Hello,
Wonder if anyone else is in the situation of stopping the chemo with 5 and not 6 cycles.
I got call from consultant and cancer nurse - both.
They are recommending I don't come in for chemo tomorrow - my 6th and final. The treatment is now reduced from 4 1/2 hrs of paclitaxel and carboplatin, to 1 hr Carbo. This is to avoid people being there for long due to CV and increasing the risks. They feel the benefit of a final chemo of 1 hr, is outweighed by the risks of the CV now at its peak. They were very clear that this was purely for my safety, and not because of capacity, which they have quite enough of.
I suppose my worry was anyway about asymptomatic CV people - which could be any of the staff - as without masks and PPE, they could pass it on to us.
I had anyway decided to go - after they talked to me last Friday when I called to check if it was going ahead.
But now also was told that the chemo has moved to the Ulster Independent Clinic - which ofcourse has probably got unwell people coming in. Their recommendation is to stop at 5, but they've left the decision to me! Not funny. My head is all over the place.
Guess inclined to go with their opinions - they must know something we don't.
Anyone else in this situation?
VM
