Guest guest Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Praying for you, !!! Donelle Caregiver to Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 , My Onc had told me the samething. They really are not sure how much cehemo one needs. They have not tested to that extent. I am happy that your arm feels better. Sure can understand to wanting to end this chemo. I went through all 12 sessions since if it came back I did not want to think the what if I had finsished the chemo would this not of happened. These descions are all so personal. I am Praying your scan coms up clean. I went through all 12 chemo's and did have a reoccurance within some scar tissue. Was small, the size of a bean the sugeon told me. What I am going to ask the Onc next week is that since chemo goes through the blood vessels to every part of our bodies, and most scar tissue does not contain blood vessels could it be possible why the chemo did not get this nodule? Guess we will never know the for sure answers. But we can always wonder and think about it. Good luck to your scan. Stay positive!! Ingrid > Hi all, I went Wed for my 9th. chemo, she was going to put it in my > right arm, but said too much scar tisssue there, so put in in the > left where all the other 9 have been . (i had a port at one time, > but got bactaral ? infection so had to take it out). > So the next day my arm started to swell up just above the site, had > to go back to dr. was cellulitis ?sp. a really hard knot there, got > some Kelflax for that. it is better now, hot and swelling gone down, > just the knot there. I ask the onc. dr. if the next 3 sessions of > chemo were really necessary, since i had had 9 already and all this > trouble. > He said he really couldn't say, beacause they had only tested for 12 > sessions. said maybe 9 was enough or even 6. but until they do the > testing no way to tell. I also have been taking the WBC shots every > week after chemo. found ou they were really making me sick, alful > headacks, body hurt just to touch it, nausa all the time for about 3 > days. I told him i didn't want to take any more chemo, he said we > would comprise, have a ct scan done and see what goes from that. so > yesterday i went back for the ct scan. will have to wait till next > wed to go to onc. dr. to see what it showed if anything. my cea ? > was 1.07 before it was 1.09 > Hoping and praying the ct scan doesns't show any thing else. > - hanky 39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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