My Naturopath, Dr. Rob Dramov has a prayer request. He and I have been praying that he would be able to easily insert the catheter into the vein in my right arm. Because he wants me to have good mobility for the 2 hours each Monday and Thursday I am in his office, he has been using a very small caliber flexible catheter rather than the metal and rigid type used in the hospital. This is because I have to regularly (every 20 - 30 min) get up to use the bathroom, and because the smaller, more flexible catheter has less potential to cause scaring on my vein.
We want to continue to be able to use the big vein in my right arm. I have big veins and they are easy to find, but everybody has trouble getting the needle in them! He has had good success with one particular vein. Evidently I have thick skin!
In any case, we continue to do the IV Vitamin C treatment 1 to 2 times weekly in hope that it will continue to shrink the "tumor load". We will know more about the effectiveness after my next PET/CT sometime in August.
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