u/Bellyfulloftacos

Hello again. I posted a couple weeks ago that my mom ( 74, stage 3 PC) was having a really tough time with the second dose of folfirinox. We met with her oncologist May 5 and they were going to lower the oxaliplatin for the next treatment, which was scheduled for Monday 5/11. Well since then, she was in the urgent cancer care center 3 times in a week for severe nausea/diarrhea and was finally admitted on Mothers Day. She has been there ever since. The chemo triggered severe colitis and they are trying to manage that. Chemo has been postponed until after we meet with Oncology again on June 2. Anyone have any experience with chemo triggering colitis? How long does it take to recover? How long are the average hospital stays? As of now, I'm not even sure she wants to continue chemo but I do know that she will not continue what she was on before. This has just been such a nightmare.

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.