Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 > Hi, Jan. How is Bill doing with the five days a week chemo/radiation? Hope he is doing ok. Hope everyone on here is doing well. At least hanging in there. > ~Deb from Kansas He's doing great so far, today is his eighth day of treatment. One episode of very sharp sudden pain in the tailbone and one 30 minute episode of nausea. He is eating a lot and has only lost about five pounds and he is sleeping better now. Still running for the bathroom 6-8 times a day and two or three times a night, sometimes false alarms but the doctor said that is nomal because of the location of the tumor. He basically has no bowel control due to the size of it. He had a Groshon(?) catether put in his chest and they are currently using it to do blood draws but we were told he will be getting infusions via the port later on. He has COPD and yesterday went for a pulmonary function test and it was over the top! His air capacity has greatly improved on some new medication. Today we will hear results of the first set of pictures of the treated area since treatment began. I don't know if a week will show much difference. I'll post to the list soon as we find out. Hugs Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 > Hi, Jan. How is Bill doing with the five days a week chemo/radiation? Hope he is doing ok. Hope everyone on here is doing well. At least hanging in there. > ~Deb from Kansas He's doing great so far, today is his eighth day of treatment. One episode of very sharp sudden pain in the tailbone and one 30 minute episode of nausea. He is eating a lot and has only lost about five pounds and he is sleeping better now. Still running for the bathroom 6-8 times a day and two or three times a night, sometimes false alarms but the doctor said that is nomal because of the location of the tumor. He basically has no bowel control due to the size of it. He had a Groshon(?) catether put in his chest and they are currently using it to do blood draws but we were told he will be getting infusions via the port later on. He has COPD and yesterday went for a pulmonary function test and it was over the top! His air capacity has greatly improved on some new medication. Today we will hear results of the first set of pictures of the treated area since treatment began. I don't know if a week will show much difference. I'll post to the list soon as we find out. Hugs Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 > Hi, Jan. How is Bill doing with the five days a week chemo/radiation? Hope he is doing ok. Hope everyone on here is doing well. At least hanging in there. > ~Deb from Kansas He's doing great so far, today is his eighth day of treatment. One episode of very sharp sudden pain in the tailbone and one 30 minute episode of nausea. He is eating a lot and has only lost about five pounds and he is sleeping better now. Still running for the bathroom 6-8 times a day and two or three times a night, sometimes false alarms but the doctor said that is nomal because of the location of the tumor. He basically has no bowel control due to the size of it. He had a Groshon(?) catether put in his chest and they are currently using it to do blood draws but we were told he will be getting infusions via the port later on. He has COPD and yesterday went for a pulmonary function test and it was over the top! His air capacity has greatly improved on some new medication. Today we will hear results of the first set of pictures of the treated area since treatment began. I don't know if a week will show much difference. I'll post to the list soon as we find out. Hugs Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Hi, Jan. Glad to hear Bill is doing well and got the new medication for his COPD. If he is able to eat, that is wonderful. My husband gets his catheter thing surgically implanted near his collarbone he said, in order to draw blood. That is next week, maybe Friday. So they use that to give the chemo? Pump it in five days a week and then rest on the weekends. He begins his chemo/radiation treatments around October 10. He had wanted to wait until November, but the doc talked him into it. I am bewildered and crazy right now. Today I was so excited about knowing when the chemo/radiation will begin, because not knowing was so scary. Now that I know, the excitement has turned into worry. I don't know how he will tolerate it and hope he doesn't lose weight or get dehydrated. 30 minutes of nausea sounds great. I had been thinking the nausea would be all day long forever. Kind of like pregnancy nausea. Whew! Thank you for keeping in touch and letting us know how Bill and you are doing. Take care, ~Deb from Kansas Jan merrimary@...> wrote: > Hi, Jan. How is Bill doing with the five days a week chemo/radiation? Hope he is doing ok. Hope everyone on here is doing well. At least hanging in there. > ~Deb from Kansas He's doing great so far, today is his eighth day of treatment. One episode of very sharp sudden pain in the tailbone and one 30 minute episode of nausea. He is eating a lot and has only lost about five pounds and he is sleeping better now. Still running for the bathroom 6-8 times a day and two or three times a night, sometimes false alarms but the doctor said that is nomal because of the location of the tumor. He basically has no bowel control due to the size of it. He had a Groshon(?) catether put in his chest and they are currently using it to do blood draws but we were told he will be getting infusions via the port later on. He has COPD and yesterday went for a pulmonary function test and it was over the top! His air capacity has greatly improved on some new medication. Today we will hear results of the first set of pictures of the treated area since treatment began. I don't know if a week will show much difference. I'll post to the list soon as we find out. Hugs Jan --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Hi, Jan. Glad to hear Bill is doing well and got the new medication for his COPD. If he is able to eat, that is wonderful. My husband gets his catheter thing surgically implanted near his collarbone he said, in order to draw blood. That is next week, maybe Friday. So they use that to give the chemo? Pump it in five days a week and then rest on the weekends. He begins his chemo/radiation treatments around October 10. He had wanted to wait until November, but the doc talked him into it. I am bewildered and crazy right now. Today I was so excited about knowing when the chemo/radiation will begin, because not knowing was so scary. Now that I know, the excitement has turned into worry. I don't know how he will tolerate it and hope he doesn't lose weight or get dehydrated. 30 minutes of nausea sounds great. I had been thinking the nausea would be all day long forever. Kind of like pregnancy nausea. Whew! Thank you for keeping in touch and letting us know how Bill and you are doing. Take care, ~Deb from Kansas Jan merrimary@...> wrote: > Hi, Jan. How is Bill doing with the five days a week chemo/radiation? Hope he is doing ok. Hope everyone on here is doing well. At least hanging in there. > ~Deb from Kansas He's doing great so far, today is his eighth day of treatment. One episode of very sharp sudden pain in the tailbone and one 30 minute episode of nausea. He is eating a lot and has only lost about five pounds and he is sleeping better now. Still running for the bathroom 6-8 times a day and two or three times a night, sometimes false alarms but the doctor said that is nomal because of the location of the tumor. He basically has no bowel control due to the size of it. He had a Groshon(?) catether put in his chest and they are currently using it to do blood draws but we were told he will be getting infusions via the port later on. He has COPD and yesterday went for a pulmonary function test and it was over the top! His air capacity has greatly improved on some new medication. Today we will hear results of the first set of pictures of the treated area since treatment began. I don't know if a week will show much difference. I'll post to the list soon as we find out. Hugs Jan --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Jan, I am glad that Bill is tolerating his treatments well. I am Praying that the tumors are shrinking and dying off. Ingrid > > > > Hi, Jan. How is Bill doing with the five days a week chemo/radiation? Hope > he is doing ok. Hope everyone on here is doing well. At least hanging in > there. > > ~Deb from Kansas > > He's doing great so far, today is his eighth day of treatment. One episode > of very sharp sudden pain in the tailbone and one 30 minute episode of > nausea. He is eating a lot and has only lost about five pounds and he is > sleeping better now. Still running for the bathroom 6-8 times a day and two > or three times a night, sometimes false alarms but the doctor said that is > nomal because of the location of the tumor. He basically has no bowel > control due to the size of it. He had a Groshon(?) catether put in his > chest and they are currently using it to do blood draws but we were told he > will be getting infusions via the port later on. He has COPD and yesterday > went for a pulmonary function test and it was over the top! His air > capacity has greatly improved on some new medication. Today we will hear > results of the first set of pictures of the treated area since treatment > began. I don't know if a week will show much difference. > I'll post to the list soon as we find out. > Hugs > Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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