Hi, Shirley..
Since this combination of drugs is the same one they're recommending for me,
I was very pleased to hear that the side effects were not bad..think I'll
take the hint and take all those vitamins, etc. too beforehand...(supposed
to start in January but getting a second opinion first..).
Thanks for keeping us posted. All the best to you and your mom.
Torie
San Francisco
At 11:46 PM 12/18/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Mom had her first chemo today (Taxotere/Carboplatin). She's in a
>clincial study at the South Bay Oncology and Hematology Group in
>Campbell, CA. We were told so far there are only 4 patients (including
>mom) in this study and two are really doing great. They are only
>accepting a total of 20 in this study. Mom had been taking several
>vitamins (Selenium, St. John's wort, shark's cartilage, E-tea, vit B-6,
>B-12, E) all week to prepare. I must say that since she was diagnosed
>with nsclc, stage IIIb, in November, she has never had the burst of
>energy she had last night. Usually she would just sit in a chair with a
>hooded sweater on and close her eyes. She could barely walk and was
>always too tired to do anything. Last night she was laughing, walked a
>lot around the house, and I was shocked when I saw her go behind my
>couch and bend over to pick up a blanket one of the kids had thrown
>there. I don't know if it was the vitamins or not, but I'm going to have
>her continue taking them. The day before chemo she took Decadron (2
>tablets in a.m. and 2 tablets in p.m.) and she will continue to take
>this for a total of three days. The onco said this is to help reduce
>edema. Her chemo time lasted two hours. She will now go in daily for
>seven days to get a Neupagen(?) shot. I was really surprised that she
>had no adverse reaction to today's treatment (I heard so many stories
>about patients getting so sick). She's really taking this a lot better
>than I thought. We are just praying that this will help. So far the
>cancer is only in the left lung (3 spots) has not spread any further
>than the fluid surrounding the lung. Thanks to all for all the great
>advice and support.
>
>To: Glee S. - Yes Dr. Porzig is still at this clinic. We were told that
>he is a very popular oncologist there. Mom's oncologist is Dr.
>Schechter.
>
>Shirley
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