kjude Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Ayone have any experience with or knowledge about Alimta? I will be starting it soon??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadstimeon Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Had Alimta and out of all the chemos I had that one made me very fatigued. Did not have any other side effects from it. Also had very good results with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Alimta was hard on John-- he had to ask for a break to make it through the treatments. It did however shrink the cancer so it did it's job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welthy Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 My Mom always told me if I didn't have something nice to say, don't say anything. I'll leave it at that. Good luck. Welthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patti B Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Hi Kjude - How intereting that you posted this question - I will be receiving my first dose of Alimta this Friday 10/12. I started on Avastin/carboplatin/taxotered for 6 cycles and then for the past 7 months on Avastin only until my last weeks CAT showed growth. Avastin has virtually no side effects (at least for me) so it is kinda scary to go back on a chemo that might make me sick. I have read on other forums that Alimta seems to run the gamut in people - either extreme fatigue or no side effects at all. Hopefully for both of us it will not cause us a lot of side effects but still be effective. Will post another note after my first dose to let you know it went. Good luck to you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjude Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 Patti B anxious to hear from you after first Alimta..good luck! so far looks pretty good for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recce101 Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Hi, kjude: I don't have any personal experience with Alimta YET, but it's a possibility for me in the future. Here's some good info on onctalk.com: http://onctalk.com/?p=274 Or, you can type alimta in a search box on onctalk.com and get many screenfuls of links to articles there. As others have said, the benefits and side effects run the gamut -- from wonderful results with practically no side effects to very little benefit and severe side effects, primarily fatigue. Let's hope you're in the first group! Aloha, Ned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ursol Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I just started on Alimta also. My next treatment is 10/16/07. So far I'm SOB and not sure if related to the Alimta. Lilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjude Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Thank you Lily, please keep me informed about your Alimta treatment, I begin mine on 10-16,( third line) have you had any side effects other than the SOB, which may or may not be related? I am VERY SOB now, oh dear??? You sound as if you have been through a lot, on this journey... and learned things I have no idea about. I have just recently began "talking" about mine, and was orginally dx Nov. 05. I do wish you well!! Jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbf815 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 My mom had alimta and didn't have a hard time with it but that was also after having alimta/cisplatin. The cisplatin was hard on her so the alimta wasn't that bad. She was just tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ursol Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Jude, So far no side effects other than SOB and fatigue. Good luck with your treatment. Lilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnB Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 My mother just had her first round of Alimta and cisplatin, and she's only had a bit of fatigue (and I do mean just a little bit) and some nausea that her anti-nausea pills took care of handily. All the best to you, Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjude Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 Thaks for your added info, my best wishes, for continued success, to your Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patti B Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Hi again Kjude - I had my first treatment of Alimta this past Friday. So far, all is well. The only thing that happened is they put me back on some anti-naseau pre-meds and they always constipate me terribly!! I have had no naseau and actually - my SOB is better than before I took the treatment (could that be just a coincidence??)) The Alimta only is infused for 10 minutes - I was like - is this stuff really going to work?? Don't know if the fatigue is something that has to build up after several cycles or not but right now I feel really good!! Hope yours goes great - keep me posted!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjude Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 [bPatti, thanks for keeping me "up" on your treatments..today is MOn. 16th, I am having exceptionally bad SOB..it has increased daily for the past 5-6 days.I sure hope the encouraging news you had to share, about that, will be the same for me, and that it is not, just a coincidence !!!I have my first Alimta tomorrow at 1pm.. fatigue just seems to a regular part of this whole Cancer routine with me,it's simply a matter of what degree it is, on any given day!! I'll let you know how it goes! Judy [/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patti B Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Kjude - I will be thinking of you tomorrow at 1:00 pm and saying a prayer for you. Patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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