I'm overjoyed!! It's practically a miracle!!! I want to share my experience with you so that if you're experiencing something similar you might benefit from this: I've been through one eight-week round of oxaliplatin, leucovorin and 5FU; and I just finished a 28-day cycle of radiation with chemo (5FU) the first five days and last four days. It made me very, very sick. I was constantly nauseous and had terrible diarrhea for weeks! Before every chemo treatment I was given kytril and decadron. During my last two decadron injections I got very sick. The doctor decided to eliminate the decadron. I had four chemo (5FU) treatments this week, sans the decadron, and I have NOT been sick at all!!!
It seems that in some people decadron can cause nausea and diarrhea. And I was one of those people. It's just amazing that I've had chemo all week and instead of lying in my bed and rushing to the bathroom every 20 minutes, I spent the morning at the gym lifting weights!!
I am so thankful for the relief and it is my hope that I might help someone.
Love and prayers to everyone suffering the effects of treatments and cancer.
Michelle