Postby MegTayMcc » Fri May 12, 2017 4:19 pm
Your poor mother in law, what a trooper. I'm 32, and just had my 5th treatment yesterday. #2 made me very weak, I felt as though I hadn't eaten in days. 3 & 4 were even harder and left me so sick I couldn't lift my head out of bed to vomit. This time around we completely cut the oxali and went only with leucovorin, and the 5fu pump. I feel like a million bucks, well, maybe not that much. But I can actually live again and haven't needed any additional meds today at all.
On a different note, my very well respected surgeon told me about a study being released this June regarding the use of oxaliplatin and reducing the number of treatments with success. I look forward to this information.
Best of luck to your family. It's different for everyone, but the hardest part of my journey so far. Prayers.
32/wife/mom/CAN
Rectal IIb - 08/16
ChemoRad - 09/16-11/16
APR - 01/17
Complete Pathological Response
Folfox 03/17 - 07/17
NED