Futile Cancer chemo again

That’s a tough report to receive. Hopefully they’ll give you some drugs to help with the ordeal.
Oh they will, enough to choke a mule. All with conflicting side effects. Tonight, I got a last minute message from my doctor telling me he will be giving me a pill to fight nausea tomorrow. I looked and one of the first side effects listed for that drug is......nausea. ;)
 

Oh they will, enough to choke a mule. All with conflicting side effects. Tonight, I got a last minute message from my doctor telling me he will be giving me a pill to fight nausea tomorrow. I looked and one of the first side effects listed for that drug is......nausea. ;)
I've been through it and I wish there was something I could say to make it easier.

When things were going really bad I just keep reminding myself there were people that had it much worse, and I should just try to weather the storm until the sun came out again...
 
Three days after the infusion and so far so good. Only experienced mild side effects, nothing like they repeatedly warned me about. Nurses were very positive and supportive AND they said I COULD have a cup of real coffee in the morning. I actually felt better when I walked out than I did when I walked in. I think they scared me so bad about the treatment that they drained my emotional strength.

Six pages of detailed instructions on how to deal with side effects and this treatment (at least initially) turns out to be the easiest of the four I've been subjected to. Three weeks between treatments with 25 more to go. It's encouraging that they must think I have a chance of living that long.:giggle:
 
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Tomorrow afternoon I begin a new and harsh infusion course of Chemo. Not curative but palliative.

On the good side I will observe my 80th birthday the first week of August. Extra ice cream please.
I've wondered how I would feel, getting a diagnosis of such. You remind me though, of this poem.


Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
 
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Dear Lynn, Sorry you need to go through this, but glad you had a bit of relief after the initial fears. Wishing you the best, hugs. 🌷

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Good luck and a speedy recovery. I had palliative chemo along with radiation in April. Actually chemo wasn't bad as I thought, but radiation was terrible. I go in this week to have a lump cut from my neck. Hopefully that's it.
 
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Just chiming in to offer my support! I was given a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer on June 1st. My second chemo treatment is this Thursday - I go every 2 weeks for 4 months, followed by 6 weeks of radiation. The nausea has been the worst symptom so far.

Dr. told us that the average age for pancreatic cancer diagnosis is 73 and the fact that I am a very healthy 70 yr. old is in my favor. I''m just hoping to get through this. My husband has had Parkinsons for 11 years but has been keeping up with me and driving me to my appointments which are all within a 20 minute drive. There have been a lot of improvements in cancer treatments over just the last few years.

Be strong - be well!
 

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