Postby TinaFish » Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:24 am
Dude, you should read my "Diarrhea and bloating and gas" thread. I just had my 3rd round of chemo. I'm on Capeox. I didn't have any nausea until the 5th and 6th days after my 3rd round of chemo. I was surprised that the nausea didn't come on until the 3rd round. It wasn't too bad, though.
I took three prescription anti-nausea pills at once yesterday evening, after I was fed up with being nauseous all day long and angry that the "suggested" dose of one pill hadn't done anything for me earlier yesterday. The three pills worked great, and I haven't been nauseous since. So today was pretty good. I had my oxaliplatin exactly one week ago and I've been taking the Capecitabine pills since then, although with my diarrhea/cramping/gas side effects, my oncologist told me to take a couple days off from the Capecitabine.
And you know what really helped me feel great last night after straining in vain to poop all day long, and with sore rectal muscles and just a feeling of shittiness? I took a Norco. I've never been a pill popper, much less an opiate pill popper, but I gave myself permission. The Norco made me feel perrrrrrfect
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TinaFish on Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:29 am, edited 1 time in total.
F 45, single mother to son, 7 and daughter, 3
DX: stage 4 Rectal Cancer June 2019
Tumor Location: ? cm above anal verge
Tumor type: Adenocarcinoma
Tumor size: 5 cm
Tumor grade: ?
TNM code: ?
Stage : Stage IV-B
# of cancerous lymph nodes: ?
Mets: Numerous mets to liver, lungs
CEA: 22 in July; 11 as of August 15, 7 as of Sept 20
MSI status: MSS
KRAS/BRAF status: KRAS mutation
surgery: TBD
Ostomy surgery: TBD
Radiation therapy: TBD
Chemotherapy : CAPEOX+Avastin, 6 cycles, with CT scans after 3rd and 6th cycle.