arrived at the oncology centre this morning in good time for my 8-30 chemotherapy treatment start. only to be told because of my heart by-pass op a few years ago i would need an ECG, the result of which showed a different picture of my heart to what it was after the op. Consequently my onc decided that owing to this difference it was in my best interest not to go ahead with my chemo. One of the drugs i was going to be on was Cisplatin which, containing a good dosage of potassium was no good for my dicky ticker. Why didn,t they do the ECG earlier? I was very dissapointed to say the least. But, as one door closes another opens and i start on two different chemo drugs a week on friday. The drugs are Gemcitabine & Carboplatin which will not be so detrimental to my ticker (i hope). also the treatment only takes about 21/2 hours instead of the 6/7 hours the last treatment would have taken. Roll on the 4th of june and lets get started. Eager Darter
