Started Gemzar today

I started chemo again. We are trying Gemzar alone. It is possible that now that I have have the transplant my cancer may respond to this drug. In 2006 I took Gemzar with Navelbine. It was tough on my blood counts and took me 6 month to get through 4 cycles. It was right after this that I had a routine scan and my lung mets were found - so we don't think it worked the first time. We will try two cycles and re scan to see if it did anything. The people at NIH/NCI have seen some positive response with this drug post transplant.