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Whipple procedure and follow up chemo
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Dec 18, 2022 | Replies (71)Comment receiving replies
Hello BB21,
I appreciate your comments and feedback. I will definitely ask for a better solution to the post nausea/queasiness I had for so many days after the pump was removed. I don't take Gaviscon... I'll ask about that. Post 1st infusion, after 3 unpleasant days, I was fine with what they gave me. I also haven't heard of Dex tabs, will ask if that might help. The antinausea meds certainly didn't make me feel good or chase away queasiness. Thanks for the education. How many cycles do you have planned, I have 12 (just shy of 6 mts). I didn't know if is going to be possible to be off the creon at some point. I'm missing 20-30% of the pancreas I was told. Thanks for responding and so quickly. Vera
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Since I have lesions in the liver and a rare genotype that occurs in only 1 % of Pan CA, I will be on some treatment to try to keep it at bay until I die...which I hope is much later. I start gemcitabine plus cisplatin next Wednesday. This is my 5th chemo combo plus one clinical trial with an immunological therapy since diagnosis. I am waiting on another trial with targeted treatment to show its face. A couple of combos I had to stop due to low platelet counts. The Clinical trial combo gave me the worse side effects...skin and yeast infections and some digestive...but life is worth it.