Hi. I'm new to these forums but am desperate for some help and advice. My husband was diagnosed with metastatic gastric cancer just before christmas and was prescribed 6 cycles of EOX chemotherapy. After 3 cycles he had a CT scan which showed significant shrinkage of the lymph nodes (the tumour in his stomach cannot be seen on a CT it was found doing a gastroscopy). His tumour marker had also reduced a lot. The problem started on leaving the chemo unit after his 4th cycle. He felt almost drunk for a few days but had no vomiting (they had changed his sickness meds as had vomitted a lot on the first 3 cycles).The dizziness subsided and he was feeling relatively well with his appetite even improving and him looking forward to food. However a week or so before his 5th cycle the dizziness came back and he vomitted occasionally. He mentioned this to the nurse at the chemo unit before they started the 5th cycle and it was decided to defer him for a week and arranged for him to see his oncologist. That appointment was this week. The oncologist seemed quite surprised at his symptoms and arranged for an urgent head CT which he had 2 days later. He also prescribed cyclizine to hopefully resolve the dizziness. He had to stop taking his usual antisickness for this. From that day he has been vomiting several times a day and just wants to sleep all of the time. He is now thinking the cancer has spread to his brain and thats it for him. He won't let me contact anyone about his sickness and I'm really worried he may end up in hospital with dehydration. Is there anyone out there who has had or is having EOX chemo and had the same symptoms. Can a cancer spread when it seems to be responding to the chemo. My kids and I feel like we are walking on eggshells with him XXX
