Hello Loved Ones,
It’s been a little while since the last update and there have been several changes, so I wanted to get you all on the same page regarding where I am and what I’m doing in reference to my health and it’s treatment.
The last update I had was glorious, however since that time there have been a few dissappointments. My Tumor Marker numbers started going up again. My last count was 18.8. Fortunately, due to my very close monitoring and reasonable healing from my November surgery and the following incision line complications, I was able to jump right back in to treatment, so that’s what I did!
I resumed chemo treatments (#34 total for anyone other than me who is keeping track) on Monday February 28. With just some minor queeziness (spelling???) I tolerated it just fine. I did a volunteer event with our Krewe on Saturday, did a bunch of yard work yesterday, and am currently doing laundry. None of this is particularly thrilling in iteself, but the point is, that my normal everyday healthy feeling life goes on.
Yesterday (Monday March
i met with my Oncologist and we went over my PET Scan results. Basically these results were in keeping with the numbers. I have some abdominal lymph nodes that lit up slightly, but the root of things remain in the pelvic region that had been the area focused on when treatment had to be interupted back in September. While I would have preferred a clear scan, this scan was actually good news. When you factor that I had been off chemo for almost 6 months, EVERYTHING that showed up was small….some of it EXTREMELY small and no organ involvement whatsoever. My Oncologist has always told me that as long as we can clear, or keep clear anything in my major organs, we can stay on top of this. So….Yea!
So…things I hope you’ll help us pray for are that the chemo be awesomely effective and that I continue to tolerate it well allowing me to keep life as close to “normal” (whatever that is) as possible. We also ask for prayer for the continued healing of my surgical wound. It is not much more than a bad gash righ now, measureing about .5 cm deep and about 7 cm long. It doesn’t hurt or anything…we just want it to close up. It was about 9 cm deep and about that same distance long when I had to have it re-opened in December (the week of Christmas if you can believe that), so it has really come a long way! Chemo can slow healing though (it will heal, just possibly slower), so we just pray for that to progress as quickly as possible.
That’s about it. Love to you all!