Dr. Chang & Meridian Medical

Good news & Bad...

First the good. My mothers platelet count more then doubled in 4 days. She went from a 29 to a 61 count. During those 4 days she was taking the peanut husk supplement from Dr Chang at Meridian. This is the largest jump in platelet count she has ever had. Unbelieveable. Her counts are almost to the point where they will start her on the Xeloda.

Bad new is we got the platelet count last night becasue she is in the hospital with dehydration from vomitting. The Oncologist is saying he thinks she has a virus but is not ruling out that it can be from the tumor. Personally, as much as I hope it is a virus, I think it is from the tumor too. I am not surprised to see your posts to look out for unexplained vomiting.

I don't know about metastatic disease of the liver, but I do know that vomiting is a symptom of hepatitis, so apparently inflammation of the liver can lead to vomiting.

I take your posting as a sincere request for information. I have liver mets and
one of the things my doctor told me to look out for is "vomiting with no apparent reason." That hasn't happened yet, but I was told to report it if it did. I was not told, now that I think of it exactly why. I hope this distress passes quickly for your mother -- Susan

Today was the day that we were supposed to have our first look to see if the supplements were helping my mothers blood counts but... she is throwing up so badly today that she did not go to the doctor to get the counts done.

Any thoughts on why she would be getting so sick now? Anyone who has mets/tumors on the liver experience this?

I will keep you posted on Dr. Chang etc as we know more info.

Please do keep us posted on all of this, I find it very interesting and do believe in many of the remedies that people try.

Clara

Thank you for sharing this information. Please keep in touch with the list.
I certainly wish your mother the best. (My mets are lung, liver and possibly bone --
and, so far, unresponsive to chemotherapy -- but I'm feeling well.) Of course, I hope for breakthroughs that can help us -- in support -- Susan (mssmr)