Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Ditto on that. I would request that he start it in the hospital under the watch of the doc and go from there. Hugs and prayers for you and Phil. Will be thinking of you. Good Luck. donna tarcav23 tarcav23@...> wrote: Narice, I will pray that God shows you the way. My uninformed opinion is to try it and stop if any problem arises. Hugs to you and Phil, Sharon > > > All right folks the Erbitux chemo starts tomorrow and Phil and I are frankly > well confused. > > Phil has done Oxaliplatin and Avastin with 5FU and Leucovorin > He has done the FUDR via hepatic artery infusion > The Erbitux and Camptosar are the 3rd maybe 4th chemo they have had him on > and we are definitely running out of options. > > My question is this Phil and I are pretty scared about all the stories he > has been hearing about severe Erbitux reactions. The drug information says it > is RARE but it sounds to us like all of you know someone who has had it so how > rare is that? > > On the plus side it sounds like if you get past the 1st day all right there > is a good chance that the Erbitux can knock out some perhaps all of these > liver mets. > > Bottom line looking at all this what would you do? > > Narice > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Ditto on that. I would request that he start it in the hospital under the watch of the doc and go from there. Hugs and prayers for you and Phil. Will be thinking of you. Good Luck. donna tarcav23 tarcav23@...> wrote: Narice, I will pray that God shows you the way. My uninformed opinion is to try it and stop if any problem arises. Hugs to you and Phil, Sharon > > > All right folks the Erbitux chemo starts tomorrow and Phil and I are frankly > well confused. > > Phil has done Oxaliplatin and Avastin with 5FU and Leucovorin > He has done the FUDR via hepatic artery infusion > The Erbitux and Camptosar are the 3rd maybe 4th chemo they have had him on > and we are definitely running out of options. > > My question is this Phil and I are pretty scared about all the stories he > has been hearing about severe Erbitux reactions. The drug information says it > is RARE but it sounds to us like all of you know someone who has had it so how > rare is that? > > On the plus side it sounds like if you get past the 1st day all right there > is a good chance that the Erbitux can knock out some perhaps all of these > liver mets. > > Bottom line looking at all this what would you do? > > Narice > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Ditto on that. I would request that he start it in the hospital under the watch of the doc and go from there. Hugs and prayers for you and Phil. Will be thinking of you. Good Luck. donna tarcav23 tarcav23@...> wrote: Narice, I will pray that God shows you the way. My uninformed opinion is to try it and stop if any problem arises. Hugs to you and Phil, Sharon > > > All right folks the Erbitux chemo starts tomorrow and Phil and I are frankly > well confused. > > Phil has done Oxaliplatin and Avastin with 5FU and Leucovorin > He has done the FUDR via hepatic artery infusion > The Erbitux and Camptosar are the 3rd maybe 4th chemo they have had him on > and we are definitely running out of options. > > My question is this Phil and I are pretty scared about all the stories he > has been hearing about severe Erbitux reactions. The drug information says it > is RARE but it sounds to us like all of you know someone who has had it so how > rare is that? > > On the plus side it sounds like if you get past the 1st day all right there > is a good chance that the Erbitux can knock out some perhaps all of these > liver mets. > > Bottom line looking at all this what would you do? > > Narice > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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