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Carolyns · 10-05-2008, 07:48 PM

Hi Lida,

I was on Gemzar for liver, skin, bone and node mets. It did a great job for me and I was able to go off chemo for a while after 6-months on Gemzar. The liver mets are not seen on scans. I used Zofran as a premed and continued with Zofran but found Gemzar easy although it made me a bit more tired than not treatment at all... sounds funny.

I was on 2 weeks and off 1 and also had low white counts. I did not have digestive issues.

I wish you luck with it. I am on Navelbine now and I am having a rougher time with it and I do have digestive issues.

I wish you well!

Carolyn

10-05-2008, 07:48 PM	#4
Carolyns Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 477	Hi Lida, I was on Gemzar for liver, skin, bone and node mets. It did a great job for me and I was able to go off chemo for a while after 6-months on Gemzar. The liver mets are not seen on scans. I used Zofran as a premed and continued with Zofran but found Gemzar easy although it made me a bit more tired than not treatment at all... sounds funny. I was on 2 weeks and off 1 and also had low white counts. I did not have digestive issues. I wish you luck with it. I am on Navelbine now and I am having a rougher time with it and I do have digestive issues. I wish you well! Carolyn