6 Weeks Of Chemo And Radiation

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So once week you will have chemo and radiation on the same day no big deal and how you handle both side effects is unknown at this timealso the scheduled blood work once week and the doc meeting once week.

6 weeks of chemo and radiation. Im sorry you or someone close are facing this mary. The traditional external beam radiation therapy treatment schedule usually requires daily trips to the hospital or cancer center usually 5 days a week for 4 to 6 weeks. Radiation is once daily five times week for six weeks chemo is usually once week for six weeks.

Ive been on my chemo plan 2 different pills and an injection over 4 weeks with a two week break for about 18 weeks and nothing has been as good for me as running and drinking around 100oz of water a day. Not even joking if you arent already active then try doing anything to get your heart pumping. 13 feb 2016 1944 hi everyone i am very lucky to have caught cancer in my lymph node very early as ive been monitored closely since anal cancer removal no treatment as i was pregnant in 2014.

She is finding even the simplest of liquids a struggle to get down. That tiredness lasted for several weeks after radiation ended. My chemo is capecitabine xeloda.

30 shots of radiation and 6 treatments of chemo which is a 2 hour drip of taxol and a 1 hour drip of carboplatin. Starting 5 weeks of chemo and radiation what to expect. Thank you for the a2a.

We have 7 more radiation treatments to go and 1 more chemo session. This is my first time doing a video. I lost my taste for approx 7 10 days after each chemo but it came back.

This is a great question to ask and i suspect others will also respond based on their experiences or their expertise as physicians but i can tell you about my wifes experience. I will be on 5 weeks of chemo and radiation. As combination therapy with radiation and chemotherapy is the question i would guess that the question pertains to standard neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer as radiation therapy isnt standard for colon cancers.

I drank protein shakes during that time. Hi everybody my wife was diagnosed in oct with 3 a nsc in her right lungshe finished the six weeks of chemo radiationwe just got the results from the ct scan the tumor in her right lung has shrunk 50 yeahsurgery is a goour question is should she get a pet ct scan before they do the surgerythanks for all your support. During radiation i was tired by thursday each week.

I felt tired a few days after each chemo session. She wants to stop and she has terrible mood swings. Make sure she moisturizes the area or.

In the standard treatment sequence radiation therapy doesnt start until the chemotherapy regimen is done. This is a video journal of my fight of rectal cancer. Sugar free candy may help.

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