Well, we can all wish such a place officially existed because then we could travel to Kauai and get our medical insurance to pay for it. It is incredible to me that one day of Chemo drip costs WAY more than our entire trip to Kauai (including EVERYTHING, even the things we didn't do because the weren't in the tourist budged).
That said, we had a great time in Kauai and got lots of vitamin D in the form of Sunshine on our skin!
Today I got the results of my April 28 CaT scan which I see I neglected to report on the blog.
Well, Doctor Chang says it is great news. There has been no spread to anywhere else in the torso (these bad guys tend to like to spread to the liver and lungs). There is still a "hot spot" in the pelvis region near the original tumor site. It is possible this is metastatic disease, but it is also possible this is just continued healing and inflamation from the major surgery six months ago. It has shrunk considerably since the February 12 CaT scan. This is encouraging.
We have added a new "Chemo Poison" to the mix. Avastin. This is a DNA Genetically designed drug to suppress the creation of blood vessels. It is designed to specifically target any bad guys that may be trying to get blood supply and tell them "NO!" It has some lovely, but rare side effects including "Extreme Hypertensive Events" and "Possiblility of Stroke and/or Congestive Heart Events" and "blurry vision", "loss of balance", "loss of short term memory"
umm...what was I typing??
Anyway, I am to report anything unusual to Dr. Chang and take my Blood Pressure daily and report it at each appointment.
The good news is it sounds like we will only have 3-4 more "cocktail" Chemo treatments and the continue with the Avastin only for the rest of the year or whatever seems appropriate....
The Avastin drip only takes about an hour so that will be much nicer for my work schedule and hopefully it won't knock me down as much either with fatigue (or the insomnia that I am currently experiencing at 3:30am)
Thank you all so much for your constant prayers!
Love ya'll...
Victor
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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