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• nands has replied to a post on the message board

  My first six rounds of chemo were carboplatin/taxotere and I experienced the neuropathy beginning around the third round.  I take the B6 & B12 along with a prescription med called Gabapentin (Neurontin).  The does of Gabapentin depends on how severe the neuropathy is.  I am currently on my 4th sets of chemo and the numbness is not so bad, but still there - so my dr keeps me on a low dose. ...

  September 13 at 12:36 PM view post

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  I too have been faced with this dilemma.  I have been undergoing treatments since Dec. 2009 for Ovarian Cancer and twice already have been hit with shortages.  The first of Taxol wasn't so bad, but just recently I was at the half-way mark of six rounds of Gemzar & Carbo when there was a Gemzar shortage.  When I was placed on the Gemzar regimen, the Dr. had actually wanted to put me on Doxil/Carbo, ...

  June 07, 2012 view news story

• nands has replied to a post on the message board

  No matter what stage your mother is, it's terrifying to hear the word Cancer. It's all about faith and attitude!  I was diagnosed with stage 3C at the end of 2009 and have gone thru six initial treatments of taxotore/carbo followed by 12 rounds of taxol/carbo and then in 2012 on my 55th birthday found out the big C was back.  I started another six rounds of Gemzar/Carbo in February, but after finishing...

  May 17, 2012 view post

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    I just learned of this during my last visit to my GYN/Oncologist.  I think it is terrible that this "gray market" is holding us hostage.  It is not enough that we patients have to go thru all this, but now we have the added worry of whether or not our next treatment will be available and that our insurance will actually pay because of the extreme markup.  Maybe the actual names of the...

  November 03, 2011 view post

• nands has commented on a news story

  I'm currently mid-way of 12 maintenance Taxol treatments for Stage 3C Ovarian Cancer.  I received a call regarding my annual mammogram.  My question to the caller was "why do I need a mammogram - isn't this chemo that I have gone thru and are going thru not going to take care of anything in my breast."  She said I still need the mammo.  I'm kind of cautious due to the fact...

  October 14, 2010 view news story