Hi friends,
Today Anne completed her 14th radiation therapy. WOW, that's now 14 of 28, a milestone !! I guess you can call it hump day. If we stay to plan, Anne should complete these on March 1st.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were relatively uneventful days for us (easy for me to say). Anne isn't feeling on top of her game, and she had more bouts with you know what, but she is hanging in there. You can imagine,,,she is concerned about resuming the chemo, considering what it did to her last time. The Dr. told us he was going to treat this disease aggressively. I read where one of the chemos being used attacks the cancer cells when they are actively reproducting, and the other chemo being used attacks the cancer cells when they are resting. If I were a cancer cell, that would be an aggressive attack on me.
Tomorrow at Mercy Hospital Anne is going to have a 'mediport' installed. This is a device installed under her skin which will be used going forward for all of the infusions (IV's). No more IV sticks in the hands and arms. This is described as a plastic 'bottle cap' shaped device installed in the upper chest below the collar bone. It makes the patients life much easier, and it will be used over and over again to draw blood and/or to give IV's. It can be used for quite some time, i.e. even after Anne finishes her treatments and has surgery later on. It introduces a small risk for infection, but patients like having these.
We see Dr. Ebrahim on Thursday and we expect him to resume chemo on Friday. If so, and if we only have 2 more chemo treatments, we'll be done chemo on February 19. However, we don't know what the new program will call for. Please pray for a successful new chemo program for Anne. One that she can easier tollerate would be most appreciated by Anne I'm sure.
Thank you everybody.
Your prayers help !!
Monday, February 8, 2010
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