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I had my chemo treatment today. They changed my chemical cocktail. In previous treatments I got 390 mg of Taxol and 575 mg of Carboplatin.
Today they gave me 145 mg of Taxotere and 1550 mg of Gemzar. My oncologists said that these attack the parasite in a slightly different way.
I asked him if after some time the parasite would forget the original chemo treatment and we can hit it again with the same chemo. He said we can, but we need to wait at least a year before we can go back to a previously used chemo cocktail. He said we need to wait long enough for the parasite to forget the original chemo cocktail.
I told him about the study that showed that Capsaicin greatly slowed the growth of tumor cells. He comes from India and responded that perhaps that’s could be a reason the cancer rate in India is low. He suggested I add Turmeric to my diet. I was surprised he didn’t pooh-pooh the idea. Perhaps he thought it probably won’t help, but it won’t hurt anything.
I did tell him I thought he was competent. Which I think he is. He thanked me.
My treatment took a much shorter time. For one I didn’t get any Benadryl this time, which I greatly appreciated. I felt I was still in possession of my faculties as opposed to how I felt in previous treatments.
I went into the office and did a little work this afternoon. About 4:00 pm I started to degrade a bit.
No Neulasta tomorrow. Next Wednesday I go back for just another shot of the Gemzar. The next day I get my Neulasta shot and then I get another treatment at the end of my 3-week cycle.
I spoke to my first podcast victim tonight. I had tried to call him yesterday, but got his voice mail. He sounded pretty badly. He said he thinks he has bronchitis. I told him I would call him for the interview after he recovers.
Right now I’m feeling pretty tired.
Posted by The Vorlon at May 10, 2006 8:13 PM