Hi, I’ve recently just finished chemotherapy after having had a Whipple’s procedure in August last year, and have an appointment with my U.K. oncologist on the 11th May. I had completed 17 of 18 planned infusions of gemcitabine (plus capecitabine for some of those cycles, long since stopped), but was informed yesterday that my blood platelets were too low to proceed with the final drip, which was then cancelled (not postponed). I had a CT scan done on the weekend of the 11th April after collapsing and having been admitted to hospital. My oncologist was later surprised by the timing of that scan, and I strongly suspect that it might be used in lieu of a standard final CT scan following completion of treatment. There was a scare after an earlier CT scan done halfway through my treatment (in January) had suggested that the cancer had spread to my liver, during which time I was led to believe that I only had months left to live, but this was, thankfully, shown to have been a false alarm during a subsequent MRI scan (the most interesting three weeks of my life!). I have not been informed about what happens next, now that the chemo is over. Obviously it involves first recovering from the effects of the chemotherapy, but what then? Could anyone tell me what sort of treatment (if any) I can be anticipating from now on? My specialist nurse appears to have been “reassigned to the wards”, the alternative is on leave, and I have basically been left with a ‘don’t call us, we’ll call you’ situation. Many thanks in advance.
