Question 1

chemotherapy 48 hour or 24 portable pump stage 4 cancer very depressed and no sleep cant eat dont cant talk any recommendations? manage help

Accepted Answer

Chemotherapy: Firstly, I am so sorry to hear that you are having these difficulties. What you are experiencing can be very hard to deal with, and having trouble sleeping makes it harder. Please talk to your care providers, including emails if calling is too difficult, to see what can be offered for medications. Listening to relaxing music or videos may be helpful, as might the caring touch  of a friend or pet.

Question 2

can a pancreatic cancer patient still receive chemo if they get a intrathecal pump for pain and digestion?

Accepted Answer

Yes: if the doctors think such therapy is still indicated. Talk w/them.

Question 3

a friend w/ advanced pancreatic cancer. chemo helped. tumors in pancreas & liver. intrathecal pump. digestion problems. released to go home. hospice?

Accepted Answer

Advanced cancer: It seems reasonable and sensitive to engage hospice; hospice can help at home or he can go to a facility; hospice team can engage for many weeks. It is a good service.

Question 4

can you die from chemo?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Chemotherapy can cause lowering of the white blood cell count and place an individual at an increased risk of getting an infection. If that happens the infection could run rampant and cause death. This scenario is often called neutropenic sepsis. It can occur approximately 10% of the time and death can occur about 10% of the time (1% overall).

Question 5

could i go from chemo to life suport?

Accepted Answer

It depends: it depends on what kind of Cancer you have and what all has been done for you already. If the chemotherapy has been fully utilized, then it is good to switch over to Palliative care. Life support means different things to different folks.  You should seek a palliative care specialist.

Question 6

how safe is synsepalum dulcificum while on chemo?

Accepted Answer

Not likely a problem: It has been used by some to decrease the metallic taste from some chemo agents on a very limited basis. There is minimal data thus far.
Unlikely to interfere with chemo.

Question 7

what happens to the chemo residue in cremated or buried humans?

Accepted Answer

Very small amounts: Chemotherapy is very rapidly metabolized in the body after being given. Some have half lifes measured in minutes and other in hours to days. That means most chemotherapy is completely metabolized to inactive products with in hrs to days after administration. Any residual amounts are so small that they would be destroyed by the heat in cremation and would slowly become inert under burial conditions.

Question 8

what is adjuvant chemo?

Accepted Answer

Adjuvant chemo: Adjuvant chemo is chemotherapy that is given after curative surgical resection of a cancer. It is given to reduce risk of recurrence of cancer.

Question 9

why is chemo used for ectopic?

Accepted Answer

Kills cells: Chemotherapy drugs are designed to kill or slow down the growth of rapidly dividing cells.  Cancer cells are often rapidly growing.  Similarly a growing embryo during pregnancy has rapidly growing cells.  That is why a chemotherapy drug such as Methotrexate is effective.

Question 10

is chemo an immunosuppressant?

Accepted Answer

Yes : Because it suppress your immune system by affecting your bone marrow which maintain your immune system.  Your withe cells (fight infection), red cell (prevent anemia) , platelets (prevent bleeding ) may go down   making you prone for infection, anemia, bleeding. Oncologist have meds to avoid this, they are very good at this. Stay strong, keep fighting.

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Chemotherapy 48 hour or 24 portable pump stage 4 cancer very depressed and no sleep cant eat dont cant talk any recommendations? manage help

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Can you die from chemo?

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How safe is synsepalum dulcificum while on chemo?

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What happens to the chemo residue in cremated or buried humans?

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