It's 4 months since my diagnosis of recurrent stomach cancer (and 28 months since my initial diagnosis of stomach cancer). I'm being treated with GEMCARBO chemo. It's a pretty rough ride, but nowhere near as bad as the ECF chemo I was on first time around. Over all I feel like I am still doing pretty well and I am keeping up my fighting spirit.
The GEMCARBO does keep blasting my neutrophils into the back of beyond so I keep becoming neutropenic and getting infections. But I've pulled through the infections (the most recent one was pretty nasty).
Whilst the chemo is very wearing I do feel it is working against the cancer - certainly the symptoms I was experiencing on the run up to diagnosis have not given me problems since the chemo started.
I am thankful for every day I am still able to enjoy life with my family and friends.
