My mom (74, Stage 3) had her second does of Folfirinox one week ago today. The first dose wasn't too bad. She was down a day or 2 but for the most part was ok. The second dose is a disaster. She has been nauseous and unable to eat for a week now. Zofran not helping. Every thing tastes bad and she had oral thrush so that is making it worse. Body aches so bad she was unable to get out of bed for the weekend. She went to the cancer clinic yesterday 7 hours yesterday for fluids and various other meds to try and help. She has her first oncology appointment since starting chemo tomorrow. There is no way she can do 6 more doses of this. She's lost 6 lbs in a week (on top of the 50 already). What should we be asking about? They said they can cut the dosage. Can we get more time in between treatments? Currently she gets 2 weeks but she is still so sick from last week. She isn't ready to do it again a week from now.
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u/Bellyfulloftacos — 10 days ago