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Prepareing For Chemo And Radiation?

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Subject: RE: prepareing for chemo and radiation?
Date: 03/26/2008

I don't know where your located, and i've only had the "chemo" experience at one hospital.... but on chemo days, you should expect to have your blood drawn every time. Nothing major just a standard CBC to ensure your blood counts are acceptable for chemo.

After your lab work is back, then the order for your chemo will be submitted to the "chemo pharmacy". at my hospital they have up to 2 hours to "create"/fill the chemo order. Sometimes it doesn't take that long, and some days it does....

While they are waiting for the chemo order to be filled, you will likely receive some fluids (standard iv) and possibly some premeds (usually sometime of anti nausea medicine, via iv as well).

Once your chemo drugs are ready, they will hook them up and set the drip for however long it's supposed to take. Since your receiving a "combo" and it's a trial (my mother was in one with ixabipilone & erbitux) you should expect to receive one, then the other; and may have to possibly sit around 1 hour after the 2nd one is finished for observation etc. your trial paperwork should tell you how many hours it will take for each drug.

If your doctor suspects you'll be in chemo for awhile, you should consider the  mediport.

My mother had her tumor removed the 1st time. They got everything. But she had a bad reaction, to 5FU and her doctor didn't bother to find another drug and keep her on chemo for the 6 months like her sugeon recommeded. He told her it would be fine to forgo it. We suspect because she didn't have insurance. Although pancreatic cancer has a high return rate, I can't help but think maybe we wouldn't be doing this again if she had gotten the chemo she was supposed to the 1st time.

I hope this helps.  

  

 

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