Mom went in for her chemo and the cat scan came back. Spots on her liver and lungs. She will start on Gemzar and Carboplatin. Not sure yet how long, just got off the phone with dad. Thinking maybe 6 months of treatment.
The insurance chemo didn't work but has worked for some. She didn't have any adverse effects while on it and her quality of life was good. So I think it was worth the risk for her and maybe for others.
Hindsight is always 20/20 and had we known this (insurance chemo) wouldn't work, it would have been better for her to have 8 months off chemo. she is now going to start back on a heavier dose of chemo and I'm sure that is going to be hard on her.
Hoping she will do as well on Carboplatin this time as she did last time.
During that time she was also taking Ginger. Three tablets a day with 5% ginerol in the tablets. That also didn't keep the cancer away. (i see a lot of threads on if this works or not, thought I would share what mom's experience was while taking it)