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Margaret, Sending prayers for your husband.

I guess I was one of the unlucky ones because I lost ALL of my hair with carbo/taxol. The hair has come back on my head (a different color and curly) but the hair on my legs and under my arms never has really come back - Yeah - no shaving!

Angie, I am sooo sorry. This is sooooo HARD!! This is the place to be able to vent your feelings. I'm wondering if your Dad could be dehydrated and that could be the reason for the dizziness and the low blood pressure and just feeling bad in general. Praying for you and your Dad

Tariq. Welcome to our site. Please know you can always come here for support and that many people here are praying for your Dad, Mom, and you. I also have 2 sons - a 20 year old (studing predental) and a just-turned 16 year old (his birthday is today). I'm glad you decided to sign on.

Don & Lucie, I'm glad it turned out to only be a recurrence of a previous bone mets. I'm sure you are both relieved . . . now on with beating this thing!

Francine, Sending prayers your way!

Sorry but I haven't heard of it before. If you find out more about it, could you tell us more about it? Thanks,

Elaine, I am so very sorry. That just really sucks. How could anyone treat another person like that???? As you know, he is under no obligation to tell a potential employer about your illness. Can we ask, what type of work he does? Maybe the people here on this board can help put out "feelers" for him. Are you willing to move? Sending you both TONS of prayers.

I sometimes catch Doug Kauffman's TV show in mornings. His theory is that fungi are the cause of many chronic illnesses - including cancer. I ordered one of his books and a lot of what he says does seem to make some sense although some of his dietary advice is contrary to what is included in the macrobiotic diet. Has anyone seen his show? read any of his books? or tried the diet? Thanks

Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study. That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities. The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed. The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?" He smiled at her and answered, Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it." If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.

CONGRATULATIONS on the GREAT news!!!!!

Heather, Thanks for letting us know. Sending prayers.

Yee Haw!! You did it!!

This is GREAT news!!

Angie, I'm so sorry. Sending prayers to you and your family.

TAnn, You're over half-way through!! Hang in there!

Beth, I'm sorry you're having to make this tough decision. I had Taxol and had the SEVERE muscle and joint pains. I had to take narcotics for about 3 -4 days each cycle to deal with them and was fairly non-functional for almost a week - but with lots of family and friend support it was doable. Also I believe they can "desensitize" you if you have had a reaction to carboplatin. I guess what I'm saying is that even though it has been really rough, they still may be able use those drugs if they think they're the best. I like to ask my docs, "if this were you, your sister, your daughter, etc., what would you advise them?" Having said all that, I'm not 100% sure what I'd do but I think I'd try to complete the chemo. Can you get a second opinion to help in your decision? Sending prayers to you,

YeeHaa!! That is fantastic news!

Cat, Thanks for sharing - it looks very interesting.

When I got Carbo and Taxol on a Monday, I would have the muscle and joint pains (and generally feel very lousy) Thursday through Saturday. As you can see though, everyone reacts a little differently.

Sending prayers for you and your pops.

I didn't have surgery to remove any of my lung but I did have a thoracotomy to get a biopsy, etc. I still do have the SOB and gurgles - they kinda come and go. I also still do the incentive spirometry even though it's been close to a year now. No one told me to do this - but I figure it can't hurt. I also use an albuterol inhaler 2-3 times per day although it doesn't seem to do much. You'll be sooo glad you have a port for blood draws and for the chemo.

TAnn, Do you get the radiation every day? I've heard that the fatigue with radiation is even worse than with chemo. Have you seen the T-shirts that say something like, "Back off - I'm out of estrogen and I have a gun"? Maybe we should have one for LC - "Back off - I'm tired, my brain is being nuked and I'm on steroids!" Hang there - sending prayers your way.

What a great post! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for giving us a "heads up" Does it get any better than Sr., Paulie, Lance & motorcycles? - I don't think so!