Even before I faced this I was informed that it is the most dreaded stage of treatment (not by my Doctors or close family)
This is just another stage of treatment. An MRI was taken three weeks after radiotherapy and I met the Oncologist along with my parents. He simply drew a chart saying there are three stages of treatment for glioma - Surgery, Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy was given using an oral drug, Temozolomide.
A Complete Blood Count (CBC) test had to be taken every month. The Oncologist would check the critical counts and then prescribe medication. The initial plan was six months of chemotherapy Since in my case, nausea was a known side effect of taking Temozolomide, Doctor asked me to a medicine, Emeset, to prevent nausea and vomiting.
Emeset had to be taken in the morning, in empty stomach. Half an hour later, Temozolomide 300 mg had to be taken. After an hour, I had my breakfast. I was following the schedule prescribed by Doctor. This medication had to be followed for five consecutive days per month.
The anti convulsants prescribed by the neuro physician had to be taken too.
I started taking Emeset twice a day. Drowsiness and constipation were the other side effects faced. Other minor side effects were there, the Doctor was good, that be it a Sunday or late evening, he would pick his mobile when he call him and prescribe medicines if required. During the sixth cycle, on the fourth day, I started vomiting 40 minutes after taking Temozolomide. Doctor then prescribed another drug since vomiting had not stopped.
I was so happy when we went during the seventh month, that chemotherapy was complete. An MRI was scheduled that day. (MRI has to be taken once in six months). After seeing the reports, he asked me to undergo a CBC. Later he asked me to undergo three more months of medication, after reducing the dosage of Temozolomide to 250mg.
I had stopped taking outside food during chemotherapy. The first day of medication was okay, I would become drowsy the first evening and would get tired by the fifth day. But by the seventh day, I was okay to cope up with normalcy. Infact I started working from home after July that year (2012).
This is just another stage of treatment. An MRI was taken three weeks after radiotherapy and I met the Oncologist along with my parents. He simply drew a chart saying there are three stages of treatment for glioma - Surgery, Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy was given using an oral drug, Temozolomide.
A Complete Blood Count (CBC) test had to be taken every month. The Oncologist would check the critical counts and then prescribe medication. The initial plan was six months of chemotherapy Since in my case, nausea was a known side effect of taking Temozolomide, Doctor asked me to a medicine, Emeset, to prevent nausea and vomiting.
Emeset had to be taken in the morning, in empty stomach. Half an hour later, Temozolomide 300 mg had to be taken. After an hour, I had my breakfast. I was following the schedule prescribed by Doctor. This medication had to be followed for five consecutive days per month.
The anti convulsants prescribed by the neuro physician had to be taken too.
I started taking Emeset twice a day. Drowsiness and constipation were the other side effects faced. Other minor side effects were there, the Doctor was good, that be it a Sunday or late evening, he would pick his mobile when he call him and prescribe medicines if required. During the sixth cycle, on the fourth day, I started vomiting 40 minutes after taking Temozolomide. Doctor then prescribed another drug since vomiting had not stopped.
I was so happy when we went during the seventh month, that chemotherapy was complete. An MRI was scheduled that day. (MRI has to be taken once in six months). After seeing the reports, he asked me to undergo a CBC. Later he asked me to undergo three more months of medication, after reducing the dosage of Temozolomide to 250mg.
I had stopped taking outside food during chemotherapy. The first day of medication was okay, I would become drowsy the first evening and would get tired by the fifth day. But by the seventh day, I was okay to cope up with normalcy. Infact I started working from home after July that year (2012).
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| Taken at Lalbagh, March 2012 |
Great Chitra, you are a living example to prove that no matter how hard life pushes one down, no matter how much one gets hurt, one can always bounce back! Bravo! Keep up the spirit!
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