I have now started on a twelve month course of chemotherapy using the drug Temozolomide (Temodal) to mop up any remaining tumour cells and possibly even reduce the size of the remaining tumour. My Oncologist is Dr Paul Mainwaring at the Mater Hospital here in Brisbane. I am on a 28 day cycle where I take the Temodal for five days then have 23 days with no Temodal. I am also taking the anti-nausea drug Zofran for the whole 28 days to control the nausea which is a common side-effect of the Temodal. This week is the fourth week of the first cycle and so far all is going well.Monday, April 12, 2010
Chemotherapy has started
I have now started on a twelve month course of chemotherapy using the drug Temozolomide (Temodal) to mop up any remaining tumour cells and possibly even reduce the size of the remaining tumour. My Oncologist is Dr Paul Mainwaring at the Mater Hospital here in Brisbane. I am on a 28 day cycle where I take the Temodal for five days then have 23 days with no Temodal. I am also taking the anti-nausea drug Zofran for the whole 28 days to control the nausea which is a common side-effect of the Temodal. This week is the fourth week of the first cycle and so far all is going well.
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Hope it goes as well as it can Laurie.
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Hi Laurie, I've been following your updates as well. My boyfriend is on the same cycle and this June will be one year that he's been on Temodal. He was on another anti-nausea medication that didn't help so he was switched to Zofran and that made a huge difference. Sending you happy thoughts.
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