Hi guys:
My mom (Jan) started chemo two weeks ago and is on a 21 day cycle. She is
taking via IV Taxol and Carboplatin once every 21 days, and then is taking
Vepesid (AKA VP-16 and etoposide) orally every day.
I know chemo affects everyone differently. Mom is sleeping probably 22+
hours a day, and has been for the past five days or so (at least as long as
I have been back here in Alabama). She only gets up when I wake her for
meals. We try (at my insistence) to make a lap or two around the house each
time she is up, for I am concerned that she may lose more muscle tone/mass.
What is everyone else's experience with fatigue as a side effect of chemo?
I think her blood counts have been at her nadir, and keep thinking that they
will start building and with it, she will get some strength back. No luck
yet, though. I guess I should feel some degree of peace that she is
comfortable and dreaming rather than being in pain and discomfort.
Thanks for any wisdom you can throw my direction.
Love,
Jeanie
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
[mailto:owner-mol-cancer@lists.meds.com]On Behalf Of
KathleenCorrigan@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 1:37 PM
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
Subject: Re: [MOL] cancer
Hello, Beth: I was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in December of
1997. I'm cancer free today -- miraculously. I went through aggressive
chemotherapy and radiation. If there is anything I can do to help -- any
questions I can answer, or if I can help make your mother's chemo a little
easier to endure, please don't hesitate to ask.
Your friend -- Kathy in Boise
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