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My father, who is 83 years old, recently had colon surgery to remove a
large cancerous tumor. Four lymph nodes were found to be cancerous,
also. He is now facing the prospect of chemotherapy. Two options have
been presented to him: one is a 6-month course of treatment with 4
doses one week, then off 3 weeks, etc,; the other is 1 dose per week for
1 year. He has been told that the side effects are minimal (sore mouth which
will be taken care of with a mouthwash, and diarrhea which can be
controlled with Immodium-AD). I am wondering if anyone has had such treatments and what the
side-effects were really like!
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-It would be a good idea to find out the names of the suggested
'protocols' (usually letters of drug name names or the names of the
drugs themselves) to help people answer your question. I also strongly
recommend that you subscribe to the Colon Cancer listserv. It is free
and the members there will be familiar with your dad's issues. I think
you will get sound advice there. To subscribe, go to the following URL,
and scroll down the list of available lists until you find "COLON
CANCER", then follow directions. It is easy to do. http://oncolink.upenn.edu/forms/listserv.html -My husband survived colon cancer 2 years ago. His treatment was the 52
week/once a week treatment involving the drugs 5-FU (fluorouricil) and
levamisol (sp?). Diahhrea was a problem throughout, it was controlled with
Immodium. As he got deeped into the treatment he experience body aches and
nausea. Regular Accupuncture treatments greatly helped the latter as did
fairly strong anti-nausea medication (Compazine and stronger).
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