Friday’s Update

What a week.  Finished my Radiation and got another bag of my Experimental Drug.  When I was in Mobile, my Cancer Doctor came in my room and was very concerned.  He had looked at my bloated stomach CT Scans and told me my cancer was growing.  Wanted me to bring the Scan back to Miami to show my doctors here.  Thing was that I told my doctor in Mobile about my symptom going away.  He was looking at a timeline from months ago to today and not seeing where I was when I got to Miami.

Wednesday, he called to tell me my CA 19-9 markers had increased from 2,000 to 7,500.  He wanted me to come home and get started on my second of three Chemo treatments.  Not sure how he was missing the timeline.  I immediately asked the doctor at Miami what my CA 19-9 was when I started the program.  They printed me the labs and it was 9,100.  Finally, some science behind my feelings.  My markers have gone from 9,100 to 7,500 and I feel more positive than ever.

Having said all of that, I am still experiencing side effects.  The daily fevers and now the fluid.  Today I got another 3 1/2 liters of fluid pulled out.  On a good note there, my Doctor told me this morning that in his experience, the harsher the side effects, the better the the treatment is working.

I’ll take that and hopefully when I get a few weeks down the road from the radiation I had, some of these will let up.

Fighting every day!!!!!!