Chemo taxol/carboplatin chemo

scarlet25 said:

Dear Marjamaria,

I'm sorry to read that you have mets to the lungs. My mom was diagnosed in March w/ endometrial cancer, mets to lungs and pelvic bone. Did you have a hysterectomy? They did not want to do a hysterectomy. There was too high of a risk, although, she is otherwise very healthy, 66yrs old. She had 2 rounds of chemo, carbo/taxol, it did help shrink the lung tumors, a little. But it did not help with the pelvic bone pain and the vaginal bleeding. They thought it would help w/ both those issues and shrink the lung tumors a lot more. She had 10 radiation treatments to the pelvic bone and uterus, and that helped w/ the bleeding and the pain. She did have to be hospitalized because her intestines became inflamed, so they stopped radiation after 10 treatments. She has been on megace, (hormonal treatment) since April, and her scans at the end of June did show the lung tumors are disappearing and her pelvic bone seems to be healing. She goes next week for a chest, abdomen and pelvic scan, so we will know then if things are continuing to shrink.

I have read on this site, and other websites that many who have endometrial cancer, w/ mets to the lungs respond quite well to the carbo/taxol combo. My mom's dr said she is treating a patient who had that chemo, and she has been in remission for over 1 year now. Please stay hopeful that it will work for you. If not, there are other chemo options. I'm not sure what they are, but my mom's onc told us there were other chemo combo's should the megace stop working. Also, my mom did quite well during both her chemo treatments. She felt sick and achey from the neulasta shot she had 24 hrs after chemo for the white blood cell count, but otherwise, felt good. She lost her hair about 10 days after the first treatment. That was very difficult for her. Also, she was drinking a combination of essiac and cat's claw tea (we purchased from an herbalist). Her doctor was in favor of this throughout chemo and said it would help her w/ the nausea. We think it did, as she didn't have any nausea. She is also drinking "alkaline" water. She didn't like the taste of regular water after chemo, as it had a metallic taste to her. We read that cancer survives in a non-alkaline environment. We found a brand of alkaline water that is sold in our local supermarket. It's expensive, but she is drinking 4-5 bottles daily and enjoys it. She is trying to change her diet a bit, and not eating as much white flour, red meat, and refined sugar. The nutritionist at her hospital suggested a high protein diet throughout chemo and also lots of green vegetables. My mom struggled with the green vegetables, but did manage to eat them. The nutritionist also suggested 400mg of Vit D and 500mg of fish oil, and a multi vitamin. She also had accupuncture 2x's per week throughout chemo and has been going once a week since the chemo ended. My mom is feeling very good right now. She tires easily, but otherwise, is living as normal of a life as she can. She is such an inspiration, because she is so positive and has much hope. Do you have mets to any other organs? I hope you will find some of this information helpful. And I hope the carbo/taxol chemo will shrink some of your tumors and you can enjoy some type of remission or partial remission. Sending you healing thoughts and prayers.

Scarlet