maria
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I had my diagnosis of intrahepatic CC April-2010. Done a lot af scans since that. About a month ago I had the opportunity to look at the scans and was surprised to find out that the tumors in my liver were growing for 2-3 months before the route changed and the started shrinking.
To me it seems that it can take a while before you see changes. First of all – in a scan you donTrevor
When I started with Gemzar+Oxaliplatin (almost the same, but I think Oxaliplatin has a little less side-effects) I experienced a lot of nausea, thoug no vomiting. Strange, but it got better! I allways refused cortison as I donI would very much recommend the book “Anticancer” by David Servan Schreiber.
A scientific approach to how diet, among other things, affects your body and cancer.
This book has been my guide through this last year fighting this cancer. It has been such a big help AND has given me a lot of hope, which is hard to find when it comes to CC.Nikki, what a story! Leaves you speechless really!
Of course such a shock for you, but in the end; it couldn
Krisi, please remember that the future only exists in our minds! Nobody knows how it will look like, nobody!! We can only live here and now. With cancer, or without!
//MariaThe information I got before starting Gemox was that it rarely causes hairloss!!
The neuropathy I got was never painful, luckily, just annoying. Now I have to really put pressure to my fingertips to feel it at all!Before starting with Astragalus I had to stop Xeloda+Gemzar after one week due to neutrofils at 0,7-0,8. This time, for example, neutr was 3,8!!!! after one week and today I found out that mondays bloodcount after two weeks showed neutr 1,5! Not a little improvement I would say, but a HUGE one : )
AND I feel much stronger, not to say completely healthy.
//MariaI never lost ANY hair during my year with Gemox! After 13 rounds I had to stop due to persistant neuropathy. Now, 4 months after last treatment, the neuropathy is backing away each day. Remaining some, like maybe 25%.
On the Sloan-Ketteing website I found a list of herbs linked to Pubmed. Started with Astragalus and Ashwaganda as complemenary medicine. I
