libby Saks

Thank you all for your suggestions and support. You are truely an incredible bunch. In answer to why my husband started Tarceva first, before standard chemo. It was our choice. He is being treated at Dana Farber Cancer Center in Boston. They were doing a clinical trial on Tarceva as a first line treatment. We could not do it after standard chemo and we thought it was worth the shot since it had worked well for a small number of people. We realized after 5 weeks he would not be one of that small number and so we are starting Taxol/Carbo on Monday. We are not sorry that we tried Tarceva since we would have always wondered about if it had worked. We hope the 5 week delay will not make a difference in how he responds to the chemo. We like and trust our oncology team but feel that we should take responsibilty for checking out everything we can. We were told he is not a candidate for radiation. He has multiple tumors in both lungs. Can anyone recommend any books on nutrition or vitamins during chemo. Any suggestions on what to eat? Again thank you all. Libby

Hi My husband is starting taxol/carbo Monday after a failed Tarceva trial. I just feel there must be so much more I can be doing for him. Should I be looking into alternative therapies at the same time. Should we try and do nutritional supplements, reikki, all those other things I read about. He is so weak and tired and has no energy for researching and evaluating (unusual for him). I feel so responsible for all his care and want to make sure we try anything that might work. How do you decide where to put your energy. Libby