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Beth, Best of luck with your surgery. Update us when you can.

Wow! What a weekend! My mom had a pulmonary embolism and pleural effusion. I'm not sure if one caused her to be short of breath more than another, but she had to use a 100% non-rebreather mask when she was in the hospital. They treated her with Lovenox for the blood clot. Are they saying anything about draining the pericardial effusion? Well, good luck to you and Suki. I'll be thinking about you and saying prayers for you.

Hoping for great results...

I'm so sorry to hear about your dad.

I sure hope Tarceva does the trick.

Welcome to the group!

Great news! Thanks for sharing.

Val, I'm so sorry to hear that you are struggling. We know that it is about the patient, but this is exactly where you should come to vent when you need to. I'm praying that things start to turn around.

I'm so glad to hear this!

Sending prayers that you can get the pain under control.

Wishing you nothing but the best.

Hi all. I've been away from the board for a while. My mom was hospitalized a week ago Tuesday and passed away Sunday. Thanks so much for all your support. I've been catching up on other posts and will post more later.

I'm also really sorry to hear you are having such pain. I agree with the others that you shouldn't hesitate to call the doctor and ask for stronger pain medicine.

I'm really sorry to hear about your dad.

Glad to hear Dean is on the mend. Thanks for the update.

I'm glad to hear you have a plan. Wishing you the best of luck.

Just wanted to welcome you. My mom's cancer was also pressing against her recurrent laryngeal nerve. She's also had nausea all along, and we've never really figured out why. I assumed that it was from the liver or pancreas, but she even had the nausea during a time when her scans showed nothing remarkable in the liver or pancreas. Zofran seems to help a little, but so far she hasn't found anything that helps completely. Good luck to you and your dad.

Sending prayers your way. Keep us posted.

Happy Anniversary!!!!!!

Brandy, Welcome. Of course, all of us wish we didn't have a reason to be here. Please post more when you know more about your dad's situation and let us know how we may support you. Take care,

I loved your post, and I'm very glad to hear you were able to play golf yesterday!

Addie, Thanks for the additional information. I will remember it in case my mom moves on to Topotecan in the future. Take care,

Thanks for all your replies. My mom had her first round of camptosar and cisplatin yesterday. Hopefully she will tolerate it okay. I called and talked to the nurse who administers chemo at her doctor's office. My mom never told them about her extreme nausea. We're all scratching our heads about the nausea since she hadn't been getting chemo for awhile. Anyway, she does have Zofran, and the nurse said they give Emend and Aloxi there. I feel better that I did what I could to make them aware of my mom's circumstances. Addie, the fact that there are several of you here using Topotecan is what made me wonder if maybe she should use it too. I thought it might be a little easier on her. Anyway, I guess she'll try to stick with the cisplatin and camptosar for a while and see how it goes. Addie, I'm also keeping in the back of my head that your onc mentioned using Topotecan as a sort of maintenance drug, right? Thanks again. I don't know what I would do without you!

I'm afraid I don't have any advice, but my thoughts and prayers are with you. Glad to hear you're headed to the doctor today. Keep us posted.

Val, I'm not familiar with the new drug, but I pray it helps your mom.