Re: help with side effects of oxaliplatin

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/31/2005 6:30:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,

eleyla@... writes:

Hi,

I am a new member living in Istanbul, Turkey and am grateful to have

found this site where I have been lurking recently.

My sister in law Mehpare , age 36, is a stage 4 cancer patient with

liver mets diagnosed in February 05. She has had 6 weeks of 5fu and

radiation, after which she had surgery which included liver

resection, and removal of a part of her colon, rectum, gallbladder

and ovaries. She started adjuvant chemo on July 28 : FOXIL , 5fu -

with Avastin to follow next round.

Question: Any advice of how to cope with the nausea that has knocked

her down after the first round already? She had an IV put in against

dehydration, as she has hardly been able to hold food down for the

past 2 days.

Thanks,

Leyla

Welcome Leyla

Sorry to hear about your sister in law. I don't know what is available in

Istanbul but Compazine is one of the antinausea drugs given. Some here also take

Zofran but it is rather expensive. As for food and such lighter more

frequent meals sometimes help. Some of the things you or she may have used for

morning sickness can work for cancer as well.

Hope this helps

Narice

[Guest guest]

Welcome to our group. I am so sorry your sister-in-law is having

these problems. Do they give her any anti-nausea medication before

they do her chemo? She really needs to talk to her doctor and see

that they can give her something. She will need a prescription from

the doctor. Other then that she should try eating dry toast. Maybe

others here can give you some ideas. I am wishing her the best and

saying a Prayer for her. Ingrid

> Hi,

>

> I am a new member living in Istanbul , Turkey and am grateful to

have

> found this site where I have been lurking recently.

>

> My sister in law Mehpare , age 36, is a stage 4 cancer patient with

> liver mets diagnosed in February 05. She has had 6 weeks of 5fu and

> radiation , after which she had surgery which included liver

> resection , and removal of a part of her colon, rectum ,

gallbladder

> and ovaries. She started adjuvant chemo on July 28 : Foxfoll ,

5fu -

> with avastine to follow next round.

>

> Question: Any advice of how to cope with the nausea that has

knocked

> her down after the first round already ? She had an IV put in

against

> dehydration, as she has hardly been able to hold food down for the

> past 2 days.

>

> Thanks,

> Leyla

[Guest guest]

Welcome to our group. I am so sorry your sister-in-law is having

these problems. Do they give her any anti-nausea medication before

they do her chemo? She really needs to talk to her doctor and see

that they can give her something. She will need a prescription from

the doctor. Other then that she should try eating dry toast. Maybe

others here can give you some ideas. I am wishing her the best and

saying a Prayer for her. Ingrid

> Hi,

>

> I am a new member living in Istanbul , Turkey and am grateful to

have

> found this site where I have been lurking recently.

>

> My sister in law Mehpare , age 36, is a stage 4 cancer patient with

> liver mets diagnosed in February 05. She has had 6 weeks of 5fu and

> radiation , after which she had surgery which included liver

> resection , and removal of a part of her colon, rectum ,

gallbladder

> and ovaries. She started adjuvant chemo on July 28 : Foxfoll ,

5fu -

> with avastine to follow next round.

>

> Question: Any advice of how to cope with the nausea that has

knocked

> her down after the first round already ? She had an IV put in

against

> dehydration, as she has hardly been able to hold food down for the

> past 2 days.

>

> Thanks,

> Leyla

[Guest guest]

Welcome to our group. I am so sorry your sister-in-law is having

these problems. Do they give her any anti-nausea medication before

they do her chemo? She really needs to talk to her doctor and see

that they can give her something. She will need a prescription from

the doctor. Other then that she should try eating dry toast. Maybe

others here can give you some ideas. I am wishing her the best and

saying a Prayer for her. Ingrid

> Hi,

>

> I am a new member living in Istanbul , Turkey and am grateful to

have

> found this site where I have been lurking recently.

>

> My sister in law Mehpare , age 36, is a stage 4 cancer patient with

> liver mets diagnosed in February 05. She has had 6 weeks of 5fu and

> radiation , after which she had surgery which included liver

> resection , and removal of a part of her colon, rectum ,

gallbladder

> and ovaries. She started adjuvant chemo on July 28 : Foxfoll ,

5fu -

> with avastine to follow next round.

>

> Question: Any advice of how to cope with the nausea that has

knocked

> her down after the first round already ? She had an IV put in

against

> dehydration, as she has hardly been able to hold food down for the

> past 2 days.

>

> Thanks,

> Leyla

[Guest guest]

There are many different kinds of meds for nausea,

some are usually given as 'pre-meds'with the chemo and

others to take after. Ask the doc or chemo nurses what

they are giving her and ask for something more as it

is obviously not doing the trick. It is sometimes a

trial and error as what works for one does not for

another, but keep trying. Sometimes the doc will give

samples of several different anti-nausea meds to try

and see what works.

Also, it is very important to get enough fluids and

calories. What ever food sounds or tastes good to her,

she should try. Don't worry so much about the

nutritional content at this point, it is more

important to keep down some calories and fluids.

Good luck!!

H

--- eleyla2002 eleyla@...> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I am a new member living in Istanbul , Turkey and am

> grateful to have

> found this site where I have been lurking recently.

>

> My sister in law Mehpare , age 36, is a stage 4

> cancer patient with

> liver mets diagnosed in February 05. She has had 6

> weeks of 5fu and

> radiation , after which she had surgery which

> included liver

> resection , and removal of a part of her colon,

> rectum , gallbladder

> and ovaries. She started adjuvant chemo on July 28 :

> Foxfoll , 5fu -

> with avastine to follow next round.

>

> Question: Any advice of how to cope with the nausea

> that has knocked

> her down after the first round already ? She had an

> IV put in against

> dehydration, as she has hardly been able to hold

> food down for the

> past 2 days.

>

> Thanks,

> Leyla

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Can you get Emend, Kytril -- both pretty good nausea meds? I also ate

a lot of mac and cheese. I found starch was helpful to get the tummy

under control.

I used to take Compozine too. The problem with these meds is that you

really get tired.

Good luck.

[Guest guest]

Can you get Emend, Kytril -- both pretty good nausea meds? I also ate

a lot of mac and cheese. I found starch was helpful to get the tummy

under control.

I used to take Compozine too. The problem with these meds is that you

really get tired.

Good luck.

[Guest guest]

Can you get Emend, Kytril -- both pretty good nausea meds? I also ate

a lot of mac and cheese. I found starch was helpful to get the tummy

under control.

I used to take Compozine too. The problem with these meds is that you

really get tired.

Good luck.