Abemaciclib and Provera
Hi @hellosunrise and @wendy55. I was just about to reply to your post Wendy on the general site which I only recently joined but when my membership of this metastatic group came through and I saw @hel...
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@Shakespeare - Just so you know - this isn't the 'private' Mets Group - this one is open to members and the public to read ....
Gastro is such a horrible side effect of so many of the chemos - Hubby's Gastrostop script was for over 100 tablets - you can get nice peppermint tasting ones - but on PBS you can only get the capsules! I am surprised they can't include the gastrostop (or similar) built into the actual infusion! Hubby also ended up in hospital with dehydration & put on fluids and the chronic gastro was from his 'latest' chemo & was using Gastrostop all the time . ... & then he had an infection ...
The Onc then recently prescribed plain old Codeine tablets & that seems to 'bind him up' & he is almost back normal motions .... First time since 1st Dec! I was just giving him one tablet at night & morning, then night only & just now, none! The other day, he actually became constipated - and that was almost as bad as having the trots! grr
take care xx
Gastro is such a horrible side effect of so many of the chemos - Hubby's Gastrostop script was for over 100 tablets - you can get nice peppermint tasting ones - but on PBS you can only get the capsules! I am surprised they can't include the gastrostop (or similar) built into the actual infusion! Hubby also ended up in hospital with dehydration & put on fluids and the chronic gastro was from his 'latest' chemo & was using Gastrostop all the time . ... & then he had an infection ...
The Onc then recently prescribed plain old Codeine tablets & that seems to 'bind him up' & he is almost back normal motions .... First time since 1st Dec! I was just giving him one tablet at night & morning, then night only & just now, none! The other day, he actually became constipated - and that was almost as bad as having the trots! grr
take care xx