[doh2pa]

Hi Joy,

My, you are having a rough time, but it makes me smile to see how you are still getting joy (is it the name??) from simple life things like Halloween and soaking in a soothing spring. Good for you. "Life is not about weathering the storm, but dancing in the rain".

As far as your stomach issues, I had Gemzar and Carbo but not together. They were rough enough by themselves. Iloxy did seem to work for me but I still had a lot of acid indigestion with carbo. Have you tried taking a proton pump inhibitor like Protonix to help with the stomach issues? This really worked well for me and there are many of these on the market to try.

I'm about to start Doxyl next week. I was headed to the Phase II trial you just finished, but my liver enzymes are just a little high from the Gemzar so I'll try to doxyl for a few months and then try to switch.

Hang in there. I think if you can fix the stomach issues your overall outlook will be better.