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StephN · 02-11-2008, 04:35 PM

Hi -
If you understand WHY your esophogas, stomach lining is so sensitive now, it may help you to know what to do.

The chemo kills fast dividing cells. Such cells are not only cancer cells. They are found in the mouth, throat, stomach. (I recall that your mouth relines itself once a day.) The chemo does not distinguish WHICH fast-dividing cells it goes after, hence the stomach acid and mouth problems. You should be taking a GOOD stomach acid blocker from BEFORE treatment actually starts.

Stay away from acidic drinks and soda pops, coffee and spicy foods. Try chamomile tea and maybe comfrey. I don't think Rolaids will be effective in this case.

No fried or greasy foods. Soups and soda crackers, yes. Most of us had to make some major dietary changes to handle this side effect.

02-11-2008, 04:35 PM	#20
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Keep trying! Hi - If you understand WHY your esophogas, stomach lining is so sensitive now, it may help you to know what to do. The chemo kills fast dividing cells. Such cells are not only cancer cells. They are found in the mouth, throat, stomach. (I recall that your mouth relines itself once a day.) The chemo does not distinguish WHICH fast-dividing cells it goes after, hence the stomach acid and mouth problems. You should be taking a GOOD stomach acid blocker from BEFORE treatment actually starts. Stay away from acidic drinks and soda pops, coffee and spicy foods. Try chamomile tea and maybe comfrey. I don't think Rolaids will be effective in this case. No fried or greasy foods. Soups and soda crackers, yes. Most of us had to make some major dietary changes to handle this side effect. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.