Doxil

My moms doctor wants her to start on Doxil Jan. 15th 08 this will be the 3rd different kind of chemo that she's had . She has stage 4 ovarian cancer that has spread to her liver before they caught it . They don't want to debulk until they can shrink it down but so far nothing is working. I can't remember the name of the 1st kind of chemo she was on, but the 2nd one was Topotecan & none of these have helped her . I was just wondering if anyone could give any advice . I'm just lost.

On 1/10/2008 fruitloop62 wrote:

My moms doctor wants her to start on Doxil Jan. 15th 08 this will be the 3rd different kind of chemo that she's had . She has stage 4 ovarian cancer that has spread to her liver before they caught it . They don't want to debulk until they can shrink it down but so far nothing is working. I can't remember the name of the 1st kind of chemo she was on, but the 2nd one was Topotecan & none of these have helped her . I was just wondering if anyone could give any advice . I'm just lost.

Well my mother had her 1st treatment of the Doxil on the 15th & was put in the hospital last night 16th !! She was vomiting & in really bad pain . I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else because her doctor told her this morning that she must have a virus !!!! I'm not in the same state that she is & she is in a very small town with not the best of care .

 

On 1/17/2008 fruitloop62 wrote:

 

On 1/10/2008 fruitloop62 wrote:

My moms doctor wants her to start on Doxil Jan. 15th 08 this will be the 3rd different kind of chemo that she's had . She has stage 4 ovarian cancer that has spread to her liver before they caught it . They don't want to debulk until they can shrink it down but so far nothing is working. I can't remember the name of the 1st kind of chemo she was on, but the 2nd one was Topotecan & none of these have helped her . I was just wondering if anyone could give any advice . I'm just lost.

 

Well my mother had her 1st treatment of the Doxil on the 15th & was put in the hospital last night 16th !! She was vomiting & in really bad pain . I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else because her doctor told her this morning that she must have a virus !!!! I'm not in the same state that she is & she is in a very small town with not the best of care .

 

HI, My Mom inlaw has primary peritoneal cancer, it mimicks ovarian same cancer and treatment. She had a treatmentof Doxil dec.10th. Well about 3 weeks after her treatment she was having severe headaches and vomiting, sky high blood pressure, small seizures, she was hospitalized, they said it was a virus, cat scan neg. mri neg. and blood culture neg! Ok, she came out of hospital, still vomiting, passing out severe headaches, everything, now back in hospital, DOING Awful.Next step is spinal tap. They still are saying some kind of virus. Whats going on with your mom any news?

On 1/19/2008 chunt07 wrote:

 

On 1/17/2008 fruitloop62 wrote:

 

On 1/10/2008 fruitloop62 wrote:

My moms doctor wants her to start on Doxil Jan. 15th 08 this will be the 3rd different kind of chemo that she's had . She has stage 4 ovarian cancer that has spread to her liver before they caught it . They don't want to debulk until they can shrink it down but so far nothing is working. I can't remember the name of the 1st kind of chemo she was on, but the 2nd one was Topotecan & none of these have helped her . I was just wondering if anyone could give any advice . I'm just lost.

 

Well my mother had her 1st treatment of the Doxil on the 15th & was put in the hospital last night 16th !! She was vomiting & in really bad pain . I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else because her doctor told her this morning that she must have a virus !!!! I'm not in the same state that she is & she is in a very small town with not the best of care .

 

HI, My Mom inlaw has primary peritoneal cancer, it mimicks ovarian same cancer and treatment. She had a treatmentof Doxil dec.10th. Well about 3 weeks after her treatment she was having severe headaches and vomiting, sky high blood pressure, small seizures, she was hospitalized, they said it was a virus, cat scan neg. mri neg. and blood culture neg! Ok, she came out of hospital, still vomiting, passing out severe headaches, everything, now back in hospital, DOING Awful.Next step is spinal tap. They still are saying some kind of virus. Whats going on with your mom any news?

Well my mom is doing better,I think !!!!! The doctor says that she has what they call a pie ! Where the tumor is pushing on the colon & everything can't get out . For the most part after they cleaned her out then she couldn't stop going so they gave her something else to slow her down a bit !! They now say that her magnesium , potassium & blood levels are to low & they are doing some checking on her stools . I really don't think they have a clue as to what's going on, but he has no plans to let her go home just yet either !! Keep me posted .

