Posts Tagged ‘chemo side effects’
UPDATE: Decided to try the Tarceva before the new chemo. Will update you on how it works. __________ Went to Roswell yesterday to get a CT scan. It came back showing the clinical trial drug TL, along with the Gemzar (another chemo) is not working. With that, and the fact that my side effects now [...]
Just had chemo on Friday, which was chemo number 4 in the clinical trial. I have been having low levels of while blood cells and this time, they determined that I have neutropenia. Neutropenia is an abnormally low level of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell). As it was explained to me, it’s the [...]
Never having chemo before, I had no idea what I was getting into. I was naive and set myself up for this extremely complicated procedure. Turns out, chemo isn’t so scary. It’s a lot easier than Gamma Knife. You basically sit in a chair and they hook you up to an IV. At the onset, [...]
