Bess
What type of lung cancer does your husband have? Mine
was bronchioloaveolar carcinoma. I had surgery Aug 19.
According to the path report the surgeon got it all. I
am not doing chemo or radiation or any other treatment
now.
Diane
--- BesTom@AOL.COM wrote:
> Dear Frank:
> I read your message with interest. My husband
> has NSCLC and is taking
> the same regime. He just finished his fourth round
> and will be evaluated in
> two weeks. After two rounds there was no change for
> better or worse. I am
> curious--what kind of lung cancer do you have? Did
> you do surgery first or
> just chemo? Did you have a pleural effusion?
> Apparently you can't do
> radiation with a pleural effusion. Also did you
> have mets to both lungs? My
> husband had all of these.
> So far he hasn't had grave side effects either
> except general fatigue but no
> good results as well
> I'm very happy for you. Continued good luck. Bess
> In a message dated 10/7/99 6:02:32 PM, you wrote:
>
> <<I am taking carboplatin with taxol for lung cancer
> treatment. In my case i
> am fine for 2 days after treatment. For the next 2
> days I'm tired with a
> reduced appetite.
> After the fourth day I return to normal with no side
> effects. I have taken 3
> treatments, spaced 3 weeks apart. My blood count and
> kidney function has
> remained normal and I feel great. The only noticable
> side effect is hair
> loss. After 3 treatments my tumor has dramatically
> reduced in size and I may
> not need more chemotherapy. I may need additional
> radiation treatment and
> possibly surgury but the signs are good for a
> complete cure. I would have no
> hesitation to using carboplatin if the doctors feel
> it can treat a condition.
> In my case the side effects to taxol and carboplatin
> have been minimal
> compared to the results..
>
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