DIET For cancer patient with Chemotherapy

My 1st session of chemo therapy experience are really bad. I don't ever have the energy to walk. Then I begin to take Chinese medicine at the same time. My 2nd chemotherapy are far more easy. The more I do the less side effect on me. However, my blood cell report are not that good. It is dropping and very difficult to increase. At first is the red blood cell, then now is the white blood cell. What when wrong with my diet that resulted my blood test result so bad.

Breakfast

• I have 2 slide of bread with peanut butter
• 1 cup of milk with nestum added in
• Shark liver oil, Evening primrose, zinc and fish oil

Lunch

• Rice or noddle with beef or pork (It is steam or mild fry)
• Soup (To enhance my stomach strength)
• Vegetable
• Shark liver oil, Evening primrose, zinc and fish oil

Teatime

• Fruit
• Milk

Dinner

• Rice or noddle with beef or pork (It is steam or mild fry)
• Soup (To enhance my stomach strength)
• Vegetable
• bladder black sesame dessert

Drink

• I drink the 500ml boil "Li Zing with fungus" everyday

Before sleep

1/2 teaspoon of porcupine pills

As chemo patient, I'm not allow to eat raw vegetable as it will increase the risk of infections. Therefore I decided to start the raw vegetable program once I stop chemotherapy.

CT SCAN RESULT

Lung CT Scan

17th Feb 2011  measuring 2.6cm x 2.5cm (CT scan at sunway hospital - did not indicate on full size)
29th Apr 2011  measuring 4.5 x 2 x2 cm and 4 x 1.5 x 1.5cm
1st July 2011 measuring 3.2 x 1.8 x 2.2 cm and 4 x 1 x 1.2cm, size are smaller by 29.6% and 46.6% compare to 29th Apr 2011

Tumour at L3 
14th Feb 2011 measuring 1.5 x 1 x 0.5cm
29th Apr 2011 size unchange but shows more sclerosis
1st Jul 2011 size unchance but further increase in sclerosis and can indicate healing.

CEA & CA 19.9 TEST RESULT

                          CEA                            CA 19.9
23/2/2011       2432.9                            No test done
16/3/2011       1491.6                            257
21/3/2011        1581.3
11/4/2011        1354.8                           202
4/5/2011          1066                              196
25/5/2011         677.7                            112
13/6/2011         647.2                              87
4/7/2011           552.9                              72
25/7/2011         321                                  42
15/8/2011         360                                  37

Chemotherapy medicine

The doctor recommended me to take the below medicine.

a) Avastin - To stop the blood vessel to continue supply food to the cancer cell
b) Gemjar and Cisplatin - To kill the cancer cell

The cost for the above medicine are very expensive. It cost about RM 12,000 per cycle.

Cost of chemo treatment

At first I thought is just 6 chemo plus avastin maintaining for 1 year. End up after interview with some patient I might need to do up to 12 times. Every time I'm spending RM 18,000 - RM 22,000. Depending on if with Ct scan or not.

Now I have spent RM 200,000. Should I continue?

Western or Chinese

To continue or to change. I'm in the dilemma, should I try Ssg or continue my treatment. It remind me my mum. At that point of time, I have never ask my mum "how are you?" how is your treatment? I did not even know how to care my mum. I really regret when she past away. I have never thought that my mum diagnose at the age 45 and I diagnose at 31.

I have discuss with my husband and we decided to do both together. The chemo and SSG. I try to search on web for a similar case with me, but could find one.

Low white blood cell

Today I'm suppose to do my 9 th chemotherapy but the blood test result is bad. The white blood cell are way behind. I'm so happy as I don't need to do treatment today. But next week have to go also.