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- Sadly, my brother lost his battle with Stage 4 EC on December 20th. The end came unexpectedly...although the cancer had spread to his liver and his brain, he still was responding to chemo and radiation. Then, very suddenly, he lost control of his...
- Hi folks. My Stage 4 brother has been on a Taxol/Herceptin regime and is now beginning a four-week break from the Taxol. He's pleased as the stuff has been making him feel quite nauseous. Alas it's also caused considerable neuropathy in his feet,...
- Well, I'm sad to report that Brother's immunotherapy doesn't appear to be helping him. After days of battling nausea, fever, and anemia he started throwing up blood and went to the hospital...his main tumor was not only bleeding but had completely...
- My Stage 4 brother has been accepted into a study that involves immunotherapy, and he's very happy as none of the traditional chemo meds were working particularly well. I'm pleased that he's pleased, but also a bit concerned since he has to go off...
- I had a telephone chat with my Stage 4 brother a few days ago and learned that he'd developed anemia. I wasn't terribly surprised as the cancer has spread to his bones, he's undergoing aggressive chemo, and he really hasn't been eating well lately....
- Things suddenly aren't going well at all for my Stage 4 brother, and we're teetering on the brink of panic.Brother has had one round of chemo so far, and the results of his first scan was moderately positive. Of the dozen or so tumors in his torso,...
- Hi, my brother just had his first CT scan after beginning chemo, and it showed that the main tumor in his esophagus has shrunk by about 25%. He and the doctors seem pleased, but I feel a bit uncertain. The main tumor was about 4 cm, so I guess it's...
- Funny how occasionally in life things suddenly snap into perspective--I've been moping about Brother's problem taking chemo (treatment temporarily discontinued after low white blood cell count discovered). Probably just a bump in the road, but...
- Well, my brother was taken off chemo after only one course of treatment--seems his white blood cell count had dropped too low for them to continue. He's on some medication to try to get it back up and has retreated to a Buddhist monastery for...
- On Thursday I visited with my brother for the first time since his diagnosis...I admit I was afraid--the first round of chemo hit him hard, and I was dreading seen him look sick and washed out. But nothing of the kind! He's completely recovered from...
- Well, it's been a difficult week for Tom...chemo began last Wednesday, and apparently the side effects hit him hard over the weekend. He managed to lose four pounds in less than a week, but fortunately he's beginning to feel some better now.He's...
- Major changes in Brother's treatment--my head is still spinning, and I can only imagine the state his is in. As I mentioned earlier, he was slated a couple of weeks ago to enter a drug trial (standard chemo + 50% chance of receiving an experimental...
- My brother started his chemo yesterday (hooray!) and so far, so good. However, he's already developed one symptom that seems kind of strange: food tastes weird, different, in some cases almost inedible. Apparently he was nibbling cherries in the car...
- My brother Tom just called me...he was due to start chemo on Wednesday, and his new medical team just discovered that his tumor is among the 10% or so that tests positive for a certain protein. I don't understand all the details, but now his...
- Hi, my brother has been told by his physician to make a concentrated effort to put back on the 25 pounds he dieted off pre-diagnosis (plus some extra if he can). Personally I'd be pleased to be under orders to scarf down high calorie foods and...