Well, the picture of the clock is
important because that is what time I was able to leave Siteman today!
Yes, no more 3 day chemo for now, and I was out of there in time for
lunch! From here on, I will have chemo more frequently (3 Tuesdays out of
4) for briefer periods......just a few hours including labs and doctor
visits.The results of the CT scan are good news, bad news. The large tumor in the pancreas (about 3 in by 2 in) has not changed much. That is good! The 2 metastases in the liver have increased significantly (doubled) and have given birth to two more babies. That is not good.
So the doctor wants to try Gemzar, a typical pancreatic cancer drug, to control the tumor in the pancreas, and an experimental drug (for my cancer but already approved for metastatic breast cancer) called Abraxane to control the mets. It is off label for this purpose and has not yet been approved by my insurance company. Hopefully it will be good to go next week.
My labs are good. I have a blood clot around my port, so I am back on two shots a day of Lovenox. Platelets are a little low (understandably with that medicine) but other blood work and liver enzymes are normal!
We are thinking about having a memorial for Ralph next week. I have chemo on Tuesday, and we will try to get to Atlanta Tuesday or Wednesday for the service.
Thanks again for all the comments on email and in the blog, as well as the notes and phone calls. It is really uplifting and encouraging to me.
Hooray for getting out of the hospital at 12:40 !
Lynne
P.S. One more thing. Depending on how I tolerate the new treatment, we will retest in two months.....about the middle of February.
