Mum went for her 2nd cycle of Taxotere yesterday....
Mum asked dr whether she will need radiation after the chemo sessions not...
Dr says to me that considering the aggressive tumours my mum had...she will benefit from radiation to reduce the chances of local recurrence.... but becos its on the left side where the heart is and becos of my mum age and the number of chemo she had and she has hypertension.... it will affect the arteries... so the dr suggest not to...
But I told dr that my mum cant really confirm whether she has hypertension not....cos the first time when her blood pressure shot up over 150...she went to polyclinic where the dr prescribe her with the med... but dr says this is not right....the patient has to be monitor for three readings before confirming the patient has hypertension so dr suspect my mum does not have hypertension....
Dr told my mum to off the med to monitor her blood pressure.... if she really doesnt have hypertension...we will discuss abt the radiation again... hopefully my mum can go for radiation and benefit from it...
Mum told her after the meeting with the dr....if she really needs to go for radiation...she rather have it at NCC where its much cheaper and can get full claim from the insurance.... hmm... i will ask dr to refer my mum to NCC if she really can go for radiation treatment...
Friday, December 19, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Side Effects of Taxotere
Mum went to see Dr yesterday for review post one week of having Taxotere for the first time...
Blood test show low white counts... Dr gave my mum a injection to boast her white counts...
This Taxotere seems to have more side effects than the previous drug... nurse says Taxotere should be more manageable with minimal side effects... but it does not seems so for my mum...probably becos she had it for the very first time (the following cycles may be more manageable) and probably becos she had too many times of chemo...which affected her blood counts and the bone marrow... thats what the nurse said...
Side effects which my mum had for the past one week:
- No appetite
- Taste bud changed.... food is tasteless...
- Dry mouth
- Will feel the wind pine stucked after having meals.. even light ones...
- Diaharea
- Fatigue (hop onto bed at 8pm)
- Body aches
- Stange feeling around the intestines
Dr says the stucked feeling and the werid feeling around the intestines is becos there is infection.... probably becos my mum white counts are low so prone to infection... but it should get better after this week... hopefully...
Blood test show low white counts... Dr gave my mum a injection to boast her white counts...
This Taxotere seems to have more side effects than the previous drug... nurse says Taxotere should be more manageable with minimal side effects... but it does not seems so for my mum...probably becos she had it for the very first time (the following cycles may be more manageable) and probably becos she had too many times of chemo...which affected her blood counts and the bone marrow... thats what the nurse said...
Side effects which my mum had for the past one week:
- No appetite
- Taste bud changed.... food is tasteless...
- Dry mouth
- Will feel the wind pine stucked after having meals.. even light ones...
- Diaharea
- Fatigue (hop onto bed at 8pm)
- Body aches
- Stange feeling around the intestines
Dr says the stucked feeling and the werid feeling around the intestines is becos there is infection.... probably becos my mum white counts are low so prone to infection... but it should get better after this week... hopefully...
Monday, December 1, 2008
4th Cycle (New Drug)
Last Thurs my mum went for her 4th cycle... this time a different drug... Taxotere... Nurse says this drug has minimal side effects... might have body aches... slight nausea... numbness of the finger tips... thats abt all..
Mum told me yesterday that after she ate...she feels indigestion... like the food was stuck midway... she also experiences this with the drug before Taxotere... but this time feels more uncomfortable than before... she predicts she will have this for a few days at least after the drug is administered...
When my mum went for her 4th cycle last Thurs... Dr is not around... so we went straight for the chemo after the blood test results was out.... We already knew the Dr wont be around that day cos Dr told us he will be away and we can just come for the chemo...the new chemo drug will be ready for us... However when the nurse came by for the chemo...we realize its not a new drug...its still the red liquid pump ball... we asked the nurse how come...she says she didnt know cos the chemo form wrote the same drug by the Dr... we asked her to call Dr to confirm cos Im sure it shoudnt be...
After some time....the nurse came with the Taxotere....hmm... but when I asked her is it the Dr wrote wrongly...she did not answer me...hmm... I wonder what if I did not go with my mum that day.... Mum still told me its ok to use back the same drug....cos its cheaper.... Taxotere is very expensive... it cost abt $1k more than the previous drug.... arraghhh.... but I know why Dr uses different drug... to reduce the chances of realspe I guess... time really flies... its already the 4th cycle.... 2 more cycles to go... I hope mum will be in remission for a long long time....
Mum told me yesterday that after she ate...she feels indigestion... like the food was stuck midway... she also experiences this with the drug before Taxotere... but this time feels more uncomfortable than before... she predicts she will have this for a few days at least after the drug is administered...
When my mum went for her 4th cycle last Thurs... Dr is not around... so we went straight for the chemo after the blood test results was out.... We already knew the Dr wont be around that day cos Dr told us he will be away and we can just come for the chemo...the new chemo drug will be ready for us... However when the nurse came by for the chemo...we realize its not a new drug...its still the red liquid pump ball... we asked the nurse how come...she says she didnt know cos the chemo form wrote the same drug by the Dr... we asked her to call Dr to confirm cos Im sure it shoudnt be...
After some time....the nurse came with the Taxotere....hmm... but when I asked her is it the Dr wrote wrongly...she did not answer me...hmm... I wonder what if I did not go with my mum that day.... Mum still told me its ok to use back the same drug....cos its cheaper.... Taxotere is very expensive... it cost abt $1k more than the previous drug.... arraghhh.... but I know why Dr uses different drug... to reduce the chances of realspe I guess... time really flies... its already the 4th cycle.... 2 more cycles to go... I hope mum will be in remission for a long long time....
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