FLUOROURACIL vs GEMCITABINE

Finally got my chemo schedule. Next week get my port in and start labs. Already got my chemo hair cut, #2 clipper, need to pull out my winter wool for under my hard hat. Cycle 1 is the next Monday, Adrucil- Fluorouracil, Carboplatin and 96 hrs of Keytruda-Pembrolizumab, pump coming out that Friday.

I recently completed a 7-day course of treatment using Fluorouracil / Calcipotriene 5%/.005% cream (which I'll refer to as Efucal for the remainder of this post) and decided to share my experience. I'm posting this mainly because I couldn't find many firsthand accounts from people who had used this

On October 2nd, 2024, my uncle woke up with jaundice (yellowing of the skin). My uncle was never married and never had any children, and I was the closest thing to a child, being his goddaughter. My dad was his DPOA (durable power of attorney). Scheduled a doctor's appointment, picked him up, and to

Hi everyone This may not be relevant to a lot of people but wanted to share my experience as it could save some of you a lot of wasted time and effort... So I have sebderm on my scalp and have had various patches of seb derm come and go since I was 12+ years old. I have been dealing with a particula

I am overwhelmed by information. They told him today that he will have a port placed. He has run out of sick time at work but he works from home so I'm curious what people's experience has been with WFH and being on chemo. Were you still able to work? What side effects made it hard to work? Does the

I want to post some specifics about my case. I'm doing this for two reasons. First, I'm collecting my own thoughts before I write a 2017 summary for myself and my family. Second, and most importantly, I'm going to put a lot of keywords in here so other people with a colorectal cancer diagnosis (or s

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My husband (41, M) was just diagnosed in November with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma. We have a 19 month old son and we had our lovely wedding in September. We’re shocked and devastated. His metastasis is extensive. He just started cisplatin and gemcitabine. He also tested MSI-high positive, making him

My mother's 4-month battle with pancreatic cancer ended recently. My family and I are devastated, as she was the backbone of our family, and a light loved by so many. While I'm glad her suffering didn't last too long, I wonder if we could have ended up somewhere different if we had made different ch

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Mum was diagnosed with stage IV & mets to the liver back in August 2022. She has been on Gemcitabine+Abraxane since September. She received her 3rd scan update this week. The first showed not much change, the 2nd showed that the pancreatic tumour had gotten smaller and the 3rd has shown that bot

Hello, Wanted to get everyone's opinion on how you dispose of a catheter bags containing chemotherapy (mitomycin, gemcitabine, etc) after bladder instillation. I know some institutions will have the patient empty into a toilet and then will clean the toilets between patients, but I'm wondering speci