Guest guest Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Joe: You are incredibly strong to be going through this on a daily basis. I wish you the best and I feel inside that this will be good for you. LOL, In a message dated 7/27/2005 12:45:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, JSAVAGE@... writes: Day three and my infusion went without incident. So far I have shown no side effects from the drug. I saw one man who was on another drug and he had turned green. I asked my nurse and he said it was a typical side effect of the drug he was taking; but it made me feel like I was in some mad scientist's lab. I checked the mirror and I still look like me, darn it. 3 doses of the medication so far -- two more to go. -joe- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Joe: You are incredibly strong to be going through this on a daily basis. I wish you the best and I feel inside that this will be good for you. LOL, In a message dated 7/27/2005 12:45:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, JSAVAGE@... writes: Day three and my infusion went without incident. So far I have shown no side effects from the drug. I saw one man who was on another drug and he had turned green. I asked my nurse and he said it was a typical side effect of the drug he was taking; but it made me feel like I was in some mad scientist's lab. I checked the mirror and I still look like me, darn it. 3 doses of the medication so far -- two more to go. -joe- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 Joe, I am Praying so hard that this works for you!!! I am willing the drugs to kill all the cancer in you!!! Ingrid > Well, cycle #1 is pretty much history now. I have a two week resting > period during which I have a few blood draws to see what my body is > doing. The only side effect worth noting was constipation which was > handled with a laxative. In all it was an easy round of chemo. > > The doctors and nurses at the Cancer Treatment and Research Center > in San have been great. I felt at home the first day, and > had a very nice week with them. Since this is a teaching center as > well I got to meet some visiting medical and nursing students -- all > very nice people. If you have to go through a clinical trial, this > is a good place to do it. > > I'll start cycle #2 on August 15 and repeat the same series of > infusions and blood draws as the first cycle. After I finish the > second cycle we'll do CT and CEA to see if the drug is working. > > As always, thanks for being here and sharing your support as I go > through the unknown. > > -joe- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Oh Joe!! Well, they say Miracles Happen so I'll pray you get one. Hugs and Prayers Narice In a message dated 9/30/2005 12:41:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, jasonsmom285@... writes: Oh no, Joe! (((((((((((Joe)))))))))))))~Dianna --- Joe Savage JSAVAGE@...> wrote: > Well, I had to drop out of the clinical trial. My health started a > rapid decline and I didn't have the energy to travel to and from San > for the treatment. > > Worse yet, I started accumulating fluid in my system to the point of > overload. I called an ambulance on Saturday and went to the hospital > where I was drained with Lasix and then had fluid taken from my lungs > and abdomen. When I left the hospital on Wednesday I was 30 pounds > lighter. They took 8 liters of fluid from my abdomen alone. > > Well, to make a long story short, my oncologist says this is the > beginning of the quick slide downhill. I signed up for hospice care > and am putting things in order. The nurse and other staff from the > hospice have been great to me. I feel pretty weak and can no longer go > to work; but I still have the computer working great. > > Thanks for your well wishes and support in the past. > > -joe- > > > please visit 's memory site: http://www.geocities.com/angelmomfriends4/jason1.html page 1 Welcome; page 2 Birthday; page 3 His last years and death __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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