Guest guest Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 My husband is on Avastin. He is currently taking it with 5FU Leucovorin and Oxilaplatin. He has a 46 hour pump for the 5FU and most of the side effects such as mouth sores seem to come from that. He has had some nausea on chemo day which may be the Avastin but he gets it with Oxilaplatin too. I will be interested to see how things go once the Oxilaplatin is removed in Sept. Currently it sends him to bed for the day with chemo induced chills and muscle aches. Narice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Nickie- I am sorry that your dad is having some abdominal discomfort. I am not on Avastin yet, but I have found that when I have had abdominal cramping from a variety of medications, lorazipam was the most helpful. I always had a problem with esophageal reflux for a long time before my diagnosis, but it increased when I was placed on chemotherapy, so I am now on a double dose of Previcid which helps control that. My thoughts and prayers are with you both. I hope things start improving for your Dad soon. Best wishes, Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Nickie- I am sorry that your dad is having some abdominal discomfort. I am not on Avastin yet, but I have found that when I have had abdominal cramping from a variety of medications, lorazipam was the most helpful. I always had a problem with esophageal reflux for a long time before my diagnosis, but it increased when I was placed on chemotherapy, so I am now on a double dose of Previcid which helps control that. My thoughts and prayers are with you both. I hope things start improving for your Dad soon. Best wishes, Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Nickie- I am sorry that your dad is having some abdominal discomfort. I am not on Avastin yet, but I have found that when I have had abdominal cramping from a variety of medications, lorazipam was the most helpful. I always had a problem with esophageal reflux for a long time before my diagnosis, but it increased when I was placed on chemotherapy, so I am now on a double dose of Previcid which helps control that. My thoughts and prayers are with you both. I hope things start improving for your Dad soon. Best wishes, Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Nickie: Bentyl helps on the cramps. The mets cause pain and depending on your tolerance there are various medications to assist with this. The intestines sometimes breakdown and you have to go off the med for a while and start overagain later. We fond smaller amounts of food, more frequently, help. Fresh fruits and vegetables and spices were a no no for us. Water with meals or right afterwards,sodas and seltzers were no no's also. We found the jr baby foods and fruit juices were good and vitamin water helped. Caffine was monitored and Nick had his foods not pureed but semi solid for digestive practises. He had liver mets. a perotoneal mass, a mass on the tip of the pancreas and in the end a lot more spots on the lungs than previously indicated. He was fortunate his B/p and cholesterol levels were normal(actually B/P was ;low he had no diabetes but he had a bit of artritis,not that it really impeded him to begin with. The Avastin caused him to have small nose bleeds,and a few hours after he received his treatment he became very floid but that lasted about 12 hours. He was on proscar and had no trouble urinating and the pain med had a second benefit,he had no lose stools. But the xeloda side effects are just as you mentioned and perhaps they were heightened with the addition of the Avastin. hang tough,things will get better and hopefully you can relax for a bit. Hugs,prayers and may the faith that moves mountains,move yours. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Nickie: Bentyl helps on the cramps. The mets cause pain and depending on your tolerance there are various medications to assist with this. The intestines sometimes breakdown and you have to go off the med for a while and start overagain later. We fond smaller amounts of food, more frequently, help. Fresh fruits and vegetables and spices were a no no for us. Water with meals or right afterwards,sodas and seltzers were no no's also. We found the jr baby foods and fruit juices were good and vitamin water helped. Caffine was monitored and Nick had his foods not pureed but semi solid for digestive practises. He had liver mets. a perotoneal mass, a mass on the tip of the pancreas and in the end a lot more spots on the lungs than previously indicated. He was fortunate his B/p and cholesterol levels were normal(actually B/P was ;low he had no diabetes but he had a bit of artritis,not that it really impeded him to begin with. The Avastin caused him to have small nose bleeds,and a few hours after he received his treatment he became very floid but that lasted about 12 hours. He was on proscar and had no trouble urinating and the pain med had a second benefit,he had no lose stools. But the xeloda side effects are just as you mentioned and perhaps they were heightened with the addition of the Avastin. hang tough,things will get better and hopefully you can relax for a bit. Hugs,prayers and may the faith that moves mountains,move yours. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Narice: Thats true,flu like syptoms do occur. We never had mouth sores before we had the Oxi. We had them with the xeloda but they cleared up fast. Thanks for all your kind words and the bible messages,they help a lot. It's the combination of all these meds that contributes to some of the miseries but..without them we might no make it. hang tough,God Bless and a big >>>>>>>HUG<<<<<<<< Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Narice: Thats true,flu like syptoms do occur. We never had mouth sores before we had the Oxi. We had them with the xeloda but they cleared up fast. Thanks for all your kind words and the bible messages,they help a lot. It's the combination of all these meds that contributes to some of the miseries but..without them we might no make it. hang tough,God Bless and a big >>>>>>>HUG<<<<<<<< Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Narice: Thats true,flu like syptoms do occur. We never had mouth sores before we had the Oxi. We had them with the xeloda but they cleared up fast. Thanks for all your kind words and the bible messages,they help a lot. It's the combination of all these meds that contributes to some of the miseries but..without them we might no make it. hang tough,God Bless and a big >>>>>>>HUG<<<<<<<< Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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