ENT visit
6/11 FNA biopsy on lymph node
6/13 DX T2N2b stage 4 SCC on right tonsil metastasis to lymph nodes on right side
7/8 first chemo using Cetuximab
8/20 radiation oncologist initial visit
8/21 dental clearance
Cisplatin and Radiation starting Sept 9
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