MY MOM WAS DIAGNOSED 04-10-07 AND THEY SAID IT WAS INOPERABLE. AT FIRST THE LOCAL ONCOLOGISTS SAID IT WAS TO FAR AND HE WOULD NOT EVEN TRY TO TREAT IT. THEN HE CAME BACK AND SAID HE THOUGHT HE COULD TREAT IT. WE BROUGHT HER HOME. TWO WEEKS LATER HE STARTED HER ON CARBO PLATIN CHEMO. IT WAS HORRENDOUS SHE THREW UP NON STOP FOR 4 DAYS AND THEN WE WERE BACK IN HOSPITAL AND THIS SENARIO WENT ON UNTIL SHE WAS SENT HOME 2 WEEKS AGO BECAUSE HE HAD TAKEN HER OFF ALL IV AND EVERYTHING SHE WAS JUST LAYING IN THE HOSPITAL AND WASTING TO NOTHING. WE CHANGED ONCOLOGIST AS SOON AS HE RELEASED HER TO HOSPICE. MY MOM SAID I DO NOT WANT TO GO HOME AND WAIT TO DIE. SO WE CALLED ANOTHER ONCOLOGIST THAT HAD VISITED HER IN THE HOSPITAL AND HAD SUGGESTED XELODA . IT IS CHEMO THERAPY IN A PILL AND FOR 8 DAYS SHE WAS GREAT SHE HAD AN APPETITE AND WAS ABLE TO WALK AROUND A LITTLE. THEN SHE STARTED THROWING UP AGAIN. NOT AS PROFUSELY BUT STILL IT IS WEAKENING HER. DO YOU HAVE ANY REMEDIES FOR NAUSEA. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH XELODA OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT HELP HER. SHE IS ONLY 61 JUST MADE 61 06-02-07. ANY HELP WILL BE GREAT.
LISA