Friday, August 27, 2010

It was a week of nervous jitters as you could imagine. Wednesday couldn't come fast enough. It was test result time. I was expecting the best but preparing for the worst. Well, it was a mixed bag. Liver and Lung lesions have shrunk!!!! They did find a small lesion on my bowel but I suspect it was there and missed on last CAT. My reasoning is that with all the chemo and how the soft tissue (lung and liver) lesions have shrunk I can't see a new one popping up. My lympth nodes also came back clean which is a good sign. However, the bone lesions in my spine and ribs have grown but at a small rate. They also found a spot on my left femur. We forgot to get a scan on my brain so I was at the hospital this morning for a MRI and am hoping it turns out good. Last CAT scan after radiation showed it shrinking so I'm hoping chemo took care of the rest.

Doctor is starting me on 12 more weeks of chemo starting Wednesday but being more aggressive. Still getting Hercepton and a new "improved" Taxol. They are doubling the dosage of the Taxol hoping it will have more effect on the hard tissue lesions - the bones. Thankfully I have tolerated the 16 weeks of chemo with no side effects and am confident this new aggressive approach will be the same. MIND OVER MATTER!!! If you don't think you will be sick you won't!!!

After hearing the news I asked the doctor if I should leave feeling good or not. She said in her opinion we are going the right way and although we wanted to hear good news all around, she feels good about the progress we have made. So if she feels good - I feel good!

Last weekends golf outing was a huge success. We had 115 participants in golf and those who just came for dinner. The weather turned out great since we were worried about the rain in the forecast. I had a great group of volunteers and we couldn't have done it without them. I should have the final numbers this weekend but I'm guessing we raised over $10k benefiting Breast Cancer Network of Strength.

Thanks again for listening to me ramble on. As soon as I hear something I'll let you know. Think positive thoughts with me so I can get through this chemo on Wednesday.