Day 2. I received the Bleomycin today - along with the Cisplatin, Etoposide, various steroids, benedryl, Tylenol, and anti-nausea drugs. No reaction to the Bleo today - hooray!!!!!!
I also got what I think is good news today. My lab results came back and the tumor marker that was way up (around 15) that caused them to cancel surgery and do chemo is now 0.1. 0 is perfect but it's pretty damn close. It definitely means that the chemo is working. I'm hopeful that it means the cancer will be totally gone and I will not need surgery after chemo. The doctors aren't saying so because they are afraid to commit to anything 100%. The plan is to have a whole barrage of tests after chemo on Jan 12 and determine if surgery is required or just follow up tests for the next 2 years or so.
If the tests are clean and I don't need surgery, I'll probably head to Florida with my parents for 2 weeks or so to recover and get some strength back before I head back to CA and get my life back on track.
I miss all of my friends in CA and my home (and the Weather, Town Hall, golf, etc.....)
I feel OK today, just really tired, but am expecting to get progressively worse thru the week....
Once I get past this week and feeling shitty, it should be down hill from there.....
Take care and keep up the messages.
-Mr. Clean
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Hey you:
Nice shave!
Thinking about you and am wishing you well -- or as well as you can be considering the hell you're going through. Hang in there.
xo
C
Ron-
I'm happy yesterday went well and that you got some good news for a change. Maybe it was the "Big Sis"
karma that helped.
Love
Ron,
Sounds like good news to me! Keep up the good work so you can come home soon.
Jaz & bas
i know it sounds odd to say in this particular situation, but CONGRADULATIONS on the marker results. this may one day all be just an ugly memory...i wish i could say the same about your plant. :( i may have gotten to it too late - hopefully it will pull out of plant icu by the time you get home!
love,
a & c
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