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Hi there, I’m glad to hear that your mom is doing well after her first tx. My mom is on the same chemo combo as yours, and she doesn’t seem to have any side effects from the chemo either. My mom also suffers from constipation. She uses enemas to cure it, they work like a charm for her. She knows that using enemas for an extended period of time can cause dependancy, but she doesn’t care. It only takes a moment to do it, and in reality she doesn’t have another 20yrs left to worry about that.
I am so sorry that you are going through all of those things in your mind. I think that you should focus on the present. But to answer your question if the doctors feel that there is nothing more that they can do then they will tell your mom that. She has a right to know. I do think that you are jumping ahead though. She might respond well to treatment, you should try to focus on that.
well she’s on Morphine so I doubt they have that in suppository form. She is taking gravel as a suppository for the nausea, but she doesn’t always take it because that makes her feel very groggy. She is going to see her oncologist on Tues when she goes in for her next chemo treatment so I will bring it up to her doctor. Thanks so much for the advice!
Thank you everyone for your support. My mom is still not eating, she says she feels too nauseous to eat, and she won’t force herself – that is just her personality. She is also vomiting alot, I think that’s probably because of all the meds on an empty stomach. I will keep you all updated if anything changes. Thank you all so much for you support. I am sorry that I have to visit this site, but I am grateful to find so much support and kindness on here. I wish everyone a happy new year!
Marions – Thank you so much for the info, I will have to find out which doctors she is seeing at the moment. I know that she is being treated by 2 doctors, not sure if they might be the same doctors you mentioned. Thank you.
Thanks for all the replies! I will check out the recipes for the shakes. She is currently drinking 2 ensures a day, but she is not eating much. She is very nauseous we think it’s from all the meds, and is taking gravel for the nausea and as a result she is sleeping alot. My mom doesn’t try to eat eventhough she is not hungry, she is the type to not eat when not hungry. I am hoping that she will change her mind about this as she is now down to 105lbs.
The spots on the momentum were seen on the CT scan, this led to further testing, and it was the liver biopsy that helped find the primary site. For awhile we were thinking that she would be diagnosed with cancer unknown primary. I never thought that her diagnosis would end up being something even more rare. I just hope that the cancer hasn’t spread too much during all of these tests that needed to be done to give her a diagnosis.
Tstewart4128 – my mom seems to be doing fine with the chemo, she has only had 1 treatment so far and we were told that it would take a couple treatments to see any side effects. We were told that the side effects for this particular combo of Chemo are very mild, just grogginess, and slight nausea, of course it’s different for everyone.
We are located in Toronto, Canada. She is being treated at Princess Margaret hospital, which has 2 docs that specialize in CC. Other doctors would refer her there even if we seek a second opinion.
Thank you for all of your responses, it is nice to chat with others who are going through the same thing.
