My husband Kent is now on his third chemo set of treatments.He did Tarciva for three years, then Carbo and Gemsi. He just took the third treatment of Pemetrexed last Tuesday and he was down with the flu this weekend. Since he has started this his breathing is short, he can't do anything without being our of breath, he has to sit down to catch up. he has 4 tumors in the lung and one is close to the wind pipe that could also be causing this. The doctor wants to do another ct scan on Dec. 22. As you all know its another scary time. Well we go to Arizona for the winter and have been since he go sick 4 years ago. He has less chance of catching everyones colds and flu. We are going to leave this Saturday but I am scared to leave now. He wants to go but our insurance doesn't cover only emergency out of state. He still has 3 treatments and I have set those up to be done at another spot closer to Arizona that we can drive to .Has anyone else been on this chemo and what was it like for them? Should I be looking at staying home? I know if this chemo session does not work there are more things to try, I guess I just am wareing down. Four years ago when this nightmare started I made sure we traveled to do things he liked. We drove Alaska two years ago and the doctor was so suprised that we even thought about going that far but gave his blessings so off we went the two of us for three and a half months. So why am I so scared to leave this time? It's seams like all I do anymore is cry and I need to be the strong one. He still gets around but at a much slower pace, I know he is scared. He was also overdosed with the second treatments in April and had a brain bleed which he has never been able to gain his speech back and has make him very emotional. Please I think I need a lift or something, I know how bad he wants to go. What to do?
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