Keli Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Well the cisplatin and etopiside didnt work -- I had one treatment and a week and a half later i had the lymphs go crazy -- on my neck - in front of my heart - some system node that makes my right hand is numb. These are all in the envelop of the NSCLC IIIb. The node under my arm bit and a node in my lower back of course is not. I am a IV now and not very happy about it. I start on Taxol ( again ) and Avastin tomorrow the 23rd. I sooo hope this works. Doc says I will probably stay on a maintenance dose of something because of my nodes. On the positive side -- the CT did show the tumor in the lung did get smaller -- I was told if it showed no change it would be no surprise because it usually takes at least 3 months to see a change in the ct due to the body cleaning up the dead tissue. That is really good!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joppette Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 It sounds very good Keli! We have a lot of members here on maintenance medication, and they are doing very well! You will too! Judy in MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keli Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 went to the Oncologist today and he change the treatment. He put me on Cisplatin , Gemzar and avastin. I had 2 reactions to the avastin so we put it off for 3 weeks. WBC and neutrophils are so low he almost didnt give me the chemo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillise Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 keli--shrinkage is GOOD! Sometimes you have to try some treatments before you find the ones that work for you. Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaminkw Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I agree with Susan, shrinkage especially of the primary is very good. When we are being followed, they find every little thing to scare us. Hope you settle into a successful treatment plan very soon. I love you used the evil looking green smiley face. It's my grandson's favorite. He's always telling me to use it lol. Judy in KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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