Archive for the ‘Chemotherapy’ Category
From the beginning of this cancer journey its been Prayers for Patty, Kickin’ Cancer’s Dupa. Well, a couple months ago I started experiencing pain on my dupa. It was pretty sore any time I would sit on it. I thought perhaps I was developing a bed sore, but it didn’t make any sense. I had [...]
Hello friends. Just wanted to bring you up to date on things and to let you know I think it’s time for me to be a Princess. Since my last treatment, I did have my right lung drained. They removed 600 cc’s of fluid. The procedure, overall, didn’t really help with my breathing, but they [...]
I recently had a CT scan of my chest and abdomen, which showed that there has been a slight growth of cancer. There is a new spot in my liver, approximately 1.5 cm. Doc said its difficult to tell if there has been any growth in my lungs because there are so many spots in [...]
UPDATE: Decided to try the Tarceva before the new chemo. Will update you on how it works. __________ Went to Roswell yesterday to get a CT scan. It came back showing the clinical trial drug TL, along with the Gemzar (another chemo) is not working. With that, and the fact that my side effects now [...]
Just had chemo on Friday, which was chemo number 4 in the clinical trial. I have been having low levels of while blood cells and this time, they determined that I have neutropenia. Neutropenia is an abnormally low level of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell). As it was explained to me, it’s the [...]
Last week I show up for chemo and the doc says my liver count is high. No chemo. I was a bit concerned because over the past 10 months I haven’t missed a day of chemo. So, I wait a week and go back to find out the results of my latest blood work. My [...]
Never having chemo before, I had no idea what I was getting into. I was naive and set myself up for this extremely complicated procedure. Turns out, chemo isn’t so scary. It’s a lot easier than Gamma Knife. You basically sit in a chair and they hook you up to an IV. At the onset, [...]
