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     Hi. Sounds like your Mom is being positive and feeling good. I'd let her make her own choice on quality of life. I've been on chemo now for 30 months...it sucks. I don't feel well for days every chemo week. I'm getting sick of it. Lots of side effects and some are permanament. ( i'm 51. stage 4 ) I've had a few people I met thru the chemo room that were in their 70's....the chemo killed them.. radiation ki...

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      Hi. This is my story. I was 47 at this time. I remember in 2009 telling my doctor that I just didn’t feel right. I had hot flashes. I felt faint and weak sometimes and I had sharp abdominal pains. It was chalked up to menopause. Then in June of 2010 I was kayaking and I got a cramp. It felt like a charley horse in my abdomen on my left side. It really scared me and hurt a lot. After a few minutes it stopp...

      June 12 at 8:16 PM view post
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        When I had low platelets I was given a few baga of it thru IV. Karen

        June 09 at 9:36 PM view post
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          Hi, I had low platelets when I was on Folfirnox and a was given a few bags of platelets done IV. When I have low white blood cells I take neupogen shots. I don't have any idea about the bone marrow :(   It's great he has an appetite and is feeling well. That chemo made me nauseated and tired and other nasty side effects. Tell your brother...drink water....get outside....take walks.....enjoy each God gi...

          June 09 at 9:24 PM view post
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            Tara, I had low platelets with the folfirnox and the gave me more through IV. I do have low white blood cells with the combo and I take shots of Neupogen to raise them back up. I am on 2 weeks on and 1 week off this chemo combo. My tumor markers float around a bit....but not by hundreds. I would not worry yet....give it a few treatments to get working...that's my opinion. I agree cancer sucks......but....it's not a ...

            June 05 at 1:36 AM view post
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              My strength is really good. My 9 month old grandson that weighs 22 pounds keeps me going and has given me huge biceps. HaHa. I walk 2-3 miles most days. But....chemo does slow me up with the side effects 2-4 days. I've been on this chemo since Oct. The last CT I had was in May. It showed a slight increase in the pancreas. And some of my lung tumors have doubled in size. According to my Doctors the chemo is just buyin...

              June 03 at 1:29 AM view post
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                Hi. I'm on the same chemo, 2 weeks on and 1 week off. And ya , it stinks. But...here's some advice for your husband I hope that will help some; I know I'm going to have a fever so I take fever reducer. Also pain reliever for the leg pain I get. My feet and ankles are swollen too...not sure how to fix that. I do know I make it worse with my salt intake    but I can't taste much so I lay on the salt and ...

                June 03 at 12:27 AM view post
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                  I believe we were talking about insurace covering the Gemzar/Abranxane Combo.....  Not sure I'd want to do cannibis.....again. It's been about 30 years since I smoked it...Ha Ha...

                  May 27 at 3:02 AM view post
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                    I was on Net Work Health with my husbands work.Now "they " forced me on Medicare and we chose Anthem Blue cross as secondary.

                    May 25 at 2:10 PM view post
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                      Those are great results Cathy. Prayers and treatments are working.  Do you have power of attorney for your Mom....maybe they would provide you more info about her with that ..not sure.

                      May 25 at 2:01 PM view post
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                      I'm married and a mother of 3 daughters. Also a Grandma ! I'm 51 years old. I was diagnosed with stage 4 well differentiated adenocarcinoma pancreatic cancer on 12-20-10. My cancer is at the tail end of the pancreas and in the lungs and random nodules peppered thru my abdomen. I had surgery on 1-6-11 but they stopped when they found all the nodules in my abs. So, the surgery did nothing. I'm putting all my hope in God. He's the Great Physicion. I had 10 treatments of folfirnox. Then 19 treatments of Gemzar.I had my spleen and gallbladder removed on 9-21-11. They found at the time that the cancer was only in the pancreas. (4-12) back on 5FU because the Gemzar stopped working for me. The pancreas tumor is slighly bigger and the lung nodules are slightly bigger. Praying for a miricle. 09-12 Started Abraxane/ Gemzar Combo. FU5 no longer working.

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