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I0o A day after receiving chemotherapy, his vomiting
would subside, but the chemotherapy drugs would leave ham so
nauseated he cou!d not eat _ could not even stand the sight or
smell of food cooking in the house,
'- II_ We asked my husband's doctors what we could do _o
stop this debilitating cycle of vo_itlng_ nausea and lack of
appetite. The doctors tried to stem the vomltlng and nausea
by p_escriblng a _erles of anti-emetic drugs llke Compaz_ne.
None of these drugs made a dent _n his condition. Harris
continued to vomito
la. My h_band continued to receive chemotherapy at
least once a month for nearly a year° Whlle the treatments
seemed to help suppress his cancer, they were also taklng a
terrible toll on the qual_ty of Morris _ llfe0
13. Over the next seven years Harrls was in and out of
remission several times. Each time the cancer would re%rear we
would celebrates However, when It ret_rned _,t would be more
widely dlmpursed and the anti-cancer d_'ugs used to f_gh_ it would
..... become more and more _oX_Co As the dr_gs became more powerful
Harris' adverse reactions became more and more severe.
!4. Du_in_ th£s s_e _e_iod HaraSs underwent multiple
surgical procedures° As mentioned above_ %he _rst procedure
_emoved his spleen° Later, addlt_onal su_gerles were performed
in an effort to slow o_ stop _he spread of the disease.
15_ ,A_ one poln% Harris underwent risky brain surgery
after physicians discovered a tumor growing deep in his bra£n°
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