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side effects Chemotherapy for lung cancer stage 4
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Aug 23, 2009 - 1:07 am
My husband is having chemotherapy since june taxol/carboplatin .The last 3 weeks he is feeling terribly fatigue and he is depress. I do not know what to do. It seems the treatment is working because the tumor shrunk.But he told me lately that he feels that he dies every day.He is in bed every day. He quit working and he hardly has energy to go another room at the house. |
Joined: May 2009
My husband took Gemzar/Carboplatin. They were very hard on his system which caused him to have blood/platelet transfusions after every treatment. He too has been very weak and can't walk more than a few feet and even then needs assistance. He just stopped this chemo combo two weeks ago and is recovering slowly. This combo did indeed work and we saw improvement on our most recent CT scan, but it's too harsh and we're starting Tarceva on Monday. Sad to say, but Tarceva also causes fatigue but at least there shouldn't be any more transfusions.
Most likely when your hubby has his blood levels checked you'll see the cell counts dropped and this is why he's so weak.
Good luck to both of you and please come back here often because there are many here who can help with your concerns.
Joined: Feb 2007
Michelle - Tarceva doesn't necessarily cause fatigue - side effects I've noticed the most are skin rash and extremely dry skin (Eucerin helps a lot) and an occasional um...visit to the bathroom. Hopefully your husband will escape the worst of the side effects, too.