Monday, January 28, 2013

Day 1

Formerly Gil treatment was ABVD back in 2005-06
doxorubicin, which was originally called Adriamycin®, bleomycin, vinblastine , dacarbazine.

I think this is the ICE regimen Gil will be on this time. Not sure...we'll find out!

Schedule C

On the first day of ICE chemotherapy, you'll be given an infusion of etoposide for an hour. On the next day (day two) the etoposide will be repeated. You will also be given a 60-minute infusion of carboplatin and start a 24-hour infusion of ifosfamide and mesna.

On the following day (day three) you'll be given a third infusion of etoposide, again over about an hour. You will finish your 24-hour infusion of ifosfamide and mesna, and be given a 12-hour infusion of mesna on its own. After this, you'll have a rest period with no chemotherapy for 17 days. This completes a cycle of your treatment. Each cycle lasts for 21 days (three weeks).

After the rest period (three weeks after you started) the same drugs will be given to you again, beginning the next cycle of your treatment. Usually 2–4 cycles of treatment are given over 2–4 months. This makes up a course of treatment.
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancertreatment/Treatmenttypes/Chemotherapy/Combinationregimen/ICER-ICE.aspx 

Appt at 1pm; out by 2:45pm
Etoposide (VP-16); aloxi & decadron (anti-nausea drugs) plus took Emend 1 hour prior to visit
Feeling ok, but feeling tired; a little dizzy (loopy in the head is how he put it)
Not sure he'll appreciate the picture, but I wanted to show how both dogs are keeping watch over him (mind you, Merlyn is practically deaf, so he feels everything)




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