2 Cancer Blogs from France

Cancer Type: Stomach Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Stage IV stomach cancer spread to liver and ovary

Stomach Cancer Symptoms: Swollen abdomen, persistent nausea

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: cisplatine caused hearing damage, taxotere caused skin and nail damage and herceptin made my hands tingle. Xeloda wiped me out, and all of the above caused hair loss.

Bio: I'm french and live in French Polynesia (Moorea). I love nature, meeting people and working hard. I had a very small lymph node removed on 2002 and since this year I know I have a NHL. No chem cures were possible because nodes were too small. Since last year I'm getting a R-CHOP therapy and I'm fighting for life. I…more

Cancer Type: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Symptoms: fever, sweating, articular pain

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Mai02 : very small lymph node removal from neck --- NHL was detected Jul07 : lymph node removal for evaluation of cancer stage.

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: Since Aug07 : 6 R-CHOP plus 2 Ritux every 21 days. I feel my stomach going up and down for at least a week after the cure. Then I feel "well" for 2 weeks.