crazylife wrote:Hubby had a major reaction during chemo number 9. Doc said she felt like he could handle a full dose, but boy was she wrong. Luckily it happened at the cancer center, so they switched him to 5FU only. I am now concerned it won't be as effective. Anyone have experience with this?
wwroam wrote:Sorry I didn't see that your hubby was Stage 4.
If it is any help my partner has now completed 22 rounds of Oxi.
CLD wrote:My DH had a reaction to the Oxiliplatin about halfway through. He developed hives and had trouble breathing about 10 min into tx. Dr pretreated him with Benadryl (he received all 12 doses) and he did fine. Last 2 infusions of oxy were reduced due to increasing neuropathy.
crazylife wrote:CLD wrote:My DH had a reaction to the Oxiliplatin about halfway through. He developed hives and had trouble breathing about 10 min into tx. Dr pretreated him with Benadryl (he received all 12 doses) and he did fine. Last 2 infusions of oxy were reduced due to increasing neuropathy.
Same! Couldn't breathe, itchy all over within 10 minutes. Should we push for her to try again with Oxi?
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