I had my first Doxil Treatment on January 7th. The first week I felt
the effects post steroid, took good care of my mouth, hands, feet and
skin (cold gel packs, cool short showers, lots of moisturizer, cool
beverages and loose clothing) and I just rested for 3-5 days post
chemo. I did have awful constipation for the first 4 days after the
Doxil so that must be handled better next time, will try softeners
before the treatments and. I also had a mild headache for a few days. I
felt slightly sluggish during the second week and now starting week 3 I
feel fairly good. Saw the doc today, no bad lab works. So I'll be
getting my second treatment on feb 4. I hope you have similar
experience as me, but you must be careful to avoid hand and foot
syndrome, so treat yourself gently the day before the treatment
(identified above in parenthesis) and for  3-5 days post
treatment. If you develop hand and foot, you may need to discontinue
the treatment or reduce the dose. If it's working, you don't want to
have to stop it.

Take care, Jeanne 

 

Thanks for all the info. Jeanne . You sound like you were in much better shape going into this than my mom was, bless her heart . She's still in the hospital & right now he has no plans to let her go home unless today she's much much better ! THey are still running all kinds of test so it's just a waiting game at this point . Talking to her yesterday morning I could tell she's just all to pieces because she cried because they didn't bring her her oatmeal that she wanted for breakfast !! Then I got off the ph. & cried too !!!! I'll keep you in my prayers.

 

On 1/22/2008 fruitloop62 wrote:

Thanks for all the info. Jeanne . You sound like you were in much better shape going into this than my mom was, bless her heart . She's still in the hospital & right now he has no plans to let her go home unless today she's much much better ! THey are still running all kinds of test so it's just a waiting game at this point . Talking to her yesterday morning I could tell she's just all to pieces because she cried because they didn't bring her her oatmeal that she wanted for breakfast !! Then I got off the ph. & cried too !!!! I'll keep you in my prayers.

my namI e is Krista and just finished my 5th Doxil treatment. The only side effect I am having is a horrible rash that itches terribly. I am responding really well to this drug and have heard that it is a miracle drug. Don't lose hope yet until she gets the other problem resolved. Take care and know that you are not alone in this horrible situation.

On 1/23/2008 KristaJ wrote:

 

On 1/22/2008 fruitloop62 wrote:

Thanks for all the info. Jeanne . You sound like you were in much better shape going into this than my mom was, bless her heart . She's still in the hospital & right now he has no plans to let her go home unless today she's much much better ! THey are still running all kinds of test so it's just a waiting game at this point . Talking to her yesterday morning I could tell she's just all to pieces because she cried because they didn't bring her her oatmeal that she wanted for breakfast !! Then I got off the ph. & cried too !!!! I'll keep you in my prayers.

my namI e is Krista and just finished my 5th Doxil treatment. The only side effect I am having is a horrible rash that itches terribly. I am responding really well to this drug and have heard that it is a miracle drug. Don't lose hope yet until she gets the other problem resolved. Take care and know that you are not alone in this horrible situation.

Thanks to all of you who have given me support & hope . I want to let you all know that my mom is still in the hospital & now has started to run a high fever. I'm hoping & praying that it's nothing serious & she will be going home in a few days . That was the plan yesterday morning when she saw here doctor , but now things have changed . My prayers will be with you all .

On 1/23/2008 KristaJ wrote:

 

On 1/22/2008 fruitloop62 wrote:

Thanks for all the info. Jeanne . You sound like you were in much better shape going into this than my mom was, bless her heart . She's still in the hospital & right now he has no plans to let her go home unless today she's much much better ! THey are still running all kinds of test so it's just a waiting game at this point . Talking to her yesterday morning I could tell she's just all to pieces because she cried because they didn't bring her her oatmeal that she wanted for breakfast !! Then I got off the ph. & cried too !!!! I'll keep you in my prayers.

my namI e is Krista and just finished my 5th Doxil treatment. The only side effect I am having is a horrible rash that itches terribly. I am responding really well to this drug and have heard that it is a miracle drug. Don't lose hope yet until she gets the other problem resolved. Take care and know that you are not alone in this horrible situation.

Thanks to all of you who have given me support & hope . I want to let you all know that my mom is still in the hospital & now has started to run a high fever. I'm hoping & praying that it's nothing serious & she will be going home in a few days . That was the plan yesterday morning when she saw here doctor , but now things have changed . My prayers will be with you all .