Hi all, I haven't been on the site much as I've been finding this chemo combo quite tough, had lots of side effects with fatigue, rashes, mouth ulcers etc. I finally received a copy of my CT report and Basicall my main tumour has reduced slightly but the lymph nodes have increased slightly, so I'm going to say it's stable just now.
I am due to have my 4th and final round of chemo tomorrow but yet again my white blood count is down at 0.7 and I need it up to a minimum of 1.5 so it's of go hospital first thing tomorrow for another blood test to see if it's ok to go ahead with treatment tomorrow afternoon.
I've also read that the Scottish nhs has just given the go ahead for Nintedanib, an immunotherapy drug, to be used to treat some patients. I believe that NICE may follow suit in May. Here is a link
scottishmedicines.org.uk/SM...
Wishing everyone the best.
Rab.
Hi Rabbie
Good to hear your not doing to bad on the chemo, what type are you having? Hope your bloods start behaving and get to a good level for you.
Have read a lot about nintedanib sounds promising tho my dad has squamous so waiting and hoping something will come out to help him.
Good luck with treatment this afternoon x
Hi Knic thanks for your support. My first cancer was squamous and I had Cistaplatin and Vinorolbene for that. This time around it's a carcinoma type classed as NSCLC but it has SCLC similarities so I'm being treated with Carboplatin and Etoposide. I've just phoned and my white cell count has gone up to 1.8 so it's off to enjoy the delights of chemo on this nice sunny day.
Cheers Rab.