Chemo break

[antboo-23]

Hi all 

My mum has finished 6 months of gemcitabine abraxane. She's had a good result with 2 of the 3 liver lesions disappearing and the pancreatic tumour halving in size.

She finished chemo 4 weeks ago and has been well up until the last week. She now needs to rest a lot and her tumour markers have gone from 500 to 3000. CT scan last week showed no change in tumour and a PET scan is being scheduled.

Has anyone else experienced such a change so quickly after completing chemo? 

The oncologist 2 weeks ago was saying have a break and go on holiday etc but is now talking about resuming chemo.

We are all feeling very frustrated 

 

Any advice would be appreciated