Avastin and cytoxan combo

[sher2140]

Hi everyone, It's somewhat comforting to read some of the postings and see that there are others of you who struggle with this same disease,stage 4 and continue to go through chemo for a good number of years. For me, it has been scary having these recurrences, but now I am beginning to accept this as being a chronic disease. I was diagnosed in March of 2006 and after surgery and taxol/carboplatin was in remission for 8 months. Then I took doxil for a few months, but it stopped working. After that,  I was on a clinical trial of topotekan and oxiliplatin and that stopped working after 41/2 months. So now I will soon be starting Avastin and cytoxan. If anyone has any knowledge about these drugs or any info about anything else that is working for them, I would appreciate the info.

[Terrin2]

I have two friends currently on Avastin and cytoxin,  one is on every two weeks, the other every three weeks.  Both have there CA coming down.  It has been about 4 months for both now.

[Tybear]

I am on Avastin and Cytoxan. I have taken a little break, while I waited for my CT results - I have to pay out of pocket for the drugs and wanted to make sure they were working before I continued on! I will now be recieving the Avastin (10mg/kilogram) every three weeks, and I continue to take my daily cytoxan pill, 50mg. I haven't really had problems with either. The pill doesn't bother me at all, and the Avastin just makes me a little tired for a couple days after the infusion. My blood pressure jumps a  little for a few days after, but manages to come back down on it's own. I am having good results - after three treatments, one of my tumors went from 4.5x3.2 to 2.5x2. Everything else showed a reduction in size as well. Does your insurance cover these drugs?
Take care,
Becky

[Tybear]

forgot to add....my CA125 isn't a useful marker for me. I found out it's still 18. It was 18 after I finished chemo the second time,  also when I had my recurrence. It never went up as my cancer grew and has stayed the same, even though my cancer is shrinking!