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Stopping Chemoimmunotherapy Treatments
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My husband had 2 chemo meds and 1 immunotherapy med. He got all 3 on the same day. So I don't know which med caused him so much distress. He was to go every 3 weeks for one day. He made it through two treatments and decided to quit getting them. Since his last treatment on Jan 2, he has not been well. He has not been out of the house because he has terrible balance and has fallen 4 times within a week. A hospice nurse is coming tomorrow and I hope she can give us some advice as to what lies in the future. I hope you are doing well. I am in PA and it is 6 degrees outside. Good night to drink hot chocolate.
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Thank you so much for your post. I’m truly sorry for what your husband and you are going through. My prayers are for your family. I can understand why he stopped. I don’t know what your state laws are or what your beliefs are, but, the only thing that has helped me with nausea and lack of interest in food and drink is medical cannabis in the form of gummies or drops. I can’t smoke pot because it makes me cough so bad. I haven’t been a person to use cannabis but the cancer center I went to plus other people suggested it. I don’t believe I would be alive today without it.
The medicine in the immunotherapy is a combination of the “medicine” they tell you about plus one of three others. Both are “chemo”. I know Hollis Cancer center in Lakeland,FL, don’t tell you this. The main medicine of immunotherapy is also chemo which they never told me. You can find this info by researching on this site.
I had 12 chemo treatments and 30-33 radiation treatments and if I knew then what I know now (which I asked over and over), I wouldn’t go through any treatment.
I hope you check out or even research on the cannabis; THC 10 mg is what helps me with the nausea and not able to eat. The CBD helps with pain. It will depend on your husband on the amount he would need and how often.
Hospice wouldn’t help me because I didn’t have a DNR.
God bless, Frandy
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Please try him on the THC smoke, gummies or drops; you have nothing to lose. I was on 3 different anti-nausea meds that didn’t help. Shouldn’t Hospice be giving him anti-nausea medication through an IV or will they do that?