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MJsHusband · 11-19-2013, 02:17 PM

About 3 weeks ago my wife started showing signs of jaundice in her eyes and on her skin. They gave her a ct scan at the emergency room and determined that she had liver mets again as well as peritoneal carcinoma(malignant ascites). Has anyone been diagnosed with peritoneal carcinoma or know much about it?

Also, after her first treatment of Abraxane she got really bad sores in her mouth and wasn't eating or drinking much for several days. She developed a high fever so she went back to the emergency room. That put her in the hospital to try to hydrate her and treat her mouth sores, as well as to get her white cell count up. She tested positive for the flu and pneumonia so had to be treated for that as well. A week later she finally came home from the hospital. So, quite the ordeal. She is now able to eat and drink thanks to the mouth treatments at the hospital. I fear these will reappear after her next Abraxane treatment on Thursday. Does anyone know of anything to do to limit the mouth sores caused by chemo? I don't want her to go through that hospital experience again.

Thanks,
Greg

11-19-2013, 02:17 PM	#1
MJsHusband Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 87	New mets for MJ :( About 3 weeks ago my wife started showing signs of jaundice in her eyes and on her skin. They gave her a ct scan at the emergency room and determined that she had liver mets again as well as peritoneal carcinoma(malignant ascites). Has anyone been diagnosed with peritoneal carcinoma or know much about it? Also, after her first treatment of Abraxane she got really bad sores in her mouth and wasn't eating or drinking much for several days. She developed a high fever so she went back to the emergency room. That put her in the hospital to try to hydrate her and treat her mouth sores, as well as to get her white cell count up. She tested positive for the flu and pneumonia so had to be treated for that as well. A week later she finally came home from the hospital. So, quite the ordeal. She is now able to eat and drink thanks to the mouth treatments at the hospital. I fear these will reappear after her next Abraxane treatment on Thursday. Does anyone know of anything to do to limit the mouth sores caused by chemo? I don't want her to go through that hospital experience again. Thanks, Greg __________________ 08/10 ~ Dx IBC, Her2+++ ER-/PR- Stage 4, mets to liver. Age 43. 08/10 ~ Began 12 weeks of Taxetere/Carboplatin/Herceptin tx [10/10 ~ Scans show liver lesions are gone. NED! 11/10 ~ Ended chemo. Herceptin-only tx 01/11 ~ Mastectomy 03/11 ~ Radiation 07/11 ~ Reconstructive surgery 10/11 ~ PET/CT shows NED :) 01/12 ~ Malignant tumors found in uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes and lymph nodes. Dx as endometrial cancer. Stage III2c 02/12 ~Hysterectomy(all tumors removed). Back to NED. 02/12 ~ Final Herceptin treatment. 03/12 ~ Began Cisplatin/Adriamycin tx for endometrial cancer. 03/12 ~ Tumors dx her2 metastisis, not entdometrial cancer. Back to BC tx. 03/12 ~ CT scan shows NED. :) 04/12/~ Began Tykerb/Xeloda. 06/12 ~ Ended Xeloda. Continuing Tykerb. Still NED. 09/12 ~ PET/CT scans show NED. : ) 04/13 ~ Rash on original breast biopsied as cancer. 05/13 ~ Surgery to remove skin and tissue around rash. Continue Tykerb. 06/13 ~ PET/CT scans show NED : ) 11/13 ~ Jaundice eyes and skin. CT scan show mets to liver as well as peritoneal carcinomatosis with malignant ascites. Began Abraxane/Herceptin tx. 02/14 ~ CT scan shows NED. :)