Postby roadrunner » Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:03 pm
I wish you well! I will add that I’m a veteran of multiple chemo (FOLFOX not CAPEOX) hospitalizations. Three also, if I recall right, in my first 4 rounds. One was for a “massive” UE-DVT (though thankfully not a PE); one for arrhythmias and passing out (Good times!). I can’t even recall what the third was about. It was a bumpy ride, for sure. But it really evened out for my last 4. Just went and did ‘em. Had side effects, but nothing too horrible. The coagulation issue at least should now be managed with anti coagulation meds, and I hope and trust you’ve got a good hydration strategy, so you have a reasonable shot of having a similar experience to mine. Good luck!
7/19: RC: Staged IIIA, T2N1M0
approx 4.25 cm, low/mid rectum, mod. well diff.; lung micronodule
8/19-10/19 4 rds.FOLFOX neoadjuvant, 3 w/Oxiplatin (reduced 70-75%)
neoadjuvant chemorad 11/19
4 rounds FOLFOX July-August 2020
ncCR 10/20; biopsies neg
TAE 11/20, tumor cells removed
Chest CT 3/30/21 growth in 2 nodules (3 and 5mm)
VATS 12/8/21 sub-pleural met 7mm.
SBRT nodule 1/22
6/20/22 TAE rectal polyp benign)
NED from 3/22 - 3/23
4 cycles FOLFIRI
LUL VATS lobectomy for radio resistant met 7/7/23