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Believe51 · 03-19-2008, 09:48 AM

Hey pal, thanks for the update because now I can get Ed off my back..LOL! I am so sorry to hear that you had a rough time with things. You need to get something for nausea since you should not be that sick. Once that nausea sets in, especially with vomiting it is hard to get back up to par and easy to get dehydrated. Ed uses a few things for nausea and so far has never vomited. Three magic pills (Emend) help during chemo....one an hour before chemo and then one each day after. He also has Compazine and Reglan for breakthrough nausea, for him these work the best.

Talk to the doctor about premeds before the chemo starts each cycle. Meds for nausea are to start BEFORE the chemo.

As for your boss goes, he is trying to help by giving you examples of what he has seen concerning treatment. Everyone is different while in treatment and some people can work. You appear to push yourself through life and maybe while in treatment you can go easy with yourself. Hopefully that first treatment complication was because it was a loading dose of chemo drugs. Talk to doctor about premeds, let him give you everything you can get!!

And drink, drink, drink!! And Doug, I am so thankful you do not have MS, my heart is smiling right now. I am radiating sunshine right now even though it is pouring here!! Lots of Love>>Believe51

03-19-2008, 09:48 AM	#5
Believe51 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: RHODE ISLAND (Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008) 'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume ALWAYS BELIEVE Posts: 3,000	Doug Hey pal, thanks for the update because now I can get Ed off my back..LOL! I am so sorry to hear that you had a rough time with things. You need to get something for nausea since you should not be that sick. Once that nausea sets in, especially with vomiting it is hard to get back up to par and easy to get dehydrated. Ed uses a few things for nausea and so far has never vomited. Three magic pills (Emend) help during chemo....one an hour before chemo and then one each day after. He also has Compazine and Reglan for breakthrough nausea, for him these work the best. Talk to the doctor about premeds before the chemo starts each cycle. Meds for nausea are to start BEFORE the chemo. As for your boss goes, he is trying to help by giving you examples of what he has seen concerning treatment. Everyone is different while in treatment and some people can work. You appear to push yourself through life and maybe while in treatment you can go easy with yourself. Hopefully that first treatment complication was because it was a loading dose of chemo drugs. Talk to doctor about premeds, let him give you everything you can get!! And drink, drink, drink!! And Doug, I am so thankful you do not have MS, my heart is smiling right now. I am radiating sunshine right now even though it is pouring here!! Lots of Love>>Believe51 __________________ 9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI 6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression 10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement, NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5 12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!