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[Mom_of_four]

I asked the leading doctor at Wake Forest about this and he said they hadn't approved it yet for this type.

[Mom_of_four]

Thank you for your answers. The meds are messing with him some. The bleo causes side effects like shaking and fever, and is messing with his oxygen intake. He had his last one this week, they are stopping it for round four. Last week they said protein is leaking into kidneys. Probably from cisplatin....

[Mom_of_four]

My 24 year old son was diagnosed with stage 3 TC. We go inhouse Monday for round four. On May 15th, his AFP was at 975. On June 19th, before he started round three, it was at 14. If the magic number is under 25, then why give a 4th round? Why not do test now, like PET and MRI, to see if it's all gone?...

[Mom_of_four]

My son has had a reaction to it, every other time. They do Benadryl, Tylenol and steroids. Then he does the Tylenol and Benadryl again, five hours later. They are taking him off of the bleo, but only for the last round, of four. I was curious as to why not before.