I have finished two whole chemos (3 treatments equal a whole treatment) - thank goodness! Last Friday went very smoothly, my mom went with me. I had a few less platelets than they would like so they gave me a 75% dose, now for those of you who mentally calculated 25% less effective, that is exactly what I thought, but the physician's assistant said that is not the case. So it had better be working hard! It also turns out that I am prone to blasted thrush on this chemo. Oh I hate it. At least it wasn't as bad as last time. Anyway because of being on the chemo they don't want to give me magic pills to make it go away, but instead I get these lozenges that are like the white tums and you have to suck on them till they are gone. Gross. I am so hoping that this will be the last time and not be a chronic thing.
But this will be the week with the moment of truth. I get a PET scan on Thursday and and MRI. At least I don't have to drink anything. I am nervous. I will probably be all crazy my Friday, I don't even like to eat if I think they are going to tell me bad news, I tell Craig I am going to toss my cookies right in the waiting room on the doctor. A couple of times Craig has encouraged that. This week will decide the big plan for the rest of treatment. I am sure there will be more chemo, but there could be super chemo in there too, which this is the time they are going to be deciding that. Let's hope I can be a good enough patient for that.
On a positive note, we did learn that our friend that has breast cancer as well, and has taken the same drugs (I have one extra) her whole primary tumor went away with six treatments, and there were no issues found in her lymph nodes! This is very good news. I am not sure how common it is for chemotherapy alone to kill an entire tumor. We are super happy for our friend, but at the same time that has encouraged me too. It makes me hope for a dramatic change as well.
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Hoping and praying with you!
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