RobinM Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Just curious? Quote ROBIN ~ Mom to: Beau Think It Aint, Chloe JC Allthewayhome, Teddy ICU Drunk Sailor, Elsie N Fracine , Ollie RG's Travertine, Ponch A's Jupiter~ Yoshi, Zoobie & Belle, the kitties. Waiting at the bridge Angel Polli Bohemian Ocean , Rocky, Blue,Sasha & Zoobie & Bobbi Greyhound Angels Adoption (GAA) The Lexus Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyDoodle Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 It depends on the type of chemo. What kind of info/precautions has your vet given you? I noticed in pics/video you posted last week that you've got burn marks on your grass from chemo pee. We had that too with Cosmo. Quote DonnaMolly the Border Collie & Poquita the American-born Podenga Bridge Babies: Daisy (Positive Delta) 8/7/2000 - 4/6/2115, Agnes--angel Sage's baby (Regall Rosario) 11/12/01 - 12/18/13, Lucky the mix (Found, w 10 puppies 8/96-Bridge 7/28/11, app. age 16) & CoCo (Cosmo Comet) 12/28/89-5/4/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Isn't so much a question as to when the drug is out of the body as it is a question of which cells it kills. Some cells are replaced quickly, some more slowly. Reason why human beings on chemo often get mouth sores, horrid diarrhea, etc. Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahicks51 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Some are removed relatively quickly. Two popular compounds- carboplatin and cisplatin- are removed in 30 hours and 1.5 to 6 hours, respectively. That doesn't mean they're *gone*, or that their effects will end then, but they "fall apart," doing their job in the process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboplatin (Pharmokinetics are quite complex; frequently one drug is given just so that it can fall apart to form another, more active compound.) Quote Coco (Maze Cocodrillo) Minerva (Kid's Snipper) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinM Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 It depends on the type of chemo. What kind of info/precautions has your vet given you? I noticed in pics/video you posted last week that you've got burn marks on your grass from chemo pee. We had that too with Cosmo. Those pee marks were there loooooooooooooooooong before Polli started her chemo. Quote ROBIN ~ Mom to: Beau Think It Aint, Chloe JC Allthewayhome, Teddy ICU Drunk Sailor, Elsie N Fracine , Ollie RG's Travertine, Ponch A's Jupiter~ Yoshi, Zoobie & Belle, the kitties. Waiting at the bridge Angel Polli Bohemian Ocean , Rocky, Blue,Sasha & Zoobie & Bobbi Greyhound Angels Adoption (GAA) The Lexus Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MorganKonaAlex Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I was receiving chemo every 2 weeks. I had this naive idea that 2 weeks after the last one I would return to normal. Turns out, it doesn't work like that. The standard quote the oncologists give humans is it takes about as long as you were in chemo to recover from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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