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Number of rounds of carbo/taxol

amyd1
amyd1 CSN Member Posts: 6
in Ovarian Cancer #1
Hi ladies. My mother has completed 8 rounds of carbo/taxol. 3 pre-surgery and 5 post-surgery. Her CA125 was very high pre and post surgery. 40,000 pre-surgery down to 977 post-surgery then back up to 3,000 when she restarted chemo. The carbo/taxol has been decreasing the number. It's now down to 172. It still seems to be decreasing as before the last round is was 300. She went to see a new gyn/onc this week and he recommends switching chemo drugs. He says he doesn't like to do more than 8-10 rounds of carbo/taxol. Just wondering how many rounds you did before switching chemos?

Thank you!
Amy
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  • dreamer007
    dreamer007 CSN Member Posts: 61
    #2
    taxol/carbo
    Hi Amy,

    i had 4 or 5 taxol/carbo, then was switched to gemzar/carbo for the rest of
    the treatments, which was 4 or 5 total
    the tumors became resistent to the taxol, and it stopped working
    i am a little worried about a recurrence, and the shortage of some chemo
    drugs... i would not be against gemzar again, even though it wiped out
    most of my platelets, and hemoglobin...i got used to blood transfusions,
    but that was better than the bone pain from taxol... my hair started growing
    back shortly after the taxol was stopped
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  • lulu1010
    lulu1010 CSN Member Posts: 367
    #3
    dreamer007 said:

    taxol/carbo
    Hi Amy,

    i had 4 or 5 taxol/carbo, then was switched to gemzar/carbo for the rest of
    the treatments, which was 4 or 5 total
    the tumors became resistent to the taxol, and it stopped working
    i am a little worried about a recurrence, and the shortage of some chemo
    drugs... i would not be against gemzar again, even though it wiped out
    most of my platelets, and hemoglobin...i got used to blood transfusions,
    but that was better than the bone pain from taxol... my hair started growing
    back shortly after the taxol was stopped

    Taxol/carbo
    I had a total of 10 carbo and 6 taxol....4 carbo before surgery and six of each after surgery....presently in remission.
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  • wfisaac
    wfisaac CSN Member Posts: 60
    #4
    I did 6 rounds of
    I did 6 rounds of Taxol/Carboplatin at the highest dosage they can do. I ended up having a very bad reaction to the Carbo during my 6th round of it. They told me if someone does react to it, it's usually the 6th round for some reason. So, if I ever do have to do any more chemo, like some doctors seem to think, I will most likely be put on something different.
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