I'm so appreciative of your support and sharing your experiences. My oncologist is a reasearch scientist with a strong integrative medicine approach. If he weren't, it wouldn't have been a match for me. I cut and pasted the most pertinent information you shared with me and sent it to him. I'm willing to "tough it out" and stay on the Doxil as I don't want to endure weekly treatments until I must.
I'm currently on Prednisone again and while the rash is still there, the fire and heat is not.
Thank you again for you helpful information. Oh, I found Tamanu oil has helped a lot with the dryness and pain of the "radiation-like" rash. It's dreadfully pricey, however. I'm going to write to the company to find out if they sell wholesale or are willing to extend a discount to cancer patients.
I was in Sedona last December during the floods so I wasn't able to go to Oak Creek Canyon or up to the red rocks. I plan to come back. I would enjoy remaining in touch offline so that we don't stray too far from the point of the message board. I can be reached at rain@vanilla.com.