HI,
I am having a real rough time on this stuff. I am three weeks into the second round and can hardly get out of bed! I have horrible abdominal pain. I have been dragging myself to the Dr. every week but really getting no relief. I have lost 25 pounds and am virtually living in my bedroom. Still more symptoms of the cancer seem to be going away and at this point I think that the Doxil has not fully kicked in yet and the pains that I have are cancer related, they would like me to please try and do at least three sessions. I have been neglecting every thing and everybody the last couple of weeks and I am not happy about that either but you can only do so much!!! Jennie did your lower back pain just go away! I am glad to hear that you are taking it all in stride too! Thanks for asking about me Gail and I hope you are doing well too! Happy Thanksgiving to all!
kathy
Is your CA 125 rising? I seem to see several posts about that. Scary, I would imagine, but there has to be a reason why Doxil is supposed to work. I hope things get easier for you. Chemo stinks any way you look at it. Take care.
Very glad you are trying to contact Kathy O - I tried but my post is now way down the page. I've been wondering how you are doing kathy too? I can't say Doxil (Caelyx here) is proving very easy for me either - just feel really rotten - exhausted, my digestion is upset, my teeth ache! Began to feel a bit better about 2 weeks in last time - hope its like that this time. Not having hand/foot problems as yet. Not at all convinced it's doing anything for me - still having quite a lot of niggly pains. Difficult to see myself lasting out with this for more than 3 cycles if my cancer is still progressing. But not sure if anything else will work better? Anyone done better on other drugs when Doxil hasn't worked for them?