At 11:25 AM 2/20/98 EST, you wrote:
>Dear Torie
>
>How are you? Was happy to see your post, I know you must be doing
>ok to have the energy to read and post on mol.
Feeling better now and arm is almost back to normal.
>Did you get the information re nausea from Marty?
Yes...not sure if i should switch to that combo or not. Zofran working
pretty well..
Do you feel tired
>and drained on days 3 and 4 after chemo?
I just feel tired and drained all the time now. My blood counts were low
this week, so they canceled my Navelbine treatment...resume this week on
Wednesday.
>My brothers kidney test this week was same as last week, I'm going
>to be there for his visit on Mar 3rd and I'll ask his ONC about the drug
>Marty told us about, I'v read some reports on it, but need to check it
>out on web.
Good. I don't know if it'll become an issue for me. I'm only supposed to
have another 9 weeks of Navelbine (weekly), including two more weeks with
Cisplatin. Seems like Gene has had LOTS more chemo than that...
>I got Gene to replace his milk with powered soy milk (vanilla flavored).
>Have you tried this? It is really good and I am so picky about food.
No..but I'll try to remember to pick some up...
>Did you see the note where I told mol about Gene going out and
>buying a bottle of 500 Wheatgrass juice pills? That was after I told
>him about the lady who went on the wheatgrass juice and all veg diet.
>I also saw an interesting interview on TV re Co enzyme Q10. Gene
>takes that (so do I) anyway I received a 30 page documentation from
>lady who had breast cancer and how this saved her life. It has been
>tested thru trials for breast cancer and it did show improvement in
>results. Anyway, they are now saying it is great for the heart.
Wow..never heard of this stuff. Is it available in health food stores?
>Do you know the dosage of Cisplatin/Navelbine? Do you get both
>every treatment and how often do you have them.
Don't know the dosage...Cisplatin every 4 weeks, Navelbine every week. (for
total of 12 weeks)
Have they mentioned
>giving you shots to bring your white count up?
No, they haven't done that..just postponed treatment instead. Actually I
think they'll end up skipping a Navelbine treatment. But if it stays low
then maybe they'll suggest shots...
In general, doing fine right now...working full time this coming week so if
my posting is scarce, y'all will understand....
You are such a godsend for your brother..I imagine this experience has
brought you much closer to him than before, is that right? Do tell him I
think about him and rejoice in his success..
Much love,
Torie
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