new plan/ gezmar & carboplatin

lemonpie...I don't have any experience with those drugs, but have read posts from women on the mets board as well as on the 2nd cancer board about them. Hopefully you'll get some feedback either here or in one of those sections.

~Marin

lemonpie from lufkin...is there something about Texas and triple neg?

I started on Cisplatin/Gemzar May 2.  I think that Cisplatin is similar to Carboplatin in that it is platinum based.  However I think (chemo brain?) you said this CA is ER+ so I don't know aobut that; I thought the platinums were more for triple negative so maybe his thought is to hit both at once.  I am still learning the SEs. 

I get Aloxi IV (day of chemo) and Decadron and Emend orally for the nausea (3 days worth).  It takes from 4-6 hours to do the chemo, depending, of course, on the pharmacy effienciency/crowd/demand.  I have 4 cycles of : 2 weeks on, one week off, one week on, rinse, repeat.

I haven't lost my hair yet.  My mouth is sore but doesn't actually HAVE sores.  Muscle/bone pain.  Feeling kinda weakish.  Also sorry for myself, in case you hadn't noticed!   Wake up at 2-3 am nauseated and can't go back to sleep.  Will address this stuff when I see the onc. again on the 23rd.  3-4 days constipation & 3-4 days diahrrea, also lack of spelling skills. 

ALSO...very important if you are at ALL prone to motion sickness, migraine AND THIS APPLIES TO ALL CHEMO, INCLUDING A/C/T:  Chemo gives me a heckuva migraine (I don't like to admit this to My Husband The Neurologist, but he's the one who saved me and saved himself from being murdured for the crime of chewing pretzels) SOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

I take Reglan (metoclopromide) for that and its associated nausea.  Otherwise, I'd've killed myself the first time around.  If light and noise bother you, you have a migraine; get HELP.

OK, I've forgotten the question.  Lemonpie, good luck and if I can help you at all please let me know.  I'll be thinking about you...even when my interweb connection doesn't work....

dc