#39407 11-06-2005 01:35 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11 | Hi,
My husband had 28 radiation treatments and 5 chemos (cisplatin) he has had a hard time with vomiting. He started last week and couldn't stop. He spent four days in the hospital to calm his stomach and we came home on saturday. He has thrown up every time he trys to take something through the peg tube. He has been on compazine, kytril, and zofran, nothing seems to work. He hasn't eaten anything for over a week (through the tube). He's losing weight very quickly now and I'm starting to get scared what else can we do to try to keep something in him? He even throws up his medicine (liquid morphine etc). We want to stay out of the hospital and finish these treatments. Did anyone else experience such awful vomiting and what did you do?
husb dx 6/05 SCC base of tongue, neck dissection 8/05, 38 rads, 6 cisplatin chemo, completed 11/18/05 yeah!
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#39408 11-06-2005 01:48 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 | dj, Wish I knew something to tell you, but I don't. Sorry he is having such a hard time. There has got to be some help out there somewhere! Amy
CGtoJohn:SCC Flr of Mouth.Dx 3\05. Surg.4\05.T3NOMO.IMRTx30. Recur Dx 1\06.Surg 2\06. Chemo: 4 Cycles of Carbo\Taxol:on Erbitux for 7 mo. Lost our battle 2-23-07- But not the will to fight this disease
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#39409 11-06-2005 02:44 PM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Have you tried the compazine suppositories? There was a while when they were the only thing that worked for me (even though I hated how totally out of it they made me). If you have tried those, I don't know what else to suggest except that if he really can't keep his pain meds or food down, and it's been days, he probabl;y should go back to the hospital so they can give him IV meds and liquids and nuttients.
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#39410 11-06-2005 02:55 PM | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 325 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 325 | Hi DJ, sent you a PM. Best of luck with this, hope everything works out okay..
Andrea
SCC L lat tongue,Dx 9/15/05 T1N0MX L MND and L lateral hemiglossectomy 10/03/05. Recurrence 11/15/06 2nd surgery 12/04/06 hemiglossectomy 3rd surgery 01/15/07 tonsillectomy Radiation 01/25/07 to 03/08/07 3-D/CRT X 30
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