Better late than never
I told everyone that I was going to have a doctor’s appointment on Tuesday of this week, but my oncologist was going to be out of town and he wanted to make sure we had a chance to ask him questions if we had them so he rescheduled my appointment to today. Actually, the week started out with an Email from Dr. Kauh asking to have a phone call with MaryBeth and me. Did I get worried that this was the first time he had called us, of course not. Seriously, I was pretty nervous about what he had to say.
The results of my scans indicated that the tumor grew instead of shrunk as a function of my chemo. It is now 4.1 cm big and as best as we can tell still growing. My labs revealed another issue, however; I am anemic. I was going to start a new chemo regimen today, but instead I will be getting 2 units of red blood cell tomorrow (Friday). And then another 2 units next Wednesday. But they don’t want to start a new chemo until my red blood cell count is higher.
On the upside, my weight was up this week. I was 181 today, so there is that. At any rate, I wanted to let you know what I learned at the doctor’s office today. More as it becomes available.
Merle
Writing to you the second time from California –
I understand what you’re going through because my friend is dealing with the same issue. I want to say is trying harder …. warm thoughts and prayer are with you.
Thinking about you Merle and remembering last Easter, it was such a nice visit. I hope MB and the kids are well.
Hey there. Thank you for following my blog. I’m sorry to hear your friend is going through the same thing. I hope my experiences have been somewhat helpful.
Merle