Ok so Dad has had some bad reactions to his chemo,
so far it goes like this:
Diagnosed dec 09
1st chemo cisplatin in Jan (massive allergic reaction so no more of this)
2nd chemo 3 weeks later of e-carbo (no probs- dad felt ok)
3rd chemo 2 weeks after of e- carbo (this was yesterday- so far so good)
Now dad was told yesterday he has to wait to see oncologist next week to discuss the fact that he wants to give him a massive blast of e-carbo and another drug (not sure of the name) to attack the tumors but apparently this drug can damage your lungs too although apparently dads lungs are good dispite the tumors.
My question is why would they feel the need to attack before they do another scan to see what is happening inside?
I feel like they know something we don't otherwise why would they put dad through this without knowing what effect the current chemo has had ie the ct scan.
Dad has had a really really bad time when he had the allergic reaction he lost all control of his body.... i would hate to see him go through that again.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
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